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The America's Cup World Series San Diego is in the books, and Oracle's James Spithill proved once again why part of the action and no doubt he's got the helm of the Oracle Racing 'A' hang out with the multitude of boat. Spithill and company dispatched Bay Area folks who are working a French entry, Yann Guichard's Energy for AC Race Management. The Team, in two-straight races to take the overwhelming sentiment was match racing honors on November 19. that the racing was fantastic to A day later, Spithill followed that win by watch, and impressive enough taking the fl eet racing championship. to be compelling even when the While we've come to expect good re- breeze was down and it was sults from Oracle Spithill, Emirates Team foggy or raining. Those same New Zealand, and Artemis, the biggest reports said the village was surprise came from the two French less than impressive, lacking teams. With Guichard replacing Loïck much in the way of A/V aids, Peyron as skipper, Energy Team won the and providing precious little match racing seeding series, guarantee- access to anyone who hadn't ing them a spot in the match racing semi- purchased one of the VIP pack- fi nals for the fi rst time in an AC World ages. Thankfully, the stream- Series event. They made the most of the ing YouTube channel once opportunity when they defeated Artemis again proved to be dynamite, to reach the fi nal. Aleph, with Pierre Pen- and this editor lost productive nec replacing Bertrand Pace as skipper, hours following the action. managed to qualify for the match racing. Now the World Series road They nearly snatched a semi-fi nal spot show goes into hibernation when they led Artemis by a country mile until next April, when it travels during their deciding match. But fate to Naples, Italy. Some changes intervened and a technical glitch — the have been announced, like a new, taller R/C temporarily lost the virtual bound- wing and a weight diet to get the boats aries for the race course — caused the to fl y their hulls earlier in the light air race to be abandoned. In the re-sail, anticipated at the next venues. The Artemis and skipper Terry Hutchinson teams also passed an amendment ef- prevailed. Regardless, it was heartening fectively barring the competitors from Many of the features, but not all, are to see two teams from the nation with saying anything but nice things about complete. The product is usable, bugs the most experience in multihulls, sailing the event, which just sounds lame to our will be found, and features and function- their way into the mix. way of thinking. After all, confl ict and ality are likely to be removed, added or Judging by reports from the boots on controversy generate interest. enhanced." the ground, and the fl urry of postings As for the various features, the sailing on the SF Contingent to SD to Watch AC itself won universal acclaim. 45's Facebook page, there had to have A debriefi ng of some of the Bay Area "The coolest thing I saw was the been well over 300 or even 400 Bay Area people who had gone down to watch ran fl eet race fi nals with some breeze," said Cup fans who made the trip down to be the gamut, but Spinnaker Sailing's Drew Harper. "The nearly everyone holeshot into the fi rst mark was nothing With skipper Pierre Pennec at the helm, 'Aleph' had something short of amazing to watch with a bunch nearly qualifi ed for the match racing semi-fi nals. positive to say, of non-sailors surrounding us all ooh-ing along with things and aah-ing." they thought Pineapple Sails' Kame Richards has could use some a new theory on why the sailors' heart improvement. rates are almost always at max output. Summing it up "It is somewhat frightening to watch t h e b e s t w a s a starting line set up for a beam reach, Open Sailing's with the fi rst mark, a gybe mark, only Barry Demak: about 500 yards away," he said. "Of "In the soft- course, all the boats have afterburners ware world (and full on! Watching it is very scary. Actually why shouldn't being on the water, in one of the boats, we make this I would wet myself! There are rumors comparison?), about the heart rates of the competitors the America's being way high... maybe they are scared Cup World Se- to death!" ries event in San The AC World Series village got mixed Diego would still reviews. be considered in "I knew there'd be a lot of wow fac- the 'Beta' stage. tor," Harper said. 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all in the VIP areas, and in the free areas were the new folks who were being pulled in and really enjoying themselves. We made a point to talk to as many people as we could that didn't have the VIP badges, and asked them where they were from, what brought them there, etc. We found that there was a very, very large contingent of folks who 'chanced upon' the races and got hooked. We met local couples who had encountered the Port Cities challenge the weekend before and had come back each day for more, loving that it was free. We encountered a number of tourists and families who had chanced upon it after coming down to see the Midway or other waterfront attractions, and loved it as well; they wanted more kid-friendly activities, but the Exploratorium exhibits were a hit, even though they were small. We sat among a bleacher area full of fans from out of town who knew sailing but learned

ALL PHOTOS THIS PAGE GILLES MARTIN-RAGET/ACEA ALL PHOTOS THIS PAGE all about racing for the fi rst time. We wanted to see if we could have a great time without spending the big bucks, and we truly did. We had several other The AC 45s are dynamite when fl eet racing; inset — 'Oracle Racing Spithill' celebrate their double. friends who did the same, and also really car' feel to it. You mosey up to the pits to be done to make people aware of the enjoyed the experience. (compounds) and have immediate view- on-the-water event and the non-sailing The in-person viewing experience at ing access to some of the coolest carbon entertainment around the event," Demak the village also got mixed reviews. to be seen. The project was well laid out, said. "For many reasons, few seemed to "When we showed up at the venue, accessible, professional and just sort of be aware of and even fewer seemed to the boats were impressively sitting in a easy to get around. It seemed like nearly show up for the free evening entertain- small basin dancing like kites to a light all my friends were down and I'll be ex- ment at the village." breeze," said Bradley Trottier. "The few cited to hear what the fi nal numbers look "It's a shame the turnout was so low," kiosks with America's Cup stuff were like on who came from where." Williams said. "It seemed like every other small tent affairs similar to what one One respondent was surprised to see person was a familiar face from the San fi nds at a swap meet. We were turned little in the way of offi cial merchandise Francisco Bay Area! I called the San away from the compounds so we did the or local news coverage. Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau Greatest Generation walk south of the "There was no coverage," said Eliza- offi ce when I couldn't fi gure out what USS Midway, went home and watched it beth Diaz, "and there was very little in was going on from the americascup.com on YouTube. Compared to the big open the souvenir department." site. They said they were struggling too. Yann Guichard and 'En- For most of the people we heard from, The banners along the harborfront were ergy Team' were on fi re, the sailors and teams were very acces- great, but elsewhere in San Diego no one making it to the match sible, which will be crucial to further knew about the races. My brother lives racing fi nal for the fi rst attract the public. in Encinitas and he said there were no time in the ACWS. "My favorite moment, or coolest, was posters, no fly- watching my son interview one of the ers, no postcards past winners of the Cup at the Golden up there and he Gate YC dinner at the San Diego YC," didn't see any- Diaz added. thing leading up The after-sailing entertainment also to the races. got mixed reviews. " O v e r a l l , I "Loud, live music is tricky," said Elisa was truly heart- Williams. "At the Battle of the Bands, ened by the large some of the music was good. Some was number of non- so loud and so awful that people who sailors who were were planning to stay, left." hooked into the One thing that nearly everyone men- a c t i o n , " s a i d tioned was that there was precious little Terri Watson. "It local outreach. felt to us that the "After talking to the non-sailing San big-time sailing Diego residents, more outreach needs community were AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY December, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 81 AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AMERICA'S CUP 34

pavilion the Young America team had in the '95 Cup in San Diego event with big screens, live telemetry and John Mar- area — is substantial, and we're betting shall greeting people who just wandered that Larry Ellison wants to get some of in, the America's Cup Village seemed to his dough back. At this point, that's not have spent more on the fences to keep it happening, and we're afraid that this fact separate than to entice new race fans." might put a major kibosh on the event Watson echoed the lack of a visual if it doesn't change. So far all the spon- experience. sor announcements with the exception "There was of Louis Vuitton have been for in-kind no big screen support, which is great, but it doesn't TV to watch pay the bills, nor does it add much to in conjunc- the revenue stream. This is troubling. tion with the To make this thing work, more atten- live racing," tion will have to be paid to getting more Okay, so we know that 'Elite' was the staffi ng and she said. "But people invested in the Cup in a fi gurative security company, but come on, has anyone at the narration sense. The whole AC effort is predicated ACEA heard of the 'Occupy' movement? filled in the on the "if you build it, they will come," them, at least on camera, are just plain blanks for the model. A more organic build-up can be boring and canned. The funk factor is most part, and stimulated, but not the way that it's hap- severely lacking. the crowds in pening right now, and it will be essential the bleachers to the success of the event. were a really Dennis Conner didn't spend a fraction One positive to emerge last month fun crowd." on marketing compared to what ACEA is was the announcement that the Luna spending right now, yet Dennis Conner Rossa sailing team will challenge for the was on the cover of Time magazine! He 34th America's Cup. Challenging under If we had was in a Pepsi commercial, if we recall the burgee of the Circolo della Vela Si- to sum up our correctly, and he was more well known cilia of Palermo, Luna Rossa Challenge thoughts on than any other sailor in the history of 2013 has been accepted by the Golden the AC World this country, drawing much attention to Gate YC. This is an extremely exciting Series San Di- the sport as a result. development in a Cup that was looking ego, we'd have This Cup has too much of the look of to be a little short on quality teams. You to say that it cold, structured effi ciency, something we might remember that this team managed seems as if ev- associate with Oracle Corp. and Oracle to get to the Cup fi nal in 2000 on its fi rst Do you think you deal with a lot erything you'd Racing. Is that something you want from try, and challenged subsequently in '03 of cords at your offi ce? This is want done by one of the players? Sure, but it's not what and '07. Headed by the Italian fashion what Stan Honey deals with. someone with you want for the entire event. Truly char- house Prada's Patrizio Bertelli, the team an engineering and competitive sailing ismatic people will give this thing wings, has been sailing TP 52s and an STP 65 background is beyond compare. From and so far the sailors aren't it — most of for the last few years to stay sharp. the video coverage, to the graphic over- The AC 45s are proving themselves stunning. But due to their late entry, the team lays, to the boats, the racing format, and the idea of having a world tour, the re- sults have been fantastic. For everything that you'd want done by someone who throws parties for a living, the America's Cup Event Authority has work to do. While ACEA have been blitzing the country with an ad campaign target- ing major news outlets (essential), they seemed to have really dropped the ball in getting the word on to the streets for the AC World Series San Diego. We have to think that part of that is due to the emphasis put on VIP enter- tainment. Now to be sure, that will be an essential part of the fi nal equation, but the VIP experience will only get more exclusive and attractive if there are a

lot more people enjoying the event who GILLES MARTIN-RAGET/ACEA aren't VIPs. That's going to take boots on the ground, and novel, creative solutions to outreach beyond advertising. The outlay for the AC World Series — rumored to be in the $300 million AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • Page 82 • Latitude 38 • December, 2011 AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY — AC WORLD SERIES SAN DIEGO

will be buying an off-the-shelf design. and sports." Interestingly enough, they will not be The hulls for the going with the Oracle Racing standard Luna Rossa AC72 will design package, but rather with Emirates be built in Italy and Team New Zealand for design and build all other elements will work on an AC 72. It's been rumored for be built in New Zea- awhile that Grant Dalton's team had the land in close coopera- funding to build two AC 72s, but not sail tion with ETNZ. Luna both of them, and it would appear that Rossa’s plan for next Bertelli and Luna Rossa view the ETNZ year includes opening package as the better choice. To that a base in Auckland end, Luna Rossa and ETNZ have signed for joint training with a cooperation agreement until December ETNZ and sailing in all 31, 2012 which includes full access to the AC World Series

all ETNZ design and performance data. events. Beginning in GILLES MARTIN-RAGET/ACEA "I am certain that the co-operation March '13, the team of Luna Rossa with Emirates Team New will continue its prep- Zealand will produce excellent results, aration in San Francisco. But other than Darren Bundock, taking over for Coutts, shook off a bad week by winning the speed trials. giving to both teams a faster and more getting more funding to pursue design effective development, both in the tech- concepts, what else is in it for ETNZ? highlight New Zealand’s marine industry nical and the sporting fi elds," Bertelli "The cooperation with Luna Rossa expertise," Dalton said. "We look forward said. "The choice of the Circolo della Vela is another step towards the long-term to sharing our design offi ce resources Sicilia as challenging yacht club is also objective of establishing our team as a and cooperating with two such well- signifi cant. I think it is important, in a provider of technology and services that respected names in top-level sailing." moment like this, to underline the unity of our country also in the fi eld of culture — latitude/rg SCARY FAST 3 Great Pumpkin Bullets

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In an assessment of tabloid-worthy sensationalism, this year's Baja Ha-Ha rally would score very low points. There plying that it would be so much fun it S.F.-based C&C 39 Camanoe ended up were no dismastings, no mid-ocean col- ought to be illegal. The two-week rally winning their divisions, having sailed lisions, no near-death injuries, and no certainly did live up to that claim, but the entire course. The youngest fl eet need for dramatic open-water rescues. as we refl ect back on our sunny mem- member of all, however, was two-year- Heck, as far as we know, there weren't ories, we think the most apt descrip- old Liam Rogers of the Oregon-based tion is 'blissfully benign'. We sus- Ingrid 38 Grace, while the oldest was pect, however, that some diehard 83-year-old Merrill Newman, fi rst mate veterans of former rallies were dis- aboard the Redondo Beach-based Pacif- appointed not to have seen wind ic Seacraft 37 Solstice. speeds in the high 20s that gener- The fi rst offi cial activity of Baja Ha- ated surfable 8-ft swells. But we're Ha XVIII was the Pre-Halloween Cos- certain that most fi rst-timers were tumed Kick-off Party, the day before delighted by the tranquilo nature the start. As in past years, it was gen- of this year's conditions. All in all, erously cohosted by West Marine at the it was an ideal introduction to off- company's Shelter Island compound, shore cruising. just a few blocks from where many Ha- Ha boats found berths. (We should note that one localized upside to the slug- Many crews began prepar- gish economy was that fi nding berths ing for this long-established Mexi- can getaway years — even decades — before the starting horn sound- As the fl eet slid south of ed on October 24. Others, howev-

LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE Ensenada during the wee er, made the decision to join the Twenty-fi ve-year-old Zachary Lough of 'Pa- southbound exodus on short notice. In hours of that fi rst night, a nache' — seen here in his devilish costume — fact, the fi nal sign-up, John Minkiewitz gentle breeze began to build showed true Ha-Ha spirit from start to fi nish. and John DeGolyer's American Samoa- even any marriages that broke up due based Jeanneau 45 Michaela, was add- from the northwest. to the typical stresses of cramped- ed to the entry roster just a week before space-itis and sleep deprivation. This the start. Surprisingly, though, theirs throughout San Diego Bay was easier year's 750-mile cruise from San Diego was not the most far-distant hailing than ever this year.) to Cabo San Lucas was, in fact, one of port. Globe-trotting author/adventur- As usual, many crews went to great the mellowest in the rally's 18-year his- er Lars Hässler of Stockholm, Sweden lengths to deck themselves out in elab- tory. As you'll read in the following pag- had sailed 5,000 miles across the North orate costumes that ranged from the es, it featured long stretches of near- Pacifi c from Japan in order to join this traditional — lots of gnarly pirates and perfect 8- to15-knot sailing conditions year's rally. Not surprisingly there were saucy wenches — to the bizarre: Zacha- that inspired one sailor to wax poetic on also plenty of Canadians gravitating to- ry Lough and his crew painted their bod- the morning radio net that he'd just ex- ward the Mexican sun — 14 boatloads ies from head to toe in powdery, bright- perienced his best sailing day ever. in all, from three provinces. red tempera paint, apparently signal- Months earlier, when searching for a As you may have read previously in ing their tendency toward devilish be- catchy moniker for this year's event, the our fl eet profi les, participants came from havior. Some of the crews that seemed Rally Committee dubbed it the 'barely all different walks of life, sailing aboard to be having the most fun were those legal' Ha-Ha — the 18th, get it? — im- a wide range of boat types that includ- who'd picked a cohesive theme, such Although skies were gray for the San Diego ed both gold-plater yachts and vintage, as the cast of Gilligan's Island, a bevy Harbor parade, the spirits of fl eet members low-budget cruisers. We were delighted of toga-clad Greeks, four little piggies, were bright. to note that eight young owner/skippers the human embodiment of a 'full boat' (32 or young- (full house) poker hand, and the princi- er) fi nished pal characters from Peter Pan — includ- the rally. The ing the crocodile. Although this Tinker two youngest Bell was a big guy in drag whose wings were Zachary appeared to be much too Lough, 25, of small to elevate him even the Ventura- an inch! based Catalina Each boatload of en- 30 Panache, trants received a swag bag and Marc Ab- full of goodies — event T- dou, 26, of shirts, caps, and other the Catalina souvenirs — and had ac- 27 Mer-Sea. cess to the all-you-could- Both Lough eat taco bar and beverage and 32-year- tent. The predictable high- old Dave Sat- light of this light-heart- terwhite of the ed shindig was the cos- ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / ANDY EXCEPT AS NOTED ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE BLISSFULLY BENIGN

