Latitude 38 April 2010

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VOLUME 394 April 2010 WE GO WHERE THE WIND BLOWS PI 2010 APRIL VOLUME 394 VOLUME THE ANTIDOTE —

At first glance you might think modern American kids have it all: high- def TVs, computers, cell phones, iPods, the incidence of both childhood obesity remote-controlled toys, cutting-edge and diabetes are rising dramatically. video gaming devices, and more. But to Yikes! What's a parent to do? our way of thinking there's often an un- We think part of the solution is to seen 'cost' to the boundless acquisition fi nd outdoor physical activities that are of such high-tech gadgetry. That is, each both fun and engaging, while building successive generation seems to spend muscle, agility, and self-confi dence. Kids' sailing programs do just that. In fact, we like to think of them as the antidote for what we call the 'adolescent couch potato syndrome'. As you'll learn in these pages, the Bay Area offers a wealth of opportunities for kids 7 to 18 years old, from all socioeco- nomic backgrounds. Many Bay Area yacht clubs have instructional 'junior' programs for kids, particularly during the summer months. And there are also a number of community sailing programs specifi cally designed to make the sport accessible to any and all Bay Area youngsters.

Yacht Club Programs KEVIN WILKINSON / SBYC As you'll see in the accom- After completing SBYC's Intermediate Pro- panying sidebar, there are at least 16 gram, these young grads raced their FJ all the Bay Area YCs that offer summer sailing way ot Benicia in the Jazz Cup! programs, and nearly a dozen that offer less time engaged in good old-fashioned them during the school year. Most have outdoor play, having traded time spent been operating successfully for many grams for folks who can prove ﬁ nancial in the great outdoors — a favorite realm years, thanks to dedicated club volun- need. It's important to note that parents of youth in generations past — for indoor teers who organize events, teach classes, usually do not have to be club members. time on the couch. and do maintenance on the boats. Right At YCs where youth membership is re- The problem is exacerbated, of course, now is an ideal time to check out their quired, kids are typically offered a youth by the fact that many modern parents various offerings in order to get your kids membership rate between $15 and $55. are afraid to let their kids roam their signed up well before summer begins, as The idea, after all, is to bring new blood neighborhoods unchaperoned, while most programs have limited openings. into the sport, not to set up deal-break- school budget woes have resulted in phys Although most YC summer sessions ing obstacles. Most clubs require that ed classes and after-school sports being charge a fee, many offer scholarship pro- young trainees know how to swim, but scaled back further every year. We prob- It's gratifying for YC volunteers to share their do not require previous boating experi- ably needn't remind you that two tragic expertise, while students discover a healthy ence. byproducts of this grim reality are that new outdoor endeavor — everybody wins! At YCs, the focus is almost always on dinghy sailing, as the idea is to build basic skills which will serve as a solid foundation for a lifetime of sailing fun. By contrast, some non-YC programs are run aboard large keelboats, as their primary goal is just to give kids their ﬁ rst introduction to the nautical world. A wide range of boats are used in junior programs, and in most cases they're provided at no additional cost. The vast majority of young sailors start out in El Toros or Optimist prams. Once they learn the ropes, they're likely to move up to Lasers, and eventually to two-person FJs or 420s (both jib-and-main boats). Some clubs also work with nearby high schools to provide race training and sup- KEVIN WILKINSON / SBYC YOUTH ACCESS TO BAY SAILING

the Center's programs have continu- ally expanded over the years to promote in fact, probably wish they'd sailing and ecological awareness to the had such opportunities broadest possible spectrum — including when they were young. at-risk kids, and those who are mentally

Community Access Programs For the purposes of this overview, we'll lump together all non- yacht club sailing options. But in fact, they each have distinctly different qualities and offerings. That said, all 'community-access' programs do tend to share the same over- arching goal: to expose as many kids (and/or adults) as possible to the joys of sailing in the Bay Area's unique van GOOL ROBERT aquatic realm. Often, kids With fl at water and stiff breeze, the Sail Camps also come away with a put on by Sailing Education Adventure and the greater awareness of the Marin YC amount to big summer fun. Bay's delicate marine eco- or physically disabled. A broad range of system, and an apprecia- programs give 7- to-18-year-old trainees tion for the region's colorful exposure to sailing aboard dinghies as maritime heritage. Most, if well as Moore 24s and J/24s. not all such programs, have Thanks to extensive community sup- provisions for kids to sail port and volunteer fundraising, nearly for free through need-based 80% of participating kids sail for free. RICHARD GILLETTE grants and scholarships. With its unique location at the edge of While sailing beneath the Golden Gate aboard This fact has led to one of their greatest Clipper Cove — renowned for brisk wind 'Pegasus' it's no wonder these East Bay kids successes, as they are accessible to dis- over fl at water — the Center conducts are all smiles. advantaged youth who otherwise might serious racing classes here also, and has port racing teams. never have a chance to set foot aboard a hosted at least one national one design YC junior programs tend to be a win- sailboat, let alone learn to operate one. championship. ning idea all the way around: The kids For many years, savvy corporations Oakland Park & Recreation Dept. have a blast, get some healthy exercise, have used 'team-building' exercises — Two other 'gems' which greatly ben- gain an appreciation for the simple phys- aboard sailboats to build character efi t Bay Area kids are the Lake Merritt ics of wind power, and perhaps even pick among their employees and foster Boating Center, near the city center, and within them an appreciation for mutual the Jack London Aquatic Center, located cooperation. The teamwork required Beginning sailors learn the ropes in the calm Each successive to maneuver a big keelboat or rig and waters of the Paradise Cay Yacht Harbor, during generation seems to spend launch a fl eet of sailing dinghies yields a Tiburon YC summer session. similar results in kids of less time engaged in good all ages. old-fashioned outdoor play. Here's a quick look at some popular community programs: up a lifelong hobby. The club members Treasure Island Sailing have fun sharing their expertise, while Center — Located literally getting to know potential future club in the middle of the Cen- members — or possibly future sailing tral Bay, this multi-facet- rockstars. (John Kostecki and Melissa ed facility is well-named, Purdy both spent a lot of time in the as it is indeed a 'treasure' Richmond YC's program, as did Paul for the surrounding com- Cayard before moving on to the St. Fran- munities. Established cis.) And the kids' parents come away by a group of Bay racers with the satisfaction of knowing they've in 1999 after the City of introduced their son or daughter to a San Francisco obtained

new form of active, outdoor fun. Many, use of T.I. from the Navy, YOLANDA LOPEZ THE ANTIDOTE —

callofthesea.org, www.callofthesea.org A FULL MENU OF KIDS' SAILING OPTIONS Nehemiah, Richmond — See article text. Investigate further details at: www.latitude38.com/YRASchedule/youth.html Rod & Joni Phillips, (510) 234-5054, captain@ and at the websites of individual organizations. sailingacross.com; www. sailingacross.com Oakland Parks & Rec Dept. — Sarah along the north shore of YACHT CLUB PROGRAMS 8-14; Pinto Lake, Watsonville; Sun, Sep-Mar; in Herbelin, (510) 238-2196, www.oaklandnet.com/ the Oakland-Alameda Benicia YC — Derith Lutz, (707) 746-0739, El Toros (some available for charter); $60 + $55 parks/Prgms/boating.asp • After-School Learn-to- Estuary. www.beniciayachtclub.com • Summer Prgm, ages YC junior membership; Scholarships available • Sail Prgm, 5th-8th graders; Lake Merritt Boating A number of intro- 9-12 & 13-18; Two 5-wk sessions Jun-Aug, Tues- Scholastic Prgm, grades 8-12 from Pacifi c Col- Center; Wed or Tue & Thu in school year; in Optis ductory programs are day afternoons; in DeWitt Dinghies, Optis and El legiate, Santa Cruz, and Soquel High Schools; (provided); $145/10 wks • Basic, Intermediate Toros (provided). Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor; Saturdays, September- Summer Prgm, ages 7-18; Lake Merritt Boating offered at the lake for Encinal YC (Alameda) — Billy Zlotocha, March; in FJs (provided), Lasers, 420s • Advanced Center; One-wk sessions, Jun-Aug; in kayaks, grade-schoolers, includ- (510) 769-0221, www.encinal.org • Summer Sailing Prgm, independent competitors; in Moore dragonboats, Optis, Sunfi sh, Bytes, JY15s, La- ing after-school Learn- Prgm, ages 8-18, all levels; 3-wk sessions, Jun- 24s (provided), Lasers, 29ers, etc. (BYOB). sers (provided); $145/Oakland residents; $172/ to-Sail courses in El Aug, Mon-Thu; in Optis, Lasers, FJs, 420s (pro- Sausalito YC — Dan Leininger, (415) 332- non-residents • Advanced Summer Prgm, ages Toros. The action on vided) • Fall, Spring Prgm, ages 8-18; Sun for six 7400, x114, [email protected] • 10-18; Jack London Aquatic Center (Oakland the Estuary is geared wks (dates TBA); in Optis, Lasers, FJs (provided) Summer Prgm (Ages 8-18); Mid June - Mid Aug; Estuary); One-wk sessions, Jun-Aug; windsurf- primarily toward mid- • High School Prgm, grades 8-12; Wkends Feb- Sign-Up at www.sycsailcamp.org • High School ers, cats, keelboats, JY15s, Bytes (provided); Apr; drop-in practice Wed-Fri; FJs (provided); Sailing; Sep-May; in Optis, Lasers, Flying Juniors, Cost: $175 and up • Intro to Sailing Team, ages dle-schoolers and high- Scholarships available through the Encinal Sail- 420s (provided); Scholarships available through 12-17; JL Aquatic Center; practices & regattas schoolers from any area ing Foundation. Sausalito Youth Sailing Foundation. on wkends; in Bytes and Laser 4.7s (provided); school, who train and Golden Gate YC (San Francisco) — Robert Sequoia YC (Redwood City) — (650) 361- $395/season; Scholarships available for Oakland race aboard dinghies Bozina, (408) 554-4431, www.ggyc.com • High 9472, [email protected], www.sequoi- residents • Youth Sailing Team, grades 8-12 from and keelboats. School Prgm, grades 9-12 from any high school ayc.org • Junior Beginning/Intermediate Prgm, any school; JL Aquatic Center; practices & regat- esp. Lowell, Lincoln, or School of the Arts (middle ages 10-14; Dan Humphreys, (650) 941-9303, tas on wkends; in Laser 4.7s (provided); $450/ school students by arrangement); Tue & Thu; FJs [email protected]; Sat, fall/spring (Beginner & season; Scholarships available for Oakland resi- (provided); Free; students must demonstrate de- Intermediate); in El Toros (provided); $125/10-wk dents • Sailing into Science, 5th graders (teach- sire & commitment to sailing. session • Advanced Prgm, ages 12-16; Dave Pir- ers sign up classes); Lake Merritt Boating Center; Inverness YC — Barbara Jones, (650) 474- ron, (408) 966-5659; Sat in fall/spring; in Lasers School year; Pedalboats, dragonboats, kayaks, 1402, www.invernessyachtclub.org • Summer (4.7, Radial & Full Rig); $175/10-wk session. whaleboats (provided); $300/class/day (up to 32 Prgm; 6/28-7/16 & 7/26-8/13; in Optis, El Toros, South Beach YC (San Francisco) — Kevin students) or $150 (15 students). Lasers, FJs and Flying Scots (provided); $675; Wilkinson, (650) 333-7873, www.southbeachyc. Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation, Scholarships available. org • Junior Prgm, ages 9-16, Beginning & Inter- Redwood City — Eric Anderson, (650) 854-1048; Monterey Peninsula YC — (831) 372-9686, mediate; One 2-wk Beginning session 7/12-23; www.pysf.us • One-wk sessions, Jun-Aug, 9 www.mpyc.org • Summer Sailing Lessons, ages one 1-wk Beginning/Intermediate session 8/2- am.-3 pm daily; ages 7-12; Beginners in Optis; 8-16; Eight 1-wk all-day sessions starting in early 6; one 1-wk Intermediate session, 6/21-25; in Intermediate in 420s & FJs; Advanced racing (all Jun, except the wk of 7/4; in Optis, FJs (provid- Lasers, FJs (provided); $225/wk; Scholarships boats provided); $300/YC members & students ed); Scholarships available • High School Team, available. who BYOB, $325/non-members. Scholarships grades 8-12 from Pacifi c Grove, Salinas & Mon- Spinnaker YC / City of San Leandro available • High School Sailing; training & racing terey; Fri afternoons during the school year; FJs — (510) 577-3462, www.ci.san-leandro.ca.us • year round; Sat & Sun practices & races; CFJs, (provided). Summer Sailing Day Camp, ages 10-18, able to 420s, Lasers, 29ers. Richmond YC — (510) 237-2821, www.rich- swim; 1-wk classes TBA for Beginners and Inter- Pegasus Project, Berkeley — See article mondyc.org • Parent or child must be RYC mem- mediates; DeWitt Dinghies (provided); $200/San text. (510) 621-8130, info-AT-pegasusvoyages. ber (jr. membership: $20 initiation + $50/year) • Leandro residents, $225/non-residents. org, www.pegasusvoyages.org/project.html Junior Sailing School Winter, ages 8-18; Most Stanford Summer Sailing Camp (Redwood Sea Scouts Marinship 1 (Tiburon YC) Sun, Oct-Mar; in El Toros, Bytes, Lasers (BYOB); City) — John Vandemoer, (650) 387-2674, www. — Nick Tarlson, (415) 956-5700; nick@tarlson. Optis (available for charter, $250/season); $115 stanfordsailing.org • Beginner and Intermediate com • Year-Round Prgm, ages 14-21; 1st and 3rd + two days of parent volunteer time • Double- Sailing Prgm, ages 9-17; Jun-Aug; in 420s, FJs Tuesday evenings each month; in Santana 35 & handed Prgm, ages 8-18; Most Sun, Oct-Mar; in (provided); Scholarships available. 22s, Lasers, FJs, 420s, tall ship Active (provided); FJs, 420s (provided); Cost: $250 • Summer Sail- Stockton Sailing Club — Leslie Pannell, $60/year. ing Prgm, grades 8-12; Wkdays, Jun-Aug; in FJs, [email protected], www.stocktonsc.org • Treasure Island Sailing Center — Lacey 420s • Summer Sleepover Camp (at Stockton Learn to Sail Prgm, ages 9-18; One-wk classes, Todd, (415) 421-2225, www.tisailing.org • Spring Sailing Club); Jul 11-17; El Toros, Optis (BYOB); Jun-Aug; El Toros and FJs (provided); $15 short- Beginner Prgm, ages 7-14 & Spring Race Team, $275 + one day of parent volunteer time; Scholar- term youth membership • Summer Sleepover ages 8-14; Session 1 Sat, 3/13-4/3; Session 2 ships available. Camp (with RYC); Jul 11-17; in El Toros, Optis Sat, 4/17-5/8; Session 3 Wed, 4/21-5/12 • Opti St. Francis YC (San Francisco) — Mike (BYOB); $275 + one day of parent volunteer time; Race Team, 10 practices Sat, Feb-May; 3 races Kalin, (415) 820-3729, www.stfyc.com • Tinsley Scholarships available. wkends; in Optis; $500/session. Scholarships Island Summer Camp, ages 7-17; One-wk ses- Tahoe YC/Tahoe Community Sailing/Ta- available • High School Race Team, ages 13-18, sions, 6/21-25, 6/28-7/1, 7/5-9; in Optis, Lasers, hoe City Parks & Recreation — Bryce Griffi th, no experience necessary; Sun, Jan-Apr; in FJs; Bytes, 420s, Bic Techno windsurfers (provided); (530) 583-3796 ext. 25/ext. 12; [email protected] $400 • Summer Sailing Camp, ages 7-18; One-wk TBD. Scholarships available • Cityfront Day • Youth Sailing Prgm, ages 8-17; Jun-Aug, Mon- sessions, Jun-Aug; in FJs, JY Trainers, Optis, La- Camp, ages 7-17; One-wk sessions, Jul 12-Aug Thu; Race Prgm Mon evening & Fri daytime; in sers, J/24s, Access Dinghies (provided); lifejack- 20; in Optis, FJs, 420s, 4.7s, Bic Techno windsurf- CFJs, Picos, Nomad 17s, Lasers. ets, wetsuits and foul weather gear also provided; ers (provided); TBD; Scholarships available. Tiburon YC (Paradise Cay) — Pat Lopez, $125/wk, half day; $250/wk, full day. Scholarships San Francisco YC (Belvedere) — Forrest (415) 454-7228, [email protected] • Junior available. Gay, (415) 435-9525, www.sfyc.org • Spring & Sailing, ages 8-13 (under 120 lbs.), able to swim; Spaulding Wooden Boat Center, Sausalito Fall Learn-to-Sail Prgm, ages 8-18; Apr-Sep; Schedule TBA, probably beginning in Mar; Optis — See article. Andrea Rey (415) 332-3179, info@ Optis, Laser Radials & 4.7s, FJs, 29ers, 420s provided or bring your own; $40/day with your spauldingcenter.org, www.spauldingcenter.org (provided) • Summer Prgm, ages 8-18, all levels; own boat, $65/day if you use a TYC boat. S.F. Maritime National Maritime Park, San Jun-Aug; Optis, Laser Radials & 4.7s, FJs, 29ers, Francisco — See article text. Seth Muir, (415) 420s (provided) • High School Prgm, grades 9-12 COMMUNITY ACCESS PROGRAMS 292-6664 offi ce, [email protected], www.mari- from any Marin County high school; After school, Blue Water Foundation, San Francisco time.org Tue-Fri; FJs (provided); Scholarships available — See article text. Meyla Ruwin (415) 242-2615; Sailing Education Adventures, Sausalito through the Belvedere Cove Foundation. www.bluewaterfoundation.org — See article text. Robert van Gool (415) 552- Santa Cruz YC — Peter Pillsbury, (831) Call of the Sea, Sausalito — See article 8199; [email protected],www.sfsail- 425-0690, www.scyc.org • Pinto Lake Prgm, ages text. (800) 401-7835 or (415) 331-3214, info@ ing.org

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aboard the traditional, 82-ft schooner Seaward (which also offers private char- Blue Water Foundation — As evidence introduced to the joys of sailing the Bay ters). Hands-on sessions focus on sea- that on-the-water experience for kids is a aboard the well-kept Alden 51 ketch manship, local history and navigation, benefi t to society, this nonprofi t, volun- Pegasus. Drawing primarily from East and align with 4th- and 5th-grade social teer-run group is heavily supported by Bay schools, the volunteer staff's mission studies curricula — yet are adaptable to both the San Francisco School District is for young trainees "to become produc- other grade levels. and the San Francisco Police Depart- tive members of a sustainable society Nehemiah — Like so many others ment. Since its founding in 1992, over through positive outdoor environmental involved with youth sail training, Capt. 9,000 young salts from virtually every education, and by reinforcing life skills." Rod Phillips and his wife Joni saw sailing S.F. public school have sailed aboard With the support of several partner orga- as a chance for troubled kids to see the the Foundation's 20-ft daysailers or its nizations, and profi ts from mainstream world through a different lens. So years fl agship, the former 46-ft ocean racer charter work, all kids who attend these ago they decided to offer their boat — a Golden Bear. hands-on sessions sail for free. classic, 57-ft ketch — and their maritime The Pegasus Project — Over the past Call of the Sea — This well-respected knowledge to young people from nearby 15 years, some 8,000 kids have been organization offers three-hour programs communities. They've taken hundreds of Clockwise from upper left: Dinghy racers do battle off the Sausalito YC; Look who's driving 'Pe- kids, many of then classifi able as at-risk, gasus'; Blustery fun at South Beach YC; Estuary sailors thread their way through the Encinal YC out for booming sails on the Bay. fl eet; A fl ock of summer Sail Campers race beneath Mount Tam. A longtime professional mariner, GARY FERBER / SYC GARY BILLY ZLOTOCHA / EYC BILLY RICHARD GILLETTE ROBERT van GOOL / SEA ROBERT ZLOTOCHA / EYC BILLY

April, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 101 THE ANTIDOTE

Capt. Rod sets a ﬁ ne example as schooner Alma, with aspects of his- he and other volunteers instruct tory and social studies, science, and kids in the arts of traditional math (aligned with state standards seamanship aboard Nehemiah, for 4th through 7th grades). which has twice circumnavigat- Sailing Education Adventures — ed the globe. Free or nearly free This highly regarded, volunteer-run youth programs are supported organization has been running kids' by occasional mainstream char- summer Sail Camps for 26 years. In ter work. partnership with San Rafael's Marin The Spaulding Wooden Boat YC, they operate one-week, full-day Center — This historic facility dinghy-sailing courses for kids 8 to is one of the maritime treasures 16, beginning in June, at both the of the Sausalito waterfront. Its Basic and Intermediate level. staff offers high school students apprenticeships that include boatbuilding, sailing and marine ecology. "No, it's my turn to drive!" Some of us take We think a lot of kids these days During the program which begins this sailing opportunities for granted, but for at-risk end up wedded to the couch because June, students will construct a one-of-a- kids a daysail can be a life-changer. they just don't realize how much fun kind wooden sailboat drawn in 1923 by public offerings for both kids and adults, they could be having by doing active Myron Spaulding and redesigned by Tom including small boat building and sailing sports in the great outdoors. And sam- Wylie. In addition, apprentices receive for at-risk teens. pling the pleasures of sailing through sailing instruction meant to prepare Their Explorers Program recently the programs listed here might be just them for recreational sailing within the earned the prestigious acknowledgement the impetus they need to garner a fresh Bay as well as advanced coastal naviga- by Sail Training International as the new perspective on life. tion. (small vessel) Sail Training Organization You can't say that about a summer San Francisco Maritime National Park of the Year. These innovative classes afternoon spent playing Grand Theft — A JEWEL of the San Francisco wa- combine hands-on instruction in tradi- Auto or World of Warcraft! terfront, the Park has a wide variety of tional seamanship aboard the 1891 scow — latitude/andy

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This year's Big Daddy wasn't the attendance was down just slightly com- had as much success of late as his other biggest ever, but the unofﬁ cial start to pared to years past. boat, the King 40 Soozal — taking top the Bay's summer racing season deliv- With breeze into the mid-teens, each honors. In PHRF C Ed Durbin's Beneteau ered nonetheless for the 74 boats in six division got off two or three races. In 36.7 Mistral came out on top, and in PHRF and four one design divisions that PHRF A, Philipe Paturel's wildly-pat- PHRF D, it was Michael Quinn's C&C 99 showed up March 12. With competition terned black and red Archambault 40 Sheeba. PHRF E went to Gordie Nash's for entries coming from the St. Francis RC Ciao! scored straight bullets to win Modernized Santana 27 Arcadia, while YC's Spring Dinghy Regatta and the handily. In PHRF B, it was Dan Woolery's Scott Easom's Moore 24 Eight Ball won Island YC's Doublehanded Lightship, Sydney 36 CR Encore — with which he's PHRF F. — THE FUN NEVER STOPS

Spread from left, 'War Pony', 'Alfa Puppy' and 'Deception' rumble downwind; inset, opposite page, included — showed up on Sunday, and Philipe Paturel's 'Ciao!' sports some of the wildest graphics on the Bay, if you'd like to see sport catch after a 1-hour postponement, things got the eyes of non-sailors, start here; inset this page, Sy Kleinman's 'Swiftsure II' powers uphill. rolling. The little boats headed mostly for The J/105 honors went Phil Laby's With Saturday's racing in the books, Alcatraz ﬁ rst in the choose-your-own- Racer X, while Rick Smith's Más Rapido the focus turned to the St. Patrick's Day- adventure race around Alcatraz and took home the honors in the Olson 30 themed party before anyone would even Angel Islands. By the time they reached class. Trent Watkins' UFO won the Ulti- think about Sunday's pursuit race. the entrance to Raccoon Strait, the ebb mate 20 class and Kim Desenberg's Mr. Eighty-seven boats — more than a was ripping and they found themselves McGregor was the top Wylie Wabbit. few Doublehhanded Lightship entries parked while the bigger boats rode the BIG DADDY

current going the other direction. Hrubes, 10. (7 boats) It was a classic bigger-boat race, but PHRF F — 1) Eight Ball, Moore 24, Scott the biggest, or should we say, fastest Easom, 3 points; 2) El Gavilan, Hawkfarm, Chris were the most blessed. Peter Stoneberg's Nash, 8; 3) Froglips, J/24, Richard Stockdale, Formula 40 catamaran Shadow — which 10. (8 boats) gets no shortage of complaints about its J/105 — 1) Racer X, Phil Laby/Rich Pipkin, 3 -99 rating — broke with the other fast points; 2) Donkey Jack, Rolf Kaiser, 3; 3) Whis- boats' style and headed to Alcatraz fi rst. per, Marc Vayn, 6. (5 boats) It was a strategy that paid big enough OLSON 30 — 1) Mas Rapido, Rick Smith, dividends for them to horizon the fl eet 4 points; 2) Hot Betty, John Scarborough, 7; 3) and win by a large margin. The rest of Hoot, Andrew Macfi e, 8. (6 boats) the top-three also were multis — Alan ULTIMATE 20 — 1) UFO, Trent Watkins, 3 O'Driscoll's D-Class cat Beowulf V and points; 2) Indecision, Phil Kangesberg, 9; 3) Sal- Bill Erkelens' Tornado Go Granny Go!. sa, Matt Borough, 10. (8 boats) The top monohull was Andy Costello and WYLIE WABBIT — 1) Mr. McGregor, Kim De- Peter Krueger's J/125 Double Trouble. senberg, 5 points; 2) Weckless, Tim Russell, 8; 3) Better With Butter, Erik Menzel. (8 boats) — latitude/rg Keeping a close eye on the duck ahead. RICHMOND YC BIG DADDY SATURDAY BUOY 3) Always Friday, Antrim 27, John Liebenberg. (7 SUNDAY PURSUIT RACE (3/13) — 1) Shadow, RACING (3/12, 2-3r, 0t) boats) Formula 40, Peter Stoneberg; 2) Beowulf V, PHRF A — 1) Ciao!, A40 RC, Philipe Pa- PHRF D — 1) Sheeba, C&C 99, Michael Customized D-Class Cat, Allen O'Driscoll; 3) Go turel, 2 points; 2) TNT, Tripp 43, Brad Copper, 7; Quinn, 7 points; 2) Maguro, Santana 35, Jack Granny Go!, Tornado, Bill Erkelens; 4) Double 3) Double Trouble, J/125, Andy Costello/Peter Feller, 8; 3) Two Scoops, Express 34, Chris Lon- Trouble; 5) War Pony, Farr 36 OD, Mark Howe; Kreuger, 7. (7 boats) gaker, 10. (8 boats) 6) Deception, SC 50, Bill Helvestine; 7) Tiburon, PHRF B — 1) Encore, Sydney 36 CR, Dan PHRF E — 1) Arcadia, Modernized Santana SC 37, Steve Stroub; 8) Quiver, N/M 36, Jeff Woolery, 3; 2) Desdemona, J/120, John Wimer, 3; 27, Gordie Nash, 4 points; 2) Uno, Wyliecat 30, McCord; 9) Swiftsure II, Schumacher 54, Sy 3) Jeannette, Frers 40, Henry King, 7. (8 boats) Steve Wonner, 9; 3) Preparation J, J/30, Robert Kleinman; 10) Bodacious, Farr 40 1-Ton, John PHRF C — 1) Mistral, Benetau 36.7, Ed Clauser. (87 boats) Durbin, 2; 2) Kuai, Sabre 386, Daniel Thieman, 5; Complete results at: www.richmondyc.org

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Given that this issue coincides with the Strictly Sail Paciﬁ c boat show in Oakland, we thought it would be fun statement to, "Sometimes yes, some- to talk to someone who had owned an times no." According to Rick, they are a older boat for many years but recently "quasi-couple." In any event, in late '03, bought a new one, to ﬁ nd out what the the two bought a Santa Cruz 27 together, big differences were in the boats and christened her First Impression, and have been racing her even more relentlessly than Gypsy Warrior. "Three times a month is not uncommon," JAY AILWORTH / STRANGEBIRD PHOTOGRAPHY AILWORTH JAY says Jan. Two years ago, the duo won both halves

LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE of the OYRA series, as well as the full season. The year before that, they'd taken second overall. Frankly, it's a little mystifying to us why these two bought their newest boat, a Beneteau 40, last May They christened her Music upon taking delivery in August. At the time, Rick still owned his Freya 39, the couple co-owned and still co-own the SC 27, and Rick also owned and continues to own Queen Rick and Jan show us one of their most recent Bee, the J/109 that 'Dr. Laura' raced out trophies. We have no doubt they've got a locker of Santa Barbara before she moved up to full of them. a larger boat. Even after they'd sold the what improvements have been made. Freya — and are now mourning the fact Rick Gio, a tile setter from Sebastopol, that she caught fi re in Ventura under seemed like the perfect guy to ask. Be- new ownership and was a total loss — tween '79 and '80, he spent 3,280 hours we're still puzzled at their need for three fi nishing off the Freya 39 Gypsy War- sailboats. Gio and Grant aren't wealthy, rior from a bare hull and deck. Despite so it can only be that they are degenerate being a heavy displacement boat, the boat junkies. But apparently happy ones in the cockpit of Music, so she's great design had won the prestigious Sydney — during the course of our conversation for parties," says Rick. "In addition, she to Hobart Race three years in a row in at Nuevo Vallarta during the Banderas has a great table that's sturdy enough the mid-'60s. After doing the '81 Long Bay Regatta, Gio mentioned an inter- to stand on." Beach to Cabo and La Paz Race aboard est in fi nishing off a Northstar 40. "You 2) Music has twin wheels, the only Latitude's Freya 39 Contrary to Ordinary, can't become stagnant with your boats," boat in their fleet with that feature. Gio started racing he said in an at- "Rick is always sashaying between the his Gypsy Warrior tempt to explain wheels," Jan laughs. "I do," Rick admits, extensively, do- his thinking. "because it gives me the ability to see ing five races to According to Rick, everything." Hawaii, a Mexico he and Jan are a "We also like the swim platform," says race, and count- A n y w a y , Jan, "as it gives us a place to shower out- less local offshore "quasi-couple." we pressed the side, a place to climb back on our boat races, as well as pair to come up after swimming, and a place to land fi sh." making a four- with seven rea- Gio notes that the Freya had rather high month, 11,000-mile cruise to the South sons they like their new Beneteau better freeboard and the sides of the hull were Pacific and back. In the process, he than the Freya 39 that Rick had owned unusually steep, making it necessary singlehanded his Freya from Hawaii back for 29 years. Here goes: to have a ladder to climb aboard after to California three times. 1) "The beam is not only much greater swimming. — 12'10" versus only 11'3 for the Freya It seemed to us that having two wheels — but on the Beneteau," says Jan, and a swim platform aft should count Jan Grant of San Rafael, who works "most of the beam is carried almost all as two separate improvements, but Jan in the veterinary fi eld, joined Gio for the the way to the transom." The Freya was insisted they are both part of Item #2, trip to French Polynesia and the last a modifi ed double-ended design, so the so we're going to let it slide this time. nine years of racing. Are they a couple? aft part of the boat was both narrow and "No," she says, before amending that pinched. "We can easily seat 10 people

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storage, but not so much that you fi ll the boat with junk. 7) Much to our surprise, the last thing these hardcore racers and performance cruisers cited is that their Beneteau is a much faster boat than the Freya. This from a couple who had won their division in the Baja Ha-Ha, and were in the process of winning their class and the Jack 'n Jill division of the Banderas Bay Regatta. "Music's modern sail plan — small fractional jib and big main — combined with her modern underbody, means she really moves," says Jan. It's not surprising that the Beneteau is so much faster than the Freya, given that she displaces 7,000 lbs less than the 24,000-lb Freya, even though she is a foot longer, has a performance fin keel rather than en- capsulated 3/4 keel, and has a spade rather than an attached rudder. The Freya initially had a PHRF rating of 138 seconds per mile, which was later upped to 141 seconds per mile. The Beneteau, meanwhile, rates 104 on the Bay, which means she is 37 seconds With Rick at the starboard helm and Jan trimming the sheet, 'Music' sails to fi rst place honors in faster per mile. "What's more," says Rick, class and in the Jack 'n Jill division of the just-completed Banderas Bay Regatta. "the Beneteau not only gives us a good 3) "There are two great places for a "The Freya couldn't comfortably turn of speed, if we're put in the right couple to sleep on Music," says Jan. accommodate as many people in the class, we have no trouble sailing to her "There is the forward V-berth, which is salon," adds Rick, "and it was much rating." longer than the one on the Freya, which darker down below. Score two points for Two wheels on a boat has some advantages was a little too short. And there's a Music." for visibility, but it can lead to confl icts about queen-size berth aft beneath the cockpit 6) "Music has lots of storage," says Jan, where to go and who is in control. that faces athwartships." moving down "I can't sleep if a boat is rolling heavily the list. Some- from side to side," says Rick, "but when what paradoxi- we're in the aft cabin, the boat rolling cally, Rick says side to side means we're rocking fore and that the Freya aft. I can sleep with that, so yeah, I like had even more

having the two sleeping options." storage. In fact, / RICHARD LATITUDE 4) "There are lots of places to brace so much storage yourself while working in the galley," that when he says Jan. "The Freya wasn't as good in got home from that regard." French Polyne- 5) "Music is very wide amidships down sia, he had a below, too, and has lots of light," says month's worth of Jan. "But unlike many other modern food and tons of boats, there are still lots of handholds, so toilet paper left. you don't get thrown across the boat." So we guess the point is that Mu- sic has enough OUT WITH THE OLD BOAT

Music also sails faster with less get a puff with that higher-performance brought in or eased out a little." "It's fuss. Gio had 11 headsails on his Freya boat, your body is pushed back from the true," says Rick. "Music is such a sensi- — "I was changing them all the time" acceleration. The problem with the J/109 tive boat that when I had Jan ease the — before he added roller furling. Music is that you need to put together eight traveller down an inch at one point dur- has just a furling 140 and a furling 105 crew to race her, which is a lot of trouble ing the race today, there was a marked from North Sails, as Rick and Jan passed difference in performance. As soon as the on the standard suit of sails. They also traveller was dropped that tiny bit, the passed on the standard in-mast main "As soon as the traveller rudder stopped gurgling and we sailed roller furling because it would have higher and faster." Of course, many added 1,600 pounds, much of it up high. was dropped, we sailed sailors probably wouldn't even notice the "We're racers," says Jan, "we couldn't difference. have that." higher and faster." "The fi nal 'other side' of the perfor- There are, of course, some downsides mance equation is that the Freya was to the better-performing Beneteau. "We built like the classic brick shithouse," have to put in the fi rst reef at nine to 10 and requires making lots of sandwiches says Rick, "so you could sail her through knots," admits Rick. "If it's solid white- and buying lots of beer. And you're not a gale. But if you lean against one of Mu- caps, we furl the 140 to about a 110. At racing a 'house' like Jan and I get to do sic's bulkheads, it gives a little because 20 knots, we have to put in a second reef. with the Beneteau." she's built more lightly. As a result, as But man, we're still doing 7.8 knots! So with almost all modern designs, you ultimately, the Beneteau is a much more have to know when to throttle back. fun boat to sail than the Freya. And I re- But there's also another price that People should also know that the Freya member how, when we carried a spinna- comes with the much higher perfor- was not a slow cruising boat. During our ker on the Freya and got a puff, the boat mance. "Music is a much more sensi- Puddle Jump, the folks running the nets would just load up for a long time before tive boat to sail well," notes Jan. "Rick took to calling us the 'speed merchants' turning the force into acceleration. The is always asking for the traveller to be because we caught up with and passed Beneteau just takes off! Of course, she so many boats. And that was without doesn't take off like my J/109. When you us ever fl ying a chute or reefi ng down MARINE PRODUCTS THAT PERFORM

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the smaller one. "The boat only has a before nightfall." hand over hand." 53-gallon fuel tank," he says, "so we're For many years Gio didn't have radar just going to have to throttle back in — a common feature on cruising boats order not to burn up all the fuel." One thing Rick must have forgot- — on Gypsy Warrior either. "I didn't want ten to put on the 'better than the Freya' the draw on electrical supply," he says. list is that Music has an electric windlass. "When I ﬁ nally did get one, I didn't use What don't they like about their "No, I didn't have one on the Freya," he it, so we didn't put one on Music. On the new boat? "My biggest gripe is that the admits. "He's a cheap bastard," Jan other hand, we really like our Rayma- sheet winches are too small," says Jan. laughs. rine instruments and chartplotter. They "I'm in really good shape, and they're "My reasoning was that an electric should have been an item on the list." too hard to grind." On the other hand, windlass would involve batteries, wires, Rick and Jan are also happy with Rick does like the electric halyard winch. circuit breakers — things that could go "They didn't have those when I was wrong," says Rick. "I wanted to keep it building my Freya, and I use it for every- simple." thing." Jan and Rick both also think the "When we pulled into the Bay of "My biggest gripe is traveller system could be signiﬁ cantly Virgins at Fatu Hiva, it was blowing 50 that the sheet winches improved. knots on the nose," remembers Jan. "The Toward the end of our visit, the only place left to anchor was in 200 feet are too small." conversation drifted to the publisher of of water. We put all of our 200 feet of Latitude being happy with having a boat chain out, and it just hung there, per- in a yacht management program in the fectly useless. Getting it back up wrecked the deal they got on their boat. "We got British Virgins. More on that next month, his back." about $30,000 in extras for free," says but when we told them we were still in "I was laid up for a week," Rick ad- Jan, "stuff like leather, Ultrasuede, and the black, we should have anticipated mits. "The problem was that I had a 3/8" a dodger." They also got the bigger engine Jan's response: "Gee, maybe Rick and wildcat and 5/16" chain on the manual at no extra cost. Rick actually wanted I should invest in a boat in that part of windlass, so it kept slipping. In the end, the world." I had to pick up the 200 feet of chain — latitude/richard MARINE PRODUCTS THAT PERFORM

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When we first heard that the promised, like Mexican President Felipe also featured a kiting event, run by St. Mexican Ocean Racing Circuit was go- Calderón not only welcoming the racers Francis YC Racing Manager John Craig ing to be dramatically revamped this on the fi rst day via VHF, but presenting and featuring Bay Area kiters like Chip year, we were a little skeptical. But last the brand new Copa México trophy and Wasson, Johnny Heineken, and some of fall, when we saw the list of incentives helping out with Race Committee duty the world's top kiteboard course racing that the organizers threw into the mix, on the fi nal day! The joke of the day? "We talent you may have seen at last year's we started to believe a little bit. There can't even get the mayor to come down Worlds on the Bay. There was also an were carrots like free moorage, included to the Rolex Big Boat Series!" 85-boat Opti regatta and a 55-boat J/24 dinners for competitors, free lodging for This year's MEXORC was part of the regatta, all within a two-week span. up to six people and free shuttle busses Nextel Regatta Copa México and pro- With substantial government support for everyone, plus drastically discounted duced the winner of its namesake trophy. — the Mexican Navy used patrol boats entry fees for boats meeting the appropri- Given to the overall winner of the four as stake boats for the benefi t of racers ate entry deadlines. 'Oceanic' classes — it was part of a much — the event was a pretty big deal, and But when we arrived in Puerto Vallar- larger 'Extravaganza Naútica' to cel- the shoreside entertainment was way ta on February 26, what we'd experience ebrate Mexico's bicentennial. Unoffi cially beyond what we've ever encountered at throughout the next week absolutely it was also an attempt to reverse some a large regatta. The regatta's home base blew our minds. What was so special? of the damage that mainstream North at Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz de Well, everything happened as prom- American media attention has wrought Huanacaxtle was transformed in the

WWW.STRANGEBIRDPHOTOS.COM AILWORTH/ JAY ised for starters, and then there were on the country by focusing on drug weeks leading up to the event. Large some things that happened that weren't wars and swine ﬂ u. The Extravaganza areas of land were ﬁ lled in to create — ALL OUT, ALL WEEK

Spread — Mark Jones and Mark Howe's Bay Area-based TP 52 'Flash' storms off the line ahead of is predominately used in the U.S. — the John MacLaurin's Davidson 70 'Pendragon VI', after tactician Jeff Thorpe called a perfect pin-end boats' inshore ratings weren't on every- start; inset, Louis Kruk's Bay Area-based Beneteau 42S7 'Cirque' runs into the back of a wave. one's minds beforehand, and some boats more real estate, and a hospitality "tent" Allen, Dan Malpas, Chris Deaver, Joel were still experimenting with optimizing that looked more like a cross between a Peterson, Ha-Ha XVI-vet Rob Walters, their confi guration prior to the start of Christo art project and the kind of super rigger Gilles Combrisson, Anthony Mur- the fi rst race. The ratings would prove to spendy cocktail lounge we can't afford to phy, Bill Travis and former Latitude 38 be the source of quite a bit of debate, as drink in. coverboy, bowman Kevin Sullivan. ratings often are. But there were some Before we got to PV, we'd planned on Bill Turpin's Northern California- legitimate gripes throughout the fl eet. just boat-hopping throughout the six based R/P 77 Akela was fresh off taking The most common was that setting the race days and lay day in between. But the course record in the Vallarta race. handicap Time Correction Factors before we were serendipitously conscripted to The Akela team picked up right where a race meant that they didn't accurately sail on the Bay Area-based TP 52 Flash they left off, winning Class 1 in the fi rst refl ect the conditions. In some cases, in Class 1, staffed by a full complement race, a bay-traversing windward/leeward your results had been tweaked due to of Northern California sailors, and co- for the Governor's Cup, sailed in a 14- to someone's redress claim in the time-on- skippered for the week by Bay Area 18-knot breeze. time handicapped races. ORR — formerly sailors Mark Howe and owner Mark In a somewhat rare occurrence, the known as Americap — determines the Jones. Project manager and tactician Jeff ORR rating system was used for the re- TCF number based on a wind speed Thorpe of the Bay's Quantum loft led the gatta. As most boats' ORR certifi cates are and direction matrix established after group that consisted of Jay Crum, Paul for offshore racing — where the system the races. US Sailing's ORR man, Dan MEXORC ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/ROB EXCEPT WHERE NOTED ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/ROB

Clockwise from top left — Humpback whales were present all week long; Mexican President Felipe Calderón not only made a welcome address over the VHF at the start of the regatta, he even lent a hand on race committee on the fi nal day; when the prez is in town, the open-house comes with snipers; 'Medicine Man' and 'Akela' trade jibes; the fantastic jungle outpost at Las Caletas, site of Tuesday night's mega party; Why are former Bay Area resident Matt Cisceki and former Santa Barbara resident Mark Sims so happy? Not only did the token norteños win the Copa México aboard the Mexican entry 'Flojito y Cooperando', but Cisceki got to leave the Parisian winter to come for MEXORC, and the day before Sims came down, he had to drag his snowblower through his Annapolis house to fi ght the blizzard that was trying to collapse his back deck; 'Medicine Men' Keith Ives and Bob 'I don't care about the ratings, I just want to go sailing' Lane; 'Relentless' powers upwind; the 'Barbitos' gang anointed themselves and anyone within reach with charcoal 'facial hair' after much tequila at Las Caletas; the Mexican Navy's 'Caudillo' doing what battlewagons do best; front-to-back are 'Flash' crewmembers Kevin Sullivan, Rob Walters, Bill Travis, Gilles Combrisson, Joel Peterson, Anthony Murphy and Dan Malpas; 'Flash' co-skipper Mark Howe keeps his eye on the prize; the 'Flash' knowledge pool of Jay Crum, Jeff Thorpe, co-skipper Mark Jones, Paul Allen and Chris Deaver keep her ropin' downwind; the 'Peninsula Vallarta' Women's Sailing Team mistook 'Flash' offside trimmer Malpas for Mexican pop star Crístian Castro; 'Akela' crewmember and Stockton Sailing Club Delta Ditch Run Czar Bob Doscher, with fi ancée Deborah Pate. Nolan, was on hand to get everything Day two was reserved for two eight- half-again-as-long run to Las Caletas, an fi gured out, and while there was griping, mile buoy races. Day three was designat- isolated jungle outpost accessible only by we didn't get the sense that anyone felt ed for a pursuit race from about halfway boat in the southern reaches of Banderas they'd gotten short-shrift at every turn between La Cruz and Paradise Village Bay. Have you been smacked with a little during the week. to a mark off Marietas Island before a cognitive dissonance yet? That'd be your

Page 120 • Latitude 38 • April, 2010 — ALL OUT, ALL WEEK WWW.STRANGEBIRDPHOTOS.COM JAY AILWORTH/ JAY WWW.STRANGEBIRDPHOTOS.COM JAY AILWORTH/ JAY brain saying, "How do you handicap a sailing downwind. Turns out it probably eryone's got to make sacrifi ces. pursuit race prior to the start when us- favored us on Flash as well, because we If you're going to win one race at ing a rating system dependent on the won. Although we did sail really well in MEXORC, make it the Caletas race. We wind direction and speed and you don't that race, the eventual Class 1 winner — couldn't have asked for more benefi cial know what either will be?" Not so well, Per Peterson's Oceanside-based Andrews conditions for Flash, and were already as things turned out. If we understand 70 Alchemy — had to spot us a lead of passing much of the combined fleet correctly, the shot-in-the-dark turned a minute of a half in conditions where halfway down the run, hooked into the out to be wrong, at least with regard to we were defi nitely advantaged while in 16 to 20 knots of afternoon seabreeze. direction, and probably strength as well. the rest of the races we owed them time. After what seemed like too little sailing Handicapped using the random-leg TCF Ultimately Nolan and the Race Commit- time — runs go quickly when you're for a course with fetches and reaches in tee knew that something like this could making something like 14 knots of VMG addition to beats and runs, the course happen, but when you have such a size down the course — we squeaked into instead turned out to be a windward/lee- and speed disparity, and want to get the Las Caletas in a weakening breeze just ward that favored one tack on either leg, entire fl eet to one place in a reasonabe a minute or two clear of the fl eet. The but nonetheless involved jibing and VMG time window — for a killer party — ev- race, however, was just a prelude to the

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evening's social program. After a dip in were pleasantly surprised when the boat the bathtub-like water, the crews kicked ride turned into an all-hands-on-deck back with drinks and a "Wow, this is dance party! included?" kind of meal at the sprawl- After a much-needed lay-day, the sky ing, Robinson Crusoe-esque complex got a little hazier for the next three days, of rustic palapas and footpaths run by and the breeze went lighter to boot. It Vallarta Adventures. was time for a shortened race to Marietas Next up was the daily awards presen- Island, followed by one more day of buoy tation and indigenous-themed show at racing. The whole affair ended a with the Mayan-style outdoor ampitheater. reverse-start Gold Cup course that cre- When we went up on stage with the rest ated one of the biggest charley-foxtrots

of the crew, we couldn't shake the feel- LATITUDE/ROB at a reach mark that we've ever seen, ing that we were on our way to being and was settled on a 70° wind shift that sacrifi ced or something. upended the fi nish order in Class 1. How good was the party? Well, Delta When the final score was tallied, Ditch Run czar Bob Doscher, from Stock- Thomas Spann's Farr 40 Flojito y Coope- ton SC — sailing on Akela — told us it This could have ended in tragedy if not for the rando took the overall honors and the put every other party to shame. And never-say-die Mexican Navy sailors who kept their Copa México trophy, with Alchemy in dragging 'Caudillo' off the rocks at Las Caletas. that's a high compliment coming from a second and Jack Taylor's Dana Point- guy whose club puts on one of Northern are quite numerous compared to most based SC 50 Horizon — second in Class B California's best regatta parties. stateside regattas — just plain know how behind Flojito — in third overall. The '10 Leading the way in the party fun were to have fun together. Unfortunately, it all Nextel Regatta Copa Mexico was a really definitely the Mexican teams, whose had to end at some point. But while we top-notch affair. There were a few bugs — boats came primarily from Acapulco and thought it would be a simple 45-minute the fi nal results still haven't gone up on Banderas Bay. Whether it was sponta- ferry ride back to town — small crews the MEXORC website, for example — but neously breaking into chants or songs, had taken most of the race boats back by and large, for basically starting from or performing hilarious party tricks like to Marina Riviera Nayarit already — we scratch, this was an amazing regatta. breaking out the charcoal moustaches, Start planning for '12 — we are. . . these guys and gals — the latter of which — latitude/rg

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More than any other place on earth, the Panama Canal is the ultimate maritime crossroads, where ships and scientifi c method, we threw a dart at our country are still sparsely developed, boats of all types, from all over the world, calendar, and it landed on March 6. That Panama City, where at least a third converge. turned out to be a splendid date, because of all Panamanians and thousands of Among the 14,000 vessels that transit more than a hundred cruising boats expats live, is booming. Glimmering sky- were idling in Balboa anchorages scrapers seem to be sprouting up faster then (on the Pacifi c side). Many of than banana plants in the surrounding them were preparing to jump west jungles. directly to Polynesia, while others The Canal, after all, is one of the most would fi rst visit Ecuador and the dependable cash cows in all of the Ameri- Galapagos before crossing to the cas. And while the minimum wage is islands. Despite giving only about 10 days of advance notice, our little Our little fi esta drew fi esta drew roughly 130 sailors from at least 17 nations — and we roughly 130 sailors from hadn't even advertised that we'd be giving away free snacks and beer, at least 17 nations. or raffl ing off Tahitian sarongs and black pearls. still less than $1.50 per hour, when you check out any of the city's four enormous Before we tell you about the shopping malls, it's obvious that there is fascinating contingent of sailors a burgeoning middle class here. we met at the shindig, allow us to For sailors traveling across from the share some impressions about the Caribbean, up from South America, or Republic of Panama today. As im- down from Central America, the city is portant as this vital international the best place for provisioning, facilitat- transport link is to world com- merce, we hear surprisingly little about it in the mainstream press. Like several of their Aussie countrymen, the By all indications, though, Panama is a Dransfi elds are cruising their European-bought country on the move. Not only is a third boat, 'Nika', back to the land down under. lane being added to the ditch in order 'the ditch' each year, roughly 700 are to accommodate more ship traffi c, but sailboats, and the majority of those are an enormous container port is being headed west toward the storied isles of built on the Pacifi c side. There, cargo French Polynesia. unloaded from ships that are too big to Just like the sailors that you've read transit the Canal will be transhipped about previously in these pages who are north, south and east. The few existing making the 3,000-mile trek from Mexico marinas are essentially full, but several to the Marquesas, the salty adventurers more large facilities are supposedly in who head west from Panama also qualify the planning stages. With the election as Pacifi c Puddle Jumpers. That's why last year of President Ricardo Martinelli it was a no-brainer for us to accept an Roughly 400 westbound sailboats pass through invitation from friends at Panama City's the Canal each year. Just past the Bridge of the Balboa YC to come down and meet the Americas lies the Balboa YC mooring fi eld.

ﬂ eet — or at least part of the ﬂ eet. — a no-nonsense businessman who has With westbound sailboats trickling vowed to root out corruption and deal through the Canal daily from November harshly with drug runners — the place through April, the toughest challenge in now seems to be a magnet for foreign planning a Puddle Jump Kickoff Party investment. was picking a date. For lack of a more Although the outlying areas of the

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this gathering of passage-makers was as multinational a group as we've seen ing repairs, or dealing with medical is- anywhere. As we got to know them, they sues for at least 1,000 miles in any direc- revealed a wide range of backgrounds, tion. And did we mention that the offi cial and shared cruising tales from all over currency is the U.S. dollar? As you can the planet. probably tell, we were impressed. Many are already far along on cir- cumnavigations, having set out from homeports in Europe, the East Coast of With the help of our generous the U.S., the Caribbean, or South Africa. hosts, Frank Nitte and Shirley Duffi eld And few of them seem to be constrained of the formerly San Diego-based Islander by strict time limits or fi xated on follow- Freeport 36 Windsong, plus Club Man- ing unwavering itineraries. ager David Cooper and his staff, our For example, would-be circumnavi- fi rst-ever Panama Puddle Jump Kickoff gators Neil and Katherine Farley of the Party was a huge success. After endur- Otto, who is Hungarian, and Lilian, who is Swiss, Florida-based Paine 48 Attitude had ing two long days of jet travel, our long- began their cruise in South Africa four years already been meandering for 6.5 years ago, aboard their Vickers 45 'Vagabond'. time French Polynesian event partner, when they arrived at Panama. Keith and Stephanie Betz, arrived from Tahiti with migration issues to the price of wine in Shirley Bowen of the Lavranos 40 The a truckload of informational brochures Papeete, the entire fl eet seemed fi red up Road have been out 10 years already, and free Polynesian cruising guides, to make the 4,000-mile crossing, and but expect to get home to South Africa courtesy of Tahiti Tourism, the Papeete eager to experience French Polynesia's eventually. Port Authority and other partners. treasures. "Each year presents a new canvas on Once the crowd had viewed our which to paint enduring life experiences," multimedia presentations and picked says John Ellsworth of the British Virgin our brains about everything from im- The Puddle Jumpers we meet annu- Islands-based Oyster 56 Sea Mist. He, "Anybody up for a trip to Tahiti?" This diverse ally in Mexico tend to have a lot in com- his wife Cheryl, and son Ian are 4.5 years group of sailors is defi nitely rarin' to go. We'll mon, as most hail from somewhere along into a 10-year circumnavigation. recap their passages in the coming months. the West Coast of Canada or the U.S. But Canadians David and Marian Paul CRUISING THROUGH THE CROSSROADS

are circumnavigating too, but on Europe — Croatia, in this case — a decidedly non-linear route. They and are taking their time sailing left Vancouver four years ago and her home with their kids, Jesse, have since been across to Europe 9, Zoe, 7, and Tyler, 4, along as and back, having spent two years crew. exploring the Med. There are plenty of other 'kid Michael and Jodie Hickam's boats' in the fl eet also, including proposed itinerary is one of the Pickles, Guy and Joanie Moppel's most unique in the group. After Ohio-based Trintella 49. Their island-hopping through the South crew also comes in all sizes: Chris- Sea islands, they intend to sail topher, 10, Julie, 8, Henry, 5, and their San Francisco-based Gulfstar William, 4. 47 Savannah across the Pacifi c And there are singlehanders to Southeast Asia, then up to the too, such as San Diego fi refi ghter Philippines and China. Vince Wawrzyneski of the Morgan Speaking of exploring far-fl ung / ANDY LATITUDE 45 Fidelis, who is circumnavigat- destinations, New Zealander Kerri Walker Our Tahitian partner Stephanie, right, shows ing with a planned stop in Poland to visit tells us she has been cruising aboard the Leah Prentice of 'Refl ections' how to wear a his family roots. Westsail 43 Mariposa part-time since she pareo — and do the traditional war dance. As in the past, this year's fl eet is chock was 15 (initially with her parents, we as- fi eld has one of the most impressive full of extremely colorful characters. Now sume). Since 2004, she's traveled across sailing resumes in the fl eet, having cam- that we've made their acquaintance, we the Indian Ocean, around Africa, up the paigned 470s in the Olympics and been hope many of them will share their sto- South Atlantic, then spent two years in three-time world champion in Fireball ries with us (and you) in future editions the Caribbean and Central America with dinghies. But all that probably seems of the magazine. her boyfriend Andrew Tozer along as like a lifetime ago now that he and his We wish them all safe passages, crew. wife Helen are deep into the cruising life. punctuated by grand adventures along Although he doesn't seem the type to Like several other Aussie crews, they the way. boast about it, Australian John Drans- bought their nearly new Bavaria 46 in — latitude/andy

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This year I was fi nally going to follow my own advice and go to the boat show Get taken for a ride — Free sailboat rides abound at the boat show so take alone. Not that I don't enjoy poking over advantage. When you need a break, cat new boats with friends, but the boats We walked together toward the tramps make great rest stops (below). have never been as interesting as the show, but when I didn't see any tents, accessories tents, and even the acces- I thought I might've come on the wrong sories are not as much fun as the people. weekend. Anyone who tags along with me as I chat "What happened to the accessories up all my friends and acquaintances — tents?" and I run into another one about every "No tents this year, Max." 20 feet — is quickly bored to tears. "No tents?" I was crushed. "What's the I have my own trick for parking, too. point of having a boat show if all they About a mile down the Estuary there's have on display is boats?" a community sailing center with a big "Chill," she reassured me. "Big acces- parking lot, and if I get there early, sories section this year, inside the old there's plenty of space. Most of the sail- brick-and-mortor bookstore. I mean, it's ors I know would call it beyond pedes- a novel concept, but why would anyone trian range, but it's a nice walk past new go to a store to buy a book?" urban development and the big Amtrak "Where are they going to put the semi- station. nars?" I asked. As I approached the pedestrian over- "In the hotel, in actual seminar rooms. crossing to the Amtrak platform, I was The speakers won't have to, like, wait for thinking about how much this part of freight trains to pass before they the waterfront had changed in recent can continue their talks." years. The Coast Starlight was in and I had my discount coupon, '30s big band music played on the PA but Lee, who had volunteered to system. Then my thoughts turned to the put in a couple of hours at some late and lamented Metropolitan Yacht non-profi t organization's booth, Club, one of this waterfront's defi ning was on the free list. institutions several decades ago. And "Let's go to the accessories then I nearly fell on top of a bicycle that area fi rst," she suggested. "I can had just emerged from the overcrossing leave my bike there." elevator door, pushed by a young woman "Really? They have bike in a hurry. checking this year?" "Hey!" I shouted incoherently as I "No, but I can leave stuff at struggled to regain an even keel. the booth I'm volunteering at. "Sorry! I didn't, like, see . . . Max!" It's an important boat show It was Lee Helm, a naval architecture strategy: Always pick out a grad student at the university. When friendly booth you can use as she's not windsurfi ng, I can sometimes home base and storage locker." talk her into "Good, I'll leave my coat there, too," I ocean racing, and even the grandfather- crewing for me. said. ing period has run out," the rigger con- "Imagine run- tinued. "Now the only choices are bare ning into you steel wire or Dyneema." here," I said. "I'm not so sure about this new ex- "I have that on my boat," said another "Did you bike all hibit space," Lee remarked as we walked sailor who was checking out the latest in the way down into the converted bookstore. "It gives the clew shackles. "Great stuff. Only thing for the boat show a whole new upscale feeling." is, it's hard to see at night." show?" I asked. I thought it was a good change. And as "You mean compared to the old-style "Heck, no, usual, within 30 seconds of entering the white plastic coating?" Took Amtrak," building, I ran into a friend who works as "No, I dumped that years ago. Fiber she explained. a rigger at one of the larger chandleries. is hard to see compared to bare wire, "I thought Since I wanted to talk about replacing which refl ects points of light. Not that about that too," my old lifelines, Lee went on to do her it's really been an issue, but that's the Come for the boats, stay I said, "even booth shift without me while I stayed to only downside I've found." for the widgets. though it's only talk rigging wire. "Hmm, I should probably try a sample a couple of stops down the line. But you "Wire is right out!" said the rigger. before I make a fi nal decision," I said, know, the way they've been building "The new offshore regs allow Dyneema — and I bought just enough to span one high-density developments around the for your boat it would be 4 mm diameter. section between the aft side of a lifeline stations, all the easy parking is gone." And it's easy to splice, too." gate and the stern rail. "Infi ll, Max. Think transit-based infi ll. I fondled a sample of the new rope, Amtrak is bike-friendly. And, like, best imagining how my boat would look with of all, they usually don't even check for high-tech fi ber lifelines instead of the The show was not at all crowded tickets if you hop on and off at stations traditional white plastic-coated wire. — Lee and I had arrived early — and that are close together." "The coated stuff is now illegal for even though I like the accessories best, I