Clowning around in costume at the Kick-off Party — whether as piggies, pirates, a princess or Popeye — ing that all boats could motor down the helps ease the inevitable pre-departure anxieties. rhumbline at no more than 6 knots un- tume contest, ably MCed by West Ma- til the breeze fi lled in and a proper start rine managers Galen Piltz, Louis Holm- low-key procession gives visiting sailors could be announced. es and Ron Maggi, all of whom enthu- a chance to salute their gracious hosts, The silver lining was that while putt- siastically embraced the swashbuckling while giving news media and well-wish- putting along over fl at water with no personas that their elaborate bucca- ers an up-close look at the fl eet's size winches to grind or sails to tweak, crews neer costumes demanded. Winners in and diversity. While a local fi reboat paid had plenty of time to nap away their un- a broad range of categories took home tribute to the 137-boat Ha-Ha armada avoidable accumulation of pre-depar- valuable West Marine merchandise, and with a fan of spray, an impressive cad- ture stress. Plus, every boat in the fl eet were forever immortalized by a gazillion re of dignitaries took in the action from was continually chalking up 6 knots of snapshots. the decks of the 65-ft sportfi sher Dol- VMG, thus positioning themselves for a phin. Aboard her, the offi cial San Diego faster-than-normal arrival at the fi rst America's Cup shotgun used during the rest stop, Bahia Tortugas (Turtle Bay). Despite the Rally Committee's '87 campaign was fi red to punctuate As the fl eet slid south of Ensenada prayers to the weather gods, skies were the departure with a touch of class. during the wee hours of that fi rst night, unseasonably gray and dreary on Octo- The Rally's traditional 11 a.m. start a gentle breeze began to build from the ber 24, the scheduled start of Leg One, time was established long ago because northwest, and most crews were able and wind strength was down to a mere the breeze has to hoist sail and zephyr. But as fl eet members checked an uncanny hab- glide down the in that morning by VHF you could tell it of strengthen- course in silence, by the excitement in their voices that it ing right around fi nally freed from would take more than gloomy weather that time. But we the drone of to dampen their spirits. had no such luck their engines. One of the newest of many Ha-Ha this year. With Assuming that traditions is for the entire fl eet to join a only a few knots most boats were loosely structured boat parade through of breeze ruffl ing running skele- San Diego Harbor while en route to the the water, the ton watches, the starting line, just outside the bay. Or- Rally Committee Rally Committee ganized and promoted by the San Diego reluctantly in- elected to wait Port Tenants Association and the Sport stituted a "roll- until 7 a.m. the Fishing Association of California, this ing start," mean- next morning to Right: Believe it or not, the Roberts 34 'Magic' wasn't the fi rst junk rig call off the rolling to sail in the Ha-Ha. Below: With virtually no wind at the start, the fl eet start and begin motored — but at least they were heading toward sunnier latitudes. clocking elapsed BAJA HA-HA XVIII RECAP —

Me Free — volunteered to strap on her scuba gear and have a look. It took her only minutes to unwind the beefy The breeze was all but non-existent as the fl eet start, the stainless steel prop shaft of hawser, and when she returned to her passed the Coronados. But the initial gray made his San Francisco-based Beneteau 38 boat beaming with pride she admitted, sunny days later all that much sweeter. Sundance inexplicably broke off at one "I always wanted to be a heroine!" In time. end, forcing him to do an about-face the same breath she revealed to her On the 7:30 a.m. radio net we learned and return to San Diego for repairs. shipmates that she regretted missing an that a few diehards — including former The most exciting report, however, opportunity to check off an important powerboaters Roy and Marlene Verdery concerned an open-water assist. A thick item on her 'bucket list': to scuba dive of the Sausalito-based Manta 40 cat Da- piece of heavy polypropylene line had naked. At that, her entire crew stripped miana and the crew of Tony Haworth's become tangled in the prop of Ustupu, down without hesitation and jumped Alameda-based Kaufman 47 Knot Tied a Vancouver-based Mary Lightfoot 31. overboard with her buck naked. (Sorry, Down — had shunned the motoring op- When underwater attempts by owner no photos.) tion and had been under sail all the way Dan Shroeder and his crew failed to clear Day two of the rally was more like from San Diego, despite periods of total it, spunky young Heidy Gross — who it: easy downwind sailing powered by calm. was sailing nearby aboard Joe Pfeifl e's 10-12 knots of breeze and seas so fl at With such mellow sea conditions Hermosa-Beach-based Beneteau 42 Set that only a true lubber could have got- there were few reports of mechani- Clockwise from upper left: Fish to share at the Turtle Bay barbecue; 'Stargazers' take a dip; making cal breakdowns, gear failures or even fast friends at the beach party; women dominated the tug-of-war; bikini beer holder; Ha-Ha youth torn sails, but Rick Donker's news was strike a pose; Alaska John hoists 'Arctic Tern's rainbow chute; water balloon wildness; Karen, a a shocker. Less than an hour after the Brit, gets her fi rst base hit; Charlene shows her nasty boat bite; chowing down at the potluck. ALEX KLEEMAN ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / ANDY EXCEPT AS NOTED ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE

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ten seasick. Skies were still mottled by of boats — 31 — had hung in there and a thin cloud cover for most of the day, sailed the entire (abbreviated) course. but by nightfall the gray overhead fi nal- That night the wind bucked up into the ly began to break up, revealing a twin- low 20s accompanied by confused seas kling ceiling of countless stars and gal- — the only such conditions of the trip. axies. For many fi rst-timers, the serene Among the crews who were out bounc- experience of standing night watch on ing around in it were Leif and Jackie that moonless night, steering a spinna- Watson and their adult son Christian ker by starlight, was truly magical. aboard the Alberta-based Condor 37 On the third morning's net we learned Dodger Too. They built this boat in Eng- that although the best fi shing grounds land 28 years ago and have sailed thou- are normally found farther south, some sands of miles aboard her since. But skilled — or lucky — anglers were al- surprisingly, they claimed that night's ready boating impressive catches. The "washing machine-like" conditions were biggest was a whopper wahoo measur- some of the roughest they'd ever seen. ing 62 inches that was brought aboard the Vallejo-based Hylas 44 Island Wind GREG TOWERS by Ken and Heather de Vries. At fi rst glance, Turtle Bay's dusty, Thanks to Patsy Verhoeven's skillful stitchery, By late afternoon on day three, many unpaved streets and abandoned water- the 'three buds' aboard 'Drei' were able to hit boats were already dropping anchor in front cannery might make newcomers their top speed ever during Leg Two. Turtle Bay — substantially ahead of the wonder why this remote fi shing town with shopkeepers and school children normal pace, thanks to the long roll- has such a shining reputation among in their best high school Spanish, they ing start. As crews compared notes it cruisers. But once they've spent some get it. The townspeople here are genu- was learned that a surprising number time walking the streets and chatting inely excited to see Ha-Ha'ers, because FIN BEVEN

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hulls. It was embarrassing to be sure, but there's probably no sailor afl oat who hasn't made an equally foolhardy error in judgment. Perhaps that's why so many fl eet members joined in the heartfelt-yet-futile attempt to drag the 16,000-lb-displacement cat into deeper water. Before twilight, though, she sim- ply fl oated free on the rising tide. Mi- raculously neither her rudders nor sail- drives were seriously damaged.

Although only a fi ve-knot land breeze was blowing during the 8 a.m. FIN BEVEN start of Leg Two, it was a gorgeous, Despite the best efforts of many fl eet members, lobbed gently across the plate by the sunny day. The Committee contemplat- 'Younger Girl' wouldn't budge from her roost in Ha-Ha's Grand Poobah. Predictably, ed another rolling start, as there were the sand — that is, until the tide came up. the number of errors far outweighed the lots of holes in the wind pattern, but ul- visitors — especially this many visitors number of legitimate hits, but no one timately elected not to because many — are a rare commodity. The Ha-Ha really cared. The best wallop of the day boats were inching along nicely under fl eet's arrival is, without exaggeration, was a powerful line drive over the in- lightweight spinnakers. Rich and Sheri the most unusual thing by far that hap- fi eld by David Kane of the Seattle-based Crowe's self-built Farr 44 Tabu walked pens here all year long. On a normal Atlantic 42 cat Lightspeed, who sped to away from the herd under her billow- day there might be two or three boats an inside-the-park home run barefoot- ing 1/2 oz. chute — defi nitely the right in the anchorage, but when the Ha-Ha ed. fl eet arrives it's like. . . well, imagine a That night several hundred Ha- traveling circus suddenly making a pit Ha'ers gathered at the town's largest stop at a lonely desert oasis. restaurant, the Vera Cruz, where din- As you may have read, last year ing, story-swapping, elbow-bending, several local adult and youth base- disco dancing, and watching the epic ball teams staged an exhibition for the 11-inning Game Six of the World Se- fl eet in their new stadium, which was ries all went on simultaneously. Most a huge success. We thought we'd ar- sailors made it back to their boats, but ranged for something similar to happen we're told at least one stranded reveler this year also. A couple hundred Ha- slept on the beach after a patient fi sh- Ha'ers turned out to watch and partici- erman-turned-taxi-driver spent more pate, but to our befuddlement the local than an hour zigzagging the anchorage teams never showed. Turned out a re- in search of the young man's boat. Ap- spected local player had died, and ap- parently they all look alike in the dark. parently every ball player in town had The fi nal day of our Turtle Bay vis- gone to attend his funeral that same af- it (October 28 this year) is always re- ternoon. served for a huge beach party on a gor- No worries, all generations of Ha- geous stretch of white sand a mile east Ha'ers had a rollicking good time any- of 'downtown'. With clear skies and a way, whacking softballs that were gentle breeze blowing, it was a perfect "What the. . .?" During Leg Two, three-foot-long day to catch some rays, play a little vol- Humboldt squid snapped at lures of many Ha- leyball, peruse the massive potluck, or Ha fi shermen. catch up with new and old friends. Sadly, though, the Oregon- RICH CROWE based Lagoon 38 Younger Girl Kirstin and Bob of 'Tabu' strike a pose with their provided some unplanned enter- whopper wahoo. Fishing was particularly good tainment, center stage, directly on Legs Two and Three. in front of the party venue. Skip- tool for the job — as did Gary Kahler's per Mark Sciarretta had moved Corsair 31 Drei, whose crew, known as his boat from the town anchor- 'the three buds' always seemed to be age to this broad crescent bay, wearing their identical mock-marijua- as had several other skippers. na-bud jumpsuits. Their only light-air Unfortunately, Mark hadn't al- chute had been badly torn during Leg lowed ample depth for the fall- One, but thanks to hours of stitching ing tide, and before long Younger by female skipper Patsy Verhoeven of Girl was high and dry with the the La Paz-based Gulfstar 50 Talion, shorebreak lapping against her the speedy Drei was fl ying south under LATITUDE / ANDY LATITUDE BLISSFULLY BENIGN

a cloud of sail once again. as far as we know the most unfortunate By mid-afternoon, 8-10 knots of twist of fate during Leg Two occurred steady breeze had fi lled in from the NW, aboard Grace. During the middle of the giving everyone an easy ride down the night, while skipper Michael Rogers was course. As the water temperature rose, on watch alone, a dry chemical fi re ex- both veteran fi shermen and neophytes tinguisher suddenly worked loose from were landing big dorado (mahi), wahoo, its mounting and emptied its fi ne pow- and both yellowtail and yellow fi n tuna. dery contents all over the boat, creating a god-awful mess. Apparently two-year- old Liam thinks it's fun to pull out the You can walk for miles along safety pins — but hey, he's a two-year- old. its white sand beaches It had also been a terrifi c leg for sight- and never see another ing wildlife — and we don't just mean game fi sh. Crew aboard the Alameda- human footprint. based Catalina 470 Snug Harbor re- RINGSEIS LYNN ported seeing several 3-foot manta rays A musician aboard 'Double Diamond' wails on The crew of the Alameda-based Caliber 40 jumping playfully nearby; watch-keep- his sax at the start of Leg Two in an attempt to Alegria pan fried a fl ying fi sh for lunch ers on the Seattle-based Stevens 47 conjure up a bit more wind. that had catapulted itself onto their Windarra reported that a pod of three age called Bahia Santa Maria is the deck, while the crew of Solstice snagged or four whales had breached near them; highlight of the whole trip. You can and released an octopus. But the most and someone aboard Robin Ann swore walk for miles along its white sand curious catches of the day were 2- to that a great white shark had jumped beaches and never see another human 3-foot Humbolt squid that were school- out of the water very close to that Re- footprint. But you will undoubtedly fi nd ing along the course — a fi rst in Ha-Ha dondo Beach-based Tayana 52. a wealth of sand dollars, seashells and history. "They're delicious when sau- Many fi sher-folk reported catching the sun-bleached bones of whales and teed for 30 seconds in butter, garlic and more fi sh than their freezers could hold, dolphin. Climbing the shaley hills that white wine," explained Roger Robinett the biggest of which was probably the abut the bay is another favorite cruiser of the Seattle-based IP 44 Tan Tori. 61-inch wahoo brought aboard Tabu by pastime, as the 360° view from the top With fl eet members now able to sail Kirstin Hecht and Bob Schuster. One is breathtaking. There's a surf break at in swimsuits and bare feet, the feeling of unwelcomed catch was the 4-ft shark the entrance as well as an often-surfa- tropical bliss was almost palpable dur- snagged by Jimmy Peter of the Malibu- ble shorebreak at the head of the an- ing their radio chatter. Late in the after- based Pacifi c Seacraft 37 Island Time. chorage. noon the wind built to 12 knots offshore As far as we know there were no The area's only residents are fi sher- and remained so through most of the extraterrestrial sightings during Leg men who live here in rough shacks for a night, providing the perfect, low-stress Two, but one boat's lighting had sever- few months at a time, and the only oth- sailing conditions that many had been al neighbors wondering if perhaps they er infrastructure is a cluster of bunga- hoping for. Although the breeze went were in the company of sailors from lows built for occasional eco-adventur- very light before dawn, it built back to some far-distant land. Apparently the ers and surfers. As always, the fl eet's 10-12 knots again by the middle of the boat's masthead tricolor had rotated fi rst day here was dedicated to R&R in next day — again, offering spectacular so that it showed red and green aft and whatever form. But on the second day conditions for those new to spinnaker white forward. Also noteable was that the fi shermen and their families hosted handling to refi ne their technique. dozens of sailors swore they saw the what for them is an extremely extrav- On the second morning's net Lar- elusive green fl ash during the second agant welcome party. Not only do they ry Read of the Bellingham, WA-based day's sunset. import a fi ve-piece rock 'n' roll band Beneteau 39 Diamond Girl proclaimed all the way from La Paz — nearly 100 this had been "the best 24 hours of sail- The serenity of brilliant sunsets over the open ing" he and his wife Nelda had ever ex- For many Ha-Ha'ers, the two-day ocean was outdone only by dramatic sunrises perienced during more than three de- stop at the vast, sand-rimmed anchor- almost every morning. cades of sailing together. The boys on Drei were pretty happy too. Having jibed way offshore — like 140 miles out — they hit 16.8 knots in their little folding trimaran; their fastest speed ever. Given the conditions, gear breakage was minimal, al- though John Stone of the Alas- ka-based Hylas 49 Seychelles reported the awkward task of having to rebuild his autopi- lot ram during the night. But LYNN RINGSEIS LYNN BAJA HA-HA XVIII RECAP — ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / ANDY EXCEPT AS NOTED ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE

miles up the highway, 40 miles over the 160 miles, this fi nal leg to Cabo is the ry Emigh of the Anacortes, WA-based desert, across a river, then another 20 shortest of the three. We established Tayana 42 Harmony. "Diane and I have miles down the beach — but they also this time frame — just after sunrise — never sailed where it's warm before." At catch enough shrimp and fi sh to feed at long ago, so the smaller boats wouldn't that point air temperatures were in the least 200 sailors, and haul in an untold have to spend a second night at sea. 80s, and radio reports indicated that quantity of beer and ice for the fi esta. The breeze was light at the beginning Cabo had temps in the low 90s, with A new twist this year was that sev- of Leg Three — probably 5 to 7 knots. water temps over 80°! eral port captains and immigration of- But it was enough to get the fl eet mov- While some sailors were content fi cials from the nearby towns of San ing south again on what promised to to simply glide down the course in Carlos and Lopez Mateos volunteered be yet another hot, sun-kissed day of the idyllic light-air conditions, others to clear in whichever boats wanted to shirts-off sailing. couldn't resist the temptation to jump save themselves the hassle of doing so One thing that's always true of Leg in for a refreshing swim. Carol Back- in Cabo, which is the fi rst offi cial port Three is that as fl eet members count hus of the Seattle-based Outbound 44 of entry on the Ha-Ha's route. Unlike down the miles to Cabo, many have Frannie B, reported that she was about many bureaucrats we've met elsewhere, mixed feelings: Although they're proud to do just that when a pod of orcas ap- this group could not have been more to have successfully sailed more than peared nearby, causing her to reconsid- friendly, and by all indications they en- 600 miles offshore (in many cases, after er. That was a hard sighting to top, but joyed meeting the fl eet members. (Our years of procrastinating), the event sud- Doug Storkovich and his crew aboard thanks to Bob and Diane Hoyt of Mag denly seems to be coming to a close too the Monterey-based Andrews 56 Deli- Bay Outfi tters for facilitating this pro- quickly — especially for the many par- cate Balance reported seeing a whale, cess.) ticipants who will not be continuing on- dolphins, a sea turtle, and a fl ying ray, The second peaceful night on the ward with an open-ended timetable. But in addition to catching a couple of fi sh. hook here was abruptly ended when with wind in the sails and sun overhead Despite the impact of Cabo's long-es- alarms awoke crews at 6 a.m., so they there was no reason not to feel upbeat, tablished fi shing fl eets, there seems to could get underway for the 7 a.m. start. savoring the magic of the moment. be an endless supply of sealife in the With a rhumbline distance of roughly "This is fantastic!" exclaimed Ter- waters near the cape. David and Barry

Page 90 • Latitude 38 • December, 2011 BLISSFULLY BENIGN HARRY HAZZARD HARRY LYNN RINGSEIS LYNN Clockwise from upper left: Captain Jose Moreno (right) and Lorena Garcia were delighted to help want to blow off some steam. The tradi- cruisers clear in at Bahia Santa Maria; real sailors sail to the beach; 'Distant Drummers' cool off tional way the Ha-Ha fl eet accomplishes while underway; water play at BSM; a Cabo banana ride; dancing to rock anthems at BSM; 'Deli- that is by showing up en masse at the cate Balance' catches the breeze at the start of Leg Three; Heidy the mermaid brought home a town's most notorious dance bar, Squid Levy of the Corona del Mar-based CSY Inside the inner harbor, Marina Cabo Roe. That night we owned the place! 44 Stargazer bagged a 48-inch dorado, San Lucas staff worked tirelessly with Several hundred fl eet members wearing and the crew of Set Me Free caught and the Rally Committee to fi nd slips for as Ha-Ha logowear dominated the dance released a spirited marlin in the early many Ha-Ha boats as possible. (As al- fl oor and even claimed several poten- evening. But perhaps the biggest catch ways, boats were assigned berths based tially life-threatening go-go platforms. of the entire trip was a beautiful 67- on the order that they signed up for the Friday, November 4, was dedicated inch wahoo, brought aboard the Hans event.) In addition to our arrival, a big to our annual Cabo beach party at the Christian 48 I Yam What I Yam just as tuna tournament was going on, and for Baja Cantina Beach Bar, where umbrel- she crossed the Tropic of Cancer. "It some reason the place was thick with la tables and lounge chairs are perched was actually taller than several of our megayachts. Nevertheless, we managed only a few feet from the lapping of the crew members," explained Sandi Frati- to squeeze in about 60 boats. shorebreak. It was a laid-back after- no. Next year, however, we expect things noon when most crews simply hung out will run even more smoothly, thanks to enjoying the midsummer-like weather, the progressive ideas of the marina's comparing sailing tales, and making By noon on the second day out, new director, Darren Carey. "Being a plans to rendezvous farther down the November 3, many boats had already Brit," he explained, "I want to see more coast. rounded the famous arched rock that masts in this marina, not just power- Kidney-rattling rides aboard a giant marks the bitter end of the Baja Penin- boats." infl atable banana were a kick, but the sula, and were setting their anchors in Even though this was one of the least highlight of the afternoon — as always the broad Cabo anchorage in front of a physically taxing Ha-Has ever, it's hu- — was the From Here to Eternity kiss- long line of beach bars and swank ho- man nature that when mariners come ing contest (see Sightings), seductively tels. in off a long stint at sea they usually won by Bill and ShantiAna Bartlett of