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They took us up on our invitation and sank into the other settee with sighs of relief. "First boat show?" asked Lee. "How did you know?" asked the woman. "Wrong shoes," Lee explained. "And you're collecting brochures from sailing schools." "Yes, we're total newbies," confessed the man. "Have you been sailing very long?" Lee ran down her sailing resume — exaggerating a little just for fun, and I did the same. "Wow, we're so impressed!" the woman exclaimed. "Real experts! Which sailing school did you got to for your fi rst lessons?" Lee and I looked at each other, a little surprised by the question. "My dad built a boat in the garage." I said. "It was right after the Second Punic War, and no one had even heard of sailing schools back then. They just pushed me out on the lake when I was fi ve years old, and I fi gured it out from there." "I joined the college sailing team when I was an undergrad," explained Lee. "Learned to race dinghies fi rst, then windsurfi ng, so there was, like, never a reason to take lessons, even if I could have afforded them." Now it was the new recruits' turn to look at each other in surprise. "So why thought it would be a good tactic to check knew what I was looking at, then made are we looking at all these expensive out some of the boats before the crowds my way to the very spacious aft cabin. classes?" they said. arrived. But before I could get out of the Lee was sitting on the aft settee study- "Sailing lessons are still a good deal," exhibit hall, I stopped for a chat at my ing a stack of brochures. I reassured them, "and there are some sailmaker's booth, asked three different "Aha! So there you are. You never did really excellent schools all around the electronics vendors about an AIS receiver tell me which booth you were working." Bay." that would talk to my chartplotter, got a "Oh, sorry. I totally thought you were "Totally," Lee agreed. "But there are quote for a new sail cover from a canvas right behind me. Come into my offi ce and other ways. You could join a university shop, listened to a sales pitch about have a seat. You look as if you can use a sailing club, for example. You don't have replacing my diesel with an electric mo- break." to be a student or even an alum." tor and two tons of batteries, and had a She was right, and it was a very nice "Uh, how do you know we're not stu- long talk about waterfront politics with cabin to kick back dents?" the young the former harbormaster of my marina, in, with actual set- man asked. now working a smaller venue up the tees on both sides, Lee ignored that Delta and much happier there. in addition to the 'Biggest boat fi rst, and kept talking. I never did fi nd the booth Lee was huge double berth. before it gets crowded.' "Or you could working to drop off my coat. It was al- I followed her lead buy a small boat most lunchtime when I fi nally made it and took the AIS and a good book down to the docks. brochures out of and learn on your my shopping bag to study, as if to justify own. If there's, like, one problem with our use of the cabin. the local sailing schools it's that they all 'Biggest boat fi rst, before it gets teach on boats that are way too big." crowded,' seemed like a good strategy, "Right," I confi rmed. "A 14-ft dinghy so I climbed aboard a very large and We didn't have the cabin to our- in 20 knots of wind handles a lot like a opulently appointed cruiser. selves for long, however. The young 30-ft boat in 40 knots of wind. Except Lee had already been there — her couple who came through the passage- no one will let you go out and practice trademark, a brochure for her university way nearly turned around when they saw in 40 knots. You wouldn't even do that sailing club — had been conspicuously that the space was mostly occupied. on purpose with your own boat. So the left on the chart table. I pretended to "Plenty of room back here," I insisted. only way to develop those boat-handling inspect the joiner work details as if I "And a great place to rest your feet." skills is on the small boat in 20 knots,

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which you can do almost every day all summer." club's website on the back of a business sails with Discover Sailing. And never "I hadn't heard that before," said the card for them. turn down a chance to go out for a demo woman. "But I don't think we're quite "Thanks, we will check out all of this," in a small boat." daring enough to strike out on our own they said as they got up to leave the aft "Thanks, all good advice," the man in small boats." cabin. said as he moved into the passageway. "And we also want to sail to the South "And don't miss all the free sailing "Or you could buy a big boat today Pacifi c some day," added her partner, and enter the Pacifi c Cup, and race to "so we need the instruction on cruising Hawaii this July." boats. I think we need the guidance of a This got their attention, and they school." looked back at Lee for an explanation. "Or a yacht club," I suggested. "Where "Entries don't close for another week," do you live?" she explained. "You might be newbies, It turned out they lived very close to but there's a long list of really experi- my own club. enced crew who would like to sail on that "Perfect," I said. "We have cruises, we race. You could get a whole summer of have races, we have boring membership free lessons." meetings, and most important, we have "She's got a point," I agreed. "One people with boats that need crew. And round trip to Hawaii with some old hands we have a club full of long-time members to show you the ropes and by next sum- eager to help people who are new to sail- mer you'll be ready for the Baja Ha-Ha, ing. You'll have your pick of boats to sail Max Ebb's fi rst solo sail — sans lessons. and Polynesia from there." on for the beer can races or the overnight ops at the show," Lee added. "Hang out "Intriguing idea," the man said. "But cruises." on the Derek M. Baylis — the designer a little ahead of schedule for us this Meanwhile Lee had handed them a or the builder is usually there telling sea year." brochure for her university sailing club. stories. And try to get a ride on Seaward, "And one more thing that could be I was caught short without anything to if you can fi nd a 10- to 18-year-old to very important," I whispered as I followed promote my yacht club. So I wrote the chaperone. Oh, and sign up for those free them to the main cabin. "If one of you

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the tropics is really like," said the man turns out to be picking this up faster after watching a minute of the promo. than the other, you need to spend some "You suspect right," I said. "But stay time sailing separately, because you for the after-party that begins at closing both need to be skilled at being the skip- time tonight. Everyone who knows about per. Too many sailing relationships get the topic is invited." strained to the breaking point because They wrote down the details and were one spouse is always the skipper and the off to absorb more of the show. other is always the crew. If you buy small boats, buy two. If you take lessons, take them separately." "L ee, I'm going to run over to the hotel for a seminar. The Grand Poobah himself is giving a talk about the Baja Our rest period over, we decided to Ha-Ha!" make our way back to the exhibit area. "Okay, see you at the party. I might But on the next circuit around the hall hit you up for a ride home if I miss the we paid more attention to how sailing last train." is being marketed to new recruits. Sail- ing schools competed for attention and charter companies made it all look easy. The Baja Ha-Ha talk was great, and But the champion was a video loop by Clearly the wrong shoe selection — If you're go- the after-party was even better. But my ing to the show, leave the Manolos at home. The Yacht Week, showing their "Offi cial mind kept fl ashing back to that over- Trailer" for 2010. ies," I observed. "Not that anyone would the-top video promotion of a fantasy "If I can fi nd that on YouTube," gasped care or notice." tropical charter. All the details were Lee, "I am so going to email the link to We were about to move on when our wrong, of course. But maybe there was all my friends. It's so far over the top it's new friends from the aft cabin walked an important element of truth hidden in awesome." over to have a look. there after all. "Not a single PFD on any of those bod- "I suspect that's not what sailing in — max ebb

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The season is on! Whether you made one of the fastest trips ever on the '10 Vallarta Race, rolled around the Bay observing the Rites of Spring, took a trip around Santa Catalina and San Clemente in the Islands Race, or did a jaunt around the Light Bucket in the Doublehanded Lightship Race, chances are you had fun doing it. There was also plenty going on along the Cityfront this month at the St. Francis YC's Spring Invitationals, and as usual, there are a few Race Notes. It's only April and the good times are just beginning.

PV '10 from the estate of Mike Campbell. In- On hearing that Bill Turpin's Northern spired by the late Roy Disney's Morning California-based R/P 77 Akela broke Light project, the Mexico City-based de- Magnitude 80's Vallarta Race record, we veloper — a member of both Vallarta and knew it had to have been a fast race. San Diego YCs — bought the boat with Akela navigator Ernie Richaud — who the intention of not only campaigning it navigated Mag 80 two years ago when it aggressively, but providing an entrée into set the previous the world of maxi boats for a select group record — told of promising young Mexican sailors and us that if Magni- Olympic hopefuls. Berho told us that tude had sailed upon announcing his intentions, Morn- this year, they ing Light Sailing Team Manager Robbie would have bro- Haines called and offered his experience, ken the record ultimately bringing along ML co-navigator by about 18 Piet Van Os, who performed the same role hours, in what's in this race with Raúl Velarde. Whether essentially a 3.5- with Raincloud or Peligroso, Berho's boats day, 1,000-mile have always been family affairs — as are LATITUDE/ROB race. Richaud many of the boats in the Mexican Big Boat said that other scene. His wife and daughters sail with Bill Turpin's 'Akela' set a than a 1.5-hour him regularly. new Vallarta Race record. stretch on the Per Peterson's Oceanside-based An- MEANS ARTIE fi rst night when the speedo was reading drews 70 Alchemy won Class 2. Tom goose eggs, they never saw a parking lot Akin's Bay Area-based TP 52 Flash, the whole race. In the end, four boats beat with a raft of Northern California sailors the '08 reference time, and at least that including Paul Allen, Jay Crum, Camp- in Cabo, where the kelp-cutter slots on many set boat records for top speeds — bell Rivers and Quantum Sails SF's Jeff the leading edge of the boat's dual rudders Bob Lane's Andrews 63 Medicine Man hit Thorpe in the nav station, was second in were closed off. Although not a silver bul- 29.4 knots! the two-boat division after a hole at the let, the fi x allowed the team to deliver the While Los Gatos-based Turpin and fi nish allowed the larger boat to catch up boat down to Vallarta for MEXORC. Akela may have won elapsed-time hon- and correct out. The rumor mill was churning, but ors, it was Lorenzo Berho's Kernan 68 Jack Taylor's Dana Point-based SC 50 we had it from more than a few reliable Peligroso the race overall. Berho, who Horizon won Division 3 — looking like a sources that there was no way to keep previously campaigned his J/145 Rain- completely different boat than when Tay- the boat on its feet with a kite up and cloud up and down the West Coast of the lor sailed her to a class win in last year's the breeze on. The crew was forced to Americas — including at the Rolex Big TransPac — after a major refi t at Dencho sail with a number 4 and a reefed main Boat Series — pulled off quite a feat. He Marine in Long Beach. Taylor, boat cap- downwind. Although very small in span became the fi rst Mexican entry to win the tain John Shampain and Choate styled- and chord given the length of the boat, the PV race; it was only his fourth race with out the boat — removing the aluminum suspicion was that it wasn't necessarily the boat since buying her in November toerail and glassing the hull-deck joint, the size of the rudders, but rather their Lorenzo Berho, center, and his 'Peligroso' crew adding a new carbon wheel, opening the placement — way aft and well outboard proved dangerous to anyone aiming for overall transom, and rewiring 80 percent of the on the relatively narrow hull with little honors in the '10 Vallarta race. His crew often boat. The result proved to be as fast as fl are aft and a considerable amount of includes his wife and daughters, shown here. it is good looking. Taylor said stern overhang and rocker compared that after their fi rst night, they to other hi-performance boats with this spent hours averaging 20 knots setup — that contributed to their issues. and topping out at 22, with the The boat was designed with the ability to most amount of compression sail with one or two rudders, and some between Mag Bay and Cabo. of the folks we talked to felt that a single John MacLaurin's much- rudder tucked farther under the boat anticipated brand new David- would work better. Others weren't so son 70 Pendragon VI had a less sure. successful trip in what was On the administrative/support side,

LATITUDE/ROB essentially its shakedown race. the hosting San Diego and Vallarta YCs The bright red boat was having approached the Mexican Navy for support control issues and had to stop for the race, and the Navy did them one

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NAKER (PHRF < 176) — 1) Joyride, J/109, Jim & Jenn Vickers; 2) Crews Nest, Catalina 34, Ray Irvine/na; 3) Georgia, Custom 41, Ben & Lucie Mewes. (10 boats) DOUBLEHANDED NON-SPINNAKER (PHRF > 177) — 1) Scrimshaw, Alerion Express 28, Michael & Judith Maurier; 2) Arabella, Alerion Express 28, Harry Allen/Michael Land; 3) Joanna, Irwin 30, Martin Jemo/Chuck Hostetter. (11 boats) WOMEN'S FULLY CREWED — 1) Bandido, Deborah Fehr, Merit 25; 2) Zingara, Islander 36, Jocelyn Swanson; 3) Ann, Colgate 26, Julie Luc- chesi/Christine Weaver. (3 boats) SINGLEHANDED SPINNAKER — 1) TAZ!!, Ex- press 27, George Lythcott; 2) Fractious, Quest 30, Andre Levy; 3) Sailﬁ sh, Merit 25, Lee Parsons. (4 boats) SINGLEHANDED NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Svenska, Peterson 34, Fred Minning; 2) Krissy, Ericson 35-3, Allen Cooper; 3) Meritime, C&C 30 Mk. I, Gary Proctor. (8 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) E-2, Tornado, Bill Erkelens/ Marie Roehm; 2) Tatiana, Farrier 32, William Quig- ley; 3) Roshambo, F-31R, Darren Doud/Ruben Gabriel. (16 boats) Complete results at: www.oaklandyachtclub.org

Islands Race The week before the inaugural Islands Race, the forecast looked pretty grim. But when March 12 arrived, California's newest offshore race not only got breeze ranging from 9 to 25 knots until a short stretch at the end, but sunshine and not too much cold. We're starting to get leery of new events these days, as racing The Andrews 68 'Alchemy' takes off on a wave in "Unfortunately, the Harding Rock area, calendars get ever more congested. But the '10 Vallarta Race. Navigator Artie Means was helped by a 2.5-knot fl ood, became the every once in awhile, there's a good one. out at the end of the spinnaker pole to spike the star of the day when it decided to have its The Newport Harbor and San Diego YCs' tack during a peel when he took this photo. He own little weather system for the racers," latest joint-venture was better than that; remarked to the race organizers that he was 'the driest guy on the boat.' We believe him. said OYC's George Gurrola. "You could it was excellent. get within 30 yards in great wind, then Attracting a potent mix of everything better, sending a patrol boat out to man just stop. You could just get to where from the Orange Coast College School of the fi nish line off Punta de Mita for four you could round it, then get a 40 degree Sailing and Seamanship's elapsed-time days and provide the assistance of their wind shift or lull that put you right back winning Andrews 80 Magnitude 80 to the spotlight while escorting the boats into where you started. Both Mike Jackson's SoCal 52s, Sleds, SC 50s and Division 4 Paradise Village Marina. When all was Columbia 5.5 Wings and Dick Johnson's winner Byron Chamberlain's 1930 Star- said and done, the biggest bummer for Cal 29 Nice Turn had the fun of fi nally ling Burgess-designed schooner Rose of us and anyone not on one of the 12 boats rounding it while tracking east with their From left, Marianne Armand, Dawn Chesney, Julie in the fl eet was that we didn't get to sail! bows pointing south! At least one other Lucchesi and Christine Weaver fi elded one of the Complete results at: www.sdyc.org/pv boat wasn’t as lucky and 'got T-boned by three all-women's entries in the Oakland YC's Rites the mark' when the wind just died. First of Spring — one of the regattas on the Latitude 38 Rites Of Spring place in the doublehanded spinnaker Women's Circuit. Incidentally, all four have taught The 58 boats who showed up March division, Kit Wiegman's Islander 36 Cas- at the Island YC's Women's Sailing Clinic. 20 for the Oakland YC's Rites of Spring siopeia, managed to take it in were rewarded for their efforts with sun- one pass much to the envy of shine and breeze into the low-teens at everyone else." the start of the race. With a start at "E" on the Berkeley Circle, the various fl eets OAKLAND YC RITES OF SPRING went on their separate ways. Spinnaker (3/20) boats are given a route with only one DOUBLEHANDED SPINNAKER set and douse, while non-spin boats are — 1) Cassiopeia, Islander 36, Kit Wiegman/Greg Byrne; 2) Arcadia, given a two-looper and multihulls get a Modernized Santana 27, Gordie longer course with a north-south reach. Nash/Ruth Suzuki; 3) Harp, Cat- All fl eets had to go around one of the alina 38, Mike Mannix/Lynda Far- Harding buoys, and that's where things rabee. (13 boats)

got interesting. DOUBLEHANDED NON-SPIN- WWW.NORCALSAILING.COM

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The Islands Race in pictures — Orange Coast College School of Sailing and Seamanship's Andrews 80 'Magnitude 80' beats past Irela . . . umm, we mean Cat- alina Island; conditions couldn't have been more perfect for the beat to the West End of Catalina; Dave Voss's 'Piranha'; overall winner Paul Cassanova, left, and organizer Fred Delaney, whose family deeded the Victorian-era ice water kettle for the race trophy, drink Mt. Gay rum from its cups; Steve Beck and owner Ray Godwin keep 'Temptress' rolling; Dennis Conner's CM 60 'Stars & Stripes'; the Andrews 39 'Bien Roulée' enjoys a Pt. Loma sunrise; San Diego YC Commodore Bill Campbell and 'Mag 80' skipper Brad Avery fi ght over the elapsed-time trophy; co-organizer Paul Stemler sailed his J/44+ 'Patriot' to Division 2 honors. Sharon, the race's high-quality fl eet was L.A. Harbor breakwater. It then exited everyone from having to beat all the way limited to boats that rate PHRF 80 and Angel's Gate and headed across the San into Shelter Island in light air. Third, under. Granted, neither club had any Pedro Channel, before leaving both Cat- limiting the fl eet to faster boats and control over the weather, but for the alina and San Clemente Islands to port. staggering the starts meant that unlike things they did have control over, they In the process, it spared the 41-boat a lot of ocean races, the spread of fi nish- made excellent choices. Scored time-on- fl eet a beat all the way up from Newport ing times was compressed, and everyone time with PHRF-based — but admittedly Beach to Pt. Fermin before hanging a left made it to the party on Saturday night. somewhat arbitrary handicaps — the to Catalina. Then, they fi nished the race Billed unoffi cially as "the perfect Cabo 129-mile course started just inside the at the Pt. Loma Sea Buoy, which spared tune-up," the race — brainchild of SDYC

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Staff Commodore Fred Delaney and the do," Cassanova said. vertising agency he founded — started NHYC's Paul Stemler — had it all, a Cassanova and his team of Crew Chief sailing in Mexico in his 20s and after beat, close-reaching and a broad reach Ron Wood, Kell Morris, Dave Hopkins, a break got back into the sport with a to the fi nish. Kelty Lanham, Greg Bobset, and Octavio Beneteau 47.7 a few years ago. But he Paul Cassanova's Newport Beach- Arteña were "DFL" at the West End of said he hadn't done his homework when based SC 50 Flaca, beat Dale Williams' Catalina, and slowly worked their way he bought that boat and ended up with Bay Area-based Kernan 44 Wasabi — up the fl eet, never getting farther than the stumpier cruising rig instead of the which counted Bay Area sailors Drew 1.25 miles off San Clemente, where they racer/cruiser version. So last February, Harper and Garrett Woodworth among saw breeze to 25 knots. For the run into he bought Flaca, just in time to fi nish the mixed NorCal/SoCal crew — by less San Diego, they were regularly hit speeds second in the Cabo Race. than four minutes for overall honors. in the high teens. "'Flaca,' is a term of endearment in "These boats are so much fun when A dual citizen, Cassanova — now Spanish," Cassanova said. "It's an affec- they're doing what they're designed to retired from the Spanish language ad- tionate term for a woman; if she's skinny,

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you call her fl aca, if she's not, you still call her fl aca. The SC 50 is so small for its length, that when ered from an NHYC trophy closet and I fi rst got on the boat dusted off for the Islands Race. I thought, 'where's "We never had more than 15 knots of the rest of it?'" breeze," Avery said. "We couldn't have Next up for done it without 80-feet of waterline." the South Bay Yacht The boat will now go into an intro- Racing Club mem- to-high-performance-boats program at ber — after a few the school this summer before it gets weeks to enjoy the chartered out. It will be a scaled-back newly-deeded Dela- version of the one they did with the late ney Family Perpetual Roy Disney's Pyewacket a few years ago. WWW.LYONSIMAGING.COM trophy, a Victorian- Sailors can apply at the school's website era ice water kettle at www.occsailing.com to sail the boat 'Wetsu's Phil Krasner that's proven to also for out-and-back reaches and get a feel serve rum — is this spring's Cabo race. for the boat. Avery said they also might PETER LYONS/ While retirement has its advantages, it do a few low-key races. However, unlike also has some drawbacks: he'll be bring- the Pye program, they received no main- ing the boat home himself. tenance stipend with Magnitude 80. "My wife said, 'You're going to pay "It's a two-pronged mission," Avery 'Lanakai' ducks 'Verve' during a close encounter in someone to bring the boat back? What said. "We have to preserve the asset, and the Island YC's Doublehanded Lightship. else do you have to do?'" he laughed. use it." 70 Grand Illusion won the fi ve-boat sled OCC's Brad Avery and a mix of Holua Division 2 went to Stemler's cherried- class. Jim Madden's Judel/Vrojlik TP 52 crew, the old Magnitude 80 crew, plus out J/44+ Patriot, fi nishing some ten Stark Raving Mad V — a former Med Cup pros Keith Kilpatrick, Sam Heck and minutes clear of the Richley family's ev- winner — took the SoCal 52 class. Doogie Couvreaux sailed the school's ergreen Choate 48 Amante, which they've We were fortunate enough to be in- latest donation to elapsed time honors been sailing together for 28 years! Divi- vited aboard former Schock 35 national and the re-dedicated "1924 Newport to sion 3 went to Simon Garland's Hobie champion Ray Godwin's Long Beach- San Diego Free for All" trophy — recov- 33 Peregrine, while Ed McDowell's SC based Farr 40 Temptress and had a

THE BOX SCORES FINAL! FINAL! FINAL! Midwinter series oma, IOD, James Hennefer, 6; 3) Topcat, Nonsuch zura 310, Greg Nelsen, 5 points; 2) Rascal, Wil- are almost done for the '09-'10 season. Next 30, Sal Balistreri, 15. (12 boats) derness 30, Rui Luis, 6; 3) Audacious, J/29, Scott month we'll get into the Bay's various beer CATALINA 34 — 1) Casino, Bill Eddy, 5 points; Christensen, 12. (4 boats) can series! The process for getting your 2) Queimada, David Sanner, 9; 3) Wind Dragon, DIVISION B (PHRF 168) — 1) Bewitched, Merit club's results in the magazine is the same Dave Davis, 13. (9 boats) 25, Laraine Salmon, 4 points; 2) Bandido, Merit KNARR — 1) Knarr 134, J. Eric Gray, 7 points; 25, George Gurrolla, 9; 3) My Tahoe Too, Capri 25, for both types of events. We don't have the 2) Flyer, Chris Kelly, 7; 3) Narcissus, John Jen- Steve Douglass, 11. (5 boats) time or manpower to chase down all the kins, 12. (6 boats) DIVISION C (PHRF 139-180) — 1) Crazy results, so please post them on your club's FOLKBOAT — 1) Polperro, Peter Jeal, 7 points; Eights, Moore 24, Aaron Lee, 4 points; 2) Lelo website or send them directly to the Racing 2) Thea, Chris Herrmann, 8; 3) Freja, Tom Reed, Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles, 8; 3) Joanna, Irwin Editor at [email protected]. Our format 11. (9 boats) 30, Martin Jemo, 14. (4 boats) is to include the name of the boat, the type Complete results at: www.ggyc.com DIVISION D (PHRF 181+) — 1) Spitfi re, San- and length of boat, and the fi rst and last tana 22, Tom McIntyre, 9 points; 2) Bodrum Sun- names of the owner(s). We'll do our best to SAUSALITO YC MIDWINTER FINAL (5r, 1t) set, Catalina 27, David Ross, 11; 3) Dominatrix, get that info into Latitude 38 and 'Lectronic DIVISION A (SPINNAKER) — 1) Gammon, Tar- Santana 22, Heidi Schmidt, 13. (9 boats) tan 10, Jeff Hutter, 9 points; 2) Razzberries, Olson DIVISION E (NON-SPINNAKER) — 1) Scrim- Latitude. 34, Bruce Nesbit, 15; 3) JR, Moore 24, Richard shaw, Alerion Express 28, Michael Maurier, 7 Korman, 15. (17 boats) points; 2) Take 5, Wilderness 21, Roger England, GOLDEN GATE YC MANNY FAGUNDES SEA- DIVISION C — 1) Grey Ghost, Hanse 342, 8; 3) Knotty Sweetie, C&C 32, Martin Johnson, 8. WEED SOUP SERIES FINAL (5r, 1t) Doug Grant, 9 points; 2) Q, Schumacher 40, Glenn (5 boats) PHRF 1 (PHRF< 50) — 1) Wicked, Farr 36, Isaacson, 11; 3) Min Flicka, Hanse 37, Magnus Le Complete results at: www.iyc.org Richard Courcier, 8 points; 2) Javelin, SC 37, Pat Vicki, 13. (8 boats) Nolan, 12; 3) War Pony, Farr 36, Mark Howe, 12. DIVISION D — 1) French Kiss, Beneteau 350, 9 BERKELEY YC MIDWINTERS SATURDAY SE- (17 boats) points; 2) La Mer, Newport 30, Randy Grenier, 10; RIES FINAL (4r, 0r) PHRF 2 (PHRF 51-99) — 1) Q, Schumacher 40, 3) Roadrunner, Ranger 23, Gregory Demettrulias, DIVISION A (PHRF < 78) — 1) Advantage 3, Glenn Isaacson, 6 points; 2) Yucca, 8 Metre, Hank 15. (8 boats) J/105, Pat Benedict, 8 points; 2) Kika, FT 10M, Easom, 10; 3) Inspired Environments, Beneteau DIVISION E — 1) Tackful, Santana 22, Cathy Marc Pinckney, 13.5; 3) Stewball, Express 37, Bob 40.7, Timothy Ballard, 13. (18 boats) Stierhoff/Frank Lawler, 5 points; 2) Kelly Shawn, Harford, 14. (10 boats) PHRF 3 (PHRF 100-129) — 1) Uno-129, Santana 22, Leah Pepe, 7. (2 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Hoot, Andrew Macfi e, 4 points; Wyliecat 30, Steve Wonner, 9; 2) Shaman, Cal 40, Complete results at: www.syconline.org 2) Voodoo Child, Charles Barry, 11; 3) Wraith, Ray Steve Waterloo, 11; 3) Shenanigans, Express 27, Wilson, 13. (5 boats) Ray Lotto, 13. (14 boats) ISLAND YC ISLAND DAYS MIDWINTERS FINAL DIVISION B (PHRF 81-105) — 1) Mintaka 4, PHRF 4 (PHRF 130+) — 1) Arcadia, Modern- (5r, 1t) Farr 38 M, Gerry Brown, 6 points; 2) Flexi Flyer, ized Santana 27, Gordie Nash, 5 points; 2) La Pal- DIVISION A (PHRF < 138) — 1) Outsider, Az- Soverel 33, Mitchell Wells, 8; 3) Baleineau, Ex-

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or Baylis in the former's Mini Transat Pocket Rocket — we'll have more on her fi nished off the podium, but after a race '11 Mini Transat campaign in coming is- that good, it was a little easier to deal sues of Latitude 38 — were third around with. The race was the fi rst in a series the buoy, behind Phil Krasner and Hogin of three that constitute the inaugural Sails' Steve McCarthy on Krasner's Ex- Ullman Sails Offshore Championship. press 27 Wetsu, and Rachel Fogel and Next up is Cabrillo Beach and Dana JP Sirey on Fogel's Express 27 Great Point YCs' Around Catalina race at the White. Downwind, Creighton and Bay- end of May. The fi nal installment is the lis put on a surfi ng show and were the Santa Barbara-King Harbor Race. For fi rst monohull to fi nish, but Krasner and more on the series, check out www.ull- Fogel were lurking behind with the for- mansailswestcoast.com/USOFFSHORE- The St. Francis YC's Spring Dinghy Invitational drew home.html. For full results, check out: seven fl eets, one of which was the rapidly growing, www.islandsrace.com. and very rapid, Wetas which fi elded six boats. To The Light Bucket! The Island YC's Double- handed Lightship race went off on March 13, but not without fantastic race due in no small part to a hitch. The 42 starters were the people aboard. They included Ull- rewarded for their efforts with man Sails Newport Beach's Steve Beck, a spinnaker run in 10 knots of easterly out to the Light Buck- owner of the Andrews 43 Cahoots, Kerry WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM Deaver, and Long Beach trimmer Mike et, where they found a transi- Lamb. Also onboard were John Turpin tion zone that mired the fl eet in — who ran everything from the foredeck, a hole until the 15-knot west- to the tablet, not to mention the galley erly fi lled and sent everyone

— and Bruce Bennett, a veteran of the back in on a joyride. ERIK SIMONSON/ '65 TransPac aboard Ticonderoga. We Emma Creighton and Trev- press 34, Charles Brochard, 14. (9 boats) nal, Moore 24, Anthony Chargin, 10; 2) Iwishiwa- 320, Ray Collier, 5 points; 2) Sweet Pea, Islander EXPRESS 27 — 1) Motorcycle Irene, Will Pax- sawabbit, Moore 24, Pete Rowland, 10; 3) Grun- 30, Tim Peterson, 8; 3) Iowa, Hunter 380, Rick Dal- ton, 8 points; 2) Moxie, Jason Crowson,13; 3) El tled, Moore 24, Simon Winer, 12. (7 boats) ton, 10. (5 boats) Raton, Ray Lotto, 14. (18 boats) DIVISION 3 (PHRF 180+) — 1) Antares, Is- Complete results at: www.sequoiayc.org ULTIMATE 20 — 1) UFO, Trent Watkins, 9 lander 30-2, Larry Telford, 4 points; 2) Latin Lass, points; 2) Salsa, Matt & Steve Borough, 10; 3) Catalina 27, Bill Chapman, 10; 3) Toucan, Albin OAKLAND YC SUNDAY BRUNCH SERIES FINAL Layla, Tom Burden/Trish Sudell, 14. (8 boats) Vega 27, Robert Arthurs Jr., 16. (6 boats) (5r, 1t) DIVISION C (PHRF 108-168) — 1) Phantom, CATALINA 22 — 1) Dumbo, David Torrisi, 6 PHRF < 150 — 1) Crazy Eights, Moore 24, J/24, John Guilford, 5 points; 2) Maguro, Santa- points; 2) No Cat Hare, Donald Hare, 8; 3) Salsa Aaron Lee, 5 points; 2) Taz!!, Express 27, George na 35, Jack Feller, 10; 3) Froglips, J/24, Richard Verde, Dave Strain, 11. (3 boats) Lythcott, 10; 3) Spirit of Freedom, J/124, Bill Mohr, Stockdale, 10. (5 boats) Complete results at: www.berkeleyyc.org 11. (6 boats) DIVISION D (PHRF 171-198) — 1) Achates, PHRF 151-200 — 1) Gonzo, Santana 525, Dina Newport 30, Robert Shock, 9 points; 2) Starkite, SOUTH BEACH YC ISLAND FEVER SERIES FI- Folkman, 5 points; 2) Zeehond, Newport 30 MK. II, Catalina 30, Laurie Miller, 11; 3) Lelo Too, Tartan NAL (5r, 1t) Donn Guay, 9; 3) Joanna, Irwin 30, Martin Jemo, 30, Emile Carles, 11. (5 boats) PHRF < 109 — 1) Ninja, FT 10M, John Lym- 13. (5 boats) DIVISION E (PHRF 201+) — 1) Can O' berg, 8 points; 2) 007, J/105, Bruce Blackie, 10; 3) PHRF > 201 — 1) Spitﬁ re, Santana 22, Tom Whoopass, Cal 20, Richard vonEhrenkrook, 5; 2) Whisper, J/105, Marc Vayn, 11. (7 boats) McIntyre, 5.5 points; 2) Chile Pepper, Santana 25, Fjording, Cal 20, Tina Lundh, 11; 3) Latin Lass, PHRF 110-150 — 1) Lazy Lightening, Tartan Dave Lyman, 6.5; 3) Dominatrix, Santana 22, Ted Catalina 27 IB, Bill Chapman, 14. (6 boats) 10, Tim McDonald, 5 points; 2) Sea Spirit, Cat- Crum, 10. (3 boats) Complete results at: www.berkeleyyc.org alina 34, Larry Baskin, 8; 3) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, COLUMBIA 5.5 METER — 1) Tenacious, Adam Torin Knorr 8. (8 boats) Sadeg, 4 points; 2) Seabiscuit, Kevin Sullivan, 10; BERKELEY YC MIDWINTERS SUNDAY SERIES PHRF 151+ — 2) Auggie, Santana 22, Sally 3) Wings, Mike Jackson, 12. (5 boats) FINAL (4r, 0r) Taylor, 8; 1) Ruth E, Catalina 27, Bill Davidson, 8 MERIT 25 — 1) Bewitched, Loraine Salmon, 4 DIVISION 1 (PHRF < 99) — 1) Sweet Okole, points; 3) Double Play, Yankee 30, RDK Partners, points; 2) Bandido, George Gurrola, 9; 3) Double Farr 36, Dean Treadway, 7 points; 2) For Pete's 12. (6 boats) Agent, Robin Olliver, 10. (4 boats) Sake, Ultimate 24, Peter Cook, 10; 3) Flexi Flyer, NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Friday's Eagle, Cat- MULTIHULL — 1) Three Sigma, F-27, Chris Soverel 33, Mitchell Wells, 13. (8 boats) alina 30, Mark Hecht, 4 points; 2) Alpha, Sonar, Harvey, 4 points; 2) Sea Bird, F-27, Rich Holden, 8; OLSON 30 — 1) Hoot, Andrew Macﬁ e, 4 Jim Gilbert, 8; 3) Seaview, C&C 115, Pete Hamm, 3) Triple Play, F-31, Richard Keller, 13. (5 boats) points; 2) Corsair, Don Newman, 11; 3) Voodoo 8. (9 boats) NON-SPINNAKER PHRF < 150 — 1) Svenska, Child, Charles Barry, 11. (4 boats) Complete results at: www.southbeachyc.org Peterson 34, Fred Minning, 4 points; 2) Lively, Ol- EXPRESS 27 — 1) Tule Fog, Steve Carroll, 4 son 30 IB, Javier Jerez, 7.5. (2 boats) points; 2) Wetsu, Phil Krasner, 15; 3) Eagle, Ross SEQUOIA YC WINTER SERIES FINAL (5r, 1t) NON-SPINNAKER PHRF > 151 — 1) Scrim- Groelz, 16. (8 boats) SPINNAKER — 1) Head Rush, Antrim 27, shaw, Alerion Express 28, Michael Maurier, 5 ULTIMATE 20 — 1) Salsa, Matt & Steve Bor- Charlie Watt, 4 points; 2) Smokin' J, J/29, Stan points; 2) Kiwa, Ericson 32-2, Warren Taylor, 8; ough, 7 points; 2) Too Tuff, Thomas Hughes, 13; Phillips, 11; 3) Pizote, Santana 30, John Ryan, 11. 3) Samsara, Rhodes 19, Barbara Phillips, 13. (7 3) Breakaway, John Wolfe, 13. (5 boats) (14 boats) boats) DIVISION 2 (PHRF 102-177) — 1) Twoirratio- NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Linda Carol, Catalina Complete results at: www.oaklandyachtclub.com

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mer correcting out to overall honors with Great White in second and Pocket Rocket in a ﬂ urry of phone calls to participants third, for a Richmond YC clean sweep. and the creation of a new, alternate, 18- "We set a kite at the bridge and carried mile mostly in-the-bay course added to it to the ﬁ rst buoy, staying in the center our SIs at the 11:58th hour, as well as a channel," Krasner said. "We'd planned to new 'Non-EPIRB' division sailing in the go south but we couldn't because there Bay from 'X' to the Pt. Bonita Buoy — not was a big ship in the way. We caught up in the area determined to be 'offshore' by to Great White and rounded the buoy the Coast Guard — Southampton Shoal,

ﬁ rst. On the way back in we were above WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM and back to 'X' for a total of 18 miles. Bonita and stayed to the north side of "The Coast Guard was quite gracious the channel. We beat two of the best la- and cordial when we met with them — dies out there." their whole approach was safety-orient- The win was the ﬁ rst biggie for Kras- ed, and focused on their desire to be able

ner — a regular aboard Dave Rasmus- ERIK SIMONSON/ to respond to an emergency as quickly sen's Synergy 1000 Sapphire — since as possible . . ." Ross said. "Many of the buying the boat in '01. Unfortunately he entrants wound up borrowing EPIRBs didn't have much to celebrate about the and we emailed VTS a spreadsheet of next day, as someone who's got a lot of Steve Madeira's 'Mr. Magoo' on her way to a class win which EPIRBs were on which boats. bad karma coming his way stole Kras- at the St. Francis YC's Spring One Design Regatta. Others purchased them within about ner's outboard the night after the race! Guard on March 12, and learned that 12-18 hours of the start! A few places Out of the 42 starters, 11 retired due morning that they're mandating that rent EPIRBs, notably Sal's Inﬂ atables in to lack of breeze at various points in the any ocean racer from here on out be Alameda, and West Marine." transition; one was DSQ'd for rounding equipped with an EPIRB," said the club's As with any new requirements, the the Light Bucket the wrong way. David Ross. "The EPIRB mandate caught EPIRB requirement — a standing man- It wasn't an easy race from the per- us off-guard, to say the least, resulting date from OYRA beginning this year — spective of the Race Committee, either. will take some getting used to. A lot of "The Committee met with the Coast people will say, "But how long have we

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been doing just ﬁ ne without one?" And Timo Bruck; 2) Tivoli, Bene- they're right. But at the same time, this teau 42.7, Torben Bentsen; technology is now more widely available 3) Ohana, Beneteau 45.5, and less expensive than it's ever been Steve Hocking. (7 boats) DIVISION C (PHRF 81- and there's no reason not to adopt it. 129) — 1) Pocket Rocket; If there's anyone in your life, or in your

2) Dragonsong, Olson 30, WWW.SAIL22.COM crew's, who depends on yours or theirs. Sam McFadden; 3) Vitesse Seatbelts, anti-lock brakes and airbags Too, Hobie 33, Grant Hayes. were at one time all big-ticket, optional (10 boats) items in a new car. Now, does anyone DIVISION D (EXPRESS think twice about them? Just like seat- 27) — 1) Wetsu; 2) Great belts, ABS and airbags, an EPIRB might White; 3) El Raton. (9 BECKY DAMORE/ not save you, but at least it gives you boats) DIVISION E (PHRF > and the Coast Guard a chance of fi nding 130) — 1) Claire De Lune, each other should something go wrong. Moore 24, Jin Lovel; 2) Em- The Bay's Peter Vessella, John Callahan and Tracy Better yet, get a GPS-enabled unit and erald, Yankee 30, Peter Jones; 3) Freya, Catalina Usher on their way to fi nishing the Etchells Jaguar you'll increase your chances even more. 34, George Bean. (8 boats) Series in fourth overall and the top all-amateur team DIVISION F (NON-EPIRB) — 1) Arabella, Al- at the four-regatta series sailed on Biscayne Bay. ISLAND YC DOUBLEHANDED LIGHTSHIP (3/15) erion Express 28, Harry Allen. (2 boats, 1 fi nisher) OVERALL — 1) Wetsu, Express 27, Phil Kras- Complete results at: www.iyc.org kins, 9 points; 2) El Raton, Ray Lotto, 15; 3) Xena, ner; 2) Great White, Express 27, Rachel Fogel; Mark Lowry, 17. (9 boats) 3) Pocket Rocket, Mini, Emma Creighton; 4) El St. Francis Invitationals FOLKBOAT — 1) Frihed, Bill Madison, 9 points; Raton, Express 27, Ray Lotto; 5) Desperado, Ex- ST. FRANCIS YC SPRING KEEL INVITATIONAL 2) Polperro, Peter Jeal, 9; 3) Filur, Fred & Hillary press 27, Mike Bruzzone. (42 boats) (3/6-7, 4r, 0t) Anderson, 14. (9 boats) MULTIHULLS — 1) Origami, Corsair 24, Ross EXPRESS 27 — 1) Witchy Woman, Tom Jen- KNARR — 1) Flyer, Chris Kelly, 9 points; 2) Stein; 2) Tatiana, F-9 RX, Urs Rothacer; 3) Flip, Kraken, Risley Sams, 9; 3) Benino, Mark Dham, Flop 'N Fly, F-9A, Bob Bridenbaugh. (6 boats) 13. (7 boats) DIVISION B (PHRF < 80) — 1) Twist, J/120, MELGES 24 — 1) Smokin', Kevin Clark, 4

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points; 2) Bones, Robert Harf, 10; 3) Practice Girl, Christopher Farkas, 14. (5 boats) points; 2) Risk, Jason Woodley/Scott Whitney, 19; MOORE 24 — 1) Banditos, John Kernot, 20 3) Business Time, John Horsch, 22. (16 boats) points; 2) Flying Tiger, Vaughn Seifers, 21; 3) Ab- Complete Results at: www.stfyc.org sinthe, Dan Nitake, 23. (21 boats) Race Notes ST. FRANCIS YC SPRING DINGHY INVITATION- Northern California Cats Attack Jag- AL (3/13-14, 6r, 1t) 29er — 1) Julia Paxton/Patrick Tara, 9 points; 2) uar Series — After four regattas, Bay JP Barnes/Duncan Swain, 14; 3) Antoine Screve/ Area sailors Peter Vessella, Tracy Usher James Moody, 17. (10 boats) and John Callahan took home the prize 505 — 1) Howie Hamlin/Andy Zinn, 5 points; 2) for top all-amateur team at the 64-boat Mike Holt/Carl Smit, 9; 3) Aaron Ross/Rob Water- '10 Etchells Jaguar Series on Biscayne man, 15. (7 boats) Bay Florida March 19-21. Finishing FINN — 1) Iain Woolward, 13 points; 2) Vladimir fourth overall at the conclusion of the Butenko, 14; 3) Forrest Gay, 17. (7 boats) fi nal installment of the four-regatta se- FLYING DUTCHMAN — 1) Zhenya Kirueshkin- RICH ROBERTS Stepanoff, 5 points; 2) Buzz & Taylor Ballenger, 13; ries, the trio — who won the fi rst event, 3) Mike Meszaros, 13. (6 boats) the Piana Cup, back in December — beat LASER RADIAL — 1) Trevor Rowderer, 11 some of the class's top pro talent as well points; 2) Mark Halman, 18; 3) Dominique Ber- as the rest of the all-amateur fl eet with trand, 21. (9 boats) The Harbor Cup brought out some of the best col- Vessella's Fleet 12-based Mahalaga. LASER FULL RIG — 1) Peter Phelan, 5 points; lege teams in the country to sail Catalina 37s. Bay Area product Jeff Madrigali and 2) Steve Bourdow, 11; 3) Drake Jensen, 15. (12 points; 2) Chance, Barry Lewis, 14; 3) Grace Coronado-based pro Willem Van Waay boats) Dances, Dick Swanson, 15. (7 boats) and East Coaster Becky Nygren teamed WETA — 1) Bob Hyde, 8 points; 2) Dave Bern- EXPRESS 37 — 1) Eclipse, Mark Dowdy, 9 up with Jeff Siegel to win the regatta and tsen, 9; 3) Paul Heineken, 14. (6 boats) points; 2) Golden Moon, Kame Richards, 11; 3) the series by a solitary point on the fi nal Elan, John Kernot, 17. (6 boats) day of racing. This was Siegel's fi rst in ST. FRANCIS YC SPRING ONE DESIGN INVITA- J/105 — 1) Donkey Jack, Rolf Kaiser, 18 TIONAL (3/20-21, 5r, 0t) the series after a number of near-wins. J/120 — 1) Mr. Magoo, Steve Madeira, 11 The Bay's Bill Barton, godfather of

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Thompson, pitman Erik Samuels, main the Fleet 12, sailed with his out-of-town scenic as possible, give mark rounding trimmer Kelsey Rupp and trimmer Dan- program, fi nishing 15th for the regatta. practice, and include close and broad ny Kivlovitz all returning. Sponsored by You'll fi nd complete results at www. reaching and spinnaker gybe marks. the Port of Los Angeles, with Cal Mari- etchellsfl eet20.org/jag. The goal is to get people out who are time as the inviting school and the Los Time Trial Anyone? — While the de- anxious about racing. We think fear of Angeles YC as the host, it's turned into a tails have yet to be fi nalized, keep an eye close contact is a key issue that keeps must-do on the relatively small circuit of on the Bay Area Multihull Association's people from coming out. . ." collegiate big boat regattas. website at www.sfbama.org/racetrack The association has yet to determine Insult to Injury — In what has to be for more on a novel new approach to whether it will be available to non-multi- one of the most saddening developments performance assesment and competi- hullers, but we vote "yes!" to date in the '09-'10 Clipper 'Round tion on the Bay. The Young and Unintimidated — The the World Race, our namesake boat "BAMA is planning to launch 'The West Coast's only big-boat College Sail- California was dismasted March 21 eve- Racetrack' this month, a 13.5-nm cen- ing regatta, the Harbor Cup, drew 10 ning some 1,800 miles from the Bay. tral Bay course with fi ve mark roundings, teams from around the country for three The dismasting may have a silver lin- beats, reaches, and runs," said member days of racing in Long Beach March 12- ing. The start date for the next leg of the Ross Stein. "The idea is that anyone can 14. USC's team, led by senior Chris Vet- race may be pushed back, which might run it whenever they want and as many ter won only 1 of the ten races, but never mean more time for the teams here in times as they like. Only their best time scored anything worse than a sixth in San Francisco. Look for updates at is used for the fi nal scores at the end of taking the regatta with a fi ve-point mar- www.clipperroundtheworld.com. the season. To race, they just turn on gin over runner-up Cal Maritime and Finally — A group of Bay Area sail- their GPS and later upload their track to skipper John Gray. ors — Erik Simonson, Sergei Leonidov, BAMA. Then they can watch their track Only Vetter and trimmer Andrew David Nabors and Kurt Lahr — has put against all others in GPS Active Replay Nunn will graduate this year; the rest together a new online forum where sail- or Kattack, which the BAMA fl eet already of the crew will be intact, with bow- ors from all over the country are starting uses for races we sail. man Alex Brock Kraebel, fl oater Maddie to congregate. You can fi nd it at http:// "Rather than a simple windward-lee- www.pressure-drop.us/forums/forum. ward course, we wanted to make it as php.

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We depart from our normal format this month to bring you our annual springtime overview of Greater Bay Area Bareboats & Crewed Charter Yachts.

Meet the Charter Fleet: company you will probably have to get A Wealth of Bay Sailing Options checked out by their staff so they'll feel Even if you own your own boat and confi dent that you're not going to run the absolutely love sailing her, there are pride of their fl eet into a supertanker. certain times when you might be in need Our advice concerning check-outs is to of a boat with distinctly different charac- drop by the rental outfi t a few days ahead teristics. That's when the Bay Area's vast of time and get 'signed off', so you won't fl eet of (drive-it-yourself) bareboats and cut into your precious charter time on a fully crewed charter yachts — all listed busy weekend. here — will come in handy. We encour- Beyond rental discounts, there's age you to peruse these listings now and usually added value to club member- save them for future reference. ship such as dockside barbecues; 'so- And if you don't own a boat yet, ac- cial sails', where everyone pitches in a cessing this fl eet can mean the difference few bucks to cover between wishing you were out on the costs; and charter water and actually being there, booming flotillas to idyllic along under a fresh breeze with spray venues in the Ca- fl ying and sun on your cheeks. ribbean, South Pa- As you'll learn in these pages, the Bay cifi c or elsewhere. Area charter fl eet encompasses boats of For folks who all sizes and descriptions, with profes- don't own a boat sional crews and shore staff eager to and/or who don't serve you. have close friends interested in sail- Bareboats — There are roughly ing, joining a club is 220 bareboats available for rental here in a smart move. The the Greater Bay Area, but the businesses friendly ambience that manage them are not simply rental of a club creates a agencies. Almost without exception, the low-pressure forum J WORLD boats listed below are offered by sailing for advancing through the hierarchy of schools — usually called 'clubs' — which classes. And the natural camaraderie offer a full spectrum of courses, from that comes with shared activities on the basic sailing to coastal cruising and water often spawns lasting friendships. celestial navigation. Even if you already own a boat or have In most cases, you don't have to be access to a friend's, the Bay's fl eet, with a member of the club to rent a boat, al- its wide variety of boat types, can be a though nonmembers will pay somewhat valuable resource. Suppose, for example, higher rental prices. that you go out racing often with friends, The first time you charter with a but you rarely get time on the wheel.

BAY AREA BAREBOATS J/World • 31' - 35' • Yamaha 25 As the following list demonstrates, there is a wide variety Alameda (510) 522-0547 Beneteau 311 Coronado 30 of sail-it-yourself bareboats available for rent in the Bay Area. San Francisco, Puerto Vallarta Pearson 32 Wyliecat 30 Compiled here are listings from the area's principal companies www.sailing-jworld.com Ericson 32 • 31' - 40' • (listed alphabetically). We've attempted to be as up-to-date and • 30' & UNDER • C&C 32 Celestial 32 comprehensive as possible. We regret any errors or omissions. Beneteau 33 • OVER 40 • J/80 [26'] (7) • 31' - 35' • Beneteau 35 Coronado 42 Hanse 350 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • SAILING Hunter 33 (3) AL, SA J/105 [34'] (4) • 36' - 40' • SCHOOLS • 36' - 40' • • 36' - 40' • OCSC 38' Seawind 1160 cat Dufour 36 (2) AL, SA J/120 [40'] Berkeley (800) 223-2984 Beneteau 38 Club Nautique Hunter 36 (3) AL, SA C&C 38 (members only) Caliber 40 AL • OVER 40 • Beneteau 381 www.ocscsailing.com Sausalito, Alameda Beneteau 393 Jeanneau 40 SA Dehler 41 (800) 343-SAIL Caliber 40 • 30' & UNDER • www.clubnautique.net Norseman 40 cat AL Jeanneau 43 DS • OVER 40' • J/120 [40'] J/24 (22) AL = Alameda ; SA = Sausalito; Santa Cruz 50 • OVER 40 • Ultimate 24 (1) Hunter 41 (3) AL, SA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Olson 25 (4) • 30' & UNDER • Hunter 410 AL Beneteau 423 Modern Sailing • 31' - 35' • Colgate 26 (7) AL, SA Jeanneau 43 AL • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • School & Club Catalina 320 (4) Hunter 290 AL Gib Sea 43 AL Monterey Bay Sailing • 31' - 35' • Sausalito (800) 995-1668 J/105 [34'] (5) Jeanneau 45 DS AL Monterey (831) 372-7245 Hunter 31 (8) AL, SA www.modernsailing.com J/109 [35'] Hunter 49 AL www.montereysailing.com • 36' - 40' • Jeanneau 32 (2) AL, SA Jeanneau 50 DS AL • 30' & UNDER • • 30' & UNDER • Catalina 36 (4) Hunter 320 (3) AL, SA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ericson 30 Hunter 326 SA Catalina 22 Sabre 362

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Renting a bareboat is the perfect solution for honing the full range of skills. Chartering a large, fully equipped bareboat in the Bay Area can also help you prepare for your dream trip to some tropical sailing venue. Once you've taken total respon- sibility for a big boat in Bay waters — including anchoring practice — you'll be able to step aboard a bareboat anywhere with confidence in your abilities — as CLUB NAUTIQUE opposed to the angst brought on by trying to fake it. Likewise, if you're thinking of buying a boat of your own, there's no better way to scrutinize the differences between popular makes and models than by personally sea-testing them before you commit.

Crewed Charter Vessels — The vessels listed in this section are accessible to folks of all ages, with no sailing skills required whatsoever, as their charter prices include professional crew. Spread: Once they've been checked out, both Even if you are a long-time sailor with students and nonstudents can rent late-model your own ﬂ eet of sailing craft, there are bareboats. Inset, left: A student sailor concen- special circumstances when chartering trates during her turn on the helm. Inset, above: one of the vessels listed here might be Club daysails are an inexpensive way to make the perfect solution to a particular chal- new friends while enjoying the Bay. lenge. Suppose, for example, you have a slew of relatives coming in from out of town for a wedding or reunion, and you'd like to show them around the Bay aboard a classier boat than your beat-

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Mahe 36 • OVER 40' • • 36' - 40' • Spinnaker Sailing NONPROFIT C&C 110 [36'] Beneteau 46.1 Beneteau 343 (2) [35'] of San Francisco ORGANIZATIONS Beneteau 37 Catalina 34 (2) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (415) 543-7333 Cal Sailing Club Hunter 356 [35'] www.spinnaker-sailing.com • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Tradewinds Sailing www.cal-sailing.org Catalina 36 (2) • 30' & UNDER' • Paciﬁ c Yachting/Sailing School & Club Catalina 38 • 30' & UNDER' • Viper 640 [21'] Santa Cruz Pt. Richmond (510) 232-7999 • OVER 40' • Laser Bahia (8) Ultimate 20 (831) 423-SAIL (7245) www.TradewindsSailing.com Beneteau 42 JY15 (7) Ultimate 24 (800) 374-2626 Brickyard Cove / Richmond Marina Bay Mull Chico 42 Precision 15 (2) Santana 22 (2) www.paciﬁ csail.com ( boats also at Folsom Lake) Catalina 42 Laser (2) * Santa Cruz 27 (3) • 30' & UNDER • • 30' & UNDER • Jeanneau 43 • 31' - 35' • Bytes (2) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Merit 25 (2) Santa Cruz 27 Capri 22 (7) Flying Tiger 10 Spinnaker Sailing Capri 25 Catalina 28 Ericson 27 Catalina 320 of Redwood City Pearson 26 Olson 911s [30'] Catalina 270 Catalina 34 (650) 363-1390 Pearson 22 • 31' - 35' • Ericson 28 Catalina 35 www.spinnakersailing.com • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Beneteau 31 Catalina 30 (4) Hunter 356 [35'] Catalina 31 Newport 30 • 30' & UNDER' • • 36' - 40' • Sailing Education Catalina 32 (3) • 31' - 35' • Santana 22 (3) Beneteau 393 Adventures Beneteau 33 Beneteau 323 (2) [33'] Cal 24 (3) C&C 40 (415) 522-8199 Catalina 35 Beneteau 31 Merit 25 (8) • OVER 40' • www.sfsailing.org • 36' - 40' • Cal 31 (3) Catalina 27 (3) Hunter 410 • 30' & UNDER' • Catalina 36 Dufour 31 • 31' - 35' • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Catalina 17.5 (4) Hunter 36 Hunter 33 Santana 525 (2) [25'] J/120

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head. Instead, why not charter one of Adventure Cat I: A familiar sight these well-kept 'multi-passenger' vessels, on the Bay, this 55-ft catamaran was where the pampering service of a profes- custom-built specifi cally for chartering sional crew will allow you to sit back, sip here. Defi nitely one of the fastest local champagne and play tour guide. charter boats, she's been clocked at 20 Similarly, when your coworkers are knots with a full complement of passen- scratching their heads trying to come gers aboard. Guests can choose to ride up with an original plan for the annual on the open-air trampoline, forward, or offi ce party, you'll be a hero when you within the sheltered salon. introduce them to the idea of an exhila- • Carries up to 48 passengers. The steel schooner 'Bay Lady' carries 80. rating Bay cruise aboard one of these • Berthed at Pier 39, Dock J, in San clouds of sail on her traditional gaff rig. comfy sailboats — rather than a boring Francisco. Guests are always invited to participate motoryacht. Guests who care to pitch • Available for scheduled sails daily in sailing this great schooner. in with the sailing chores are usually (individually ticketed), private group • Certifi ed for 80 passengers (most welcome to lend a hand, while the rest of charters and special events, including comfortable with about 70). the group soaks in the salt air and takes weddings, whale watching and corporate • Berthed at South Beach Harbor, San in the sights. programs. Francisco. The Bay Area's fl eet of fully crewed • (415) 777-1630 or (800) 498-4228; • Some scheduled sailings (individu- charter vessels breaks down into two [email protected]; website: ally ticketed), private group charters, principal categories: 'Six Pack' boats, www.adventurecat.com offshore charters (such as to Monterey) which are licensed to charter with up and special events including corporate to six passengers for hire, and 'Multi- Adventure Cat II: Designed by cat and baseball parties to McCovey Cove. Passenger Vessels' (technically called connoisseur Kurt Hughes, Adventure • (415) 543-7333; email: rendezvous@ Inspected Vessels). In many cases these Cat II was launched several years ago. earthlink.net; website: www. rendezvous- can legally carry up to 49 passengers. charters.com We've attempted to be as comprehensive and up-to-date as possible in these Bay Wolf: This pedigreed Santa Cruz listings. We regret any errors or omis- 50 ocean racer is a veteran of many sions. Hawaii and Mexico races. With her new mast, rigging and other upgrades, she 'Multi-Passenger' Vessels (7+) promises fast, exhilarating Bay sailing. (In alphabetical order.) • Certifi ed to carry up to 30 passen- Argosy Venture: One of the largest gers, but focuses on groups up to 18. and more unique yachts in Northern • Berthed in Sausalito. California, this 101-ft Nevins motorsailer • Available for private group charters, does occasional charters on the Bay as corporate charters and special events. well as annual expeditions beyond the 'Adventure Cat II' is fast and fun. Passenger participation is welcomed. Golden Gate. Built as a private luxury Like her older sister (above), she is fast yacht in 1947, her gleaming brightwork and fun, yet is much larger and, conse- and period styling make her an eye- quently, can carry twice as many pas- catching sight when she roars across the sengers. For really big groups, consider Bay at 12 knots. chartering both boats and sail together in tandem. • Carries up to 99 passengers. • Berthed at Pier 39, Dock J, in San Francisco. • Available for private group charters and special events, including weddings, whale watching and corporate programs. 'Bay Wolf' is a former offshore racer. • (415) 777-1630 or (800) 498-4228; • (415) 328-6480; (650) 858-1640 or email: [email protected]; web- cell (650) 492-0681; email: captkirk@ site: www.adventurecat.com sfbaysail.com; website: www.sfbaysail. com 'Argosy Venture' is a rare classic. Bay Lady: At 90 feet in length, Bay • Carries up to 12 passengers. Lady is the largest Coast Guard 'certi- Cat Ballou: Originally a Caribbean • Berthed at Brisbane Marina. fi ed' traditional sailing vessel on the charter yacht, this sweet-sailing Catana • Available for special custom char- West Coast. Licensed to carry up to 80 42 catamaran joined the Bay Area charters locally (including corporate), family passengers, she holds the second-largest ter fl eet after owner Chuck Longanecker charters and expeditions, as well as fi lm capacity of any sailing charter vessel in upgraded her substantially during an and dive charters. the region. Bay Lady was built of steel extensive refi t. Chuck is a management • (650) 952-4168; email: charters@ in New England specifi cally for the char- consultant by trade, and specializes in argosyventure.com; website: www.argo- ter trade. Her design combines modern teambuilding and private charters. syventure.com. strength and safety features with an • Carries up to 12 passengers. old-time sail plan — she carries great • Berthed at Schoonmaker Marina,

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conservation educational cruises and male skippers in the local charter trade. sunset 'wine and cheese' cruises with Before going out on her own years ago Monterey Bay Aquarium, Tues-Sun with the purchase of Glory Days, Pam throughout the summer. Also available skippered many of the Bay's biggest for marine research, custom group char- charter vessels. ters, including corporate events (educa- When Morgan Yachts first began tional and naturalist service available at producing the Out Island line in the late no additional cost). '60s, these comfy boats quickly became • (831) 818-6112; email: captain@ popular with both cruisers and charter companies — especially the 51-ft version, 'Cat Ballou' on the move. like Glory Days. Sausalito. • Certiﬁ ed for 42 passengers — prob- • Available for private group charters, ably the only O/I 51 that is. special events and corporate charters, • Berthed Pelican Harbor, Sausalito. including teambuilding. • Available for corporate events, pri- • (888) 566-8894; email: chuck@ vate charters, weddings, ash scatterings, sanfranciscosailing.com; website: www. teambuilding sails, and Angel Island sanfranciscosailing.com

Chardonnay II: This sleek Santa Cruz 70 is one of the most popular charter vessels operating on Monterey Bay. The custom Wylie 65 'Derek M. Baylis'. She was custom built for fast sailing, sealifeconservation.org; web: www.seal- yet with the comforts to accommodate ifeconservation.org. For Monterey Bay up to 49 passengers. She offers a wide Aquarium trips call (800) 756-3737.