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the Alameda-based Columbia 39 Shan- out on the fun this year, we suggest you tiAna, as their three kids, Keene, 19, set your sights on Baja Ha-Ha XIX, slat- Paddy, 13, and Chelsea, 11, cheered even for those of us who had to rush ed for October 28 though November 10, them on. back to work right afterward. But 2012. We hope to sail with you then. The fi nal activity of the 18th annual there's no need for envy. If you missed — latitude/andy Ha-Ha rally was the lighthearted awards ceremony, generously hosted by Marina Baja Ha-Ha XVIII Division Winners Cabo San Lucas, whose staff provided + indicates sailed at least all of one leg; § indicates sailed entire course — "Soul Sailors" more free beer and soft drinks than the (135 fi nishers. For complete results see www.baja-haha.com) fl eet could drink — and that's saying a lot for a group of 500 sailors. AGAVE DIVISION: 1§) Panache, Catalina 30, Zach- HUEVOS: 1+) Windarra, Stevens 47, Richard Wings of the Dawn The event's Grand Poobah (Latitude ary Lough; 2+) Saltbreaker, Valiant 32, Alex & Nick Jablonski & Elaine Casher; 2+) , Hans Christian 52, Robert & Sherry Bennatts 38's Richard Spindler) was in rare form, Kleeman BURRITO: 1§) Time Piece, Coast 34, John Spicher; IGUANA: 1+) Frannie B, Outbound 44, Ned & Carol doling out prizes while wearing his tra- 2) Cleo II, Hans Christian 34, Robert & Elaine Tinus Backus; 2+) Island Wind, Hylas 44, Ken & Heather de ditional MC outfi t, a black tailcoat and CEVICHE: 1+) Abracadabra, CS 36, Molly Arnold Vries shorts. In the Ha-Ha, every boat takes & Bryce Andrews; 2+) Tranquility, Irwin 34, Richard JALAPENO: 1+) Sophie, Norseman 447, Dan home a prize, but 12 boatloads of sail- Hirscht & Cynthia Cameron Holden; 2) Michaela, Jeanneau 45, John Minkiewitz Koh-Ring ors (see results box) earned special rec- DESPERADO: 1§) Camanoe, C&C 39, Dave Satter- KILO: 1+) , Tayana 48, Wolfgang Hausen; Charisma 2+) Knot Tied Down, Kaufman 47, Tony Haworth ognition as Soul Sailors for never having white & Stephanie Esposito; 2+) , Tayana 37, Bob Johnson LANGOSTINO: 1§ tie) Talion, Gulfstar 50, Patsy succumbed to the temptation to kick on ENCHILADA: 1§ tie) San Frontieres, Tartan 37, Nico- Verhoeven; 1§ tie) Distant Drum, Idylle 51, Harry Haz- their engines, even when the breeze was las & Jena Jonville; 1§ tie) Arabella, Choate 40, Simon zard; 1§ tie) Tabu, Farr 44, Rich & Sheri Crowe painfully weak. One of them was Zach- Handley; 2+) Companera, Tartan 38, Joel Sorum MARGARITA: 1§ tie) Drei, Corsair 31, Gary Kahler; Cat 2 Fold ary Lough's Panache, which also won FRIJOLE: 1+) Sea Reach, Spencer 42, John & Geral- 1§ tie) , Custom 36, Brian Charette; 1§ Huck Sailpotion the Spirit of the Ha-Ha Award for that dine Guilfoyle; 2+) , Shannon 43, Joe Rademacher tie) , CSK 40 Jay & Susan Pence; 2+ tie) LightSpeed, Atlantic 42, David & Kathy Kane; 2+ tie) crew's upbeat attitudes and diehard ap- & Heidi Camp GUACAMOLE: 1§) Arctic Tern III, Nordic 40, John Double Diamond, Lagoon 440, John LeDoux & Lisa proach toward light-air sailing. Garteiz; 2+) Convivia, Cal 43, Tucker & Victoria Brad- Danger All in all, it was wonderful cruise, ford

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'Alma's guests learn the ropes.

Spinnaker practice aboard 'Wanderlust'.

Spread, 'Toba Leah' slips past Pt. Blunt, perhaps to enjoy a leisurely brunch in the lee of Angel Island. — PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

The 'Glory Days' crew perfects their beauty queen waves.

'Yo-D-Yo' practicing their reaching.

Winter on San Francisco Bay is the perfect time to practice your light-air sailing techniques. Gentle winds and mild temps offer newbies and old salts alike plenty of opportunities to learn new skills or sharpen ones that may have developed a little rust over the years. The most obvious would be to grab a couple of friends, load up the cooler, and head out to practice your spinnaker handling skills. Or if your spouse is hesitant to take the helm, especially when docking or anchoring, a windless day is the perfect chance for her to get some experience under her belt. Or throw a hat off the side of the boat and practice your man-overboard drills. Or just enjoy a perfect lazy daysail and romantic evening aboard (some need to practice this more than others). So instead of letting your boat moulder away, make the commitment to work on some rusty skills this winter. And remember, practice makes perfect . . . the perfect excuse to get out on the water. ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / ROB LATITUDE PHOTOS ALL — latitude 38/ladonna THE LATITUDE 38 INTERVIEW Rich & Sheri Crowe For nearly three decades friends of Rich and Sheri Crowe have been telling them they have two of the best jobs in the sailing industry. And they always have to agree. Since 1982 they've logged roughly 200,000 miles co- skippering the ex-Whitbread Round the World winner Alaska Eagle (ex-Flyer) all over the Americas and the Pacifi c Basin, as part of the Orange Coast College School of Sailing and Seamanship's highly acclaimed offshore sail training program. In addition, the couple also oversees all boat maintenance on the school's diverse fl eet, which has included such famous donation boats as Pyewacket and Magnitude 80. Last spring, however, Rich and Sheri (now 61 and 52 respectively) announced that skippering Eagle to Hawaii in the recent TransPac would be their fi nal cruise aboard that famous S&S 65. We caught up with them recently in San Diego to glean some insights into their experiences, just before they set sail for a few months of off-the-clock cruising aboard their Farr 44 Tabu — the second boat of that design that they have hand-crafted.

Latitude 38: So how did you two meet? 10 knots. Rich: Well, let's see, I think it was in 1981. I was working Lat 38: Then how did Eagle's offshore programs develop? in the school's boathouse doing maintenance one day, when Rich: The 1983 TransPac served as a trial run; Eagle went Sheri brought in a broken boat. along as the communications boat. The School's director, Brad Sheri: At the time Rich was also an instructor in the Big Avery, was racing, so I got to skipper the boat since I'd just Boat Class. After we met, he let me tag along, even though I done the delivery, and Sheri went along because she knew more was only qualifi ed to sail on Lido 14s at the time. about the boat at that point than anyone other than me. Lat 38: And how did you end up working on Alaska Eagle After that we thought, "Let's try taking students along,' and together? that led to the development of the school's offshore program. I Rich: We'd been dating for a while when the college sent me think Brad looked to Irving Johnson as inspiration. At fi rst we and some other guys to England to pick up Eagle, which had started with just an annual trip to Hawaii and back. Then the just been donated to the program. I invited Sheri to fl y over with me, although there weren't originally going to be any women on the delivery back to California. But then the boat was dropped in the yard, forcing us to stay there for two months, and eventu- "Along the way all the guys tried to kill ally Sheri became the cook for the trip home — although she didn't know how to cook at the time! each other many times — doing stupid Lat 38: What an incredible experience. A good illustration of things that we'd never attempt now." being in the right place at the right time. Rich: That was one of the best times of our lives! We were all so young — I was 32 and Sheri was only 23 — and we were third time we went out to Hawaii, up to Seattle, and down. given charge of this famous 65-ft ex-Whitbread boat. We had In '86 the Coast Guard said we had to get the boat 'inspected'. a great time bringing her across the Atlantic and through the We had to rewire the entire boat, lease certifi ed weights and Panama Canal. Along the way all the guys tried to kill each incline the boat, all sorts of stuff. Initially, they weren't too other many times — doing stupid things that we'd never at- enthused about us taking students that far offshore. tempt now, like towing each other off the back of the boat at Sheri: After a few successful years we asked the Coast Guard if we could go to Tahiti, and they said okay. Then later, After delivering 'Alaska Eagle' from Europe to the West Coast, Rich and Sheri's long run as her primary caretakers began back in '83, when she Australia. By that time it had been fi ve or six years and we'd was fi rst used as the TransPac's communications boat. proven oursleves, so they said we could take Eagle anywhere in the world. To my knowledge there's no other vessel that has that designation, other than perhaps a tall ship. Lat 38: That fi rst trip to French Polynesia must have been pretty special. Sheri: It was magical! In '91 Brad skippered her to the Marquesas — they just screamed on the crossing. Then we cruised her on through the Tuamotus. You always hear about these areas, but to see them yourselves. . . Wow! It really was magical. Lat 38: That trip must have really increased the school's cachet with potential clients. Rich: Yes, Eagle defi nitely became the fl agship for the whole program. And it was interesting to observe that at some point, as we'd arrive at a new places, people stopped recognizing her as ex-Flyer, the Whitbread winner, and started recognizing her as Orange Coast College's fl agship. At fi rst we just got people who were strictly out for adventure. Some of them weren't even sailors. But eventually the program became recognized as providing opportunities for experienced

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Page 98 • Latitude 38 • December, 2011 before they took off on Sheri: Within the their own. structure of Alaska Lat 38: We were Eagle, you're sailing glad to learn these pro- with a group of 12 grams will continue, people, so everybody despite your moving usually stays in line on. So what is the ideal due to pure peer pres- target client? sure — everybody Sheri: We're look- else is doing it. But, ing for solid interme- of course, they've diate skills, probably chosen to be there, at the bareboat level and we try to make it of U.S. Sailing; people enjoyable. But in the that are actively sail- middle of the night ing currently, and are you sometimes learn looking to improve things about people skills. We tell people that you probably that the more skills didn't really want to you bring to it, the know. more you're going to We've learned you get out of it, because can never over-ex- this is the perfect plain things. When platform for testing a new group comes what you've already on board, we do an learned. entire walk-though Rich: Participants on the deck, explain- get to experience and ing where everything try out everything that is and how it works, they've dreamt about then we do the same

in a real-world situa- thing down below.

LATITUDE / ANDY ANDY / / LATITUDE LATITUDE tion. We realize they won't Lat 38: You two have a reputation for running a tight ship, remember everything, but once they've been exposed to it, they while also having fun. Tell us how you structure things. start to become more confortable in the space. It seems that Rich: You could call it experiential education — the experi- the more people understand what's expected of them, and that ence is the education. Its diffi cult to have a chalk talk when they can achieve those expectations, the more comfortable they half the crew is asleep, because they've just come off watch. So become. we try to get together one time a day and do something formal, Lat 38: This might be a dreaded question, but as you look weather permitting, like knot-tying, splicing, radar, charts and back over the years, are there some highlights that stand out? publications, or celestial navigation — although we do that all Sheri: One of the greatest things about our trips on Alaska the time once we get going. Eagle has been all the great people we met and the amount of Sheri: We use a watch system with four-hour watches dur- time we got to spend with them. For example, this guy named ing the day, and three-hour watches during the night. And Paul Holmes has sailed with us for about 10 years. He went everybody rotates into and out of the watch system. On your down around Cape Horn with us this last time and he was 75. day off watch you do cleaning projects and assist the cook with When he was in the Navy he was an aviation navigator and an food prep. Then your reward is that you get to sleep through expert in celestial. I remember when he fi rst sailed with us in the night before rotating back into the watch system. the late '90s, he would greet the stars with great enthusiasm as Rich: When we're sailing between islands, we'd have a they'd come out, as if they were old friends. He started show- navigation group who would plan the course, and perhaps the entrance to an atoll we might be going to; the sailing group who would call the sails for the day and call for reefi ng or headsail "The more people understand what's changes; and the anchoring group who would choose our an- chorage for the night, and be sure our anchor is set well. So it expected of them, and that they can was structured, but in a fair way. achieve those expectations, the Interestingly enough, that's the one thing that people often say when they write to us after a trip. Something like, "It seemed more comfortable they become." like a lot of structure when we were with you, but now that's exactly how I run my boat. Being clean and organized pays." ing me relationships between stars and constellations, and he Sheri: One guy came to us and said, "You know I found out taught me a mnemonic that helped me remember the order in you don't have to live like a pig on a boat. I always just raced which the stars would come up over the horizon. on boats, and every time we got in it was a mess down below For us the stars hold a lot of signifi cance. When we get far and it smelled. Now I realize you don't have to live like that." enough south that we can see the Southern Cross again, then Lat 38: You could probably write a doctoral thesis on human farther south and can see the Magellanic Clouds (galaxy), it just behavior by now. feels like we're being welcomed back again. Those are memories Rich: Absolutely, including our own behavior as well —that you can't preserve in photographs. is, how we learned to deal with groups of people. Lat 38: Although you're ready to move on now, it's remark-

December, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 99 the latitude interview: able that you haven't gotten burnt out in all these years. Rich: No, we've never taken it for granted. I think we remind Rich: No, we really enjoy people, so we've never felt burnt ourselves ever day how lucky we are in both our personal lives out. But 29 years on the boat is enough. I've had the same and our jobs. On Alaska Eagle we've always been very aware of bunk, starboard aft, all those years! our responsibilities. The biggest part of the job has always been Lat 38: That is a long time. We're not surprised you're ready to keep in mind that you have a responsibility to the students fi rst, the college second, and yourself third. Sheri: We've been very fortunate that no one has ever gotten hurt. "We felt like the original explorers. Lat 38: Some people might not realize that you've also logged Everywhere we went there more than 100,000 miles on your own boats. Your trip around South America, beginning in '91, aboard your fi rst Farr 44, Con- was nobody there." fetti, must have given you some special memories. Rich: The trip around South America was a huge deal for us. to move on, but what a great gig it's been for you. We were young enough and adventurous enough that we just Sheri: It really has been wonderful. We've met most of our wanted to go. When we fi nally arrived in Chile the people were good friends through Eagle. I have to say, though, it's not all so friendly and wonderful. We felt like the original explorers. that glamorous when you get a batch of bad fuel and you're roll- Everywhere we went there was nobody there. We'd tuck into ing out of your bunk every three hours to change fuel fi lters. these little places at night, then get up in the morning, get all Rich: Yeah, there were some times like that. Beyond the layered up, and go out and brave the elements. It was magic, adventures, one thing that's made the job so satisfying is that absolute magic. at the sailing center we're a family and we take care of each Sheri: Especially since we didn't know anything about the other. Also, part of the mentality of working with the college, area, and our Spanish was sooo bad. Back then you never heard is it's normal to take the summer off. So everybody who works anything about sailing down there. There were no cruising there has the ability to take great amounts of time off and not guides. We bought the British admiralty charts, but that was worry about losing their job. about it. Lat 38: After doing over 30 South Pacifi c trips plus all the Rich: A friend had sent me a little article from the Seven other destinations, it must be hard not to take all the adventur- Seas Cruising newsletter and that was the only thing we had. ing for granted or get a little jaded. It said there was a boatyard and a marina in Valdivia, so we

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Page 100 • Latitude 38 • December, 2011 rich & sheri crowe said, "That's it, we're going to Valdivia." Rich: Yes, but we actually lost our rudder not too far off Lat 38: You told us before that your fi rst South American Cape Horn and had to go back and build a new one in Puerto landfall was very special. Williams. That was quite an adventure in itself. Rich: Our fi rst landfall at Valparaiso is one of my favorite Sheri: We actually left the boat down there while we went memories from all our years of sailing. Our autopilot didn't home to work on Eagle. Confetti was tied up to the famous Mi- work, so we'd hand-steered all the way from Acapulco, via the calvi wreck, and the Navy guys took care of her. They thought Galapagos, and we were low on both water and fuel. But we had the 1/2-oz spinnaker up in about fi ve knots of wind, and we were doing about four knots. Overhead the sky was spec- tacular with a million stars and the Clouds of Magellan shining brightly. And I remember you could just hear the sounds of the water coming off the transom. It was incredible — looking up at the spinnaker; and up into the sky. Defi nitely one of my favorite memories. Sheri: We dropped the anchor on Christmas morning in an open roadstead with big ships all around, We never thought we'd be able to clear in, so we just hoisted our yellow quarantine fl ag and crashed hard. Rich: Pretty soon though, we were awakened by the horn of a shore boat. The offi cer in it didn't speak English and we didn't speak Spanish, so the guy just pointed up at our quarantine fl ag. He took us in on Christmas day and had his deckhand walk us to the Navy yard, where they found someone who spoke ANDY / LATITUDE English, and cleared us in. From the very fi rst person we met, With Sheri at the helm, 'Tabu' glides south during the Baja Ha-Ha rally. Chileans have also been wonderful to us. Over the years we've that at one time while we would be away the tidal drop might been through the Chilean channels seven times. be too severe, so they had their divers go down with a fi re hose Lat 38: You eventually completed your circumnavigation of and 'hydraulic' out beneath the boat. They also took some great South America, right? pictures from a helicopter of Confetti covered in snow and sent

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December, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 101 the latitude interview: them to us. Sheri: And it's just so pretty. This boat Lat 38: If our memory serves us, you later sails very well, but in addition to that it's just sold Confetti to build the 54-ft aluminum so great to relax at the end of the night with expedition vessel Polar Mist in a partnership the stereo on and a glass of wine, and just

deal. But as we recall, the partnership didn't look around and enjoy the boat's beauty. LATITUDE / ANDY / LATITUDE work out, so you eventually sold her and built ANDY / LATITUDE Lat 38: She certainly is a beauty. Is it true this boat. you plan to sell her? Rich: That's right. We sold Polar Mist, Rich: Yes, we've sold every boat we've ever bought our house, and one day I told Sheri, built. We're planning to sell Tabu next year "I've gotta build another boat" — I don't sit to buy a piece of land, hopefully in Sonoma idle very well. I wanted to do another cold- County, and eventually build a house on it. molded boat, but I didn't really like any of But our sailing days aren't over yet. the designs that were available. So I wrote to Lat 38: Any parting thoughts for the wan- Bruce Farr and bought the plans for another nabees back home? of his 44-footers. Sheri: Going off on an adventure is one Lat 38: One look at Tabu tells us you're third anticipation, one third doing and one both talented shipwrights. But what do you third memories. Allow yourself to enjoy them like so much about cold-molding? all. Rich: It mostly has to do with the mate- Rich: Yes, get the brochures; fall asleep rial. It's not that cold-molded is the perfect 'Tabu' has a distinctive pistachio paint job. with them on your chest; allow yourself to system to build a boat in. It's that I enjoy building boats, and dream about it. The actual doing passes quickly, but you can wood is an enjoyable material to work with, whereas fi berglass savor the anticipation and the memories. makes you itch. I think aluminum makes a lot of sense, but it's — latitude/andy heavy, it's noisy, when you're sawing it on a table saw you have to wear goggles and a face shield to protect yourself from the Readers — One point to clarify: Rich and Sheri are not retiring shards that fl y out at you. By contrast, with wood, throughout from the school, only from running Eagle. For the foreseeable the process it smells good, it feels good, and the sawdust doesn't future, you'll still be able to fi nd them working on boats at the hurt. OCCSS boathouse, as they've done for nearly 30 years.