Gas Light: Designed by Carl Schum- acher and built by master shipwright Billy Martinelli, this beautifully crafted The Morgan O/I 51 'Glory Days'. 50-ft schooner is reminiscent of the days when hay and produce were brought BBQ sails. Occasional scheduled sails down Bay Area rivers to market under (individually ticketed) such as Friday sail, aboard similar scow schooners. Her night sunset sails and full moon cruises main cabin is spacious and bright, while (see website for schedule). her broad decks make it easy to mingle • (800) 849-9256 or (415) 331-2919; during a party cruise, and she heels only email: [email protected]; website: www.sailsfbay.com Sleek and sexy 'Chardonnay'. array of 'themed charters' such as wine Nehemiah: Among the things that tasting, sunset cruising, and corporate make this classic wooden ketch unique teambuilding. in the Bay's charter fl eet is the fact that • Carries up to 49 passengers. she has circumnavigated — twice — un- • Berthed at Santa Cruz Harbor. der previous owners. • Custom 'themed charters', special Her current use is also unique, how- events, and corporate teambuilding. ever. Capt. Rod Phillips and his wife, • (831) 423-1213; email: charters@ 'Admiral' Joni, enjoy doing Bay charters chardonnay.com; website: www. chardonnay.com SAM SPITTLE 'Gas Light' is a replica of bygone days. Derek M. Baylis: Named after a minimally. famous Bay Area yachtsman, this dis- • Carries up to 49 passengers (ideal tinctive 65-ft cat ketch was built spe- with 25-35). cifi cally for conducting ocean research • Berthed at Schoonmaker Marina, and marine education, and is operated Sausalito. by the nonprofi t Sealife Conservation • Available for private group charters organization. Tom Wylie designed her to and special events including corporate be an "environmentally friendly way to meetings and teambuilding. Kids' groups keep up with whales and other marine welcome. life without using an engine." • (415) 331-2769 or (415) 601-1957; 'Nehemiah' has circumnavigated — twice! • Carries up to 49 passengers on day- email: [email protected]; for the general public, which fi nance sails or 12 passengers for overnights. website: www.gaslightcharters.com their true passion, youth sail training • Berthed at Monterey; pickups in — particularly for 'at-risk' youth. Solidly Santa Cruz and elsewhere by special Glory Days: This classic Morgan Out built and traditionally rigged, she is an arrangement. Island 51 is owned and operated by Pam ideal platform for hands-on training, as • Offers scheduled daytime marine Powers, one of the few professional fe- well as pleasure sailing. A lifelong mari-

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ner, Rod also captains S.F. Bay ferries. & Mike Pavel are accomplished racers • Carries up to 33 passengers. and cruisers who love sharing the joy of • Berthed at Richmond's Marina Bay. sailing the pristine waters of scenic Lake • Available for youth sail training, Tahoe. Prevailing SW afternoon breezes scheduled sails (individually ticketed) averaging 10 to 15 knots make for ideal and private charters. sailing conditions. • (510) 234-5054; email: captain@ • Certifi ed for up to 25 passengers. sailingacross.com; website: www. sail- • Specializes in affordable & scenic ingacross.com 2-hour cruises with complimentary The custom steel sloop 'Ruby'. refreshments. Also available for private Privateer: This roomy Islander Free- • Available for lunch and evening parties, company charters & Emerald port 41 cutter ketch reaches 10 knots sails daily (individually ticketed), pri- Bay luncheon sails. under all four sails. She has teak decks, vate group charters, and special events fi nely varnished trim, and many bronze including corporate functions and ash fi ttings. Originally built for the drum- scatterings. mer of the band Journey, she is a high • (415) 861-2165; email: rubysailing@ class sailing yacht converted to a perfect sbcglobal.net; website: www. rubysail- party sailboat. With her full keel, she is ing.com

Seaward: Originally based in Boston, this 82-ft staysail schooner has a different focus from most others. During the spring, summer and fall her primary function is running hands-on sail training for Bay Area youngsters, which is The 'Tahoe Cruz' screams across the lake. partially funded by adult sail training • Daily departures from Tahoe City and private charters. When winter ap- Marina (home of the Tahoe YC). proaches, she heads for the sunny lati- • (530) 583-6200; website: www. tudes of Mexico, where she offers a series TahoeSail.com of programs which combine education 'Privateer' has was built for a rockstar. in traditional seamanship, study of the Team O'Neill: As her operators like to extremely comfortable to sail. marine environment, and fun in the say, "For an Extraordinary Santa Cruz • Certiﬁ ed for 28 passengers. sun. She is owned and operated by the Adventure, just add water!" • Berthed at San Francisco's Pier 39 nonproﬁ t Call of the Sea organization. Promising a unique and specialized • Specializing in scheduled 90-min- • Carries up to 45 passengers on day sailing adventure on the Monterey ute Bay sails (individually ticketed) and trips; 15 for overnights. Bay, this 65-footer gives you a true scheduled sunset sails (see website for • Berthed at Sausalito. appreciation for big catamaran sailing. schedule). Also available for private char- • Available for youth and adult sail Her length and 28-ft beam provide an ters, including corporate events. exceptionally smooth and stable ride, • (415) 378-4887; email: erik@sailsf. with plenty of deck space to move around com; website: www.sailsf.com freely. Her full galley can accommodate catered sails, or guests may choose to Ruby: At 64 feet in length, this dou- bring along picnic-style meals. ble-ended steel sloop has been a familiar Ideally suited for both family and sight on the Bay for as long as we can friends of corporate groups. remember. In fact, Ruby has been char- • Carries up to 49 passengers. tering longer than any other boat on the • Berthed at Santa Cruz YH. Bay — 27 consecutive years. She's also • Available for private group charters become a landmark at her San Francisco Boat Works homeport, adjacent to The Ramp restaurant. Owner/skipper Josh The sail training schooner 'Seaward'. Pryor designed and built her himself training, day sails, scheduled (individu- back in the '70s with thoughts of long- ally ticketed) sails, overnights to Drake's distance cruising, but once he started Bay and the Farallones, private group chartering her, he discovered that both charters and corporate events, plus he and she were well suited to the busi- 'adventure sailing' in Mexico during the ness. In addition to scheduled sailings, winter. she does a variety of special charters • (415) 331-3214; email: info@ — one of the most memorable was when callofthesea.org; website: www. The Playboy Channel brought a dozen callofthesea.org; and for Mexico: www. bunnies aboard years ago for an Opening seawardadventures.org The 'Team O'Neill' cat is easy to spot. Day photo shoot in the waters off what and now offering public 1-hour is now AT&T Park. Tahoe Cruz: This is a beautiful daysails on Saturdays during the • Carries up to 31 passengers. custom Santa Cruz 50, that sails daily summer. • Berthed at The Ramp restaurant, out of the Tahoe City Marina from May •(831)475-1561;email: foot of Mariposa St., San Francisco. thru October. Captains Jim Courcier [email protected]; website:

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www.oneillyachtcharters.com • Available for private group charters, and special events, including corpo- Yukon Jack: Although a remarkable rate. amount of 'big boat' racing takes place on • (415) 378-4887; email: erik@sailsf. the Bay each year, only a minuscule por- com; website: www.sailsf.com tion of the sailing community ever gets to ride on those sleek, go-fast machines. Bolgeskrekk: This meticulously But if you'd like to check out the adrenal cared for Irwin Citation 34 is a stiff and thrill of blasting across the Bay on an comfortable yacht, well-suited to Bay ultralight, this proven Santa Cruz 50 is Meet the lovely 'Angelique'. sailing conditions. On blustery days the boat for you. A former ocean racer, service crewed group charters, as well she often does better than 7 knots, thus she actually holds the San Francisco- as multi-day trips in the bay and along outperforming many other sailboats of to-Tahiti record from her '95 crossing: the Coast. her size. Her spacious cockpit is roomy 19 days, 4 hours and 51 minutes, if • (707) 707 953-0434; email: andy@ enough to easily accomodate six passen- anyone's counting. sailingbiz.com: website: www.sailingbiz. gers, and her teak interior is a delightful • Carries up to 25 passengers. com realm for lounging and relaxing. Captain • Berthed at South Beach Harbor, San Bob has 20 years of experience sailing Francisco. Apparition: Sleek and speedy, Appa- the Bay and he loves to share his knowl- • Race charters (including offshore), rition was custom-built in Sausalito with edge of local geography and historical private group charters, and special small-group chartering in mind. Captain spots. events including corporate. Stan Schilz loves to introduce guests to • Carries up to 6 passengers the ease and comfort of multihull sail- • Berthed at Brickyard Cove Marina, ing by letting them take the helm. One in Pt. Richmond of the few crewed charter yachts that • Available for private charters, sail- does overnights, this 38-footer has two ing instruction, corporate events, special double cabins and a full galley. If you're events and sunset sails. planning to bareboat a cat soon, spend- • (510) 499-0134; email: capt_bob@ ing some time aboard Apparition would goldengatesailingtours.com; website: be good preparation. www.goldengatesailingtours.com • Carries up to 6 passengers for private charters. Can also be bareboated Caprice: This lovely Seawind 1160 by special arrangement with up to 12 was purchased new in Australia in '07, passengers. after which owners Dan and Carol Seifers • Berthed at Schoonmaker Marina, spent most of '08 delivering her back to Sausalito. the Bay. Dan is both a licensed captain and sailing instructor. He and Carol would be pleased to introduce you to the joy of fl at, dry catamaran sailing aboard 'Yukon Jack' is a former ocean racer. Caprice. Her spacious salon offers a 360° • (415) 543-7333; email: rendezvous@ view, while riding her trampoline offers earthlink.net; website: www. rendezvous- thrill-a-minute exhilaration. Hands-on charters.com participation is encouraged. • Carries up to 8 passengers Six-Passenger Crewed Yachts • Berthed at Brickyard Cove Marina, We need to preface this section by say- Pt. Richmond ing that in addition to the six-passenger vessels which follow — many of which are operated by their owners — virtually This 'Apparition' is a familiar sight. every sailing school (aka 'club') listed • Available for private group charters, at the beginning of this section also has special events, multihull sailing instruc- boats which are available for 'six-pack' tion, and trips up the Delta or the Peta- charters with captain and crew. luma or Napa rivers. Some of the larger boats in those fl eets • (415) 331-8730; email: info@appari- are very nicely fi tted-out for both comfort- tion.com; website: www.sailapparition. able daysails and overnight charters. com Call them for details and pricing. Avolonte: This Fountaine-Pajot 42 Angelique: New to the fl eet '08, An- catamaran is big, fast and extremely 'Caprice' has crossed the Pacifi c. gelique is a sweet-sailing Columbia 57, stable. A luxurious quarter-million-dol- • Available for custom charters with built for comfort inshore or offshore. lar yacht, she is the most high end ves- catering specialized to suit your needs. Her roomy, nicely appointed interior and sel in this company's three-boat fl eet. • (510) 232-5820; email: seifers@ stable racer-cruiser design make her a Avolonte was sailed to the Bay from the pacbell.net: website: www.sailingcaprice. good choice for extended cruises. Caribbean for charter work by the owner, com • Carries up to 6 passengers. Capt. Erik Ostrander. • Available for 'captain-only' charters • Carries up to 6 passengers. Carrera: At the smaller end of the at very reasonable rates, as well as full- • Berthed at San Francisco's Pier 39 spectrum is Gene Maly's well-kept Capo

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32 racer/cruiser. Based at Monterey, Mexico and Alaska. Kirk Miller (a.k.a. Carrera balances her busy schedule Capt. Kirk) gave up a successful career between intimate group daysails and in the energy business to pursue his instructional sails that feature plenty of dream of chartering on the Bay aboard one-on-one attention. Flying Tiger. • Carries up to 6 passengers. She is ideally suited to charters with • Berthed at Municipal Wharf #2 (A- those who enjoy high-performance sail- Tier Gate), in Monterey. ing — it doesn't take much to convince • Available for scheduled daysails in- 'Evening Star' is Capt. Marco's dream boat. Kirk to put up the chute on the down- cluding Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary clients' lives. "I like to introduce them wind run past the Cityfront. She has tours, private charters, accredited in- to the therapeutic effect of bashing to recently undergone an extensive refi t. struction, and "teambuilding challenges" windward in 20 knots of breeze with the • Carries up to 6 passengers. for corporations. lee rail buried." • Based at Sausalito. • (831) 375-0648; email: captain- • Carries up to 6 passengers. • Available for private group charters, [email protected]; website: • Berthed at Sausalito Yacht Harbor. corporate charters and special events. www.sailmontereybay.com • Available for all types of private Passenger participation is welcomed. charters, including corporate and spe- • (415) 328-6480; (650) 858-1640 or Evening Star: This festidiously re- cial events; specializes in instructional cell (650) 492-0681; email: captkirk@ stored C&C Concours 42 is the 'dream 'performance sailing' charters. sfbaysail.com; website: www.sfbaysail. boat' of 30-year charter skipper Mark • (415) 868-2940; (415) 987-1942; com Sange (aka Capt. Marco). He had been email: [email protected]; website: looking for a stiff, high-performance boat www.captainmarco.com or alternately, Imi Loa — This sloop is one of the that was well balanced and responsive. www.sailingsf.com most popular cruiser/racers on the Bay And to hear him tell it, Evening Star fi lls in her size range. A stiff and comfortable the bill perfectly. Having skippered big Flying Tiger: This sleek former rac- boat with many amenities, she comfort- luxury charter yachts in the Med for ing yacht was originally designed to race ably accommodates six guests, and with a decade, Mark knows a thing or two in the SORC. She was later fi tted out for her spacious cockpit and table, there's about putting excitement back in his comfortable cruising and explored both plenty of room for guests to enjoy cock-

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With reports this month from Worldwind on the graciousness of a Mexican port captain; from Aita Pe'ape'a on one of the real budget cruises across the South Paciﬁ c; from Cadence on a gunﬁ re ridden Christmas haulout in the Philippines; from Azure II on starting a second cruise, this time with two kids and two hulls; from Java on ferocious Papagayo winds at San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua; and Cruise Notes.

Worldwind — Westsail 32 We checked on the Ham and SSB Jim and Julia Focha nets, but nobody knew if there was a The Generosity of Mexicans bank or ATM machine in Turtle Bay. (Stockton Sailing Club) [Editor’s note: There is neither.] So we Many times in Latitude we've read backtracked to Man O’ War Cove in order about the friendliness and generos- to go to the ATM in San Carlos. But once ity of the Mexican people. But it has there, we were informed that somebody to experienced to had "liberated” the machine and that it really be appreci- hadn’t been replaced. ated. In two years of The next morning we decided we cruising Mexico, we should backtrack to Cabo and regroup. didn't have a single It was enough to make us cry, as we negative experi- dreaded the thought of having to pound ence. Nonetheless, 150 miles from Cabo to Mag Bay a sec-

COURTESY WORLDWIND COURTESY the assistance and ond time. I called Gregorio, the port cap- hospitality afford- tain, to see if we had to check in again. ed us by Gregorio, When he learned of our plight, he said it the Port Captain at didn’t make sense for us to backtrack to Man O’ War Cove, Cabo. He told us that he’d come out to Mag Bay, during our boat and discuss the situation with Gregorio, Mag Bay our Baja Bash was us. Port Captain, embod- far beyond anything He indeed came right out, and told ies the spirit of the we could have imag- us that he would take us to San Carlos! people of Mexico. ined. Once there, we could take a bus 40 miles We’d left Cabo in light winds, but by inland to Constitución, a large enough the time we reached the south end of Mag city to have several banks. We told him Bay, it was blowing a steady 30 knots that would be fantastic, but what if our on the nose. We refueled in Man O' War bank locked our account — as they’d Cove, then continued on to Bahia Santa done three times during our trip — and Maria to wait for better weather. While we ended up with no money at all? Gre- chicken place such as they have all at beautiful BSM, I crunched the num- gorio said no problema, he would take over Mexico. Gregorio and his wife even bers, and discovered that because of the us all the way to Constitución! When we wanted to pay for our lunch! We had to adverse weather we'd used much more asked how much it would cost, he said, insist that we pick up the tab. Besides, fuel than I'd expected. And there was no nada, meaning 'nothing' — or at least it was only $12 for four people. way that we’d have enough money to buy 'not very much'. Normally, we would have Once back in San Carlos, Gregorio the fuel we’d need once we got to Turtle insisted on a fi rm price, but how could informed us he had to go to his offi ce Bay. Yes, Julia had told me to get more we not trust Gregorio? until about 7 p.m. — probably because money while we were in La Paz. But yes, When we got to San Carlos, a city of he’d spent all day taking us to Constitu- I’m a tightwad, so I insisted that we had about 6,000, Gregorio’s wife was wait- cion and back. This gave us a chance to enough. ing on the beach with their truck and explore the town until about 4:30 p.m., Julia and Jim Focha, recipients of the kindness trailer. They always haul their panga out at which time we returned to their house. of strangers they'll never forget. Jim will also in case there is a change in weather. We We knocked on the door to let Gregorio’s never forget to carry enough cash. then went to their house, which is a very wife know that we would be waiting nice two-story home overlooking in the patio for him. But she insisted the bay. We sat in the patio and that we come inside, and we spent the talked with his youngest son until afternoon watching Rachel Ray and the Gregorio and his wife were ready to National Geographic channel in Spanish. go. Fortunately, the road to Con- Gregorio returned home at about 7 p.m., stitución had fi nally been paved, at which point his wife fi xed us some so it was a pleasant trip. machaca burritos.

COURTESY WORLDWIND COURTESY Gregorio and his wife dropped Once back on the boat, I asked Gre- us off at the bank, where we with- gorio how much we owed him. “Nada," drew the daily amount allowed. It he said. I may be a tightwad, but I’m not wasn't as much as we would have a cheapskate. I forced him to accept $50 preferred, but it was enough. The U.S. The next day Gregorio was back at couple returned to pick us up an hour later, and drove us to a BBQ IN LATITUDES

58-ft schooner. Not having a lot of money for a cruising boat, fi ve years ago Tristan and I were lucky enough to fi nd a 33-ft fl ush- deck CSK 33 cat for an amazingly low price. She'd been professionally built PHOTOS COURTESY AITA PE'APE'A AITA PHOTOS COURTESY in Venice by the CSK crew — Rudy Choy, Warren Sea- man, Alfred Kuma- lae — way back in PHOTOS COURTESY AITA PE'APE'A AITA PHOTOS COURTESY '64. Our plan was to fi x her up for cruising, so we spent the next year building a cabin, putting in two heads, re- 'Pilot', the 58-ft schoo- glassing the deck, ner owned by Tristan's redesigning the parents. rudders, sanding, painting, and doing the dreaded varnishing. Tristan and I both work in the fi lm industry — he in production and I in international fi lm publicity. His job allowed him to set his own schedule, so I must confess that he did most of the actual work on the boat. I provided the moral support and pizza delivery. Years ago we set our departure date for January of '09, and saved as much money as we could before we left. In order to save money, we stuck with what we thought were the essential cruising items — a tiller autopilot, a small fridge/ Spread; Tristan and Mindy swimming in the blue, blue waters of the South Pacifi c next to their freezer for beer and burgers, a GPS, and vintage catamaran. Their boat may be shorter and older than most cruising boats, but do you think some surfboards. Thanks to our par- anybody is getting more bang for their boat buck? Inset; Mindy with a nice catch. ents' being generous with presents at our boat at 7 a.m., as promised, with 30 just happily go cruising on the modest Christmas, we also have an EPIRB and gallons of diesel. He sold it to us for just boat that we had, and not worry about a satphone. The items we don't have that $40 U.S. When is the last time you paid what kind of boat and gear everybody are commonly found on cruising boats $1.33 a gallon for diesel? thinks is needed to cross an ocean. One are things like radar, SSB radio, a water- To have been helped like that by not day we’ll return to the States, start a maker and a big refrigeration system. just a stranger, but a stranger who is also family, save some money, and come We're also on a small budget. We have a Mexican offi cial, and one who invited back out again. Actually, we're going to Luck had nothing to do with Tristan and Mindy us into his home — that's a kindness do it as soon as we can, for there's no getting to go cruising at 29 years of age. They that we'll never forget. We can’t get back better life than waking up with coffee in made the decision to do it. to Mexico soon enough! the morning, smelling the — jim and julia 01/15/10 mangoes, and looking at the clear blue ocean and Aita Pe'ape'a — CSK 33 tall green islands. Tristan and Mindy Nyby Perhaps the luckiest Cruising on What We Had thing is that Tristan comes (Los Angeles) from a sailing family. His Since we've been out here cruising parents, Kirk and Ines, the South Pacifi c at only 29 years old, sailed around the world we can't tell you how often other cruisers from ’71-’73 aboard Sil- tell us how "lucky" we are to be able to maril, their 44-ft CSK cata- PE'APE'A AITA PHOTOS COURTESY do it at such a young age. We don’t con- maran. Twenty years later, sider ourselves to be particularly lucky, they took Tristan and his because we simply made the decision to two sisters on a South Pacifi c cruise aboard Pilot, their Long Beach-based CHANGES

$500 a month to cover all our expenses, including food, customs fees and re- one squall with winds to 50 knots, we pairs. comfortably sailed down swells at seven We departed Long Beach on January knots. 11 of '09 — at exactly the same time Our most signifi cant problem came and place that Tristan's parents started up just three days out of Nuku Hiva. It their third cruise, which was their was blowing about 25 knots, with nine- second with Pilot. foot seas at fi ve-second intervals on the We spent the next beam. Even though it was very sloppy, three months sail- our little cat was doing great, sailing at ing down the coast a steady nine knots with bursts to 12 of Mexico, getting knots under jib alone. But as she slid as far south as down one wave, the stress on the port Barra de Navidad. rudder became too great, and the rudder On April 2nd, our broke in half. We hailed Tristan's parents two boats set sail in case the other rudder broke. Consid- for the Marque- ering that the bottom half of the rudder sas. is blue and the huge seas were blue, it Given the sig- was miraculous that we were able to turn nifi cant difference around, spot the rudder, and recover in size and sailing it. With Pilot staying behind us just in qualities of the two case — which was a huge comfort — we The couple's biggest boats, we fi gured continued on to Nuku Hiva at about fi ve sail is probably the one we'd be out of VHF knots using just a scrap of headsail to for Tristan's kiteboard. radio range in just reduce pressure on the rudder. a few days. Well, we were wrong. The Our 46-year-old cat suffered a few winds were light, so our little 6,000-lb other problems on the crossing. A rib — when fully loaded — cat took off dur- in the starboard aft hull broke, and the ing the day. But when the wind dropped continual pounding of the waves during at night, Tristan's parents could fi re up a beam reach caused a hairline crack their engine and catch up with us. At in our starboard wingbridge/hull joint. certain wind angles and wind speeds, Both were easily fi xed and have been we sailed along together at just about reinforced. (Since then, we’ve fared well the same speed. This happened again with no major repairs needed — even and again for 15 days. At this point, we though our cat rode out tropical cyclone decided it would be a feat in itself to stay Rene's 100+ knots of wind at Neiafu, together for the duration, so we modifi ed Tonga in February. We stayed ashore.) our speeds a little to stick together. Our While Tristan's parents had sailed two boats arrived in Nuku Hiva after 21 Pilot back to Long Beach in August, we cabin. And it can get hot and cramped. days. I think we both could have made continued on to the Cook Islands, Niue But we think it's all worth it in the end, the trip more quickly if we hadn't regu- and Tonga. We had our best 24-hour and once we get to port, we have plenty lated our speed to stay with each other, run — 218 miles — sailing alone between of deck space to spread out on. Although but having somebody to talk with over Bora Bora and Aitutaki. Normally, we Aita Pe'ape'a wasn't meant to be a blue- the VHF every day made the trip more average between 150 and 175 miles a water boat, she's certainly held up well entertaining. day. After the cyclone season we plan so far. To us, it just proves that you can Our Aita Pe'ape'a sailed well, and to sail to Fiji, where we’ll spend a few cruise on just about any type of boat. despite her diminutive size, handled months before moving on to Vanuatu and For those who are wondering, Aita the wind and seas with ease. During New Caledonia. We hope to sell our cat Pe'ape'a is Tahitian for 'no problem.' The vintage 33-ft cat looking sweet on the hook. in New Caledonia or Australia, then fl y — mindy 02/10/10 Check out the tiller bar across the transom and home and start saving for our next boat the V-shaped hulls and the outboard motor. and trip! Cadence — Apache 30 Cat We don't want anyone Frank Ohlinger to give anyone the illusion A Xmas Story — With Gunfi re that you can cruise in (Half Moon Bay) luxury on such a small cat. The garbage dump across the river For example, we have no from the Cebu YC on Cebu Island in the standing headroom inside Philippines caught fi re the week before the boat, and have to crawl Christmas. Methane-fueled fi res can be around to get from the tenacious, and this one was expected to cabin to the bunk in the burn for some time. On the bright side, starboard hull and to the the pall and loom of the fi re at night

PHOTOS COURTESY AITA PE'APE'A AITA PHOTOS COURTESY heads on either side. Dur- added to the festive air of the city during ing passages, one person the holiday week — if it didn't ﬂ ash you lies in the bunk while the other sits on the seat in the IN LATITUDES

for a quick and simple job. Working around saltwater with power tools always bothers me. And yet there I was, using 220-volt power from an electrical cord lying in the puddles and slime. I tried to CADENCE

PHOTOS COURTESY CADENCE PHOTOS COURTESY be careful to ground my power tool, and to wear rub- ber boots and latex gloves. But then I noticed two Filipino workers wading out barefoot, one with a grinder and the other holding the two- conductor wire out of the sea. "Where is OSHA when you really need them?" I The residents of Cebu thought to myself. City may not have much, but they're got Careful as I was, great fi reworks. one afternoon I forgot to coil up the power cord. The tide came up nearly two meters that night, and while wading back to my cat after a few late-night beers, I noticed a tingling in my legs. As I reached the boarding ladder, my left leg started shaking un- controllably. I retreated up the ramp in haste, and from the safety of dry land, I reeled in the cord from the water. It sparked and hissed until I found the tree the circuit breaker box was hanging from. Luckily no one got hurt, and the only damage was to the plug. The next morning the boatyard dogs were Clockwise from top left: The gritty, grimy boat ramp at Port Carmen. A pesky methane fi re. It scavenging all the dead fi sh. When the wouldn't hurt if they had more OSHA-type like signs such as this in the Philipines. 'Cadence' on workers showed up, I hesitated to tell the hard near Cebu City, with Frank in the foreground. Palau is beautiful — but watch the coral any of the locals what happened. Be- back to the fall of Saigon in '75. What But the view of the city from the fore- tween dynamiting and cyaniding, the fi sh it certainly did not do was subdue the deck of Cadence at night wasn’t what populations here just don’t need another excessive use of fi reworks that Filipinos brought me here. And the rumors that I way for locals to make them disappear employ for celebrating. The blasting went preferred to spend the holidays in a strip faster. on all night, every night. club are unfounded. My actual reason Frank with his brother Birchard, who he claims Mind you, these fi reworks are not of for this visit was a small right-of-way spent most of his time in the Philipines looking the lightweight Blackcat firecrackers argument Cadence and I had lost with for a "meaningful" one-night relationship. category as used in suburban backyards a coral head in Palau in in the United States over the Fourth of October. The blue moon of July. For when the holidays were over, the last week of December the Mayor of Cebu was proud to an- had perfect tides to dry CADENCE nounce that only 242 people had to be Cadence out in order to ef- hospitalized in the greater metropolitan fect a permanent repair. So area as a result of fi reworks injuries. that — and a slew of other The newspapers attributed some of this chores, stores and ne- success to the nationwide program to glected maintenance — set tape up the muzzle of the duty weapon the stage for my 700-mile of every policeman in the country. For odyssey to Cebu City. added security, every police chief had to I put Cadence on the initial the tape on every gun. The Filipi- ramp at the gritty, slimy, nos do not have a lot of material wealth, stagnant boatyard in Port but they love to celebrate holidays. Carmen. It's not the most pleasant place to work, but it was convenient enough CHANGES

There’s a nipa hut in the boatyard that sells ice cold beer, and happy hour I mentioned this to the bartender, there is popular with the cruising crowd. a young transvestite named JonJon. One late afternoon I found a dusty copy "Sure," he said, pulling a .45 out of his of a Lonely Planet purse. "I can get you one for about $50, guidebook to the and a really good one for about $100." I Philippines. After handled the gun and checked it out. The reading it, I learned checkering on the grip was perfect, the that Danoa, the next engraving and rifl ing looked authentic. WESSON SMITH town over, is the But I did notice — buyer beware — that center of the gun- one of the safeties didn’t work. Someone making industry in else produced a Smith & Wesson .22 the Philippines. I caliber revolver, and if I was interested, did a little research, another offered to bring out his Irwin and found out that MkII machine gun. The word is that gunsmithing here you can order anything from an AK-47 is a cottage indus- to a bazooka here. And the industry is try dating back over fond of experimenting with new designs. a hundred years. When a Smith & Wesson agent came to "Want to see my $50 Every neighborhood Danoa back in the '80s, one of the lo- pistol?" asked the tranny bartender. has a shop or two, cal gunsmiths proudly brought out his and young appren- newest innovation — a pistol modifi ed to tices are expected to hand-make a fully chamber a Girard M1 round. The agent operational Colt 45 automatic, model didn’t stick around to see if it worked. 1911A, before they graduate. Although I’m comfortable with guns, When the U.S. took possession of the I’ve rarely carried one aboard my boat. Philippines after the Spanish-American But with the worldwide increase in pi- War, they inherited an insurrection racy, I had to reconsider the question. I by the Moro tribesmen. These Muslim paid a visit to a local gun shop the next warriors had the bad habit of cranking day. In a grimy, dirt-fl oored shack, a themselves up on hashish before battle, young man was hand-fi tting the barrel and then had the worse manners of of an Irwin Mk II machine gun. If I'd continuing to charge into the line after been interested, I could have had it for being shot with a .38 caliber revolver, $300 — no questions and no paperwork. the standard military sidearm of the I went home to ponder the situation. time. As a result, the call went out for a The situation being, fi rst, that there's new sidearm. The chief requirement was the issue of declaring a gun to offi cials or that it not only stop a running man, but trying to hide it on a boat. If a gun is de- knock him backwards, too. The Colt 45 clared, many countries require the police before the intruder can respond? If you model 1911A was adopted, and models to impound it. That obviously negates can, do you yell and threaten to shoot, of it arrived in the Philippines shortly any benefi t of having one, not to mention or just shoot? I’ve been told by several thereafter. It was, and perhaps still is, the major hassle of recovering it when who know, that once a gun is pulled, the epitome of the gunsmith’s craft, and you check out. OK, so the gun would you must be ready to use it. And in such everyone wanted one. Danoa was just have to be aboard clandestinely, yet car- circumstances, events have a way of spi- outside the front lines at the time, and ried in such a way that it was easily avail- raling out of control. Someone told me thus an industry was born. able when needed. How would that work? the gun will almost “use itself.” Then you A bird's eye view of the Cebu YC located at the For one thing, you can’t simply pack a are faced with dealing with a wounded outskirts of Cebu City in the wild and wooly gun away and expect it to be reliable. In person on your boat or worse, disposing Philipines. a saltwater environment, keeping a gun of a body. Realistically, I’m not sure I’m cleaned and oiled would ready for that. And few foreign courts be a recurring chore. will look kindly on a rich yachtie offi ng When would I actu- a local — regardless of how despicable ally need a gun? Sev- a thug the latter might have been. eral scenarios come to my In any event, a handgun of some kind mind. The most obvious would be the weapon of choice. But what is waking up and fi nding about the argument that a fl are gun an intruder on deck, or might be just as effective? Or a couple LENNOX AERIAL PHOTOS worse, in the cabin. Is he of fl are guns? Or a non-lethal device like a desperate robber armed a taser? Until the trigger is pulled, the with a machete, or simply situation is the same. Afterward, you a fellow yachtie too drunk have either avoided a big mistake you’d to fi nd the boat he came regret for the rest of your life, or you in on? What do you do? are faced with an even more desperate If you have a weapon, can you get to it quickly IN LATITUDES

The FADs we passed were moored by 2-inch diameter polypropylene, some in 18,000 feet of water! Yes, three or four miles of line! This is a signiﬁ cant investment in equipment and ship time. None- theless, only about half of them were

ALL PHOTO LATITUDE/RICHARD lit. And some of these were in well- trafﬁ cked shipping lanes. Commercial ships can probably shrug off a FAD WESSON SMITH strike, and large props can easily shred polypropylene. But in this part of Micronesia, there have already been two reports of serious collisions involving cruising boats and FADs. I, for one, am amazed at the callousness You can never have too and negligence dis- many photos of women in bikinis with guns, played by anyone can you? who would install, for whatever reason, such a hazard to other mariners. I feel it rises to the level of criminal negligence. It may be a one-man crusade but I suggest that all unlit FADs should be taken out or sunk whereever they are encountered. Hmm, perhaps I do have a reason to carry a gun after all. — frank 02/01/10

Azure II — Leopard 47 Cat Some 'foto fun' from the French side of St. Martin. Clockwise from inset: 'All you can eat' foie The Pimentel Family gras! The anchorage off the crumbling pier at Grand Case. The French side lift-bridge that allows Caribbean and Med sailboats to enter Simpson Bay Lagoon for free. A typical St. Martin sunset. Bruno Greaux, talking (Alameda) on his phone aboard his boat. The St. Barth port captain has taken a leave of absence to cruise. Two years ago, Jane Pimentel wrote criminal fi ghting for his life. I'm not sure But I’m not convinced that any of the following to us: "My son RJ just which would be better. these scenarios is probable enough for turned 10, and we were looking at his Another scenario might be the small me to start packing heat. There are cer- baby book. He read the 10-year-old boat standing off with a nest full of bad tainly enough other hazards on the open Changes in Latitude article about how guys armed with AK-47s. A shotgun sea to deal with. For instance, on this There is no doubt about it, the Pimentel's Leop- might make an effective defense, but it trip we encountered twice as many FADs ard 47 has way more room than their Cal 40 and turns out the shotgun is the one fi rearm — fi sh attracting devices — as we saw the Jeanneau 36 they fi rst cruised on. they can’t make in Danoa. The problem on previous passages. A is that a barrel can’t be milled locally, FAD is a 12-15 foot long and has to be purchased from a manu- steel cylinder, 3-5 feet in facturer. The price and paperwork then diameter, that is moored become a problem. in deep water. The moor- Then I remembered yachtie Tristan ing line attracts benthic

Jones’s suggestion to carry a box of and pelagic life, which in / RICHARD LATITUDE dynamite. If you toss a stick in the di- turn attracts bigger fi sh, rection of the bad guys, close enough is and so on up to top of the — for once — good enough. Wacky as it food chain, which are the sounds, dynamite is readily available in super-charged predatory the Philippines, is low maintenance, and tuna. The FADs provide a I don’t think any offi cial has ever asked micro-niche in the ocean if I carried explosives. that in some ways is a benign type of fi sh farm- ing. CHANGES

my husband Rodney and I cruised across the South Pacifi c from '96-'98 aboard their interest in cats. "You wrote that our Jeanneau 36 Azure, and how he, you'd taken a mortgage on your house RJ, had been born in Whangarei, New in order to buy a cat to put into a yacht Zealand. When he saw his baby cruising management program in the Caribbean, picture, he got so excited. The three of which would allow you to use the boat us terminated our cruise when RJ was in the Caribbean six weeks a year. And 10 months old, but we you suggested that others might want vowed we'd go cruis- to take a mortgage out on their house, ing again. Well, after buy a boat to go cruising, and have the another son, Leo, and tenants make the mortgage payments. a few jobs, a house, Well, that's what we've done, and it's and so forth, it's al- been working out fi ne so far. LATITUDE/RICHARD most time! We fi gure Rodney got the family's fi rst taste of we'll start in the Ca- catamaran sailing by volunteering to ribbean in about 18 help Blair Grinoles, the builder and then- months." owner of Capricorn Cat, sail his 46-footer If nothing else, the from Tarawa to Fiji several years ago. Pimentels — he's a Thanks to being light, simple, and hav- No way Jane would civil engineer and she ing generous sail area and daggerboards, have gotten a wash- worked for Apple — Cap Cat is very much a performance ing machine on the are punctual. For last cruising cat. The racer in Rodney fi gured family's Cal 40. August they bought a it would be cool to have that kind of boat Leopard 47 catamaran they christened for the second cruise. But what the head Azure II in St. Lucia, and after having her of the family didn't like in Cap Cat is on the hard for three months, started that both of the daggerboards had to be cruising the islands of the Eastern Carib- rebuilt, as did one rudder, and she has bean in December. We crossed paths with a relatively small cockpit and salon. So the family a couple of times in St. Barth the family started looking at Catanas, in February, we on our Leopard 45 cat, and, with the Waterloos, chartered two they on their slightly longer and fancier Lagoon 440s in the British Virgins. After Leopard 47. At the time, they were host- these experiences, doing a lot of looking ing close friends from Alameda, Steve around, and talking with people on the and Clare Waterloo, and the couple's Leopard 45/47 owners' website, they de- children Connor, 10, and Teagan, 8. The cided to go with a Leopard 47. "It simply Pimentels and Waterloos both own Cal offered us the biggest bang for the buck," 40s — Azure and Shaman, respectively says Rodney. — and have regularly competed against The Pimentels bought a 47 that had the 47s also came with a generator and each other in everything from races to originally been part of the Moorings air-conditioning, which, depending on Hawaii to last year's Cal 40 one-design Crewed Charterboat fl eet, so she had one's point of view, is a good or a bad class in the Rolex Big Boat Series at the some of the extras that many of the thing. The only time the Pimentels have St. Francis YC. other 45s and even most 47s don't have. wanted to use the air-con was just before Jane claims it was an article we For example, speakers beneath the bow hitting the sack during the humidity of wrote in the February '07 issue that trig- deck seats, an extra fridge, a bigger chart last August. "It was really nice to have gered their interest in starting a second table, and a better seating arrangement back then," says Jane, "but we haven't cruise — this time a two-year adventure at the salon table. After the cat came used it since." in the Caribbean and the Med — and out of The Moorings program, she was Having never owned a boat with so School is offi cially in session aboard 'Azure II', bought by a couple who used her to do many systems — even before he added which, from left, Leo, RJ, Teagan, and Connor, crewed charters out of St. Lucia. Two all the new stuff — Rodney's had a bit of hitting the books in the main salon. years of that were all the couple could a shock at how much work is involved. take, so the Pimentels Some of the stuff is just normal main- picked her up for an tenance on things like the generator — attractive price. the cat has three times as many diesel In most respects, the engines as does their Cal 40 — and a Leopard 47s are the watermaker. Others have been boat same as the Leopard age-related. Replacing all the hoses on

LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE 45s, but with a two- the four toilets, for example, which were foot sugar scoop. A suffering from hardening and narrowing two-foot scoop, by the of the 'arteries', as it were. And replacing way, that some say the brushes on the windlass motor. In makes a surprising addition, the new Tri Data and Chart- amount of difference plotter have given him problems. Then in cat's performance there was the work involved installing and in the reduction of pitching. Almost all IN LATITUDES

home. But I think the boys are going to have a hard time when we're done cruising, because after they do a couple

LATITUDE/RICHARD of hours of schooling in the morning, they get to do things like swim with turtles, go hiking, and have all kinds of other adventures. It's also interesting that they don't LATITUDE/RICHARD seem to miss television. If we're at some bar, they might watch some sporting thing on French television, but otherwise they just don't seem to Rodney cooks as care. They do have iPod well as fi xes and installs. Touches they can play with, but we limit them to one hour of screen time per day. "That's from 5 to 6 p.m.," laughes Steve, "which coincides with our happy hour. So everybody is happy then." The kids are being home schooled using the Calvert system. "It's really hard to know how they are doing," Jane admits. "I guess we'll fi nd out when the trip is over. I hope they are learning by leaps and bounds. I do know they are getting a completely different education than if we were back in Alameda." The Pimentels will continue cruising the Caribbean until about May, at which time Rodney and various friends — he's the much-liked outgoing commodore of the Encinal YC in Alameda — will sail the cat across the Atlantic. Jane and the Connor and RJ watch in amazement from a lot more sailing on this cat. We had boys will join the boat in the Azores for under 'Azure II's crossbeam as their parents a great sail from St. Barth to St. Mar- the last leg to . . . well, the destination behave like children. tin to pick up the Waterloos, and we keeps changing. "We're thinking we'll new stuff, such as the SSB radio, solar had a great sail back to St. Barth with make landfall in Portugal," says Jane, panels, and a washing machine. them." "and by the end of summer will have "A brand new boat would have been We didn't even bother asking RJ and made it as far east as Spain's Balearic much more expensive, but it would have Leo if they liked the playground-size Islands. We hoped to see more of the afforded me more time to sail and to re- boat, because there are so many dif- Med, but there's just not enough time lax," says Rodney. "If people can afford ferent places to go, play and even be . . . unless we spend a second summer it, I recommend that they buy a new alone. While the Waterloos were aboard, there." boat!" both couples had their own cabins with When Rodney and Jane took off the fi rst time "That's not always the solution," Steve head en suite, and the three boys had in '96, their boat was about 1/5th the size, and cautions. "I know people who have had their own 'Lord of the Flies' cabin with they had two less kids and two less diesels. lots of problems with brand new boats, a head and locker room too." smell en suite. You don't This isn't to say the family isn't defi nd that on most 47-foot lighted with the cat. "I love all the room monohulls. we have inside and out," says Jane. Jane says she's sur- "Cruising on the Cal 40 is like tent camp- prised that neither of ing, while cruising on this boat is like RV her boys has complained LATITUDE/RICHARD camping. I also love the fact that things about being on the boat. don't come crashing down to the sole all "It's unusual, because the time as they do on monohulls." they usually fi nd some- "I actually prefer the motion of a thing to complain about," monohull to a catamaran's," says Rod- she says with a laugh. "In ney. "But I'm looking forward to doing fact, I've been the only one who has missed a few of the things from back CHANGES

Since the Pimentels took our advice once, maybe they'll take it again. After he could call on for help — because he having gone to all the effort and expense would need help. Every boat that was of buying a boat and sailing her to the anchored dragged, and two pangas Med, it would be almost tragic to spend were blown out to sea, never to been just one summer there and not even get seen again. The Nica Lady, a large but to cruise France, Italy, Croatia, Greece or disabled fi shing trawler ghosted out to Turkey. We speak from personal experi- sea, barely missing my cat on her way ence. over the horizon. The only boats that — latitude 38 02/20/10 didn’t drag were tied to the local concrete moorings. Java — Crowther 48 Cat After Java dragged anchor out of the Evan Dill bay, she was rescued by a fi shing boat Super Papagayos that had been hired to retrieve her. She (Santa Barbara) was reanchored and stable, I’m told, un- Although my report is late on what til her position was crossed by the Cana- supposedly were the strongest Papa- dian sailboat Aquarian, which was being gayo winds to hit Nicaragua's San Juan towed back in from fi ve miles out to sea. del Sur — aka Wind She was dragging a 400-lb anchor the Hell — in 30 years, navy had put aboard, and unfortunately I suppose it's better came so close that it tripped Java’s an- late than never. chor chain. As she was helplessly head- The wind blew ing out to sea once again, Java’s anchor steadily in the 80- chain providentially wrapped around a

STUART HENDERSON STUART knot range for three ship mooring buoy, which was her last days, with gusts to chance. 100 knots. In fact, My crew fi gured Java was secure at three large cruise last. Alas, two hours later, apparently ships that normally on orders of the port captain, Aquarian would have stopped was put on the same buoy as Java. You at San Juan del Sur can imagine how my 9-ton cat fared be- 'Java' and 'Aquari- simply kept going ing slammed by a 30-ton ferro-cement an' slammed against because there was schooner for over 24 knots in the very each other for 24 no way they could strong winds. Despite the best efforts of hours laying to the same buoy. safely anchor and the crews on the two boats, Java’s new disgorge their mobs. paint job — just completed in Ecuador — One ship’s captain reported readings of got pretty dinged up, and her solid port- cause when it blows, it really sucks! 95 knots while passing by. side handrail was wasted. Fortunately, — evan 03/15/10 Unfortunately, my cat Java was rest- she was sturdily built, so there was no ing at anchor in San Juan del Sur after structural damage. Readers — Papagayos are caused by a challenging sail up from Costa Rica in After returning to San Juan del Sur surges of cool, dry air from North America. Papagayos, when the super strong winds and encountering daily 25-30 knot winds, Such air is denser than the normal tropi- hit, and I was back in the States for the I skedaddled out of there to the north, to cal air mass in the region. A strong pres- holidays. Luckily, I had aboard a local lovely — and quiet — Bahia del Sol Ma- sure gradient is established, inducing the boat-sitter who knew lots of other locals rina in El Salvador. For what it’s worth, wind, which gets an added Venturi effect In the early going, 'Java' was nearly hit by 'Nica we didn’t see the end of the Papagayos from being funneled through the mountain Lady', a disabled trawler making her unmanned until we were 150 miles north of San gaps between the Caribbean and Pacifi c. way out to sea. Juan del Sur and had already crossed Papagayos can blow any time of year, the Gulf of Fonseca, but they are most common in the winter. which marks the Since they blow offshore, boats heading borders of Nicara- south to Panama have sometimes ended gua, Honduras and up hundreds of miles off the coast, and El Salvador. The have had a very diffi cult time making lesson we learned it back to the coast, which slants to the

STUART HENDERSON STUART was don’t sail to southeast. southern Nicara- gua during the De- Cruise Notes: cember to February “Here’s the update on my 440-mile Papagayo season passage from Pittwater, New South — unless you’ve got Wales, to Mooloolaba, Queensland, in a storm anchor and Australia that I did with ‘Commodore’ don’t mind sailing Tompkins aboard his Mill Valley-based less than a mile Wylie 38+ Flashgirl,” writes Paul Slivka, offshore in 30 to 40-knot winds. Be- IN LATITUDES

upgraded to a Category 5 storm and is at 115 knots and still building near the center. She should be off the mid-

LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE Queensland coast by Wednesday, and will cause major damage if she continues to strengthen. I hope Commodore doesn’t have any worries, because the Mooloolah River isn’t the best place to be with your boat during a tropical cyclone, and there is nowhere to hide with a boat that

draws nine feet. The / RICHARD LATITUDE likelihood of a direct hit on Flashgirl is slim, but if anyone could handle it well, it’s Commodore.” The International Community Foun- Commodore Tomp- dation did a survey kins, sailor extrodi- of 840 U.S. retirees naire. over the age of 50 living in the coastal areas of Mexico, and came up with some interesting fi nd- ings. Among them, more than half the retirees are under age 65; two-thirds have a college degree; most still have strong ties with the U.S. and consider it their primary country of residence; and 42% said the recent economic recession had no impact on their lives. Lucky them. Perhaps here’s the reason for it. Nearly half of the respondents reported being able to “live comfortably” on less In the spring of '94, the Wanderer, de Mallorca and 11 others sailed 'Profl igate' from Antigua to than $1,000 a month. That’s about half Panama, with a stop at the San Blas Islands. While at the islands, we walked out onto the reef to to one-third of what they would need check out this long stranded Hallberg-Rassy, which is a testament to the fact that despite all the for a similar lifestyle in California. And fancy modern electronic navigation gear, the human element is still crucial. Anyway, if you're down get this: Despite all the publicity about in the San Blas or have been there recently, can you tell us what's left of the hulk? We'd love to know. narco violence in Mexico, only 7% of who sailed his trimaran from San Fran- will be wet and it will be like sleeping in the respondents voiced concerns about cisco to Australia decades ago and never a washing machine. I offered to do the their safety and personal security. Small returned. “We covered the distance in passage for the privilege of sailing with surprise then that more than one million 63 hours, averaging around 7 knots. the maestro Commodore, and to prove Americans live in Mexico. But that’s deceptive, as a lot of it was to myself that I am still up to it at 65 "We had great times cruising the against 2 to 4 knots of coastal current. years of age. The trip was successful South Pacifi c last year,” report Allan and There were warnings of strong winds on both counts. Having gone to sea for Rina Alexopulous of the Volcano, CA- when we left, but there were four of us, more than 75 years, Commodore is the Rina, her daughter Alyssa, who did the crossing and the wind was from aft of the beam. supreme seaman. And at age 78, and the from Mexico to French Polynesia, and Allan, as When we crossed the Queensland border survivor of a heart attack many years seen while sailing between the Tuamotus. last night, we sailed into a gale warnings ago, he’s much fi tter than I and saw up to 37 knots of wind with am. Pumping Flashgirl’s til- 10- to 12-ft seas. For the last 150 miles ler while surfi ng at 10 to 14 we shortened down to a double-reefed knots in big seas was very main only. Flashgirl is a very unusual demanding physically, but cruising boat in that she has rod rig- I did it. And I have the sore ging, triple spreaders, a 9-foot draft on arm and shoulder muscles a high-aspect bulb keel, one ton of water to prove it. As soon as I ar- ballast on each side, tiller steering, and rived home, I checked the an open aft cockpit. With the weather weather and noticed that ballast tank full, she can carry full sail cyclone Ulua had formed in over 20 knots on a reach — but she near the southern Solo- FOLLOW YOU ME COURTESY mon Islands. As I write this a night later, she’s been CHANGES

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Me. “We’ve got some good stories, too, JULIE TURPIN reasons we decided to stay here, among including the one about the loss of our them the fact that Pago Pago is consid- rudder off the coast of New Zealand. But ered the safest cyclone hole in the South it’s also good to be back in the north- Pacifi c. Other considerations are that it's ern hemisphere. We put our boat on a Need photo of so easy to fi nd work, and medical and Dockwise ship in New Zealand, and she’s dental care are practically free." slated to arrive in Ensenada on Satur- McGeroge "I'm currently employed by the govern- day. Having heard the ship encountered ment as marine operations manager for 55-knot winds and huge seas near the the Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, and there- Cook Islands, we hope our boat is still fore am in charge of maintenance and in one piece. We heard that at least one operations of their fl eet of broken boats," boat suffered signifi cant damage — all continues McGeorge. "This includes their the stanchions got ripped off the port new SAFE boat, which is just like the side of the boat — apparently from a poor ones used for patrolling every port in shrink-wrapping job. In any event, we’ll the United States. Cath and Stuart quit be heading right down to La Paz for Sea school — fi rst grade drop-outs! — in fa- of Cortez Sailing Week." vor of returning to our onboard Calvert "We’re all fine here in Pago Pago, Kath and Kirk McGeorge are so settled into curriculum. We believe it’s better than American Samoa," reports Kirk of the their new life in American Samoa that they're the 'best school on the island', which is McGeorge family on the U.S. Virgin even taking ukulele lessons. where Cath was teaching and Stuart was Islands-based Hylas 47 Gallivanter. Most cruisers ride out the South Pacifi c a student. This also means they don't "In fact, we've settled right in for hur- tropical cyclone season in New Zealand. have to make a two-hour commute each ricane season — we have jobs, joined For this reason, there are only 10 yachts day. It just wasn't our style. But Cath the local yacht club, are taking ukulele here in Pago Pago, and only six of them has landed her own weekend radio show lessons and bought a pick-up truck. have people aboard. There are several at a nearby FM station, and Arrrr Boy is I even pulled an old BMW motorcycle even getting some air time as well! Since from the tsunami rubble to tinker with. we now have positive cash fl ow and the

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U.S. Postal Service is so effective down didates for the positions. here, we purchased a new wheel from Then the candidates Edson and a 'like new' cruising spinna- surely must undergo ker from Bacon. Both should add a new years of intense train- level of fun once we get moving again. I ing to learn things such closed the deal on the sail in Annapolis as how to dawdle play- on a Tuesday, and it was on our boat in ing with their four-inch Samoa on Saturday! Jah Rastafari! God long fingernails, how bless America! We do like it here in Pago to look right through Pago, and my employer is offering me a people standing in front house and a car — if I commit to staying of them who need to get two years. It’s mighty tempting, but after their forms processed, nearly two years of gallivanting freely and how to give unclear across the South Pacifi c from the Carib- and contradictory in- bean, I’m suddenly feeling anchored in structions in how to fi ll one spot with nowhere to go. And I don't out intentionally incom- especially like it. So we shall see." prehensible forms — and how to then The Tasmanian devil has an angelic smile and A lot of people think that it doesn’t get angry when such instructions aren’t disposition compared to some of the Customs take a lot of skill or training to become understood. After all this training, these and Immigration women we've dealt with. a Customs or Immigration offi cial in folks intern at the Immigration booths sible — hopefully long enough to miss most of the islands in the Caribbean. at the Queen Juliana Airport, where all connecting fl ights. Only after years of But that’s simply not true. Based on our they can fi ne tune their misanthrophic treating arriving visitors like shit, making experience on the Dutch side of St. Mar- skills and learn how to lazily scratch many of them vow to never return, do tin, the government human resources their bottoms in order to make weary they graduate to the maritime Customs department obviously scours the island arriving passengers wait as long as pos- and Immigration offi ce across the chan- to fi nd the most inherently arrogant, nel from the St. Martin YC. Over the last unhelpful, and hostile racists to be can- 25 years we’ve not spent a small fortune Your Boatyard in the Heart of Paradise

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at St. Martin because of this cadre of petty tyrants whose greatest joy in life the paint dry on the bottom of X here at apparently comes from making the lives the Raffl es Boatyard in Singapore. So far LATITUDE/RICHARD of others as miserable as their own. No it seems like a fi rst-class operation — wonder so many mariners either don’t with prices to go with it. I singlehanded check in at all or take their boats and Eupsychia from La Cruz to Monterey in money to the French side of the island. 13 days and nights. It was so tough leav- While the customs and immigration ing the cruiser social scene in La Cruz folks at Tortola in the British Virgins that I implemented the technique the aren’t as bad, there are many problems publisher of Latitude calls 'the Newport there, too. For example, when one wom- Ditch' — which is just suddenly disap- an recently tried to check in from another pearing. If anybody's feelings were hurt, country, two offi cials repeatedly yelled I know they'll get over it soon. And I'll be confl icting instructions at her regarding back someday. Singlehanding Eupsychia which window she needed to go to next, home involved a moderately rough trip, and yet another pretended not to notice but was nonetheless a great experience. she was spraying bug spray in her face. Surprisingly, I had the worst weather of Fortunately, the woman was rescued the trip right out of Banderas Bay. It was by yet another offi cial, this time a kind, the windy stuff right on the nose that friendly and humorous gentleman who The amenities at the Raffl es Boatyard in Sin- allowed the Puerto Vallarta Race fl eet to was as out of place as Al Gore at a Tea gapore are defi nitely fi rst class. But you have fi nish in record time. But thanks to some to pay to play. party convention. As they say, you only unusual westerlies, I even managed to do get one chance to make a good fi rst im- David Addleman of Monterey, who owns some sailing up the coast of both Baja pression, so why do so many islands in the Cal 36 Eupsychia and X, the Santa and California. It was espcially nice to the Caribbean permit all their offi cials to Cruz 50 he recently purchased in Ma- be able to sail after the cutlass bearing make such bad ones for them, resulting laysia. "I fi nally read all the way thru went clunk-clunk off Big Sur." in untold lost revenue and jobs? the March issue while literally watching "Once back here in Malaysia," Addle- "I've been running non-stop from man continues, "I singlehanded X the Mexico to Monterey to Malaysia," writes 12 miles from Danga Bay to the asphalt

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of Rafﬂ es Boatyard in Singapore. It was press! Cheers to all!" a nice daysail. I'm wrestling with the Speaking of Liz

social-acceptance question of single- Clark, she had an in- SWELL COURTESY handing these trips when friends want teresting experience to come along. Liz Clark of the Santa recently with singer, Barbara-based Cal 40 Swell once gave writer, and barefoot me the following advice: 'Do what you mogul Jimmy Buf- want. Take only passengers you know fett. We'll let Liz ex- will enhance the trip. Sometimes the plain: most experienced sailors are the worst to "Thanks to my have as crew. It's often better to fi nd nov- family, I probably ices who are willing and able to learn.' know the lyrics to as But what do I know, I'm a singlehander many Jimmy Buffett now! songs as Jimmy does. "I've been going through thru X again So when there was a trying to fi nd another 1,000 pounds to rumor he was going unload. It's not too tough. I'm eating to be playing at the through all the odd cans of food left by Bora Bora YC on my friend Jessica's Pinch her, she thinks she's dreaming! A dis- the Easterbrooks by adding spicy curry birthday, we weren't going to miss it. believing Liz, singing backup,shares the stage with Jimmy Buffett at Bora Bora. sauces to everything, digging thru the Since the French aren't really big fans buckets of spare chain, sorting out the of his, I assumed that Jimmy just liked the locals by knowing all the lyrics countless shackles, and getting rid of playing for small groups of people in far- and singing wholeheartedly with him. I cleaning fl uids completely foreign to the away places. After all, he was donating couldn't believe that I was standing just single-guy lifestyle. Plus, I fi gure that if all the profi ts for the event to building a 15 feet from 'The Man', as the last time I give the less interesting items to fellow playground for the local kids. Once the I'd seen him was with a million others travelers now, karma will return them show started, Jessica and I surprised at a concert in Irvine where I almost got later when needed. Or not, and a new trampled by Parrotheads. But it got even adventure will begin. Out goes the garlic more unreal, as when it came time to

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sing Cheeseburger in Paradise, Jimmy said he'd need some backup singers from surf the next day, Teiva and Jess told me COURTESY SWELL COURTESY the audience. By that time Jessica and it wasn't very busy at the Bora Bora YC, I had liquid courage pumping through so they wouldn't need me to work. Just our veins, so the next thing we knew, then, Jimmy and a couple of his friends we were on stage singing with him! Me, ducked under the palm fronds and into on stage, singing with Jimmy Buffett. He the restaurant. 'Hi Jess, hi Liz,' he said. was fl oored that we didn't miss a word. 'Looks like we've come to the right place.' "After the fabulous show," Liz con- Then Quino, Jimmy's friend, suggested tinues, "I walked over to a private side that — if I wasn't too busy — I join them room guarded by an extraordinarily tall for dinner. How could I refuse? When and stern looking black man. 'Hello, sir,' they asked how my day had gone, I told I stammered, 'I just wanted to make sure them I'd surfed a reef in the morning everything was okay with the band.' Then that rarely breaks. Jimmy was really there was a voice from inside the room. interested. In fact, so interested that he 'Let her in.' It was Jimmy. I walked into showed up at Swell at 10 a.m. sharp the cool, air-conditioned room, where the next morning, as promised, aboard eight men had been standing around his stand up paddleboard (SUP). He chatting. As I stepped into the room, Jimmy, who really got serious about surfi ng in came aboard Swell for a few minutes to his early 50s, and Liz, share the surfi ng stoke they fell silent and stared at me. 'Well, aboard 'Swell' at Bora Bora. check her out, then we headed off to the come in, then,' said Jimmy, 'and have pass. a seat.' Slightly speechless, I answered over the years. He was humbly fl attered "'It’s not the easiest wave,' I explained everybody's questions about my boat and turned the conversation back to me on the way. 'It’s kinda shifty and there and having sailed to the South Pacifi c. before going back outside to sign some were long waits between sets yesterday, I told Jimmy that his lyrics were part of autographs. so it’s easy to drift away from the take- what created my dream to sail around "But it got even more unreal. After a off zone.' He seemed slightly anxious, the world, and I thanked him for all the but determined. He paddled for the fi rst joy that his music had brought my family wave, but pulled out and caught the

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next two waves on the head. I cringed as cheeked and full of stoke. the board snapped back just in time for The show was magic. He another wall of water to crash in front of played with heart and

him. 'Oh no,' I thought, 'I'm going to kill with an unmistakable KUULUU MITA COURTESY him!' But he came back out laughing, twinkle in his eye. None took a few deep breaths, and paddled a of my experience with little farther outside. Just then a lovely Jimmy seemed real, but head-high wave sprang up from the the one thing I know for north. In perfect position, Jimmy turned sure is that it's great to and leaned into his strokes. He caught it, have one of your heroes and away he went, disappearing behind not just meet, but exceed the wall of almost neon blue water. He your expectations of who paddled back out glowing. We high-fi ved they are. Eternal thanks, and cheered in celebration of his fi rst Jimmy!" wave in French Polynesia. He caught A few weeks after we got this report El Salvador ralliers were ushered across the three more beautiful waves, the last be- from Liz, we saw a guy of Jimmy's height bar by Claudia, the offi cial rally hostess, and Rogelio, the friendly bar pilot. ing overhead. He rode it well inside, and and stature looking at the waves at Lori- I began to worry. But just before it closed ent in St. Barth. When we got closer and Buffett's video crew. "She's really good," out on the reef, his yellow board came saw the guy was wearing a Bora Bora YC he said. So who knows, maybe some of fl ying over the back of the wave. I was shirt, we knew it was him. That night, it will end up on a future music video." so thrilled for him that I didn’t even care a friend who had spent the afternoon Bill Yeargan and Jean Strain of the whether I caught another wave or not. aboard Jimmy's motoryacht Continen- Honolulu-based Irwin 37 Mita Kuuluu Afterward we celebrated with coconuts tal Drifter, told us he'd watched about report that the fi rst fi ve of the nearly 60 and pamplemousse. 30 minutes of great high def footage of Liz entries in their fi rst ever Cruisers Rally "That night I sat at a table with Jess surfi ng Bora Bora that had been taken by to El Salvador have arrived at Bahia del and the rest of the gang for Jimmy's Sol, El Salvador. At the time they wrote, Saturday show. He came on stage rosy- many more boats were staged to leave

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WHAT’S IN A DEADLINE? Our Classifi ed J/24, 1977. San Francisco. $2,700. 8hp Deadline has always been the 18th of the Nissan included, good North sails, new month, and it’s still pretty much a brick Easom shrouds in ‘08, all rigging in good wall if you want to get your ad into the shape. Not dry sailed; does not include a magazine. But it’s not so important any- trailer or slip; cash only - no trades. (415) more when it comes to getting exposure 505-7638 or [email protected]. for your ad. With our new system, your ad gets posted to our website within a J/24, NIXON WAS COOL. $9,500, day or so of submission. Then it appears Reduced!. Multi-season SF Bay fleet in the next issue of the magazine. So champion. Fast, ready-to-go one-design you’re much better off if you submit or 24-FT C&C, 1976. Emery Cove Marina 22-FT CATALINA, 1987. Alameda. racer, with dual-axle trailer. New North renew your ad early in the month. That in Emeryville. $7,500. Great fun sailing $6,000. Sloop rigged, 4-ft fi xed keel, 2 jib San Diego sails, outboard, Tacktick, new way your ad begins to work for you im- on the Bay on this fast racer/cruiser. sails w/roller furling, Honda 9.9hp motor, standing rigging and boom. Details at mediately. There’s no reason to wait for Excellent condition, fi berglass monohull, adjustable backstay, Traveler system, website. www.gybethejib.com/nixon. the last minute. 1993 5hp outboard refurbished ‘09, hull cabin top winches, spinnaker pole, top- (415) 595-2566 or chet_chauhan@yahoo. repainted ‘09, sails - main, 130 jib, 85 jib ping lift, mast fi ttings, full custom cover. com. and poled spinnaker. Clean cushioned With trailer. (510) 682-6308 or cgcooper@ DINGHIES, LIFERAFTS interior: forward V-berth + 2 bench berths, frontiernet.net. J/24, 1978. $9,800. SF Bay 2007 Fleet small galley, portable head, 1976, Emery champion. Fully faired. 2002 dual axle AND ROWBOATS Cove Marina E-dock slip. Contact: (510) trailer; almost new North sails and backup 655-1147 or [email protected]. set. Mast 2003, boom 2009, standing rigging 2008, 3.5hp outboard, carbon 13-FT BANSHEE. El Dorado Hills, CA pole, running rigging, extras. http:// 95762. $350. 2 Banshees with trailers; 22-FT CATALINA, 1981. Hidden Harbor sites.google.com/site/j24forsale533. $350 each. 1 Banshee, no trailer; $150. Marina, Rio Vista, CA. $2,400. Swing keel, [email protected]. 1 Naples Sabot, leeboard and tapered 4 sails-main, jib, genoa, storm jib-mast-up aluminum mast; $500. (916) 933-2346 or (uninstalled), 15hp Tohatsu electric start, 14-FT AREYS CAT BOAT, 1995. [email protected]. twin battery system, fresh-water boat. Trailer. Sacrifi ce sale: Neglected boat, San Jose, CA. $7,000. Arey’s Pond Boats are beautifully crafted vessels in keeping PLASTIMO LIFERAFT, $750/OBO. handicapped owner can no longer sail, with Cape Cod’s proud heritage of fi ne Self-infl ating type 11847 rated for 4/6 or maintain. (530) 756-0874. 20-FT FLICKA, 1981. Washington. boatbuilding. The shallow draft of the persons. Pleasanton, but can deliver to $22,500. With Yanmar 10hp diesel, marine 14-foot Catboat allows it to sail with ease Sal’s Infl atable Services in Alameda for 23-FT WD SCHOCK SANTANA, 1980. head, great shape. New interior. Main, in only 12 inches of water. The low sheer recertifi cation if desired. (925) 484-1319. Folsom Lake. $7,000. Fun & fast racer. jib, drifter with pole, storm sail. Bronze Trailerable cruiser, trailer and longshaft portholes. Autopilot. Seaworthy clean and full beam make this one of the most 2hp OB Honda. Pineapple carbon main & boat. Email for photos. (541) 306-1848 stable catboats on the market. Great 24 FEET & UNDER jib. Masthead spinnaker, Dyneema sheets or [email protected]. for sailing on lakes, bays and ocean. & halyards, PHRF 171, extra Dacron main. Boat comes with trailer and outboard Dry stored. http://sites.google.com/site/ motor, has been stored inside. Pictures 24-FT SAN JUAN, 1976. Sierra Point sailingsantana23. (916) 990-5789 or and more information may be found at Marina, Brisbane, CA. $1,800. Great beer [email protected]. www.areyspondboatyard.com/index.html. can racer! All lines led back aft. (415) 337- (650) 906-5983 or [email protected]. 5303 or [email protected].