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Welcome to part two of our annual look at the Season Champions from the Bay's various racing arenas. You may notice that this month's segment looks drastically different than any- thing you've seen before. We elected to change things up to make the section a little more visually appealing, while getting more usable space at the same time. We hope you like the new look and feel! This month we look at both the Bay Area Multihull Association (BAMA) season winner, and four one designs with strong fl eet associations on the Bay. If you're reading this and thinking, "wait, my one design isn't here, and it fi ts that description." Don't fret, we'll be getting to more next month, along with winners from the Wooden Boat Racing Association, and some winners of the Bay's more popular dinghy classes. Rather than go into the customary details about fl eet health and trends here, we're incorporating them into the narratives below. Enjoy!

Express 27 El Raton Ray Lotto Last year, Ray Lotto won his fi rst Express 27 season championship since the '80s. Rather than rest on his laurels, Lotto and his loyal crew went out and did it again, winning both the tough fl eet, very competitive." 'Origami' lit up during the NOOD regatta; inset, inshore and offshore segments of the With him for all 39 of those races from left — Ross Stein and Bill Pace. class's champi- was Steve Carroll, a fellow Express yelling. It's always very civilized, and onship. 27 owner, with whom Lotto has been we all socialize together after sailing; "We sailed ev- sailing for 20 years. Patrick Lewis, Noe we always go out to dinner after rac- ery race," Lotto Goodman and Jordan Paxhia — all of ing and everyone enjoys each other's said. "When whom have been sailing on El Raton for company." you sail 39 at least four years — were aboard for El Raton — Spanish for "the mouse" races, you get almost all the races. — has a meaning that dates much far- a few throw- "Other than sailing every race, I have ther back than the Express. Lotto was outs, and that to put our success down to the crew," posted to a diesel submarine named

LATITUDE/ROB makes a dif- Lotto said. "It's a very pleasant boat Raton in the Navy in the late-'50s. The ference. It's a to sail on because there's never any sub's logo was a dangerous-looking Ray Lotto repeated as the Express 27 season champion. mouse riding a torpedo: the Radin' Ra- ton. So 30 years later, he appropriated El Raton for his Express and it stuck. The San Francisco-based developer who served as the St. Francis YC com- modore in '07, has owned El Raton since the '80s. "My son went to Berkeley, and we thought, 'what can we do to spend some time together?' Lotto said. "So we went out and bought the boat." Twenty-fi ve years later and he's still out there charging it, and said that if

WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM his crew keeps sticking with him, he'll keep sailing the boat. "As long as everyone wants to keep racing, I'm there," he said. ERIK SIMONSON/ — BAMA, ONE DESIGN PART I

SL 33 catamarans designed by Morelli and Melvin and built by Hakes Marine Corsair 24. The duo took the Bay Area in New Zealand. Multihull Association (BAMA) season "I also have my fi ngers crossed we'll championship in Stein's fi nal year of a see a SeaCart 26 (trimaran)," he said. two-year stint as the BAMA race chair. "On the other end of the spectrum, hav- The title was their second; their fi rst ing the Wetas as an entry-level multi is came in '08. Like most of the season really helpful." winners you'll meet here, Stein said 2) Rocket 88, Ian Klitza & Brendan Busch; 3) that sailing the bulk of the schedule Wahoo!, Dolphin 460, Wayne and Gary Thomp- and consistent crew are the keys to son. (27 boats) their success. "We did most of the races, and that's J/120 always a crucial element," he said. "Bill Chance and I have owned the boat for nine Barry Lewis years now, and it's a great partnership. Barry Lewis and his crew aboard Then we have Van denBedem and An- Chance are nothing if not consistent, drew Gold who did a lot of the races. If and the Peninsula-based sailor from St. you have a good group of people who Francis YC knows it puts him in good stay together, it's a wonderful thing." stead in the competitive J/120 class. The Sausalito-based Origami is per- "We have an abundance of expe- fect for the Bay according to Stein. rienced crew "We like high winds," he said. "The who love to grungier it gets, the happier we are. We sail together," don't have extra canvas we can't use. Lewis said. We tuck in our fi rst reef at about 25 Lewis has knots of wind when some of the cats consistently are doing it in 12 or 15 knots. The been in the boat is very strongly built and yet still hunt for, and relatively light taken, the at 2,400 lbs." J/120 season With two con- title during his secutive years 10 years in the now of one de- class. sign racing at That con- The fleet has LATITUDE/ROB sistency starts seen very steady the St. Francis with Lewis' p a r t i c i p a t i o n , YC NOOD regat- crew, many something he ta, plus all the of whom have Barry Lewis chalks up to the regular BAMA sailed with him for the better part of a work of fl eet presi- events, Stein decade, including all three people who dent Peggy Lid- said that the fi lled the tactician role during the sea- ster. multihull scene son — Seamus Wilmot, Doug Nugent "She's done a on the Bay is and Jon Stewart. good job of getting ramping up, es- Holding down the rest of the spots boats out," Lotto pecially with the are his main trimmer Scott Kozinchek said. "She calls ev- America's Cup (8 years on the boat), trimmer Matt eryone individu- being sailed on Jingo (10), Michael Redmond (8), Amy ally before every the Bay in '13 Guarneri (4), mast Aaron Elder (6), race, and we're getting 14 to 15 boats in cats. That doesn't mean it's easy for bowman David Krausz (9), mid bow out at every event. It's really fun when the organizers. Brian Murdock (3) mid bow Sean Ross you get that participation; they're good "BAMA is a unique fleet in that (5) and Christian DiCarlo (7). boats, it's a good fl eet, and there are we have the fastest fl eet on the Bay, "The part we always love is the super good people in it. It's nice when you and in the same fl eet we have some of tight racing," Lewis said of the fl eet, have a group of people who can share the boats who are in the least hurry which has settled the winner of the that." — cruising cats," he said. "We don't season-ending Rolex Big Boat Series 2) Xena, Mark Lowry; 3) Get Happy!!, Brendan have an extra piece of cling wrap on on the fi nal run of the fi nal race three Busch. (13 boats qualifi ed for the season scor- the boat, and they have blenders! It ing) makes it challenging when trying to of the last fi ve years. rate boats that range from minus-100 "One good thing is that the winners BAMA to plus-280, yet everyone seems to be have moved around a bit," he said. Corsair 24 competitive. "Were it not for that [if the same boat Origami Stein said that next year is looking was winning all the time], it would be Ross Stein & Bill Pace pretty good for the high-performance tough to keep people engaged in the Another repeat winner this year was end of the fl eet. A local owner will be fl eet. We're starting to attract more Origami, Ross Stein and Bill Pace's taking delivery of one of the brand new boats, and we've gotten people's at-

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tention because we have had such close races repeatedly over the years. Even this year, there were three boats within 10 points of each other after 40 races." 2) Desdemona, John Wimer; 3) Mr. Magoo, Steve Madeira. (8 boats)

J/105 Blackhawk Scooter Simmons Scooter Simmons won his first

J/105 season championship two years WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM ago, so it was no surprise to us when he notched another this year. According to the Marin-based restauranteur who sails under the burgee of the San Fran-

cisco YC, he and his team on Black- ERIK SIMONSON/ hawk didn't do anything special. "It's just a matter of getting accus- tomed to the boat, getting the crew would have preferred to win it on the The Moore 24 fl eet is one of Northern California's work solidifi ed, and learning the fl eet," water, but we just didn't have the op- most competitive. he said, "all of the standard stuff." tion," he said. have sailed together for at least the last But what he managed to do this year Simmons said that the team aboard two seasons. that he didn't do the fi rst time around Blackhawk has really gelled and made Before the J/105, Simmons had a was do it while winning the season- a major contribution to their success. Sydney 41 that he successfully cam- ending Rolex Big Boat Series on his "We have really good boatspeed, paigned on the West Coast and in Ha- sixth try in the J/105 class. But he and we take advantage of it," he said. waii at the Kenwood Cup. said it didn't happen the way he would "That's how we've been successful. "I thought I could step into the have preferred it. The more you sail the boat together, J/105 fl eet and do well right away, but "In the fi rst race on Saturday [a re- the more you get accustomed to, and I got my ass handed to me," Simmons ally big-breeze day] we were T-boned dialed in to, different rig tensions and said. "There are a lot of good sailors, by another boat," he said. "We couldn't how they affect your boatspeed. Some and it took consistency, discipline and sail both those races, but we patched days you can't get out of your own way learning the boat to get to this point." up the boat that night." and some days you feel like a magician. He said that since then, the fl eet has Thanks to his scores from Thursday But when you sail together a long time developed more parity. and Friday, Simmons and his team got you tend to fi nd those grooves more "Anyone can take it," he said. second-place fi nishes for redress and consistently." "There's no one dominant sailor as then went out Rounding out the crew were his there has been in the past. There are and finished son Ryan, tactician Tim Russell, John fi ve or six boats that can win any race, it off the next Claude and Matt Clark, plus a rotating so it's all a matter of consistency." day. cast in the sixth position. All of them, Simmons said Blackhawk will be "If I had my with the exception of Ryan who has back next year to defend, but not before d r u t h e r s , I been sailing with his dad his whole life, fi nishing a lengthy boat yard job this Scooter Simmons notched his second J/105 season championship. winter. LATITUDE/ROB WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM ERIK SIMONSON/

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"As it turned out, we probably "The only reason I sold the other shouldn't have raced that Sunday of boat was that I was busy with work, the Rolex Big Boat Series," he said. and I had lent it out in exchange for a "We were cranked down hard on the rig set of sails," Erkelens said. "When my because of the breeze, and the collision job got busy again I sold it to the bor- damaged the keel box because of the rig rower since I wasn't using it." tension. The keel was all out of whack; Erkelens ended up back in a Moore we had to take it off and rebuild the after trading Eclipse's previous owner, keel box. It's been a major repair, but Scott Easom, for a Farr 30 he had been we'll be ready for next season." looking to unload, and said that Eclipse Runners-up unavailable as of press time. suits him just fi ne. "Scott did a nice job rigging the boat Moore 24 and it has new sails," he said. Eclipse So what got Erkelens — also a devo- Bill Erkelens LATITUDE/ROB tee of the Wylie Wabbit — back into the With four regatta wins out of the classic Santa Cruz ULDB? nine events that constitute the Moore "We still have the Wabbit," he said. 24 Roadmaster series, Bill Erkelens "The Moore fl eet size is larger which is won the Moore 24 season champion- Bill Erkelens sailed his fi rst full roadmaster. nice, and the boat is just that much ship going away. The Piedmont-based bigger, which makes it easier to take project manager finished 12 points His previous one, Tortuga, was his as the kids on. Yet it's light enough that clear of the runner-up with Eclipse, his recently as two years ago. But he said you can still tow it with a six-cylinder new-to-him Moore that was formerly this is the fi rst time he's ever been able truck." known as Eight Ball. to sail the entire season. 2) Banditos, John Kernot; 3) Mooretician, Erkelens has a lot of time in the Roe Patterson/Peter Schoen. (44 boats) class, and this isn't his fi rst Moore. — latitude/rg

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It's the same problem every year: What to buy sailors for holiday gifts. This really should be easy, considering tates a gift that is thoughtful but not too item down: A night vision scope for all the gear and accessories we use and expensive. But how on earth do you buy $3,000. lust after. But no, everyone on my list a present for someone like Lee? "Who does she think is going to shop already owns every imaginable gadget, Then I had a brilliant idea — her on- from this list?" I mumbled as I looked or else they have such eclectic taste that line wish list. These lists are readable by at her next wish, a textbook about wave it's just about impossible to hit it right. anyone and, if it's up to date, it shows theory priced at $125. Maybe it's avail- Lee Helm is a particularly tough case. exactly what she actually wants. A few able used at a fraction of the price? No As a starving grad student I know she keystrokes and clicks, and I was there. luck. would appreciate something useful, but Number one, top priority: Stabilized Surely Lee's friends would have some she's crew, not family, so etiquette dic- binoculars at $580. Nice try, Lee. Next suggestions — she often brings some

Max and Lee's Holiday Gift Guide Big Fish Safety Knife brummel splice video (see the link in the a real navigational instrument and a Christ- www.safetyknife.net/fi sh_range.htm Big Fish item). mas tree ornament. Made in India, it often $30 for the 9mm model, $5.25 for 10 ad- arrives with some of the smaller parts bro- ditional blades. The website is in England, Peter Isler's Little Blue Book ken. But where order from the U.S. importer in St. Louis: of Sailing Secrets else can you [email protected]. For the novice racer, this is the per- get a (sort of) fect companion to Sailing for Dummies functioning sex- (co-authored by Peter's ex-wife JJ, and tant, complete surprisingly good). Secrets is sort of an with a fancy informal cross between Peter Isler's per- wood box, for sonal sailing memoir and a how-to-race $32? It would book, organized into small bite-size an- look great on ecdotes, quotes and random lists of rules top of any sail- and principles from a variety of sources, or's tree, or sit- famous and obscure. It's likely to become ting on a desk an instant classic, although that status is where it could confuse the uninitiated and This is the best knife to leave kicking only partially deserved because so little of fascinate the cognoscenti. They make around the cockpit or chart table. No the content is really new. good trophies too. You can also buy Red folding parts, but you have to try hard to Sky Trader stuff through Amazon. There's cut anything except rope. And no more Tiller extension lock box lots more amazing nautical kitsch on that struggling to open a blade with cold fi n- Forespar makes these little box-like site — it's the go-to source if you're deco- gers. Replaceable blades keep it sharp. inserts for the inner face of the cockpit rating a seafood restaurant. See it in action in the Dyneema brummel coaming. If you know someone who sails a splice video ("of course we used the Big boat steered with one of those telescoping Psychology of Sailing: The Sea's Ef- Fish Safety Knife") at www.youtube.com/ hiking sticks with a ball grip handle, this fects on Mind and Body watch?v=HiOzEELTWp4. (And this kind is a must-have. The ball grip snaps into by Michael Stadler of splice is so easy you'll be ashamed you a sort of keyhole, $30 new, available used for 1¢ plus don't already know how to do it.) for quick locking of $3.99 shipping from Amazon affiliated the helm. The tiller dealers. Written by a sailing psychology Splicing kit setting is infi nitely prof in Germany, this little book is a very www.knotandrope.com adjustable by tele- comprehensive treatment of navigation For the sailing geek who's into it, scoping the hiking and piloting errors, perception errors, crew Knotandrope.com has a good selection stick in or out. The management dynamics, motion sickness of hard-to-fi nd fi ds, pushers, and other best feature is that and other human factors relating to sail- specialized tools, as well as the more once you have the ing. The translation from German is a little common $25 Samson splicing kit. (Go to setting adjusted clunky in spots but the diagrams are good. for self-steering, Perfect for your watch captain or navigator, you can unsnap and all other sailing geeks, and you can't the hiking stick to steer around an obstruc- beat the price thanks to the virtual dusty tion, then lock it in again with the setting shelves of the online used bookstore. preserved. Can't do that with a lashed tiller or even a wheel brake. $27 each, and even Framed photo of their boat though you might get by with just one, for This takes some planning ahead, but short-handed sailing it's better to have one if you've been taking a lot of pictures over for each side. the last year or two, and if your friends' 'rope tools' and then 'splicing tools'.) Also boats are featured in them, a framed boat get the 'Small Swedish fi d' for another $8 Miniature sextant portrait is cheap, thoughtful, and really ap- — useful for the brummel splice and similar www.redskytrader.com preciated. (Check out IKEA for frames.) But tasks. Don't miss the very easy single-braid Useless but fun, this is halfway between the photo has to show the boat sailing well