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Page 170 • Latitude 38 • April, 2010 24-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA, 1968. 27-FT CATALINA, 1971. Pt. Richmond. Pittsburg Marina. $2,000/obo. Great Bay, $3,800. Puff dinette version, mid-ship gal- 29 TO 31 FEET Delta cruiser. Lots of gear. 2 mains, 2 ley, engine well has Evinrude 9.9 double jibs, & genoa, 2 anchors, 4hp Suzuki OB, extra-long shaft, newish mainsail recut 30-FT CATALINA MK II, 1987. Alameda. sleeps 4. VHF, stereo/tape depthfi nder by Quantum, solid pre oil-embargo epoxy $31,000. Professionally maintained, compass plus more. (707) 964-1898 or hull, 2 gel batteries, see SF Bay Area extremely clean boat. Many upgrades. [email protected]. Craigslist for info: http://sfbay.craigslist. 2 jibs, Dutchman system for main. Roller org. (510) 685-7571 or califboy2010@ furling, GPS, autopilot, jenny and much yahoo.com. more. Inside cushions new, stereo/CD new speakers. 22-FT TANZER, 1974. Treasure Island. 25-FT OLSON, 1984. Alameda. $12,000. $1,500. Classic 1970s Tanzer 22. Fun Autopilot, VHF radio, solar panel, vent daysailer with large cockpit; also has fan. Alcohol stove, cooler. 5hp Honda small cabin with V-berth, dinette, sink and 4-stroke OR 3hp Nissan 2-stroke. Lifting quarter berth. Sails - main, jib, & genoa. eye, dual-axle trailer. 2 anchors. 2007 Outboard 2003 Honda 8hp. These boats Pineapple sails: 155% Genoa, 600 Airex were well-built and popular with their spinnaker. [email protected]. owners. Priced to sell. Call after 5:00 p.m. 22-FT CATALINA CAPRI, 2001. Alameda http://sites.google.com/site/atanzer22. 28-FT HAWKFARM, 1976. Marina Village, Marina, Slip #143. $15,000. Four sail (415) 566-6552 or [email protected]. Alameda. $18,000. Eclipse. Excellent drive 280. Honda 2-cylinder, 4 stroke condition. Original owner. Fully equipped. OHV , 280 cc, 12.5 hp. Volvo/Pentex sail Ready to race or cruise. Bay or Ocean. 30-FT FISHER PILOTHOUSE, $69,000. drive. Interphase SE-200 Forward looking 25 TO 28 FEET 2-year-old Yanmar. Many sails. Former Heavily built in England to Lloyds’ specs. sonar. Raymarine E50 chartplotter, GPS, ODCA, HDA, MORA, National Champion. Outstanding example continuously up- 3D display with networked display. Ray- Currently actively raced. Marina Village graded, amazingly well equipped, pristine marine ST60 + Tridata. Raymarine Ray 53 27-FT CATALINA, 1985. Oakland. berth. (510) 522-4006 or fredric.hoffman@ condition. In fresh water last 5 years. VHF radio. Built in DSC (digital selective $15,000. Very good condition in and out. gmail.com. Documented. Specs and many photos calling) Hoyt self tacking jib, roller furler. Universal diesel, nice dodger, wheel auto at website. You won’t be disappointed. Catalina 140% jib. North sail 90%. Pine- steering, roller furling genoa, life lines, http://fi sher30forsale.blogspot.com. (916) apple 90% jib (new), boom vang, adjust- fully equipped. (510) 357-8549 or (510) 505-3397 or [email protected]. able backstay, 4 self tailing winches, OB 610-4763 or [email protected]. motor rack, cockpit cushions, jiffy reef, 2 30-FT ONE DESIGN SLOOP. Sausalito reef points, 6 line clutches, topping lift. 28-FT PEARSON, 1976. Berkeley Marina. berth. $15,000. Bird boat. Very good Trail-rite 2 axle galvanized trailer with cus- $15,950. Great Bay boat. Complete refi t condition. Top third of race fl eet. (415) tom mast raising system. Prop: Capella since 2007. New items: jib and furling 302-7490. Marine Ab, Flex-O-Fold. (408) 590-4410 system, fresh water head, standing and or [email protected]. running rigging, lifelines, refrigeration. Engine rebuilt 2007. 2005 mainsail. Bot- tom job 2009. (415) 205-0687 or (707) 27-FT NOR’SEA, 1980. Monterey Bay, 363-3196 or [email protected]. CA. $22,000. Solid little bluewater cruiser, Fiji vet., aft cabin, one of a kind junk 26-FT MACGREGOR 26X, 2000. Red- rig, Monitor vane, too much to list. wood City. $18,500. Trailer w/spare, 50hp www.kabai.com/seablossom. (408) 218- Evinrude 4-stroke, 2 gas tanks, low hours, 9604 or [email protected]. top condition, freshwater sailed. Cockpit cushions, main, jib, UPS reacher on roller. 27-FT CAPITAL/NEWPORT SAILBOAT. Bimini, depth, stove, icebox, Sani-Potti, 1971. Union Point Marina, Oakland. 30-FT CAPO - SCHUMACHER DESIGN. 2 opening ports, interior lighting. Great $3,500. An excellent boat for San Fran- Westerly built, 1984. San Diego. $34,000. 24-FT MELGES, ALAMEDA BOATYARD. lake/Delta/Bay boat. (650) 703-6514 or cisco Bay and coastal areas. Runs and Rare fi nd. BIG 30 footer. Well maintained. $17,000/make offer. Hot Deal! Must sell [email protected]. sails beautifully. Very well equipped. Call Full sail inventory, new main, full head- this month. Hull #87. Great PHRF boat. for details. Selling due to health problems. room, full electronics - 5 displays, Yanmar Performance, fast, easy to trailer. (Photo is (209) 887-3469 or (209) 986-6004 or diesel. Great race record. Email for more sistership.) Contact Frank. (512) 750-5735 [email protected]. photos/info, [email protected] or or [email protected]. (650) 450-3496. 25-FT MANCEBO, 1975. Fort Mason $4,995. 25-ft cat ketch custom designed and built by Dave Mancebo for cruising. See article at: http://s418.photobucket. com/albums/pp264/nwsail/Boats/?acti on=view¤t=catKetch1.jpg. Call or email Eric, [email protected] or (707) 27-FT O’DAY, 1978. San Rafael, CA. 477-1140. $16,500. Turn key. Race well or cruise in comfort with large V-berth, newer CAL 227, 1975. Long Beach, CA. $2,000. interior cushions, Yanmar, Dual AGM’s, Great liveaboard - very cozy ...all set-up. 22-FT MULL POCKET ROCKET, 1989. 1 start battery, rigging, Martec folder, 4 sails; new standing rigging and lifelines. 30-FT FISHER/NORTHEASTER, 1976. Hood River, OR. $13,500. New mast, PSS shaft seal, ProFurl, AP with remote. All other rigging in great condition. Many San Diego, CA. $79,500. The aft cabin rigging, sails, 2004. All new paint 2008. No disappointments. (415) 269-3140 or extras. Atomic 4 engine needs work. Can version of the famous British motorsailer Self-tailers, self-tacking hardware, instru- [email protected]. use outboard. (703) 853-8138 or (202) Fisher yachts. New Yanmar, new North ments, trailer. $15,075. Lots of extras. 372-7223 or [email protected]. sails. She is absolutely Bristol inside and More info and pictures on website. www. out. For photos and complete informa- gorgesat.com/rocketboat (541) 386- tion see website. www.will-shelton.com. 2037 or (541) 490-3119 or gorgerocket@ (619) 616-9209 or [email protected]. earthlink.net.

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April, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 171 30-FT CAPE DORY CUTTER, 1984. 35-FT ALBERG, 1964. Sausalito. Alameda. $37,500. Well maintained. $12,500. New - rudder, propeller, shaft, Recent E80 radar, VariProp, new up- transmission, alternator, starter, 12 volt holstery/cushions. A sweet sailing boat system, Raycor ﬁ lters, Universal diesel and easy to singlehand. Lots of pictures (new parts), standing rigging, halyards, (click to enlarge) at website. http://cd-30. epoxy bottom. Mainsail 85%, genoa blogspot.com. (510) 910-2099 or mbritt@ 95%, jib 70%. Needs cushions, cosmet- eyedocs.com. ics. In water, sails now. (415) 332-7501 or [email protected].

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33-FT RANGER, 1977. Brisbane. $28,500. 30-FT ISLANDER MK II, 1971. Sausalito. Race or cruise, clean and well maintained. $14,000. Meticulously restored sloop New: diesel, prop, shaft, fuel tank, life- ready to sail. Comes with six bags of lines, forestay, lower shrouds. Autopilot, 8 sails including two spinnakers. This boat headsails, storm jib, spinnaker, Garhauer QUALITY CRUISING SAILS FOR LESS! is turnkey and needs nothing. More info vang, solar, microwave. All lines led aft at: www.sailboatlistings.com/view/11663. for singlehanding. (650) 740-7175 or See us at (415) 867-5085 or stephan.sowash@ [email protected]. MAINSAILS gmail.com.

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10% SHOW DISCOUNT 34-FT CATALINA, 1987. Alameda. (510) 521-2353 • [email protected] $65,000. Perfect boat for Mexico. Every- thing you need for comfortable coastal or 2021 Alaska Packer Pl. • Grand Marina • Alameda, CA 94501 Mexico cruising. Wind gen., solar panels, Spectra watermaker, SSB radio w/Pactor SAILMAKER TO THE WORLD II modem. Increased battery array and high amp. alt. Increased fuel capacity. Electric windlass w/200 ft. chain. Ev- 30-FT RAWSON PILOTHOUSE, 1977. erything set up for easy singlehanding. Berkeley $17,900/obo. Hull number 2 Great for a couple and roomy enough for of 36. This William Garden design is a four. Radar, GPS chartplotter/fi shfi nder Mathiesen Marine rare classic and ready to be somebody’s and VHF radio at the helm. (510) 537- For all of your electronics and electrical needs dream cruiser or liveaboard. Many up- 9905 or (510) 760-2797 or grussotto@ grades. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ earthlink.net. rawsonownersnet. Contact Jason. (510) Sales & Installation of all major brands 206-5456 or jason@thefi nerpoints.net. of marine electronics Electrical system Troubleshooting 32 TO 35 FEET & Repair to ABYC Standards Corrosion issues, Inverters, Battery banks PC & Mac based navigation systems 35-FT YOUNG SUN, 1973. United States, 3300 Powell Street, Emeryville Pier 39 San Francisco. $60,000. Yanmar engine low mileage. She needs some (510) 350-6622 www.MathiesenMarine.com attention including haul out soon and varnish. Otherwise ready to go. Also mooring 32-FT KETTENBURG, 1978. Sausalito. leasehold on B dock for sale $10,000. $28,000. Fiberglass hull - Kettenburg www.dharmalaw.com. (415) 392-8003 or quality. New Betamarine diesel 25hp w/40 [email protected]. Save Your Aft! hours, new prop, shaft, gauges. Fresh Hood sails. Harken furler, traveller, new Using one of our 1400+ patterns or your rigging ‘08, lifelines ‘09. Raymarine 600 own pattern, let our craftsmen create a GPS, depth, speedo. Manual windlass. comfortable, durable, and stylish set Bottom ‘09. (707) 337-8031. of all-weather cushions for your cockpit. Find your custom, closed cell foam cushions at www.bottomsiders.com! Repair, Restoration & New Construction Fred Andersen Boat & Woodworks (510) 522-2705 STARBOARD YACHT DELIVERIES See us BottomSiders Call Toll Free: (800) 438-0633 at Strictly Over 50,000 sea miles • Pacifi c, Caribbean, Atlantic [email protected] 2305 Bay Avenue Sail Pacifi c USCG Master 100 GT STCW • Power & Sail Hoquiam, WA 98550 Fax: 360-533-4474 Rick Whiting • (415) 740-2924 • [email protected]

Page 172 • Latitude 38 • April, 2010 ERICSON 35-3, 1984. South Beach. 35-FT SANTANA, 1982. Tiburon. $18,000. 33-FT ALAJUELA, 1979. Ventura, CA. $50,000. A proven short handed racer Great boat for SF Bay, handles high winds $35,000. Very good condition. Bigger and cruiser, wins in SSS, did Baja Ha-Ha. well. Very good shape. Many upgrades to than many 35’s. Full sail inventory. Ready Excellent condition. Roller furling, tape rigging, includes hard rigging and extra for coastal cruising! Engine in good drive main and 125% jib, Dacron main sails for racing. Engine runs great, over- condition. Hull in excellent condition. and 90% jib, spinnaker, pole, rigging hauled in 2001. (415) 846-3589 or (415) Ray Richards design which optimizes and jennaker, ATN sock, whisker pole, all 897-6311 or [email protected]. performance vs stability. (714) 732-9882 good. Manual windlass, 4 gel batteries, or [email protected]. 105 amp alternator and smart regulator. 33-FT STEEL SLOOP, 2006. Lowrie, Chart plotter, wind, depth, speed, below San Rafael. $52,000. Custom designed 34-FT SAN JUAN, 1984. $39,000. deck Autohelm, radar, backstay and plate and built. 28hp Beta diesel, Monitor Price reduced. Fast comfortable, blue 38-FT CATALINA 380, 1998. Alameda. for ssb. Dodger, cockpit cover, table. Cold vane, Hogan full batten main and genoa, water cruiser, excellent condition. 6’ $116,000. Exceptionally clean inside machine, stereo, reupholstered. (650) Raytheon radar/GPS, extensive ground headroom, galley, sleeps six, rod rigging. and out. Well equipped. Professionally 619-7214 or [email protected]. tackle, ShipMate stove/oven. Lines plan, Roller furling headsail, 150% genoa, main, maintained. New bottom 01/10. Priced for pics, survey on request. (707) 895-2813 working jib, in good condition. 3GMD quick sale. Call: (209) 612-8128. or derwinski@pacifi c.net. Yanmar, Achilles dinghy, large bimini. (510) 420-8956 or [email protected]. 32-FT PEARSON RACER/CRUISER. 1979. Alameda. $BEST OFFER TAKES IT. Needs new engine and bottom painting. 36 TO 39 FEET Bill Shaw sloop (Hull #28) featured in Au- gust 2007 ‘Practical Sailor’. Gear (vintage ‘95): Autopilot, digital depth fi nder and gauge, Harken furler, Navtek backstay adjuster, Hall Spars QuikVang, Furuno ra- 35-FT J/109, 2004. Sausalito. $160,000/ dar, 25-watt marine radio. New: 19-gallon obo. Fast, fun, mint condition racer/cruis- aluminum fuel tank and electric fuel pump 36-FT ISLANDER, 1975. Clipper, Sau- er singlehand or with crew. 1st 2008 J/109 (2002), 2 batteries (2006). Documentation: salito. $34,500. Great partnership boat Division, 1st 2009 J-Fest Division, 3rd all original manuals, ‘95 survey, all main- for cruising or racing! Fully race equipped PHRF (72 rating). Quantum Kevlar racing tenance and diving records since my ‘95 including 2 spinnakers, extra winches and Dacron cruising sails (2 mains, 2 jibs), purchase. (510) 525-2754. and halyards, hydraulic backstay and 2 asymmetric spinnakers, new rigging, 36-FT CATALINA MKII, 2006. $150,000. boomvang. Roller furling jib and recent Spectra lines. B&G instruments, VHF 32-FT ERICSON, 1971. Ventura. $10,250. Wing keel, furling in mast main, roller mast re-build for $11K. Recently re- radio, GPS, Yanmar diesel, 29 hp, excel- Clean E32. Profurl, Universal diesel, Force jib. This boat is loaded. I ordered this built Atomic 4 gas engine. Start having lent condition. Doubles as performance 10 stove, dodger, new genoa & main. 2 boat new and it is in excellent condition. fun on the Bay! Contact Jay or Bob. cruiser with roller furling, all rigging led aft, spinnakers. LP and hull barrier coat 2005. Comes with brand new infl atable w/new (415) 342-6857 or (415) 986-5000 or sleeps 6+ with full galley, head, shower, Rerigged 2006. Great Channel Islands Honda 2hp OB. This is a low hour boat. [email protected]. hot/cold water, fridge. Ready to race one- boat. (805) 964-0178 or (805) 407-1612 (530) 894-3276 days or (530) 894-0140 design, Pac Cup, PHRF or cruise oceans or [email protected]. eves. or fl [email protected]. 37-FT HUNTER, 1982. Hidden Harbor, SF Bay and Delta in comfort, style and Rio Vista. $34,900. Cutter rigged, Cheru- performance. Must sell. (415) 717-3664 CAMPER NICHOLSON FAST 345, 1983. 37-FT CREALOCK, 1980. Monterey. bini designed, Yanmar diesel, dodger, or [email protected]. Emeryville. $5,000. Pathfinder 50hp $55,000. Cutter. Ballenger tabernacled autopilot, lines aft, cruise vet, Achilles diesel. Wheel steering, fractional rig. mast. New Yanmar w/saildrive, radar, dinghy with dinghy tow system, 18 hp 34-FT CATALINA, 1986. Puerto Escon- Worthwhile project for someone. Email GPS, easy access to all systems, 70gal Johnson. Hauled 5/09, new rigging 6/09. dido, Baja Sur, MX. $49,500. Turn-key. for details and pics. daver@marinerelec- diesel, 3 watertight bulkheads. Not in www.mysailboatforsale.com. (775) 721- Live aboard a super equipped Catalina 34 tric.com. yacht condition, needs fi nish work. Great 5221 or [email protected]. in beautiful Puerto Escondido, Mexico for little sailing ship. Price fi rm. ddatpbio@ $1/day. Fly for less than your local moor- gmail.com. ing fees. Boat, mooring, two dinghies & more. (541) 948-0066 or [email protected].

33-FT MORGAN OUT ISLAND, 1978. San Rafael. $29,000/obo. Roomy, comfortable cruiser or live aboard. 6’4” headroom, plenty storage. New: Volvo diesel, Quantum sails, Furuno radar, Garhauer vang, instruments, head, VHF, Racor fi lter, bottom paint. Also: hydraulic 32-FT CHRIS CRAFT CHEROKEE. 37-FT CREALOCK/PACIFIC SEACRAFT. steering, electric windlass, 2 anchors, 1968. Redwood City. $13,500. Sturdy yet 1985. Anacortes, WA. $159,000. Proven 100’ chain, 200’ rode, feathering prop, elegant S&S sailboat in great condition, CAL 39, 1971. Oceanside, San Diego. offshore cruiser. Newer Yanmar, Max- pressurized water, hot water heater, al- fully outfi tted for open-ocean cruising: $40,000. New professional racing bottom, Prop, standing rigging, lifelines, interior, cohol stove/oven, folding dinghy, fridge, VHF, GPS, diesel engine, radar, Autohelm, just splashed Nov 5, ‘09. Great racing portlights. Comes with all offshore gear, lots of gear. Tankage 70 gallons water, 40 stove, rowing dinghy, many spares and inventory, new 3/4 oz. Ullman spinnaker, liferaft, Monitor, watermaker, step-down diesel, 20 holding. Shallow 3’11” draft. tools. Optional Icom M-802. andreaseh- double spreader tall rig. Gas engine. Good transformer, Wavestopper dodger, Icom www.fl ickr.com/photos/47549096@N02. rensberger.blogspot.com (530) 902-7987 shape and fast. http://knot-a-clew.com. SSB, VHF, AIS, Avon dinghy. Refurbished (415) 630-3487 or baycaretake@yahoo. or [email protected]. (949) 280-6220 or [email protected]. and well-maintained. (360) 301-6878 com. [email protected]. 32-FT CATALINA 320, 2002. South 38-FT HUGHES SLOOP, 1970. Monterey, 35-FT WAUQUIEZ PRETORIEN, 1985. Beach Harbor. $79,000. Clean and well CA. $21,000 or serious offer. Sails well. 37-FT TARTAN, 1976. Maryland. $37,000/ San Francisco Bay. $best offer. A proven maintained Catalina 320. Yanmar 27hp 70 hours on near new diesel engine, h/c obo. Good old boat for sail. Circumnavi- performance passage-maker for sale by diesel with low hours. Storm jib, asym- pressure; cold box, needs upgrades. gator. Profurl, radar, SSB, solar, wind gen, original owner. Rare direct shaft drive metrical spinnaker, Revere coastal life (831) 915-4984. ‘08 FB main, windlass, Raymarine 6002 version - no sail drive to worry about! raft, and more. All maintenance records autopilot, fridge, hot water, Freedom 10, Loaded with gear and ready to go! www. available. [email protected] or Force 10 propane stove & heater. Cen- pretorien35.info. (510) 278-9320 or (650) 743-2155. terboard missing, still sweet sailing. S&S [email protected]. design. [email protected].

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April, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 173 36-FT SLOOP, 1975. Marina Bay Yacht 36-FT TRISBAL, 1981. Sausalito Yacht Harbor, Richmond, CA. $30,000. Good Harbor. $64,900. Ta Mana (aluminum hull, running condition, ready to sail. Survey built in France) is a proven, comfortable COMPUTER ABOARD? report from 2009 available. Contact Butch world cruiser, loaded and in excellent CAPN & Digital Charts at Tradewinds Sailing School and Club. condition with a recent haulout and bot- (510) 232-7999 or (510) 415-2747 or tom paint. A turn key Pacifi c Cup boat AIS WiFi Cellular Amps [email protected]. ready to go 2010. AIS, SSB, weatherfax, navigation computer, solar panel, wind- SatPhones: Iridium & Globalstar vane, Raymarine electronics, dodger, HF SSB Radio & Pactor Modems Yanmar 3GM30F, 3 blade folding prop. Sails in good to excellent condition. For details and pictures please check the Wireless E-mail website. www.getawayonthebay.com. TM [email protected] or (415) SEATECH SYSTEMS 272-5789. 800.444.2581 281.334.1174 38-FT HUNTER 380, 2000. Alameda [email protected] www.sea-tech.com Marina #350. $89,500. Priced to SELL. Call for Info on SeaTech Packages and CAPN Demo Disk 38-FT KETTENBURG, 1956. 3 Available. Radar, autopilot, Yanmar, chart plotter, “Nice boat!”, “Beautiful boat!”, “Gorgeous electric winch, inverter, good shape. Email Call for InfoSEE on US SeaTech AT STRICTLY Packages SAIL PACIFIC and APRIL CAPN 15-18 Demo Disk Call for Info on SeaTech Packages and CAPN Demo Disk boat!” heard many times from other boat- for pic’s and spec sheet. (916) 817-0081 ers during every sail. Enjoy character, or [email protected]. admiration, and fantastic sailing while sustaining the heritage. Details at: www. Ryan's Marine sailk38.com (916) 847-9064 or steve@ paradigmpilgrim.com. Specializing in Marine Electrical Services 36-FT BENETEAU 361, 2002. SF Marina for Your Boat West Basin. $118,000. Bristol, loaded, custom, all electronics, recent haulout • Electrical system installations from inverters to and bottom paint + coveted SF Marina electronics packages berth. Will consider lease or non-equity partnership. (415) 771-0741 or Bob@ • Troubleshooting of existing systems TandlerSF.com. NEW YORK 36, 1982. Morro Bay. $27,500. Pegasus. Great condition, professionally • Dealer for the complete Balmar product line maintained. New radar/GPS/chartplotter, • Head and holding tank installations new self steer, new standing rigging incl chainplates, new inverter, fresh diesel, 10+ sails. Incl new 8-ft dink and new 2hp (510) 385-3842 motor. (559) 960-2444 or (559) 237-4715 or steve@fruitfi llings.com. Ryan Schofi eld email: Owner since 1997 [email protected]

36-FT PEARSON 365 KETCH, 1977. Marina Village Yacht Harbor, Alameda. $53,000/obo. Liveaboard. 40hp Wester- beke diesel. 3 new sails. New 2005-standing rigging, refrigeration, entertainment and electronic systems. Rigid bottom inflatable. More! (925) 457-4957 or [email protected]. 39-FT COLUMBIA CONSTELLATION. 1967. San Diego. $22,500. A true plastic 36-FT SABRE 362, 1998. Berkeley. classic. Universal diesel, brand new La- MAKELA BOATWORKS $135,000. Shallow draft keel. Blue hull felle mast, all new standing and running painted 2010. Topsides painted 12/06. rigging, new Harken roller furler, new Har- Family owned since 1948 Standing rigging replaced 2/07. New ken traveler, new C80 Ray Marine chart autopilot 5/07. New mainsail 7/08. Furl- plotter, new 24 mile Raymarine radome, ing jib and lightly used asymmetrical new Garhauer radar mast and lifting Wooden Boat Building • Repair and Restoration spinnaker. (925) 766-2205 dan@deltaex- arm, new LP paint, new Balmar alterna- cavating.net. tor, new Navico wheel pilot. Needs sails 19280 South Harbor Drive • Fort Bragg, CA 95437 but has functional set. Work still needed 36-FT CATALINA, 1983. Alameda. to complete her. She is a show stopper (707) 964-3963 $49,950. New dodger, main, wheel, can- under sail. Only 11 ever made. Think Co- email: [email protected] • www.Makelaboatworks.com vas, furler, fuel tank, shaft, radar, GPS, lumbia 50 smaller sister. (619) 456-5806 or jib, interior cushions, head, and more. [email protected]. Inverter, bimini, Autohelm, 4 batteries, VHF, cockpit cushions, shower, 12V-120V 36-FT HUNTER 356, 2003. Alameda. refrigerator, sleeps 7, diesel 2670hrs, all $92,900. Great boat with a very spa- lines led to cockpit, pressurized water, cious interior. Priced to sell quickly. See excellent condition. (510) 731-4259 or all the details and photos at my web [email protected]. site. http://web.mac.com/laynegalloway. (801) 419-4100.

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Page 174 • Latitude 38 • April, 2010 (36-FT LOA) 28-FT LYLE HESS-DSN. 42-FT CATALINA MK I. 3 Cabin Pull- Bristol Channel Cutter. San Rafael, CA man, 1989. Ventura, CA. $109,500. $52,000. Built at Sam B. Morse Yard, Beautifully maintained Catalina 42 with Costa Mesa, CA. Never launched. GRP. 3 cabins and an extensive sail inventory. Custom hardwood deck and house, Extras and upgrades. Ready for cruis- bronze ports, new Saab diesel. Fully ing. Reliable Yanmar 44hp diesel engine. found, needs to be rigged. Includes trailer. http://catalina42forsale.blogspot.com. (562) 899-0774. (805) 637-5140 or (805) 390-4867 or [email protected].

36-FT WILLIAM ATKIN, 1977. $30,000. 40 TO 50 FEET 50-FT HOLLMAN CUTTER, 1989. Marina 36’ LOD. Heavy displacement Atkin Erin. Bay YH, Richmond, CA. $189,900. Major Strip plank with cold mold. Flush deck, 42-FT HUNTER PASSAGE, 1994. S.F. refi t ‘03 from keel to masthead, LPU, double ended Marconi staysail schooner. Bay. $129,000. Hunter’s best cruiser, barrier, rigging all redone. All sails furled Yanmar 30. Windlass. Traditional ves- ready to go. Removable inner forestay, from cockpit for safety, easily single- or sel, easily doublehanded. Cruise or live trisail track, recent rig refi t, 6 self-tailers doublehanded. SSB, autopilot, VHF, GPS, aboard. Trades considered. (415) 265- (1 electric), genset, factory heat/AC, full Elec windlass w 300’ chain, lrg chart table, 0474 or [email protected]. cockpit enclosure and much more. (916) lrg galley, Reefer w sep freezer, two state- 485-9766 or [email protected]. rooms, two heads. 280 water, 85 diesel. Strong, fast, cruising cutter w/NO TEAK. 40-FT BENETEAU OCEANIS 400, 1994. KETTENBURG 43, 1964. Gig Harbor, Call or email for more info. (520) 906-4351 Alameda. $98,000. Very functional two Washington. $58,000. A beautiful classic or [email protected]. cabin/head confi guration. Sleeps six. New wood yacht. Excellent condition. Beauti- canvas, stainless steel arch, davits 150kg fully maintained. Fully equipped. Ready 43-FT MAPLELEAF AMOR, 1984. San capacity. Roller furling sails, two sets of for singlehanded offshore, blue water, or Diego. $99,000/obo. Pilot house sloop, sails, spinnaker. Well equipped, diesel for classy local sailing. For details, please watermaker, diesel generator, solar heater, radar, autopilot, more... (925) 323- see website. www.rdnlaw.com (253) 906- panels, wind generator, diesel fi replace, 8692 or [email protected]. 6881 or [email protected]. MD17D Volvo, Instant-On water heater. Ham radio. Great liveaboard or cruiser. 37-FT HUNTER LEGEND, 1989. Napa 42-FT TAYANA, 1988. Sausalito. Email for pic and specs. (619) 752-5059 Valley. $55,000. Hunter Legend 37.6. $159,500. A real beauty in excellent or [email protected]. Great Bay boat with large aft cabin! condition. Aft cockpit, cutter rigged, 44hp Doyle StackPack, furling jib, 30hp Yanmar Yanmar w/1800 hrs. 120 gal. fuel, 150 gal. 44-FT KELLY PETERSON. Center cock- diesel with 650 hours, BBQ grill for back, water, 35 gal holding. Amenities too nu- pit cutter, 1975. USA. $84,500. Total refi t natural gas galley, X-Box, TV, new CD merous to list, include: B&G instruments in 2005. New deck, rigging, chainplates, player. Located in Napa. (208) 880-6135 & autopilot, radar, GPS, Lofrans windlass sails, roller furling, mainsheet traveler, or (208) 250-0627 or leslie.churchill@ in fordeck locker w/washdown, 45#CQR bottom, thru hulls and valves, LP paint, wildhorsewinery.com. w/chain, 33#Bruce, dinghy davits, Profurl canvas, lazy jacks, refrigeration, hot wa- jib & staysail, SS winches. New canvas, ter, stove, radar arch, Raymarine E Series 42-FT CLASSIC MOTORSAILER, 1964. battery charger, interior upholstery, water Platinum plotter with two backups, radar, Astoria, OR. $84,900. Monk designed, heater. Possible prime Sausalito slip. Full depth, autopilot, RIB with 9.9 Mercury. built by Blanchard Boat Yard. Yellow details and pictures available. (530) 848- 44hp Ford Lehman diesel rebuilt. PUR cedar on oak frames - hull sound, no rot. 0285 or [email protected]. Watermaker. Washer and much more. Ketch rigged with a 130hp Cummins die- You get the picture. Cruised safely and sel engine. Motors and sails at 8-9 knots. 44-FT KELLY PETERSON, 1977. Kemer comfortably for three years. Call or email Pressure hot and cold water, full shower, Turkiz Marina, Turkey. $110,000. Fully for complete info sheet and pictures. (619) diesel stove, built-in freezer/refrig, new loaded for cruising Kelly Peterson 44, 253-2474 or [email protected]. electronics, new overhead, new sole, new Grace. 85hp Perkins engine/rebuilt 2009, sails, and more; see details at web site. rigging new 2007, tools, many parts, all 36-FT ISLANDER, 1972. Alameda. A classy sea-kindly boat. Great set-up equipment including watermaker, solar $59,000. Restored to +90%. She is ready as a liveaboard. http://monkmotorsailer. panels, wind generator, diving equipment, to sail anywhere, today! Everything has homestead.com/ (503) 325-9141 or (503) new water tank, new diesel tank 2010. been purchased/installed within the past 338-9340 or [email protected]. Start your cruising life on the beautiful 2-3 years. All rigging, roller furling jib, full southern coast of Turkey. Checkout enclosure. Garmin 4208 plotter/GPS with 44-FT KELLY-PETERSON, 1977. Kemer Marina, Grace’s home, online at HD radar. Networked with Raymarine $100,000. Extraordinary. Purpose built www.grace44.com. (702) 838-2902 or below deck autopilot ST 6002 Smart- for life in the tropics. Green power keeps (702) 767-8322 or [email protected]. Pilot control head and wireless smart systems running while others are running controller and ST60. Plus wind indicator, their motors. Refi t 2008: solar, LED lights, 46-FT PETERSON, 1979. San Francisco. rudder indicator, depth sounder (2) with big alternator, big batteries. Most beautiful $75,000. Aleta, impressive race pedigree, alarm, electric windlass, deck, mast and boat in any anchorage: new canvas and very competitive in the IRC class (1.048 boom all painted in 2007. Honda gen- new paint in Herreshoff-style palette. rating), won the 2008 Spinnaker Cup race erator, recent bottom paint, Westerbeke New rig, new electronics, new electrical SF to Monterey. 4 year old 62’ masthead model W27, (404 hours). New shaft, new system, new plumbing, custom features. Ballenger mast, 3 spreader rig, Navtec prop, fuel tank, bilge pumps. All receipts Full set of sails, spinnaker and gear. Just rod rigging; Kevlar backstay. Very good available. 8’8” Achilles infl atable dinghy, hauled. Baja Ha-Ha ‘08, Puddle Jump carbon and Spectra sail inventory. Carbon Honda 2hp outboard. Much, much more! ‘09. Details at www.thinwolfadventures. spinnaker pole; Complete rebuild/refi nish List too long for ad. Survey Jan. 2010. com. Contact Mike. (509) 860-9614 or bottom, topsides, deck (stripped to the Have all receipts. (925) 623-7012. [email protected]. HERRESHOFF CARIBBEAN 50. 1978. native fi berglass) in 2002; no blisters! Napa Marina. $199,500. 14.5’ beam, 6’ Ready to go racing or cruising. Very draft, Perkins 6-354, radar/AP/SSB-Ham, spacious belowdecks, 6’-2” headroom, VHF, Probe, 6 person raft, spares, tools, large aft-berth. Perkins 4-108. Electric dinghy/motor. Fresh interior refi nish. Not head. (415) 518-4480 or AletaRacing@ a fi re sale. 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54-FT SAGAR 16 METER BARGE, 2002. Central France. $290,000. Cus- tom built for all navigable waterways. WILDCAT 350, 2000. Isleton. $159,000. 2 Brms, 2 bath. Complete inventory for ISLANDER 36, 1977 PARTNERSHIP. Out of Africa 35’x 21’ beam, Doyle sails, comfortable cruising. See website for Oakland Yacht Club Marina, Alameda. spinnaker, radar, 20-hp Volvo sail drives, photos and complete inventory. Sagar 1/4 or 1/2 share, easy to handle Bay sailer 46-FT GRAND BANKS, 1991. Alameda. has a two year waiting list for new build. folding props, Spectra watermaker. Boat $299,999. 46 Classic, galley down, 2 and cruiser, active class association, $300 loves Mexico, 4 staterooms, 2 heads, gal- http://web.me.com/cbroussard/Acadia/ per month for 1/4 share plus buy-in. (510) staterooms, stabilized, diesel heat, 3 zone Welcome.html or [email protected]. ley up. (916) 716-0669 or rich.cavanagh@ AC, green Awlgrip hull, full canvas, dinghy, 654-3903. yahoo.com. current electronics. Ready for West Coast 43.5-FT LABELLE TRAWLER. Sausalito cruising and Mexico dreams. (661) 332- outstanding view berth. Volvo diesels, 500 8998 or [email protected]. hours, 7.5 Onan. Roomy glass-enclosed sundeck. Full canvas. Large custom 30-FT TROJAN, 1970. $4,000. Cabin galley. Master with walkaround queen, cruiser, fi berglass hull. Two Chrysler 318 tub + comfortable guest stateroom with V8’s, both run. Rough outside, good large bed, head. Excellent workmanship/ inside. Hummingbird 200DX depth/fi sh- condition. Will sacrifi ce. May fi nance, rent SOUTH OF THE BORDER fi nder, new fuel tank and lines and props. or trade. (415) 999-5626. 14” towing post. (925) 497-0815.

40-FT SEARUNNER, 1978. Blaine, WA. PARTNERSHIPS $80,000. Among best in class. Well designed, constructed, maintained, CATALINA 30 SHARE. Sausalito. $285/ equipped. Veteran of five-year cruise month. Slip w/parking, min. to Bay, 30 to 2001-2006. Refi t and survey 2007. Sleeps Angel Island. Walk to bars/restaurants. six, 15 sails, 30hp diesel, radar, autopilot, Extensively upgraded and renewed: windvane, watermaker, SSB radio, solar Diesel, wheel, furling, MaxProp, new panels, wind gen, life raft, new paint. Awe- cushions, pressure water. Great perfor- some cruising boat. See more at http:// mance sailer. Share $285. 6 days max/ PLAN YOUR MEXICAN GETAWAY NOW. searunner40seafi re.wordpress.com. (360) 60-FT FLOATING HOME. Poulsbo, month. (415) 332-5442 or Leeloves2sail@ at the brand-new, gorgeous Cielo Y Mar 756-5004 or svseafi [email protected]. Washington. $415,000. 2,000 SF. 2 BR, hotmail.com. condos. Located in Punta Mita, 35 min- 1.5 BA, 2 story. Concrete float. Full utes from Puerto Vallarta, available to kitchen, Jacuzzi, pellet stove, jet boat. 1/3 WESTSAIL 32 PARTNERSHIP. rent from private owner. On the beach, End tie. Attached moorage for boat to Berkeley. $12,000. Replace aging partner 10 feet from the water, they offer spec- 35-ft. Will accept boat in part trade (up in existing partnership. New Beta Marine tacular views of ocean and mountains, to $175K). (206) 755-0137 or kandmc@ diesel, windvane, SSB, liferaft, dinghy, the biggest infi nity pool in the area, an earthlink.net. Berkeley marina dock-end slip. $12,000 endless beach, great surf breaks, great equity and $200/month for slip and up- fi shing, tremendous views of whales, bird 28-FT PROTECTOR, 2001. Lake Tahoe. keep. [email protected]. life and the islands. While uncrowded Beautiful center console Protec- and tranquil, just a fi ve-minute walk to tor, 99% fresh water use. Two 225- several waterfront restaurants. Choose hp Yamahas, under 400 hours. Teak from a spacious, beautifully furnished 55-FT CATANA 531, NEWPORT BEACH. sole. Rear seat, GPS/chart plotter, one or three-bedroom unit, or an amaz- $549,000. Cruise the world in comfort, VHF. Excellent condition and very fast. ing two-story penthouse with lovely speed and safety. Excellent condition, (530) 583-4000 or (530) 518-8500 or shade trellis on the top fl oor. See details: many spares, sprit, 2004 Yanmars with [email protected]. www.puntamitabeachfrontcondos.com. sd40s, 8.5kw, 55-gph watermaker, stall To reserve, call: Dona de Mallorca (415) shower, 5 electric winches, good sail 599-5012. inventory, many upgrades. 3 autopilots, SSB, radar, Inmarsat mini-M, Micro- Commander controls, 12’ Caribe with HUNTER 36 USE PARTNERSHIP. South 25hp, solar array, Profurl electric jib Beach, San Francisco. $600. 2004 model. furler, computer with world charts, new Dark blue hull, furling jib and main, dodg- Sealand electric heads, inverter, much, er, nice interior, well maintained. Qtr usage much more. High quality. Prime Newport non-equity for $600/mo. Typical charter Beach mooring available. (949) 295-4116 costs is $470+ per day. South Beach or (949) 675-0617 or jerrywoods37@ Harbor. (408) 375-4120 or snw56x@ hotmail.com. 65-FT WOOD CLASSIC, 1939. Heavy yahoo.com. built ex-trawler. GMC 12V-71, 21-kw generator. Full electronics. Lots of equip- BENETEAU 393 PARTNERSHIP. CHARTER DIRECT & SAVE $$$$. ment. Ready to go. Would make great Sausalito. $500. Clean, well maintained Owner’s time available for discount char- conversion. Will consider any reasonable fast cruiser. Upgraded interior, winches, ter. Beautiful Moorings 4600 cat, Hope, offer. More pics/details: (707) 964-5423 or prop, diesel, full electronics, classic main, featured in Latitude 38. Based in beautiful [email protected]. fully equipped. Qtr usage non-equity; Belize. Book direct and save big bucks. may consider 1/8 or equity arrangement [email protected]. or sale. http://marigotgroup.com/strider. (415) 332-4401 or (415) 331-4900 or [email protected].

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April, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 177 ADVENTURE SAILS - SEA OF CORTEZ. Looking for something more than a bareboat charter, something different and more challenging? Try this 11 day cruise from La Paz to Loreto. There are two legs: one north, one south, three berths each. $2400pp. www.charter-baja.com. [email protected].

SKIPPERED CHARTERS. La Paz, Mexico. Sail with me on my CT41. WINCHES FOR SALE SAN RAFAEL. 6D/7N or try my new mini vacations. $1,800/pair. Lewmar 55 three-speed Experienced skipper and instructor. Visit winches in very good condition, pow- desert islands, snorkel or swim with sea erful and smooth. (415) 847-7270 or lions. This is a vacation you will remember. [email protected]. www.charter-baja.com. Email [email protected]. MISCELLANEOUS

TRADE SJ 28 MAINSAIL WANTED. Flathead Lake, Montana. San Juan 28 in Montana needs mainsail. Could have friends pick sail up in either the Puget Sound or S.F. Bay areas. Please call to talk about pric- MORE ENERGY! ing. (406) 471-2473 or lyman@montana. com. KEEP BATTERIES CHARGED! • KISS wind generators • Solar panels and MORE 25-FT CHEOY LEE FOR CABIN CRUISER. USE BATTERIES EFFICIENTLY! South Beach - San Francisco. I would like to trade my 1962 Cheoy Lee Frisco Flyer • LED lights (teak hull) for a cabin cruiser in the 28 to • Engel fridge/ 31 ft range. (415) 734-0929 or mmejstrik@ yahoo.com. freezers THE AMERICA’S CUP - AUSTRALIA. • Wonder Wash $8,950. Serigraph by LeRoy Neiman. and more WANTED Signed and numbered. AP33/80. Cer- tificate of Authenticity included. Last WALKER BAY 8-FT DINGHY DAVITS. appraisal Feb. 2006. Need funds for boat www.svhotwire.com 727.943.0424 For sailboat. $400 each. mail2sark@ repairs, make me an offer I can’t refuse. yahoo.com. (303) 674-2197 or (510) 427-0393.

TRAILER FOR RHODES 19. Looking for a trailer for an R19 or similar capability CLUBS & MEMBERSHIPS (19-20-ft, 2000 #GVW. 39” draft). Please leave voicemail message or email with a BERKELEY YACHT CLUB. Annual pic of the trailer. Thanks! (916) 455-7650 Swap Meet and Open House. Sunday, or [email protected]. April 11, 6:00 AM at Berkeley Marina. It’s a sea-going fl ea market with bargains PARTS galore - bring your shopping list! Tour the YANMAR • UNIVERSAL • WESTERBEKE GEAR club and enjoy the views - special initia- PERKINS • ISUZU • PATHFINDER • ATOMIC 4 tion discount for new members. Space ATOMIC 4 ENGINE STOCKTON. $1,300. is available for sellers. Contact BYC’s SERVICE Reconditioned A4 engine from Catalina manager or visit our website for more info. DIESEL ENGINES 30. Runs great. Valve job, new thermostat, www.berkeleyyc.org. (510) 843-9292 or rebuilt water pump and carb, new points [email protected]. and plugs. Spare parts and accessories. (209) 481-0448. SINGLE SKIPPERS AND CREW. Barbara Campbell of all abilities are invited to join the Single 74-FT MAST DESIGNED. for catamaran. Sailors Association. Membership includes 351 EMBARCADERO Best offer. (415) 269-5165. daysailing, raft-ups, invaluable onboard OAKLAND, CA 94606 (510) 465-1093 training, social events. Meetings held CRUISING GEAR $BEST OFFER. 2nd Thursday, Ballena Bay Yacht Club, Katadyn Survivor ‘06 manual desalinator, www.bbyc.org. Social 6:30 pm. Meet- new; $390. Shadetree awnings, models ing 7:30 pm. Guests welcome. More at 130 and 230, new; $750. Lewmar 60# www.singlesailors.org. (510) 233-1064. CQR, one season; $490. Furuno Model 1622, 24 mile radar, less than 10 years OUTBOARD SALES, SERVICE, REPAIR, PARTS old; $100. (510) 333-8021 or jrbarbee@ comcast.net. (415) 332-8020 Nissan Honda Tohatsu Mariner MARINE ENGINE CO. Johnson Mercury Complete Engine Services • Gas & Diesel 30 Years Experience • Reasonable Rates Evinrude Yamaha Tune-Ups • Oil Changes • Engine Rebuilding, etc. (415) 332-0455 Complete Boat • Trailer • Elec. Repair Certifi ed Technicians • Factory Authorized Warranty Facility STRICTLY SAIL PACIFIC • APRIL 15-18 Save 20% on every new engine and install thru 5/15/2010 See www.strictlysailpacifi c.com for events & schedules 35 Libertyship Way • Sausalito, CA 94965 Jack London Square • Oakland

Page 178 • Latitude 38 • April, 2010 NAUTICAL FLEA MARKET. May 16, 40 FOOT SLIP AT PIER 39. San Francisco. BOAT MAINTENANCE. Sausalito $TBD. Sunday. Elkhorn Yacht Club’s World Fa- $6,995. Lower price! This berth will sell JOB OPPORTUNITIES We are hiring for a part-time boat main- mous Nautical Flea Market. 2370 Highway fast. It is E-46, 40x14 and has a terrifi c tenance position. This position could 1, Moss Landing. Booths are $25 for view of the City. 24-year sublease. (602) SAILBOAT RIGGER WANTED. Must become FULL time in the future. Appli- 50% or more Nautical Gear, $30 for all 999-0016 or [email protected]. have prior experience. Excellent salary cant should have basic boat knowledge others. Come early. Breakfast Burritos- for the right person. Email resume or call. and be willing to clean boats inside and BBQ-Music-Beer-FUN. (831) 724-3875 or 40-FT PRIME MOORING. Newport (415) 331-3400 or southbeachriggers@ out. Applicant needs to be fl exible with [email protected]. Beach, CA. $45,000. 40-ft prime sbcglobal.net. work hours which will include weekends. mooring with convenient dinghy stor- Hourly wage TBD. Please stop by our of- age. Great location by the Pavilion. OFFICE MANAGER NEEDED. South fi ce to fi ll out an application. Ask for Jack NON-PROFIT [email protected]. Beach Riggers in Sausalito is seeking a or Lance. http://modernsailing.com. (415) pleasant, friendly offi ce manager to join 331-8250. Modern Sailing School & Club, MOORING LEASEHOLD FOR SALE. our team. We’re looking for someone who 2310 Marinship Way, Sausalito CA. MARIN POWER & SAIL SQUADRON. will make our customers feel welcome, 50 years offering tuition-free safe boating Pier 39, B-Dock, San Francisco. $10,000. Good location. (415) 392-8003 or perform bookkeeping tasks such as SAILING INSTRUCTOR. Sausalito $TBD. classes, USCG approved. Call to fi nd out paying bills, preparing bank deposits, when the next America’s Boating Classes [email protected]. We are looking for energetic high qual- creating invoices, and calculating payroll. ity sailing instructors to join a team that will be held. Classes and fi nal exam meet Besides a familiarity with Word, Excel, and at 7-9 pm, at the same location, the Cal has received many awards. Must have a CREW email, the candidate should be profi cient USCG license, be a good communicator Education Center, 789 North Hamilton in Quickbooks (one year of experience Parkway, Novato. Textbook $40. For and like working with new sailors. Join preferred). Other duties include updating a team that values experience and pays registration and information, call (415) EXPERIENCED CIRCUMNAVIGATOR. daily and weekly schedules, ordering of- 924-2712. - Schooner - seeks select crew from for it. http://modernsailing.com. (415) fi ce supplies, and maintaining customer 331-8250 or [email protected]. Mediterranean to So. Africa. Legs: (1) and vendor fi les. The job requires the Turkey-Greece-Italy-Sardinia-Corsica (2) Modern Sailing School & Club, 2310 ability to juggle multiple tasks and happily Marinship Way, Sausalito CA. PROPERTY SALE/RENT Corsica-France-Spain-Morocco-Gibraltar shift from the task at hand to answering (3) Gibraltar-Canaries-Brazil (4) Brazil- the phone or greeting customers. An Tristan da Cunha-So. Africa. Legs are 4-6 OCSC SAILING INSTRUCTORS WANTED. interest in sailing is a must. If interested, OCSC Sailing, in the Berkeley Marina, has weeks, Sept. 2010 to Feb. 2011. Must please call Tom. (415) 331-3400. participate fully and share expenses. Call openings for instructors for its award win- Mike Johnson (505) 466-6326 or email ning school. OCSC’s curriculum is famous Claire at [email protected]. for turning out the best new sailors in the country. You’ll enjoy a thorough training J/105 WHISPER LOOKING FOR CREW. and coaching process to help you de- San Francisco Marina. J/105 Whisper velop as an instructor and help acquiring is about to start racing season. Doing USCG license and US SAILING instructor all class events and Friday Night Beer certifi cations. P/T or F/T. Read what being Can races. Have several rotating spots an instructor at OCSC is like at our web- AFFORDABLE LIVING IN TONGA. site: www.ocscsailing.com/about/people/ Private island ocean-view lots. US $3,850. available. Racing experience only please. Marc Vayn. (650) 534-6742 or marcvayn@ sailing_instructor.php. Email resume and each in South Pacific. See more at: cover letter to [email protected]. www.tongaislandproperties.com. (619) gmail.com. WANT TO MAKE SOME EXTRA CASH.- 347-2294 or [email protected]. $25/hr plus gratuities/medical — while SEEK BERTH CREWING TO BAJA. SAILING INSTRUCTORS & 6-PAK. you aren’t cruising? Do you love to be Captains. Spinnaker Sailing in SF, is Very fl exible schedule. Can start from in front of an audience? Do your friends Northern or Southern California. ASA hiring F/T or P/T aboard our fleet of BERTHS & SLIPS think you are funny? If you answered 22- to 44-ft sailing yachts. Mid-week 101, 103, 104 certified. Solid sailing YES! to all these questions, come be a skills. Extensive planning experience. Will and weekend work available, flexible 40-FT SLIP AVAILABLE FOR RENT. Pier Duck Captain! Ride the Ducks is looking schedule. Fax resume to (415) 543-7405, share expenses. Marcus Libkind. (925) for drivers/tour guides to safely entertain 39, San Francisco. Middle of D dock with 455-5816 or [email protected]. or call. (415) 543-7333 or email resume to great views of Coit Tower and the Bay! tourists and locals this summer on the [email protected]. Great marina facilities including laundry, Ducks! Full-time and part-time seasonal showers, security and friendly staff. Re- positions available. Candidates must TRADE PRIVATE LIVING. on Sausalito duced parking rates. $350/month. 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"Here we are again. Latitude 38 has been such AT Latitude, a big part of our 'sailing' and 'saleing' life!!! For more information WE ARE OFTEN We sold our fi rst boat, Viking, through the Classy Classifi eds, sold our house in Vallejo on placing an ad, ASKED: in the Classy Classifi eds, and I believe we go to bought our current boat, Perpetua, from www.latitude38.com DO YOUR the Classy Classifi eds a few years ago. We and click on now have her for sale – and again we cor- Classifi eds, CLASSIFIEDS respond with you. Thank you, Latitude, for REALLY WORK? being there all these years, and being such or see the a huge part of our 'information highway' to A smiling Jay and Paulla. With a fi rst page of the rainbow and Diamond Head in the the waterways." background, and the Classies working classifi eds in We'll let the following so well for them. We can see why! speak for itself… – The O'Bannons, Kailua-Kona, HI this issue. The O'Bannons' MARPLES TRIMARAN sold via the Multihull section of the Classifi eds.

April, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 179 JUST YOU AND THE SEA…

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April, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 181 DRAWING INTENSIVE WORKSHOP April 19-23 ❧ Mon-Fri ❧ 9:00-5:00 jim

Jim DeWitt is not about to sit still and let the world pass him by. He is always painting, drawing and making art. He wants to share the fun with you by offering a series of one-week-long art workshops in his studio next to the gallery here in downtown Point Richmond. The ﬁ rst, ‘Drawing Intensive’, will be April 19-23, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., followed by ‘Watercolor Intensive’, May 17-21. Call (510) 610-0644 to sign up.

DeWitt Art Gallery & Framing 121 Park Place, Point Richmond, CA 94801 (510) 236-1401 (800) 758-4291

www.jimdewitt.com 121 Park Place, Pt. Richmond, CA www.dewittgalleryandframing.com Tuesday-Saturday 11:00-7:00 (510) 610-0644 Sunday 9:30-5:30 Next Workshop: Watercolor Intensive, May 17-21

DIESEL FUEL Vessel Electric FILTERING Mobile marine navigation installations and marine electrical work Purify Diesel Fuel & Flush Tanks • Class A, Class B AIS systems and digital TVs Process scrubs, polishes, removes algae, dirt, sludge, rust, water, and • Raymarine® warranty dealer and certiﬁ ed installer foreign particles from diesel fuel. Includes internal tank washdown. Save your injectors, costly engine repair and down time. • NMEA-certiﬁ ed Marine Electronics Installer • Insured Since 1989. Fully insured. Your berth or boat yard. Milltech Marine AIS (510) 521-6797 Fax: (510) 521-3309 Brian Theobald • (415) 424-2204 www.dieselfuelfilterings.com [email protected]

FULL SERVICE Keep ports open in the rain MARINA • Air out cabin and head • Maintain visibility Friendly, helpful, fully bilingual staff • Install easily, without tools • Enjoy life aboard more often All new hardwood docks • Wireless Internet CHECK OUT OUR NEW SIZES AND PRODUCTS! Dinghy landing with potable water Made from clear UV-resistant Lexan with bronze tint. New protective piling & sheetpile breakwaters • And more!

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30 years experience • Universal/Westerbeke dealers Repairs/Tune-ups all models • Engine Surveys, Instruction GEMINI 105M Loaded with all BAY MARINE DIESEL 510-435-8870 of the extras. [email protected] Ultra clean. Ready to be enjoyed. $129,000 How to Read 36’ SEAWIND 1000XL, 2001 Latitude 38 Only brokerage Seawind on the West Coast! Well in the Azores: rigged, excellent comfort and performance. Download our eBooks Two from $179,000 FREE! www.latitude38.com

CORSAIR SPRINT 750 31’ CORSAIR, 2003 2 starting at $52,500. $119,000. Corsair F-27s from $39,900. Also new Dash 750 $59,000

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April, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 183 Sail · BROKERS · Power 6400 Marina Drive www.yachtworld.com/fcyachts Phone (562) 594-9716 Long Beach, CA 90803 ﬂ [email protected] Fax (562) 594-0710

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SYDNEY 36CR, 2006 Encore is arguably the best set up and most competitive Syd- ney 36CR ever built; high-tech construction and performance yet with a fully functionable cruising interior. Custom rigging by Scott Easom. Extensive sail inventory: high performance Doyle cruising and North 3DL racing sails, all lightly used. Raced spar- ingly in 2007, stored in ‘08 and ’09; competitive at IRC, IMS, or PHRF events. Fractional rig, asymmetrical spinnaker and removable carbon ﬁ ber bowsprit ensure competitive racing at all levels with a small crew and minimal effort. Wins include Big Boat Series and Corinthian Midwinters. $249,000/offers

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Page 184 • Latitude 38 • April, 2010 (510) 236-6633 • fax: (510) 231-2355 [email protected] • www. kkmi.com 530 W. Cutting Blvd., Pt. Richmond, CA 94804

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Hinckley Bermuda 40 MkII Yawl CB (1968) to ﬁ nd out what a warranty can Bill Tripp design B-40 is highly regarded for her classic beauty, superb workmanship and many do for the sale of your yacht! quality details. New sails, dodger, intelligently updated. Excellent condition. Asking $160,000

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Nelson Marek Custom Little Harbor 51 (1996) Sutton Steel Pilothouse LRC 63 (1976) A 92-ft aluminum world cruiser. Very comfortable Ted Hood designed pilothouse Ready-to-go global cruiser just completed Recently repowered. Immaculate with full stand-up headroom and 360° visibility. $100,000 maintenance/upgrade service. Twin throughout and in perfect condition. Set up for shorthanded sailing and superbly main- 185hp Perkins for economy and dual gensets. $1,500,000 tained by an experienced owner. Asking $669,000 Three cabins + crew’s quarters. Asking $400,000

DeVries 86’ Motor Vessel (1949/1999) Swan 45 (2003) Jarvis Newman 36 (1978) ‘Elegant’, ‘Exceptional’, ‘Exquisite’ are just a Race or cruise. Rancho Deluxe won her class Classic ﬂ ybridge “lobster boat” of Maine build few words that easily characterize this vessel. in the TransPac and was second twice in the quality. Single engine (160 hrs), queen V-berth MV Far Niente clearly deﬁ nes the term Big Boat Series. This boat has all the gear to go with enclosed head. Excellent condition, ‘Classic Motor Yacht’. cruising and is in perfect condition. well maintained and lightly used. Asking $1,950,000 $625,000 Asking $139,000.

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Swan 371 (1981) Swan 40 (1996) Santa Cruz 52 (1993) A Ron Holland design which is very well Frers design, exceptionally well maintained, Beautiful, fast cruiser, set up for shorthanded equipped with newer electronics, sails 2-cabin performance cruiser. Awlgrip Flag Blue sailing. Maintained to very high standards, the and has been well maintained. hull, comprehensive sail inventory, and full in-slip hull has been repainted in stunning red with Asking $95,000 cover. Asking $299,000 new bottom paint. Asking $490,000

April, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 185 Marotta Yachts of Sausalito Brokers of Fine Sail and Motor Yachts 415-331-6200 • [email protected] • www.marottayachts.com