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chology of Sailing by a psych prof in Germany. It's the defi nitive work on hu- windsurfers out on my boat to show east who is into sailing, racing and wind- man factors that contribute to accidents them what "sit-down sailing" is all about. surfi ng. on the water, especially navigation and Unfortunately my boat's guest log is "Is he a left-hemisphere type?" Lee piloting errors. He does get a couple of down on the boat, and it doesn't have a asked in her return mail. "Techno-geek little things wrong, like the reason for space for email addresses anyway. who is into the science, or a touchy-feely moon sights' being less accurate than Then I had my second brilliant idea of intuitive type?" sun sights, but overall it's a rigorous the evening: I'll just ask Lee, but pretend "Defi nitely on the geek side," I an- scholarly work. And, like, the best part it's for a fi ctional relative. A minute later swered. is that you can fi nd it used online for I had fi red off and email asking what I "Got just the thing," said her reply. one cent, plus the usual four dineros for should buy my college-age nephew back "There's a great little book called Psy- shipping." with everything trimmed just right — even a challenge on behalf of 12 different clubs, If your crew drops one overboard, you spinnaker pole set a little too low can ruin and demanded 12 separate match races, have to insist that it's all part of the game it. Don't bother if all you have is a shot of any one of which could have brought the and they absolutely are not expected to the boat under power, or becalmed, or luff- cup back to England. And you thought the replace it at their own expense. But if you ing up to the starting line. Follow the usual NYYC ran a rigged game. rules for good composition, and make sure the horizon is level! But you already knew A big roll of insignia tape that, right? www.sailrite.com Industrial strength sticky-back sail re- Stabilized binoculars pair tape. This is the same stuff they use Stabilized binos are magic, and priced for sail numbers, so it really does stick. If accordingly. If you think someone you know you know anyone about to go cruising, this will be the most valuable part of their sail repair kit. 4" wide 5 oz. tape is $0.55/ ft from SailRite. Suggest a 150-ft roll for cruisers. are crew and you drop one overboard, then you should replace it anyway, even though An America's Cup Treasury: The Lost the skipper insists you don't have to. Levick Photographs, 1893-1937 Quietly slip it into the gear box before the A collection of the once-lost work of next race. But you don't get any etiquette marine photographer Edwin Levick. More points unless it's noticed, so buy one of a fuel to feed the A-Cup obsession. Coffee slightly different style. Even that $17 Sea table format, Dog handle meets your obligation, if you're available for a starving student. is interested in spending a lot of money on cheap, prob- you, leave this page lying around with this ably because Rule Book item circled. it didn't sell store.ussailing.org/browse.cfm/ as well as it racing-rules-2009-2012/4,7.html Night vision scope should have ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing, as ad- More magic, also priced accordingly. in '99 when opted by US Sailing. This is especially Same strategy for acquisition. the Mariner's appropriate for the skipper of another boat Museum pub- with which you The Lawson History of the l i s h e d t h i s might have had America's Cup rediscovered an 'interaction' by Thomas W. Lawson photo archive. over the course For anyone who has drunk the Ameri- Mercifully, none of the photos run across of the previous ca's Cup Kool-Aid. First published in 1901, the gutter. (And note that Edwin's horizons season. Also this is the ultimate collectable A-Cup book. are always level.) About $11 from various available as a Big and full of pictures online vendors, including shipping. smartphone app, and drawings, it's the but sometimes authoritative history of Winch handle the hard copy the fi rst 50 years. Avail- An old standby, always appropriate for is more useful. able as a paperback skipper and crew. You can fi nd them as Consider adding reprint for as little as cheap as $17 (Sea Dog 9" aluminum). a protest fl ag too, $25 if all you want is The fancy new carbon or lock-release grip depending on the the content. To get the models can reach $200, but $70-$100 is message you're trying to convey. $30 from full effect, collectors can more typical for the top end. Avoid those US Sailing, $15 if you're a member. spend $1,500 or more red plastic fl oating handles unless you US Sailing sells a protest fl ag too, but at for the 8" x 12" x 7-lb fi rst know they'll only see light duty; any self- 8" square it's too small to be legal for YRA. edition. It's chock full of obscure factoids. respecting deck ape can break them at Nice big ones are easy to fi nd; search your For example, in 1871 Lord Ashbury tried to will. A word about winch handle etiquette: favorite online retailer for 'code fl ag B'.

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This was exactly the sort of tip I was membering that every single pocket knife looking for. Except that it was very likely good as checked off on my shopping list. I've owned since early childhood was that Lee already owned a copy. And it was an item I could pick up at too hard to open without bending my "I think he mentioned that he already the local chandlery without waiting for fi ngernail backwards. No blade to open has that book," I typed. "Any other an online order to arrive. I emailed back or close, no moving parts to freeze up, ideas?" a simple "Thanks, Lee, that solves my blades that are easy to change, and safe problem," and was about to log off when enough to leave in the chart table or on another message appeared. deck ready for instant use. It took about 15 minutes for her re- "Don't miss this video on how to Immediately I brought up the search sponse to come back over the wire, but put a brummel splice in single-braid engine and typed in 'Big Fish Safety she had a pretty good suggestion: "Max, Dyneema," she wrote. "Check out www. Knife'. First it took me to a YouTube get him a splicing kit. You know, one of youtube.com/watch?v=HiOzEELTWp4. video from Australia, at www.youtube. those sets of fi ds and other splicing tools It's so easy, even you could learn to splice com/watch?v=BLnblbWppcw. for double-braid and single-braid and all your own halyards." Then it found the manufacturer's site the modern rope constructions. If he's Without comment on her assessment in England, safetyknife.net/bigfi sh.htm. really into the applied technology, he of my marlinspike skills, I followed the Eventually, by clicking on the American won't be able to resist teaching himself link to the video. She was right — the fl ag icon, I zeroed in on the U.S. importer to splice." splice looked so simple that I had to won- in St. Louis, but had to call them the next "Is there any particular kit you recom- der why I'd ever paid a rigging shop to do day to get price info ($30) and the right mend?" I asked. the same thing. But there was something email address for placing an order. "The set from Samson looks like a else very interesting in that video. To trim good deal," she wrote. "Lots of different off the loose end, they used something size fi ds, and the pusher tool, but I think called the Big Fish Safety Knife. It's a One of my other crew will get the you still need an open-style fi d for the fi sh-shaped knife handle with the blade splicing kit, since Lee probably fi gured single-braid splice. But I've only used inside a groove. out that I was probing for gift ideas for those tools from other people's kits, don't "What a great idea," I thought, re- her all along. The fi sh knife will be the have any of my own." real surprise. That clinched it. Lee's name was as — max ebb

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The nights are getting longer and the air is getting colder, but that doesn't mean there isn't still plenty of racing going on, and a quick tour of last month's rac- ing action bears that out. Enjoy our seasonal offerings for some early winter reading. Happy Holidays!

Emma Delivers After 4,200 miles of sailing alone in a 21-ft Mini 6.50, Emma Creighton be- The winner, David Raison, was sailing came the fi rst American woman to fi nish what is certain to be a game changer for the Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat the proto mini fl eet — a Scow! When close 6.50 in 10 years. reaching, Raison's Teamwork Evolution On November was untouchable, often sailing a knot 3, Creighton's or more faster than his closest competi- Simon Rogers- tors. You can fi nd more on the race at: designed Pocket http://www.charentemaritime-bahia. Rocket, was the transat650.net/en/ 23rd proto to ar- rive in Salvador Great Pumpkin de Bahia, Brazil. If you missed the Richmond YC's Great In doing so, she Pumpkin Regatta, you missed out on one became only the of the most awesome weekends of racing third American this year. With full sunshine and temps PIERRICK GARENNE/GPO woman to fi nish in the 70s, breeze that ranged from 8 to the race in its 34- 14 knots — aside from a two-hour hiatus Emma Creighton year history. In on Saturday when a westerly kicked the a race where a morning northerly to the curb — the con-

total of 15 of the 72 boats dropped out, ditions were the perfect complement to an OCEAN RACE TODD/VOLVO PAUL fi nishing the trip is an amazing accom- event that represents the perfect end to plishment. the Bay's summer sailing season. Along the way, Creighton sacrifi ced The Great Pumpkin is always fun, but places to render assistance to a stricken this year's was defi nitely a vintage one. competitor and earned plaudits from both With a phenomenal party and some great hear any gripes about the race manage- organizers and the rest of the fl eet. costumes milling about what seemed like ment. In fact, it received an unsolicited Creighton — a native of Maine who has a capacity crowd, the good vibes were plaudit. called the Bay home for the last few years palpable. "I had my Dad, Len Delmas, on board — had just arrived home from Brazil as Of course getting to that capacity with Billy Barton on Saturday and Don we went to press. We hope to have a full required entries, and this year's event Jesberg on Sunday," said Cinde Delmas of debrief for you in next month's issue of had them in spades — 258 to be exact. the gorgeous Alerion Express 38 Another Latitude 38. They were split into 11 one design and Girl, "and all of us were so impressed with the professionalism of the Race Commit- Creighton received the traditonal Brazilian samba nine handicap divisions with some solid welcome after 4,200 miles alone on a 21-ft boat. division breakdowns amongst similar tee, especially in light of the amount of boats. Unfortu- boats, races and courses. I thought the nately, the boats way Eric Arens and all the volunteers on the South- organized was impressive both days!" ampton course You almost had to feel sorry for the were shut out of crews of the two TP 52s, Jim Swartz' Ves- one of their three per, and Peter Cunningham's Power Play. scheduled buoy Due to their draft, the duo was based out races on Satur- of St. Francis YC, and raced in the Central day, but those on Bay on both days, unable to take part in the other courses Sunday's pursuit race. They also missed managed to get the party on Saturday night due to being their races in. on the opposite side of the Bay. Swartz' With four course reigning Rolex Boat Series winner took areas there was the title by a point after scoring bullets surprisingly little in the fi rst and third races. traffic overlap,

PIERRICK GARENNE/GPO and we didn't SHEET

the leader of the class in that group, scor- ing a 1-2-1 for the win. Tom Kennelly's Wonder took the honors in the eight-boat J/105 division, and Michael Whitfi eld's TMC Racing bested the six-boat J/24 division. Douglas Wilhelm's Wilco was the top boat in the fi ve-boat Melges 24 division, and Bart Hackworth's Gruntled beat the fi fteen other Moore 24s with a 2-1. The ever more popular Open 5.70s went to Tom Baffi co's The Maker with a pair of bullets. The Santana 22s drew fi ve boats and Derek Meyer's Aquila took the honors with a pair of bullets. Six Ultimate 20s made it out and Tom Burden's Layla scored two fi rsts to take the class. Aaron Sturm's Wild Bunch 2 took the honors in the fi ve-boat Wabbit class with Sarah Deeds on the helm. The SF Bay 30 class turned out fi ve boats, with Tony Castruc- cio's J/30 Vent Vitesse taking the honors. The Olson 25s drew six boats with Mark Simpson's Shadowfax victorious. Saturday night's party was every bit the jam we've come to expect from the Great Pumpkin and Richmond YC. With live music, dancing and the normal fl ow of generous adult beverages, not to mention a roast beef dinner with all the fi xings, there was no reason not to be there. The costumes were great, with quite a few creative takes on the Dead Head theme, including some killer "day of the dead"- head examples. Sunday's pursuit race got off without a hitch in a light northerly that enticed 'Puma' in better times. Ken Read's American Gavilan to take PHRF D. Byron Jonk's Cal many of the fi rst starters toward Raccoon entry dropped her rig in the middle of the South 20 Invader did the same to win PHRF E. Strait. But as the starting sequence wore Atlantic. Read all about the calamitous fi rst leg of the Volvo Ocean Race on page 116. The Sportboat divisions were well at- on, the westerly fi lled, making Alcatraz tended, with some of the Bay's best boats the obvious choice for the faster boats The nine-boat PHRF A went to Brad in their size ranges out there. Sportboat when the transition zone camped right Copper's Tripp 43 TNT, which won on A was all about Dee Smith and the Farr on top of the Strait, which was pumping Team Premier a countback after tying with the Don 400 , which ran the table on David Raison and his crazy scow-shaped mini Teakell-skippered Farr 40 Twisted. The the rest of the "Fast 40s" carrying three 'Teamwork Evolution' roll into Salvador de Bahia, third race turned out to be a doozy for straight bullets. Scott Easom's Farr 30 Brazil, after a convincing win in the Mini Transat. Doug Holm and Kirk Denebeim's Archam- Eight Ball did bault 35 Mirthmaker, which was T-boned the same in by Wayne Koide's Sydney 36 Encore while Sportboat B. the latter was on port. The collision tore The Ex- through the hull, deck, and cabin house press 27s drew and took out their port side stanchions. 15 boats and After getting redress, Mirthmaker pre- season winner vailed in PHRF B, beating 13 other boats Ray Lotto and thanks to the 3-1 they scored in the fi rst his well-honed two races. crew aboard El Gordie Nash just wins no matter Raton scored a what the venue, so it should come as no 1-2 to take the surprise that he took PHRF C by three division. Eight points with his modernized Santana 27 Express 37s Arcadia. Gordie's brother Chris scored showed up, a pair of bullets with his Hawkfarm El and Michael PIERRICK GARENNE/GPO Maloney's Bul- let proved to be THE RACING WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM WWW.NORCALSAILING.COM WWW.NORCALSAILING.COM ERIK SIMONSON/ LATITUDE/ROB COURTESY MIRTHMAKER COURTESY WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM ERIK SIMONSON/ ERIK SIMONSON/

Clockwise from spread — 'Team Premier' slips downwind en route to straight bullets; 'Ocelot' all loaded up in Champagne sailing conditions; the docks were crowded both afternoons; 'Mirthmaker's Dave Wilhite with a sense of humor about the crash; thankfully, this one didn't end up like that; judge, jury and executioner wasn't just a party costume — this US Sailing judge heard protests dressed like this; yeah, man; a "dead head" family; the pursuit race was about as gorgeous a day as you can ask for on the Bay; the 'day-of-the-grateful dead' had some great examples; the reach from Alacatraz to Angel was picture perfect. a serious fl ood to boot. Those who headed Erkelens Sr.'s Adrenaline in second and design. Adjusted for infl ation, the boat to Alcatraz fi rst ended up sailing a skewed Roger Barnett's ProSail 40 Tuki third. Dee costs roughly the same as what it took beat to the Rock, before lighting off on a Smith and the crew aboard Team Premier to get a new Farr 40 in the water back in close reach to the Strait, where a massive managed to sail through the lee of Ian the late 90s. But you get so much more, clot of boats formed, and the difference Klitza's D-Class cat Rocket 88 right before like precision construction — the hulls between gaining fi ve boats or losing fi fteen the fi nish to take the honors as the top of the fi rst three boats measured within came down to a matter of boatlengths monohull and fourth overall. one mil. of each other and three kilos of here or there. Ultimately it was the cata- This editor was able to insinuate each other. marans that had a fi eld day, taking the himself aboard Team Premier for the The boat has a bevy of grand prix ac- top three spots. Alan O'Driscoll's D-class weekend, and was suitably impressed Beowulf V smoked everyone else, with Bill by his introduction to this brand new

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coutrements like an internal mast jack, to its size, you don't know what you're over ten, and the ample sail plan meant carbon standing rigging, a very refi ned missing. that the boat was pretty untouchable in carbon mast and boom, all-carbon con- Most impressively, the boat is capable light air. The fi rst hull to be homeported struction, and a pedestal with overdrive of being shipped anywhere in the world on on the West Coast has already gone to the for hoists, jibes and the string-drop a 40-ft fl at rack shipping container — the Santa Barbara-based former J/105 class douses. The pedestal is one of the best shipping cost from the factory in Dubai to president Bernie Girod. features of the boat and really is appropri- the Bay was only $11,500 — about what ate for a boat with a sailplan of this size. you'd have to pay to have a decent delivery Pan Am Games Take Over PV It's fast, it sails well, is very responsive, captain get your boat back from Hawaii. With the Pan American Games be- and the carbon hull and deck can put up Our upwind speeds were in the 8-knot ing held in land-locked Guadalajara four tons of fi ght against the headstay. range in 10-plus knots of breeze, and on — Mexico’s “second city” — the sailing If you've never sailed on a boat that can the reach from Alcatraz to Angel Island, events were based out of Nuevo Vallarta carry that much headstay tension relative we never saw the speedo go below 10 October 15-22. The Vallarta YC and the knots. Downwind speeds were in the Banderas Bay sailing community put in 10- to 12-knot range when the breeze got a huge effort and the sailors were treated

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to a great regatta. Team USA’s sailors grabbed six med- als in nine classes on their way home: but the overall level silvers in the J/24, Lightning, Snipe and of world-class sail- Sunfi sh, and bronzes in the Laser Radial ing was definitely and women’s Windsurfi ng classes. shown here by the Among the U.S. silver medalists was Americans,” said US the Lightning team of skipper Jody Lutz Sailing team leader with crew Jay Lutz and Derek Gauger. Dave Johnson. “Our The team was fi fth in Sunday’s medal sailors were able to race, which put them six points back perform, and it’s of gold medalist pretty exciting to Chile. While he see that.” was disappoint- ed to not bring Volvo Ocean Race home the gold, Update Jody Lutz said he After a great start enjoyed his Pan on November 5, con- Am Games experi- ditions ravaged the ence. fleet in the Volvo “It was such Ocean Race, reduc- an opportunity ing the number of to represent the boats still sailing by U.S.,” he said. “It a third, within the

NICK MULFORD was something fi rst 115 miles of the that us ‘old guys’ 6,500-mile fi rst leg. don’t get a chance As they proceeded to do very often. toward the Strait The class that we of Gibraltar, beat- What I did on my fall vaca- sail, the Lightning, ing into big breeze tion — a trip to the beach. is not in the Olym- and big seas, the six pics, so this is our Olympics. boats in the fl eet showed that the cutting In addition to the Lightning team, the edge of modern race boat technology cuts following American sailors also earned sil- both ways. ver medals: J/24 — John Mollicone, Geoff The fi rst victim was the winner of the Becker, Daniel Rabin, and Paul Abdullah; fi rst in-port race, Ian Walker’s Abu Dhabi Snipe — Augie Diaz and Kathleen Tocke; Ocean Racing Azzam, which broke its Sunfi sh — Paul Foerester. Bronze med- rig in three places just 85 miles after the als went to: Laser Radial — Paige Railey; start while fl ying its number four headsail WHERE NOTED EXCEPT LATITUDE/ROB THIS PAGE PHOTOS ALL RS:X Women — Farrah Hall. In the other and a double-reefed main in 35 knots of three events, Hobie 16s, Lasers and RS:X breeze and 12-ft seas. The dismasting ing the Strait. With all the questions Men, American sailors took sixth, sixth, didn’t cause any injuries and the crew marks involved with an un-tuned rig, the and seventh respectively. was able to recover all their gear except prospect of beating into the same condi- “A lot of these athletes don’t get to all the stanchions on the port side of the tions that had claimed their fi rst mast, necessarily compete at the Olympic level, boat. Although there was no explanation and no chance of catching up and mak- The Berkeley YC mids R/C got their series kicked for the cause of the dismasting as of this ing up any points on the leg, Azzam was off this month with an impressive turnout. writing, Azzam had already returned to loaded on a freighter in Lisbon, bound for Alicante, where its Cape Town. shore team stepped The second effort to suffer signifi cant the team’s spare damage was ‘05-’06 race winning skipper mast and installed Mike Sanderson and his Team Sanya. The new stanchions. But Chinese entry was experiencing breeze to the quick turnaround 43 knots and 30-ft seas when the boat — time meant that Az- the only one that sailed the last race, and zam didn’t have suffi - of the few to survive that edition’s bash cient time to tune the fest through the Luzon Strait — suffered new rig — a process hull damage forward of the mast. With which under ideal unidirectional carbon tapes peeling off conditions is execut- the outer hull skin and a four-foot-long ed over a period of hole in the bottom, Sanya’s Leg One was a few weeks — and over. Fortunately, the crew had already Walker wisely decid- closed the watertight bulkhead located ed to hang a right immediately aft of the damage, and was and head for Lisbon, Portugal, upon exit- SHEET

boats is somewhere in the neighborhood of November 28. Berg followed in that order. But just as Late-breaking — Just when we soon as it looked like it was going to be a thought things in the Volvo Ocean race boring four-boat upwind drag race west had settled down, news came as we went to the pressure, Camper tried to head to press that Puma had dropped its rig in south. It didn’t work and they were soon the middle of the South Atlantic. The lone back on the wood-chopping-marathon American entry in this edition of the Volvo track. Groupama followed suit, taking Ocean Race, skippered by Ken Read, was an early fl ier. Skipper Franck Cammas sitting in second place and sailing in mod- and navigator Jean-Luc Nelias elected erate conditions when the tragedy struck to take the coastal option, which most and their mast ended up in three pieces, other teams later copped to giving serious much the same way that Abu Dhabi consideration Racing Azzam's did at the beginning of up until a day the leg. The rigs came from two different before it was manufacturers though — Azzam's was time to make one of the fi rst rigs to be produced by the the call. grand prix rigging company Future Fibres The split and had the company's trick new carbon created some standing rigging. Puma was sailing with suspense to a Hall spar strung with Southern Spars' be sure, es- well-proven carbon rigging. Read and the pecially when crew were evaluating their options as of Groupama this writing, while heading for the nearest legged out to land mass — the remote island of Tristan a 250-mile- da Cunha, some 700 miles away. plus lead with nearly 600 Blackaller Buoy Comes Home miles of lat- YRA buoys are known for going on eral separa- walkabout, so it wasn't surprising when tion between the Blackaller buoy disappeared last them and the month. What was surprising was that other three one of the Bay's best-used buoys was boats. But recovered! Matt Jones sent us the story. by the time "The latest trip ended at Ocean Beach Groupama where it was spotted by local waterman had to make Nick Mulford," Jones said. "Knowing it a painful jog belonged to the YRA, he rolled it across away from the the beach and muscled it into his pickup. coast above before dropping it off at St. Francis YC. Early Midwinters action, clockwise from top-left: the Cape Verdes, the other three boats Hopefully it'll be on station soon." It's all focus aboard 'Mr. Magoo'; 'Balein' and the were romping along directly toward the Mulford may not have known how Olson 25s have a division at the Berkeley YC mids; leg’s only turning mark – the Brazilian important his recovery was. Buoys are a 'E.T.' leads the Antrim 27s at the RegattaPro/ Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. big expenditure for YRA every year, and Sausalito YC mids; 'Harry' sittin' pretty; 'Pocket Rocket' looking way ahead of its time. With the leading three getting through the we're told that the budget for 2011 took Doldrums and across the equator in rela- some big hits and has already been spent. able to get the boat back to port otherwise tively quick time, Groupama found itself On behalf of all Bay Area sailors, we say, intact. She has since been loaded on a nearly 450 miles behind the leader as of "Thanks, Nick!" freighter bound for Cape Town, while Telefónica this writing — Iker Martinez’ . Founder Jeff Zarwell may have been off playing boatbuilders have already begun work on The latter’s Spanish entry has been bat- in the AC playground, but that doesn't mean his a replacement bow section. tling back and forth with American Ken RegattaPro/Sausalito YC Mids went on hiatus. King Neptune willing, both boats will Read’s Puma, and the two will make the start of Leg Two, if not the in- most likely be battling all the port race beforehand. way to Cape Town. The leading Exiting the Strait of Gibraltar, the peloton has already crossed the weather outlook for the North Atlantic 3,000-miles-to-go threshold, but was less than promising, with a massive the reality is that they’ll be sail- ridge stretching across its breadth at ing signifi cantly more distance to about the latitude of the Canary Islands. get to the fi nish. The St. Helena The remaining boats were led by Camper High is split, and in full effect, with Emirates Team New Zealand out of and getting to a Southern Ocean the Mediterranean. Telefónica, Groupama depression will be no easy feat and Puma Ocean Racing powered by and require heading south for a long, long time. As of this writ- ing, the projected ETA for the WORLD

With the Eastern Caribbean's peak charter season now in full swing, we suggest a way to Join the Racing Action in the Sunny Caribe, plus a Profi le of Down-Island Life, and Charter Notes.

Combining Racing and Relaxing option is to charter a boat fi ve to seven During a Caribbean Regatta Charter days prior to the start of a regatta so We know from years of experience you'll fully understand how it handles in that it's not always easy to assemble a various wind conditions, and how its sys- compatible, fun-loving group to join you tems work. That way you'll not only feel on a bareboat charter. Sometimes the as confi dent as possible when that fi rst problem is that your potential boatmates starting gun fi res, but you'll also have have different approaches to the sport of plenty of time for leisurely exploring the sailing. Some like to push a boat to its venue, swimming and snorkeling, brows- greatest potential whether racing or day- ing boutiques, and chillin' out beneath a sailing, while others are happy to lazily coco palm with a cool beverage in hand, poke along under shortened sail, letting savoring the tranquility of the tropics. the autopilot do most of the work. The regatta can then serve as the If you've got friends in both camps crescendo to a fun-fi lled trip, offering that you'd love to bring along on a char- several days of heart-pounding exhilara- ter getaway during the coming months, tion within a highly international fi eld of we have a creative solution for you: competitors, in addition to nightly post- Consider recruiting them for a bareboat race parties with live bands and dancing. charter timed with one of the Eastern Bareboat challengers often come to these Caribbean's top peak-season regattas. events from various parts of the U.S. and

For well over a decade now the re- Canada, as well as from Britain, France, HEINEKEN REGATTA ST MAARTEN gion's three biggest annual regattas — Holland, and other European sailing na- St. Maarten's Heineken Regatta (3/2-4 tions. in 2012), the British Virgin Islands' If you're rac- Spring Regatta and Festival (3/26-4/1), ing expertise is and Antigua Sailing Week (4/29-5/4) — less than stel- have actively encouraged bareboaters to lar, no worries. the strength of participate. They've even set up special Needless to say, an Olympic gym- handicapped bareboat-only divisions to at least one nast. With most make the boat-for-boat competition as person in your running rigging even-handed as possible. Other smaller crew needs to led back to the regattas welcome bareboats too, such as have a clear un- cockpit, plus roll- the Grenada Sailing Festival (1/27-31) derstanding of er-furling head- and the Bequia Heineken Easter Regatta the basic racing sails and self- NICKLAUS ROBERTS / THE MOORINGS NICKLAUS ROBERTS (4/5-9). rules. But Re- tailing winches, So how do non-racers fi t into this member, we're it usually only plan? We think a great sailing vacation talking about takes two crew There are also action-packed regattas during the summer season such to handle the as The Moorings Interline Regatta in the BVI (below), held every Octo- sails and one to ber. As you can see (right), the Interline's parties are hot, hot, hot. drive. If the oth- ers in your crew choose to simply dole out drinks and sandwiches b a r e b o a t s while snapping actions shots of the here, that competition, no problem. come with In our experience, many sailors who only one suit claim not to like racing say so because of sails; no they've only been exposed to ultra- spinnakers, serious competition where massive egos no poles, and clash. Here, although everyone usually thus no need gives their best effort, the emphasis — at for a wiry least in the bareboat divisions — is obvi- crewperson ously on barefoot fun in the sun. Within on the fore- your division you'll likely race against deck who has several identical boats, and if you're the the speed of least bit gregarious, you'll probably end a gazelle and up making friends with your rivals at YACHT SHOTS BVI YACHT OF CHARTERING

Salt Whistle Bay. The story of Debbie Hayward doesn't have a pretty beginning. In fact, it's tragic, and thus diffi cult to tell. But her fortitude and strong spirit offer hope and inspiration. She was the fi fth child of a mother who died in child birth in 1973 on St. Vincent, capital of the Caribbean nation called St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVD). Sadly, her father quickly aban- doned her. While in school, Debbie was teased and taunted constantly for not having a mother, adding more pain to the empty place in her heart where memories of her mother should have been. Debbie’s older sister told her, “Mother was nice.” But that's all Debbie knows of the woman who passed away while giving her life. Debbie was abused throughout her formative years, forcing her to abandon any educational path before she could read or write, which she still cannot do today. She endured various caretakers, who did not have the wherewithal to look after her properly. Before she turned 17, she had two children of her own, from two different men, who both threw her With sunny skies overhead and steady trade performers. and her kids out on the street with no- winds blowing, combining participation in a Whatever boat type you're after, we where to go, and no one to turn too. Caribbean Regatta with extra days of relaxing suggest making a race charter booking As was common at the time, and is is a winning idea. Seen here is bareboat action as far in advance as possible, so you'll still quite prevalent today, a Miss Brown during the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. have the greatest choice of boats. If arranged a relationship between an older the post-race parties, regardless if they you've never raced and partied at a big man from one of the out-islands and this come from Stockholm, London, Toronto Eastern Caribbean regatta, trust us, young girl from St. Vincent. As Debbie or Seattle. you'll come home with precious memo- recalls, “Papa was told I was only 16 You could apply the same chartering ries whether you take home a 'pickle and a half, and that I already had two game plan to a number of summertime dish' or come in dead last. children, but he take me anyway. I bless regattas also, the biggest of which takes — andy Miss Brown every day.” place in the BVI: The Moorings' Interline If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Debbie and Black Regatta which celebrated its 30th an- A Hard Life, Big Hearts and Great Boy followed that philosophy, and now share niversary in October. To enter, at least Barbecue: A Down-Island Vignette both romance and business success. one of your crew has to be an airline Former Bay Area employee, and believe us, when several sailor Mark Denebeim hundred captains, fl ight attendants and runs charters aboard ground personnel get together to race his cat Sanctuary and party, it's a guaranteed good time. throughout the Eastern (October 9-18 next year.) Caribbean. But one If you want the best chance of excel- of his favorite regions ling, we'll give you an inside tip. While is the Grenadines. most bareboat fl eets offer boats that Through his many are well maintained, it stands to reason West Indian friends that the newest, and/or those with the there he's gained deep newest sails, will probably be the most insights into the 'down competitive. Booking agents don't know island' culture. about that sorta stuff, but if you can get a This month he call through to the head of maintenance shares a vignette of at the charter base, who knows, they his good friend Deb- might give you the names of a couple of bie Hayward and her COURTESY SANCTUARY COURTESY boats that are potentially outstanding popular beach bar on WORLD

Papa Hanson, originally from Bequia, came to Mayreau when he was just kindness that people seem to gravitate seven, and became a deep-line offshore towards her. She eventually built a small fi sherman as a youth. Mayreau, barely ramshackle shed on the beach and her one square mile in size, is the smallest of West Indian barbecue, plus Papa’s fi sh- the inhabited SVD islands, where 70% of ing, supported their growing family. the just over 300 inhabitants are related, Debbie bore Papa — who is 30 years her making fi xed relationships almost neces- senior — three daughters, now 17, 12 sary. It was 1990. There was no electric- and 8, during their time together. ity on the island (it became available in Things we take for granted like clothes, 2002), only three cars, a dirt road, and shelter and medicine were hard to fi nd, work was scarce. Debbie and her infant much less easily affordable, throughout kids went to live with Papa, hoping to the years. Debbie never travelled to any- escape the abuse and hardships of rug- where further than St. Vincent, about 30 ged St. Vincent. miles north, until she was offered work They settled into Papa’s modest four in '07 by Sunsail Yacht Charters as the room home on less than 1/10 of an acre fl otilla cook for ten yachts during a two- in The Village, which had been estab- SANCTUARY COURTESY week trip to Grenada. lished ten years prior when the Eustace After a rough childhood, Debbie got love and Meanwhile, nearly a decade earlier, family donated 21 acres for those who protection from Papa Hanson. He's got a big another St. Vincentian known as Black lived on Mayreau. Debbie and Papa heart and obviously believes in 'safe sex'. Boy, who was looking to improve his claimed a spot on Salt Whistle Bay and storms struck her small table and tent. standing, became her nearby competi- worked hard cutting and clearing the Word of her culinary talents soon spread, tion. He lived in a makeshift hovel and mangroves and roots. For fi ve years, and instead of just selling vegetables, she struggled to sell his barbecued fare to Debbie sold vegetables on the beach, began cooking for locals and tourists who charter boats that visited the lovely and next to the shore, making sure to stay on knew how to fi nd her. idyllic Salt Whistle Bay. Black Boy was a Government land. She was often forced In addition to offering great food, clever, charismatic yet frustrated Rasta to move to higher ground whenever Debbie radiates so much warmth and chef trying to make a living away from

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home. quickly established a When Papa reached his sixties, and solid relationship with his naps took precedence over Debbie’s Sunsail and The Moor- needs, she decided that “me and Papa ings, who promote ex- was fi nished” and a romance with Black clusively Black Boy’s Boy began in 2004. It was agreed by all incredible lobster and that while Black Boy would become her fi sh barbecue to their man, Papa would always be her family, clients. so they began living together. While Deb- Debbie cooks for bie and Black Boy share a warm, loving the family and for indi- relationship, she assures me that there vidual lunch and din- are no more kids forthcoming! ner selections, Papa Their new merger and eventual suc- catches some of the cess together was timely with a full house lobster and fish, Ice to feed: Debbie, Black Boy, Papa, the bartends, and Black three daughters, a solid guy named Ice Boy prepares the gas- who is dating the eldest at-home daugh- tronomic feast popular SANCTUARY COURTESY ter, and an adopted energetic seven-year- in the southern Grenadines as “the bar- At Salt Whistle Bay, the barbecue beach bar is old cousin named Leon — eight in all! becue.” a favorite hangout for Mark and his clients, as A 25-year-old handy man, Glenmore, In early 2011, after winning their bat- well as Sunsail and Moorings customers. is also part of their care package, while tle to remain on government land, they that was salvaged from a bareboat that her 19-year-old son, Phillip, and eldest built a festive structure with a large roof, wrecked on the reef in front of the res- daughter try to make it on their own. bar, generator and several picnic tables. taurant. Black Boy and Debbie’s Beach Bar Sunsail donated an above-ground water Life is still a struggle, but with a and Restaurant debuted seven years tank and some building materials, as new season approaching, and with the ago, cooled by the trade winds on the site well as a bar cabinet and fridge — com- only solid, rain-proof structure offering of Debbie’s original rickety shed. They plete with a foot pump and double sink quality barbecue on Salt Whistle Bay,

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With reports this month from X on a full year in Palau; from Swell on haul- ing at a new yard in the remote Tuamotus; from Thumbs Up on the inaugural Sabang International Regatta in Malaysia; from Viva! on a wild catamaran passage from Guanaja to Cayo Largo, Cuba; from Cadence on a futile 'beer stop' in the Admiralty Islands during a passage from Palau to New Guinea; and Cruise Notes.

X — Santa Cruz 50 no forms to fi ll out before I got care, and David Addleman not knowing any more than my name Being Pulled East and West and the fact that I wasn't allergic to an- (Monterey) tibiotics, they got right to work. The bill I've been following the 'most excel- was $185. Sheesh! It wasn't even worth lent adventure' of this year's Ha-Ha reporting to my insurance carrier. On fleet. I wish I the other hand, the fi ve friggin' taxi rides had been there to the doctor cost $40. But at least the for the fun. Mex- driver stopped at the mini-mart for me, ico calls to me. so it worked out okay. As for my- As for X, she's getting a big new pres-

LATITUDE/RICHARD self, I've been ent — a new diesel. It should be arriving messing around soon by ship from Oakland. Removing with boats and the 30-year-old VW diesel is going to be women. Drink- a big mess, but once I get the new engine ing beer, too. I installed, it's going to be sweet. I won't just celebrated miss the oily bilge water or the host of my one-year other engine-related problems. David Addleman, as seen anniversary of So everything is swell. What's more, I in full Carnival mode. arriving in the now have fi rm plans. At some unknown Republic of Palau, which is 500 miles time in the future, I will either sail east east of the Philippines. toward Hawaii and North America, or sail For awhile I was suffering from a very west to play in the Philippines. I'm being nasty bacterial infection in my knee. A pulled in both directions. small bug bite got infected, probably My regards to the gang in Mexico. because I was swimming in salt water. — david 11/11/11 My knee swelled up and things just kept getting worse. I was given IV antibiotics Swell — Cal 40 during fi ve doctor visits, was on pills for Liz Clark two weeks, and had bandages to control Hauling in the Tuamotus all the oozing. It was the whole deal, but (Santa Barbara) fortunately I'm better now, and no longer Swell and I escaped back up to the limping. Tuamotus for nearly four months earlier The most remarkable part of my medi- this year. In April I got the unexpected cal problem is how well I was treated. news that Barry Schuyler of Santa Bar- Despite just walking in without an ap- bara, a major patron of mine, had passed pointment, I didn't have to wait to see away. I needing to get back to California be able to do the same for someone else a doctor, and mine was trained at the right away for the memorial service, someday. University of Hawaii, no less. There were Swell and I received great care from the While at the memorial, I learned that As beautiful as parts of Palau are, David is now local Lau family, who own and operate I was far from the only person Barry thinking about heading east to Hawaii. Or west the new Apataki Carenage boatyard. This helped to fi nd their way. What a great to the Philippines. At no particular time. allowed me to get the boat hauled and legacy. I miss him dearly, but I know squared away ASAP so I that he is sailing with me any time he could hop onto a plane wishes, and pain-free. to Tahiti and another to Once back in Tahiti, I gathered nec- California. essary supplies in Papeete and hopped I was so sad, but so onto a cargo ship back out to the Tua- PALAU TOURISM PALAU glad, to be with Barry’s motus. Swell was waiting patiently in family and friends to the lovely Apataki boatyard. The yard is celebrate his life. It's still quite remote, but Pauline Lau is fl uent hard for me to fully grasp in English, and the yard is a great new what he did for me. He cruising resource for French Polynesia. empowered me to fulfi ll This is especially true for Americans my dream by giving me who want to do French Polynesia in two the tools I needed, then seasons rather than the usual three letting me go free to test months offi cials try to give you. The deal my strengths and learn by myself. I only hope to IN LATITUDES

Spread above; In one of the more beautiful photos we've run, Liz BBQs lobster in the Tuamotus. To our environmental crisis, stop draining fully appreciate the spectacular South Pacifi c colors, view the photo on the electronic version of what’s left of our natural world, and 'Latitude'. Lower right; Liz, on the right, free dives with her friend Crystal from the North Shore. start loving one another! By the way, you is that you can spend three months in heading southeast against the Trades should see how much plastic there is out the Marquesas and Tuamotus, haul out to some of the lesser-visited atolls, here, even on the most remote atolls. in Apataki, fl y home, and then come and then once I have back after cyclone season to fi nish out enough of an angle, or the Societies in less of a hurry before a good south or west continuing west. You can fi nd photos and wind, shoot up to the info for Apataki Carenage on the net. Marquesas for most Although provisioning and internet of cyclone season. access are hard to come by here in the On a personal Tuamotus in general and Apataki in par- level, I'm trying to ticular, Swell and I have been more then stay in the present, happy spreading our wings again after and am doing lots of the seemingly interminable boatyard yoga. Because there SWELL BOTH PHOTOS COURTESY session in Raiatea. And now that I have are sometimes long obtained my long-stay visa for French gaps between swells, Polynesia, I don’t have to dodge Immi- I've also gotten into gration for a while. My plan is to keep free diving. And as al- ways, I'm hoping the world will wake up to CHANGES

I also had a rough bout of ciguatera, but I now know which fi sh are always safe to eat. The locals say another of diesel. Free diesel? Who could resist good test is to leave the fi sh for about an offer like that? an hour before Twenty-one boats, ranging from a fi lleting it. If it TP52, to various other monohulls, to stiffens up like some catamarans, to a Corsair 37 tri, normal, it’s ok. and a handful of motoryachts, converged If it stays supple on Langkawi for the event. The start was and fl oppy, feed in light air, which dropped to 0 knots af- it to the sharks. ter about fi ve miles. In the absence of any As for Swell, wind, motoring was permitted, but the she's in great time of engine use was to be multiplied Grouper are among the shape. And now by 1.5. After just a few miles we had to reef fi sh to carry ciguatera that her mystery leap over the side to clear our prop of an in the tropics. leak has been abandoned fi shing line. taken care of, I have time to maintain We have the feeling — because they the rest of her. disappeared so quickly — that most of — liz 10/20/11 the fl eet motored from the start. We and several others motored through the night Thumbs Up — Catalina 42 until midday, when the wind started to Ivan and Cheryl Orgee fi ll in from the west. This wasn't good, Sabang International Regatta as it was a header that was destined to (Oakland YC) build to 35 knots. It was really nice to We were kicking up our heels in Pen- sail at 7.5 knots, but we were 40 degrees ang, Malaysia, wondering where to go off the wind. The jib sheets got hung up next. We'd left San Francisco in October on the dinghy we had strapped to the of '08 and done the Ha-Ha. We did the foredeck, so that hampered tacking. Pacifi c Puddle Jump to French Polynesia In the dark of the second night, while in '09. In '10, we'd done the Sail Indo- surrounded by monster freighters, our nesia from Darwin to Batam and the Autohelm decided to pack it up. We Sail Malaysia Johor Bahru to Penang. didn't like that. With so much shipping Backpacking in Nepal was something in the area, we started up the iron genny we thought about doing, but then we to be safe. When we arrived in Sabang learned about the inaugural Sabang 20 hours later, in pitch black, we were International Regatta. knackered and making simple mistakes The format for the regatta was to be such as saying, “I’m sure this rock is simple: all contestants converge on the where the moorings are." Royal Langkawi YC in Malaysia by Sep- However the next morning brought tember 16, have a big feast, then race bright sunshine and blue sky, and re- by Aceh Province to re-open the region to 300 miles across the top of the Malacca vealed a beautiful jungle-covered island tourism, building on its unique culture, Straits to Sabang on the Indonesian is- surrounded by clear water. After the its outstanding marine environment, and land of Weh. This would be followed by grubby Straits of Malacca, this was a sympathy for tsunami victims. three races around the cans at Weh and a pleasant change. It turns out that Weh The hospitality shown to us was big celebration. The benefi ts of entering? is a sunken volcano, and all that is left is outstanding. New moorings had been No entry fee, a free Indonesian cruising the caldera. The waters of the bay were installed at the little resort of Gapang permit (CAIT), free grub — and 250 liters mostly deep, but there was coral and for the regatta, a satellite Customs/Im- The jungle-covered hills of Sabang created a great diving, too. migration offi ce was set up at the dock, lush backdrop for participants in the inaugural Weh is in the Indonesian province and the local village was galvanized into Sabang International Regatta. of Aceh on the northernmost tip of action to hook up electrical and plumb- Sumatra. It's just a stone's ing systems and to staff the kitchen. throw from Banda Aceh, where The next day was a bright and breezy 230,000 people lost their lives race around the cans, with IRC, multi-

THUMBS UP in the horrible tsunami of hull, and cruising divisions. Our steering December of '04. Until the gear was in bits, so we hitched a ride on tsunami disaster brought a the New Zealand-based Farr 40 Island reconciliation between the Time. We managed to take an easy fi rst mostly Muslim population of place in the cruising division. At one Aceh, who were fighting for point we wondered if we could catch the independence, and the govern- TP52 being raced by the B Team of the ment of Indonesia, Aceh was an Malaysian Navy. They didn't seem to isolated and a not very desir- have a handle on the course, and amus- able tourist destination. The ingly most of the other contestants fol- regatta we were participating in is one of several brave attempts IN LATITUDES

We stayed in Weh for another week, hoping to get some diving in. We did, but the weather wasn’t brilliant. With our Autohelm repaired — the electric motor had failed — we set off back to Penang under a reefed main. It's not that we're chicken, but the squalls around here can be severe. The puffs stopped after BOTH PHOTOS COURTESY THUMBS UP BOTH PHOTOS COURTESY 14 hours, so we had

to motor the rest of THUMBS UP the way through a spectacular thunder and lightning storm. We also had to go over the side two more times to clear the prop. We have an AIS receiver integrated into our chartplotter, The Malaysian locals which we feel is es- couldn't have been sential here because more friendly. of the number of ships charging around. Just because we can see ships doesn't mean, however, that they can see us. So we had to call several of them. In daytime it’s not so worrisome, but at night, it's surprising how many near misses the AIS will plot. Our next purchase will be an AIS transponder, not that it will be a guarantee against getting rammed, but it’s something. We've managed to spend quite a bit of time in Indonesia. The checking in/out is laborious, but patience and a case of Tiger beer and Coca Cola can be help- ful. The people are friendly, and we've never felt anything but welcome. If you Oakland YC members Ivan and Cheryl Orgee have come a long way since doing the '08 Ha-Ha with get into a jam, there is always somebody their Catalina 42 'Thumbs Up'. After a Puddle Jump in '09, they've done three rallies in Southeast around who speaks English. Our only Asia and have become enchanted by the various cruising and cultural attractions there. problem on the island was the lack of an lowed their wayward path like sheep. their family, but all were grateful to the international ATM and a money changer Of course the Navy cleaned up in the international community for their help. who wanted euros, which resulted in our awards, as they should with a TP52. There were no beggars on the streets, not having any cash. Fortunately, things Nonetheless, their occasional broaches and life seemed back to normal. were inexpensive. were entertaining for all. The Corsair 37 There were more trophies handed out When checking into or out of Indonesia, a case was as fast as expected, and took the at the awards ceremony than there was of Tiger beer often helps offi cials see the way. multihull division. We couldn't fathom room for on boats. And on the last night, Tiger girls, such as these, can fi nd the beer. how a Hunter 49 ended up in the same we were guests at a concert class as the TP52, but it didn't matter, and fi reworks display that as it was all just good fun. By the way, was a big celebration for the Malaysian Navy has two TP52s, and everyone on the island. So TIGER BEER we understand that the Indonesian Navy ended a very brave — and is getting into the act, too. expensive — week of sailing The next day three bus loads of us for the organizers. Their participants, decked out in new shirts intent is to establish this re- provided by the organizers, were treated gatta as an event to rival the to a tour of Banda Aceh, which was a fer- famous ones in Hong Kong, ry ride away. The Tsunami Museum was Malaysia and Thailand. All graphic, particularly the eerie 45-foot-tall of these events welcome water tunnel representing the tidal wave. cruisers to participate in Everyone we met had lost members of what might be seen as a large fl oating party. Sound familiar? CHANGES

Thus ended the First Annual Sabang International Regatta, A great many people tried very hard to make the event would be the standard NE at 10-15 knots a success, and we hope it lasts. with 3-5-foot seas. We’d have a perfect — ivan & cheryl 10/17/11 day sailing due north. On Wednesday, when the wind clocked to the east and Viva! — Casamance 44/47 then southeast, we could slowly alter Bob Willmann course until we could lay Cuba. Per- Easy Caribbean Passage fect. (Golden, Colorado) Sure. [We first received this Changes in Departing at 7 a.m., we had a good March of '10, shortly after the events de- fi rst 24 hours, as we actually made a scribed happened. little east of north. And because the wind We've been trying to was blowing fi ve to 10 knots more than VIVA! get Bob to send us forecast, we covered more distance than photos to illustrate we'd anticipated. There was a penalty, of the story ever since, course, as stronger winds meant bigger but with little luck. seas. So we got bounced around more So we're running it than we'd expected. anyway, believing Wednesday morning the winds started that it doesn't need clocking to the east as predicted, but at good photos for sup- 25 knots and with eight-foot seas, which port.] was more than predicted. The good news Bob and Elaine. Good morning was that we were able to lay a NNE from the 'Forbidden Island' of Cuba in the course. The bad news was that despite Caribbean. Today's report is especially furling half the jib, we were bashing and for those who think they might enjoy bouncing along at 8-9 knots, when Viva! a tropical ocean passage on a sailing is most comfortable at six knots. Most catamaran. monohull sailors probably don't under- It's 400 miles from Guanaja, in the stand this, but we just weren't able to Bay of Islands of Honduras, to Cayo slow my cat down to six knots. Largo, the nearest place mariners are Before dark on Wednesday we real- allowed to clear into Cuba. It's also due ized that the weather guys had either northeast, which is exactly where the lied or didn't know what they were talk- Trades normally come from. A sailboat ing about, for the wind had built to 30 can only point 45 degrees into the wind, knots and the seas were eight-foot with and few cats can come anywhere close lots of breaking 10-footers thrown in for to that. So in order for my friend Elaine good measure. Yikes and double yikes! and me to sail a direct course from We were then bashing and slamming at pumped the manual head pump with Guanaja to Cuba, we needed to choose 9 to 12 knots, which was way too fast one hand and pressed the button for the a time when the wind was forecast to and uncomfortable. shower bilge pump with the other, was clock around to the east and southeast, But things were about to get worse. standing knee-deep in water. I got some in which case we would have a nice three About midnight the waves tore most wire and bypassed the 'press' switch so -to four-day passage on a close reach. of the trampoline off the boat, leaving it the pump would run continuously. I then We fi nally got the weather forecast we hanging by just one edge. ran new wires to the main bilge pump were looking for. On Tuesday the winds But things were about to get worse — the one on the old one had broken off Guanaja, still reeling from hurricane 'Mitch' in still. About 3 am, I discovered that with all the bashing and bouncing and '98, which hit as a Category 5 hurricane and the fl oorboards in the port hull were water sloshing around — and got it work- caused tremendous damage. fl oating in salt water. Triple yikes! We ing. We fi nally started to get the water were taking on water at level to come down. an amazing rate, certainly I can't tell you how great Elaine was

TROPIX faster than the bilge pump in the tough situation! Having spent 20 could get rid of it. In short years in life-or-death operating room order I ripped out the head situations, she calmly sailed the boat and found that a thru-hull while I messed with the wiring. She’d had failed. I wasn’t able to leave the cockpit to come down into the close the valve because the hull, and splash back and forth bring- rusty handle broke off in ing me tools. She even tried to catch all my hand, but I was able to the fl otsam — fl oorboards and soaked route the attached hose up books — and secure them someplace. above the waterline so no But we hadn't seen the end of our more ocean came into the tribulations, as I was soon to take a boat. swim inside my own boat — while doing By the time I'd done this, Elaine, who had IN LATITUDES

level went down. By dawn I was back in the cock- pit, somewhat dryer and warmer. For some reason I decided to have my fi rst cigarettes in a year. But we had raised

PHOTOS COURTESY SWELL PHOTOS COURTESY the reefed main and were sailing in the right direction at 10 knots. We cal- culated that we could reach Cayo Largo a few hours before dark, even at a reasonable seven knots, so we swung the boom farther out in an effort to slow down. Alas, we hadn't seen the end of our troubles. After we swung the boom farther Tramp troubles. out, the winds built to 35 knots — and just blew the main right off the mast! At least fi ve yikes! It took a long half hour for Elaine and me to get the sail back on the boat. I had to tie myself to the boom while Elaine wrestled with the head of the sail, which was trailing astern. We decided to just drift under bare poles and get some sleep. No way were we going to get anywhere before dawn. Besides, we were not in any danger of sinking or hitting land, so all we had to do was take turns waking up every 20 minutes to look for shipping and check around the boat for the next surprise. We didn't get enough photos to illustrate 'Viva's' wild ride in the Carib, so here are three more shots When dawn came, we unfurled a little of Liz Clark's adventures in Apataki. The spread shows 'Swell' hauled in the open spaces of Apataki handkerchief of jib and sailed at 5 knots Carenage. The insets are of Liz on laundry day, and of a shark feeding near a rudder. What fun! all day and most of the night. At some electrical work. lying ahull under bare poles in 30+ knots point we furled the jib again and drifted Viva's bilge is sloped so that the low- of wind and 10+ -foot seas — and I was ahull for another six hours because we est part is in the stern, which, of course, swimming inside a locker with my multi- didn't want to get too close to Cuba in is where the bilge pump is located. By meter and wiring tools. Elaine was trying the dark. 4 a.m., it was dry at the stern — but to keep the boat into the waves just so, in At 2 a.m. on Friday we did the jib we still had a foot of water at the bow. an attempt to keep them from breaking A couple of Communist dolphin patrol the Hmmmmm, something wasn't right. over me and fl ooding the compartment rundown docks at Cuba's Cayo Largo, 'Viva's Something was obviously keeping the even more. ultimate destination. bow down, so we dropped the mainsail I determined that the pump completely. I then put on a harness, worked, but the electronic fl oat rigged a safety line, and crawled for- switch had failed. So I dove ward on deck to check the bow storage down enough times to get all locker. I discovered that the hatch to the the parts above water. I then FIDEL PHOTO compartment had been broken open by rewired them and bypassed the the waves, no doubt due to Viva's many switch. Some day I’ll tell you attempts to imitate a submarine. The how much fun it is to twist hot 10-foot long forward storage locker was bare wires together while stand- seven feet deep in water! I had a bilge ing chest deep in cold water. pump up in the supposedly watertight But I got it working. The length compartment, but it had failed. More of wire between the pump and yikes. the bare connections was only a So there we were, in the pitch dark, couple of feet, so I had to stand in there and hold the wires above the water as the water CHANGES

trick again and got to the Cayo Largo at dawn. We’d done it! We'd survived an exciting passage more or less intact. We recently sold my catamaran and I, were motored across the reef without incident, six days into a 10-day passage from found the red and green buoys marking Palau to Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, the channel entrance, and fi nally started when, during the midnight watch, he to relax. informed me that we were diverting But we were to Lorengau in the Admiralty Islands.

VIVA! premature. "We’re out of beer," he said by way of Just as we explanation. It seemed sensible enough passed between to me at the time. We had caught the the buoys, we ran Equatorial Counter Current on the aground! Right in second day out of Palau and had been the middle of the riding it east, getting a glorious boost of channel, right be- 2-3 knots. Now at 2°N, we were being tween the mark- headed by the west-setting Equatorial ers. I made a note Current, and our speed over the ground to talk to Fidel or was a miserable 2 knots at best. The Raul about the mind can’t really comprehend the kind channels not be- of progress where the last noon fi x starts ing deep enough to touch the next noon fi x on the chart. to accomodate One grasps for alternatives. ER nurses like Elaine even shallow- There are historic precedents for made good crew. draft cats. The course changes due to a shortage of excuse was that the wind, which was still beer. In 1620, the Mayfl ower dropped at around 25 knots, had moved enough anchor off a forbidding stretch of coast ocean fl oor to fi ll the recently-dredged in Massachusetts “because our stores channel. Running aground in soft sand are greatly diminished, especially our in a catamaran is no big deal, and we beer.” Who knows, with a couple more were able to wriggle ourselves free in a six packs the Pilgrims might have found half-hour or so. We then peacefully mo- Boston Harbor and spared themselves tored into the marina — even though it some serious deprivation. wasn’t where the Cuban/Russian charts No complaints. We have had unsea- said it was. After about 10 attempts, we sonably fair weather so far. The winds were able to back into a crosswind slip were easterly at 5-10 knots with the and start the process of living all over occasional northerly or southerly shift. again. After a few breakfast beers, we We were amazed at the amount of plastic were boarded by nine uniformed Cuban trash in the water in the Counter Cur- the need to sail was directly related to offi cials and a drug dog. rent, presumably carried east from the the need to widen the gene pool. If Man — bob 03/10/10 Philippines, along with many trees and evolved in the tropics, it was probably on logs from the recent typhoons. Now in a beach somewhere. So I fi gure the lure Cadence — Apache 40 Cat the Equatorial Current, we have seen of sailing must be genetically imprinted, Frank Ohlinger no trash or trees. Here the fl otsam from like the migration of the lemmings or Delivery With New Owner Panama had sunk or was otherwise monarch butterfl ies. Why else would we (Monterey / Koror Palau) dispersed, to be replaced by abundant submit ourselves to such deprivation? Jim, the Aussie gentleman to whom I marine life. We’ve had pods of dolphin The southwest corner of the Pacifi c Jim, the new owner of 'Cadence', and Frank, and whale check us out every day, and is one of the loneliest stretches of water who has owned the Apache 40 cat twice, as our fi shing has much improved. in the world. Very little marine traffi c seen on their way to New Guinea. Long distance sailing is as much a comes this way. Even fi shing boats are mental challenge as a physi- rare. One day out of Lorengau we sighted cal one. If Freud had been a coal barge coming up from Australia a sailor, I’m sure he would on its way to Vietnam, with a zero CPA have understood offshore (closest point of approach) for us. We CADENCE cruising in sexual terms. hailed them on VHF. After some initial The vessel, an obvious phal- hesitation, the watchstander turned lus, moves toward a place chatty and was as curious about us as of solace and safety with we were them. And obviously as bored. all the frustrations and re- It wasn’t always so. During the wards that entails. It’s cer- early campaigns of World War II in the tainly not coincidence that Pacifi c, there were thousands of ships the old Palauan language anchored off Lorengau in wide Seeadler uses the same word for Harbor. General Douglas MacArthur had both 'harbor' and a woman’s his picture taken here as Allied troops private parts. For the iso- lated island communities, IN LATITUDES

ruined the agriculture forever, he has fond memories of the time. Apparently he befriended and continued to corre- spond with one of the servicemen until just recently. Two uniformed

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY ZELLEPLIN ALL PHOTOS COURTESY agents from Cus- toms and Immigra- tion came out to the boat and formally cleared us into PNG. They were friendly, professional and, at $35 U.S., reason- able. We bought fuel at $8/U.S. gallon and a few provisions Feet are big in the at the local market. South Pacific. And That night we at- getting bigger. tended an open-air disco and danced barefoot with just about everybody. It was fun. Most people go barefoot here, and it is amazing how casually it is done. While there is very little litter or broken glass, there are still sharp stones and roots around. In a lifetime without shoes, the soles of the feet become amazingly thick and calloused. The toes splay and the foot becomes nearly as wide as it is long. Observing their confi dent stride, I was reminded of the soft, somewhat fl atfooted tread of a camel. The footpad is placed fi rmly and evenly on the ground, and the sum of the movement takes place in the region of the ankle. Stubbed toes Dress-up is huge in PNG. From lower right. Men wear more makeup than women, but some of the are always a problem, so there’s a ten- gals still look sultry. The mudmen of the Highlands. This guy looks like Heath Ledger as The Joker. dency to keep them lifted throughout the So that's where my CDs have been going! And you thought Gene Simmons came up with Kiss. step, a trait I’d seen in fi rewalkers in Fiji fought skirmishes with the Japanese, less than in urban areas such as Port years ago. Jim saw some schoolchildren and the Seabees built the infrastructure Moresby or Lae. That said, Lorengau walking home carrying their shoes. Ap- to support the estimated one million has its problems. It is noticeably poorer parently shoes are required in school, men who were to pass through here to than other areas of PNG, the streets are but are unnecessary for everyday walk- engagements farther north. Some of the broken, there is no public water system, about. infrastructure is still here in the bushes and the electric service is fi tful. Under- In the morning we dinghied a half — Quonset huts, concrete foundations, employment is rife and most industry is mile or so up a nearby creek and took seawalls, and whole islands bulldozed subsistence-oriented. showers in a waterfall spilling off the into landing fi elds. A lone Japanese AA Nonetheless, the people are far from Rafa Salli sitting with Frank Ohlinger, showing gun stands sentinel on the waterfront, its miserable. They are a remarkably healthy him his scrapbook from when the Americans 6-inch-diameter steel barrel still pointing people, and seemingly happy and gener- came to PNG in the Forties. skyward. The barrel, however, has been ous. We saw no one hungry nearly sliced in half by a 50-cal. round, or homeless, and there is mute but vivid testimony to the intensity an obvious sense of com- of that long, costly confl ict. munity. We struck up many CADENCE We anchored off the market in Loren- casual conversations in the gau and dinghied ashore. This section in shady grove above the boat the Davies and Morgan Cruising Guide beach. is long overdue for revision. And the An older gentleman, Rafa cruisers' blogs don’t describe the area Salli, walked home to bring well either. The threat of violence or rob- back photos of the town bery is no greater here than in any other in '43. He was 8 years old small town in the world — and much when the Americans came, and although the airfi eld they built on his island CHANGES

banks. There’s something about jungle freshwater that cleans like nothing else. land, which mean 'where' and 'what' in Huge butterfl ies and fl owering bushes the local pidgin. concealed the crocodiles watching from Having lived and worked in PNG, Jim the shallows. is fl uent in Tok Pisin, the lingua franca Ironically, the one thing we came to of the island. It is the most common Lorengau to get was the one thing we language heard, followed by English couldn’t get. The beer barge was three and whichever of the 700 mutually un- weeks overdue, and there was no beer intelligible PNG dialects is used locally. to be had. None! According to experts, Tok Pisin is an However War- authentic if gritty pidgin language cre- rior, a brand of ated when the 19th century whalers and local rum, left a traders met the many different tribes and lasting impres- had to do business. sion on all of The example most often used to us. describe the language is the word for We resumed 'piano', which translates as “em i bokis our sail the next bilong whitepela, i gat 36 blakpela ki na day east across 52 waitpela ki o i gat 88 ki olgeta”. Or the Bismark Sea more literally, “box belong white fella, it for Kavieng. The got 36 black keys and 52 white keys or 88 coastal islands keys altogether”. And anything broken is in the Admiralty “all buggered up”. group, like many All languages evolve, however. Seeing areas of Papua a helicopter over the Kavieng airport, I Warrior Rum made every- New Guinea, asked a young man how to say helicop- one forget the island was are essentially ter in Pisin. He looked at me, smiled out of beer. uncharted. No wanly, and said “helicopter.” And in concerted survey work has been done perhaps a sign of the times, 'condom' since the Germans took possession of used to be 'gumi blong kok', but is now the region in the late 1880s. “Reported just 'kondom'. And they are given away to lie 1.6 nm east” and “Unsurveyed” free in PNG. Speaking of languages, the are common notes on all the charts. To word 'papua', as in Papua New Guinea, add to the navigator’s worry, we passed is Old Dutch for “fuzzy headed ones”, a into a bit of a tug of war. This bird tends two large unlit FADs (Fish Aggregating veritable if politically insensitive observa- to wrestle like a dog, biting fi ngers and Devices) moored in about 2000 meters of tion. Don King could have close family hands just hard enough to hang on, all water in the open stretch between Manus ties anywhere in PNG. the while staring eyeball to eyeball — and Island and New Hanover. In contrast to Lorengau, Kavieng on a heavily mascara-eyelashed eyeball at Charts are not just charts, they are New Ireland is a tidy, prosperous town. that. With its black and white plumage also history books of sorts. The fring- Most of the locals wear shoes, there and hopping gait, it is the Toulouse Lau- ing islands around Seeadler Harbor are are lots of new Japanese cars, and the trec of the bird world. It was midmorning named Hawaii, New York and Chicago, roads are all paved. Without too much before I could get away. no doubt each the legacy of a homesick of a stretch, the town could be mistaken There is a fi sheries college in Kavieng, soldier. There’s an offshore island group for a rural town on the Gulf Coast of and yachts are welcome alongside the comprising Bat, Rat, Mouse and Mole Florida. We anchored across the harbor pier when there is room. They have po- Islands. I imagine there’s a German near Nusalik Island, and went ashore table water, ice, and fresh frozen fi sh on fairytale in there somewhere. And then to the resort. Shannon is the manager the dock. We even bought sashimi-qual- there’s Weh Weh Island and Watem Is- of this very laid back, very eco-sensitive, ity tuna for about $4 U.S. a pound. The Papua New Guinea can be a violent place — very 'thatched huts out over the water' fuel station will deliver gasoline ($7/gal) particularly when the Highlands Hells Angels kind of place. Under her care, the resort and diesel, and a couple of well-stocked roar into Port Moresby and Lae. also doubles as a bird sanctuary. Eagles, grocery stores are just down the road. If parrots, and cockatiels will a yacht needs provisioning in PNG this join you for breakfast. They is the place to do it. are playful and personable — frank 10/15/11

PNG ANGELS companions to any meal. After a few sips out of your Readers — More from Cadence in the coffee mug, some of them Southwest Pacifi c next month. will even dominate the conversation. Cruise Notes: Largest of the flock, Lock your dinghy! Lock your dinghy! the hornbill, is the most Lock your dinghy! If we've given this ungainly bird I have ever warning once, we've given it a million had the pleasure of shak- times. Nonetheless, at least two unlocked ing hands — or rather beak — with. Actually, it turned IN LATITUDES

Blackbird. Fat Cat is a highly modifi ed and stretched version of David Crowe's LATITUDE/NICK Ha-Ha vet and Paradise Marina-based Morrelli & Choy 70 Humu-Humu. Has anyone no- ticed how many cruising women are or have been nurs- es? And in many cases emergency room nurses. They are everywhere in cruising fl eets. And given the fact that they are smart, don't freak in emergen- Randy West skippers cies, and have an the 80-ft Fat Cat. altruistic streak, we say the more, the better! Loving language. We can't recall from whom we learned it, but while in Cabo we picked up a bit of interest- ing and new-to-us Spanish. If you're a male who has fi nished your meal in a restaurant, it's common for you to say "terminado" to the waiter, which means "I'm fi nished with my meal." However, if you're a woman, you want to stay away from saying "terminada". Yes, it would seem to be the proper feminine response, but it's not. That's because terminada doesn't mean you're "fi nished" with your meal, but rather than you're "fi nished" Photos of sailboats sailing in the sunset are a dinghies with small outboards are of little sexually, and if you have just one more dime a dozen. Nonetheless, we couldn't resist value in Cabo, where locals need a panga orgasm you're doing to lose your mind. this one we took of a cat during the Ha-Ha. and a big outboard to go into business. So watch your language. Ha-Ha dinghies with outboards went But we'll probably never know what hap- From the cruising life to facing life missing in Cabo following the arrival of pened for sure. in prison. That's the story for accused the Ha-Ha fl eet. Bill Burr and Brenda Losing a boat's dinghy in Mexico is Spanish drug smugglers Ivan Valea McNair of the Vancouver-based Spencer not just monumentally inconvenient, it's and Julia Fernandez of the 55-ft ketch 1330 Tahnoo tell us their RIB with a expensive, too. The duty on infl atables Friday Freedom, who were high-profi le 15-hp Yamaha outboard was gone when and outboards is high, and the selec- participants in the recent 85-boat they returned to their boat following the tion is limited. It breaks our hearts to Port2Port Yacht Rally from Port Vila, Ha-Ha awards ceremony. Bill admits hear about the loss of these dinghies, so Vanuatu, to Bundaberg, Australia. it's possible he tied a bad knot and the please be careful. But do you still need Indeed, the two had recently won fi rst dinghy drifted away, but suspects it was to lock your dinghy in tres chere and prize in the pirate costume contest. But more likely that it had been pinched. tres chic islands such as St. Barths? Oh after they'd been in port in Bundaberg The next night, 20-year-old Keene yeah. Everybody locks up there, too. So for three weeks, all hell broke loose. Bartlett of the San Francisco-based lock your dinghy! Lock your dinghy! Lock Sydney-based Spaniard Jose Herrero- Columbia 38 ShantiAna, which was your dinghy! Calvo, 38, an alleged drug kingpin, and berthed in the Cabo San Lucas Marina, By the way, the story of what hap- fellow Spaniard Miguel Angel Sanchez was given permission to use the 'fam- pened to the ShantiAna crew after they Barrocal, 39, of Australia's Gold Coast, ily car' (i.e. the dinghy) at 8 p.m. to reported the loss of their dinghy to the were stopped by authorities when they meet friends. He returned at midnight police and navy in Cabo is so long and Who is laughing now? Probably not Julia and to report he'd pulled the dinghy about colorful, that it will have to wait until Ivan, who apparently went for the easy money, eight feet up past the surf line on the next month. but are now facing life behind bars. main beach, and then gone off to fi nd Caribbean friend and leg- his friends. When he returned 20 min- end D. Randy West drove John utes later, the dinghy was nowhere to Winter's Florida-based vintage be found. Once again, it's unclear if the Morelli 80 Fat Cat to line hon- dinghy was stolen, as pulling a dinghy ors in the 22nd annual Virginia up eight feet from the surf line often to British Virgins Caribbean wouldn't be enough. Furthermore, small 1500. In the process, they best- ed 62 other entries, including the very fast Tripp 78 monohull CHANGES

attempted to drive away from the marina gun, pushed it into the air, and shouted with two suitcases taken from Friday that she was not going to die. Dorsch Freedom. Suitcases that contained more was eventually bound to a tree with a than 200 pounds of coke. Another 400 chain, and assumed she was going to pounds were found on the boat, bring- RAMIN OF STEFAN FAMILY be raped. Struggling with all her might, ing the total street value of the haul to she says she managed to get free, and $78 million. The smugglers are believed took off through the pitch-black jungle, to be part of a global drug ring, and the losing her shoes in the process. Hearing coke is thought to have come from South the ocean, she ran for it and jumped in. America. The investigation began with a She was able to swim to a Dutch boat, money-laundering probe, and the ketch the only one besides Baju anchored in had been under close survelliance since the bay, and call for help. she was in Vanuatu. Following a week-long search, the Here's the latest on the horrible remains of Ramin's body — confi rmed by October 9 murder of athletic German dental records — including his teeth and cruiser Stefan Ramin, 41, of the 40-ft cut-up bones, were found at a remote aluminum catamaran Baju. As of No- campsite along with animal bones. It's vember 4, Marquesan murder suspect been reported that the plants as much Henri Haiti, 31, still had not been found, Stefan Ramin, the German cruiser murdered as 30 feet from the fi re's center had despite a manhunt by his family, all the on Nuku Hiva. Henri Haiti, his alleged killer, still been scorched. There was immediate local gendarmes, and an army contin- hadn't been found by early November. speculation, particularly in Germany, gent from Papeete. Heike Dorsch, 37, grabbed a fl ashlight and followed him that Ramin might have been the victim of Ramin's girlfriend of 17 years, told the into the forest. But then Haiti suddenly cannibalism. The practice was rife in the German magazine Bunte that Haiti, a turned on her, held a gun to her face, islands in the 19th century, and there hunting guide, had invited Ramin on and said, "Va à mouriré!" ("You're going is photographic proof that Haiti had a an expedition to kill a wild goat. Haiti to die!"). She grabbed the barrel of the tatoo on his shoulder of one of the most returned that evening to tell Dorsch that notorious cannibal tribes. The people of Ramin needed help. Dorsch says she the Marquesas and Tahiti reject the can-

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nibalism claim, saying that the Marque- very friendly, but we sans have come to prefer the taste of hot were later told that the

dogs and hamburgers to that of human guy on the horse was CARLOS OF CABO fl esh, and that the Germans who make the "renegade" nephew the claim are racists. Others say the of a big landowner. Not residents of Nuku Hiva just don't want that it means he has to lose all the tourist money expected commited any crime." from a big festival in mid-December. Would we sail to Every cruiser we've talked to who has the Marquesas and been to the Marquesas, and Nuku Hiva Nuku Hiva, population in particular, has told us that the murder 2,000, this spring? Yes — to say nothing of the idea of cannibal- we would. But as Haiti ism — is absolutely out of character with hasn't been caught the people they have met. They've told yet, we'd be more than us Nuku Hiva is one of the most friendly normally careful. and safest places they can imagine. Looking for truly The one exception is Pedro Fernandez, exotic cruising? Try one of the owners of the Marina Riviera New Guinea, the second largest island Mexico price update: The Marina at Cabo San Nayarit, who sailed to Nuku Hiva earlier in the world, which is located just north Lucas was giving 12.30 pesos to the dollar and this year on his uncle's Jeanneau 54 San of Australia's Cape York. Home to nearly charging $3.30 U.S. per gallon for diesel. Souci II. "The fi ve crew and I were walk- 800 tribes and nearly as many distinct they spent there during the 3,500 miles ing down a trail in Nuku Hiva, when we languages, New Guinea is about as 'out of cruising they did this year. Check came across a big Marquesan man on there' as you can get. Steve and Man- it out at http://www.youtube.com/ a horse who was accompanied by three jeula May of the Gualala-based Farrier watch?v=rGZZBzT8rmI. There is even dogs. He had bones in his nose and ears, 41 catamaran Endless Summer, vets of footage of Steve surfi ng a place believed and gave off such bad vibes that none of the '08 Ha-Ha, made a movie of the time to have never been surfed before. us even wanted to make eye contact with Our only caution is that the Mays' him. Everyone else at Nuku Hiva was video suggests that New Guinea is all Your Boatyard in the Heart of Paradise HAULOUT • Marine Travelift 25 tons Our Services| • Marine railway 120 tons • Storage in adjustable steel cradles • Fenced Yard PAINTING • Topsides, hull, bottom, varnish • Brush, roller, spray MECHANICAL WORK • Inboard, outboard, diesel, gas • All brands REPAIRS Large, fenced, secure dry storage area • Electrical repairs • Refrigeration installation & repair Tahiti Customs policy has changed! • Fiberglass & woodwork Foreign Flag vessels can stay on dry storage in • Welding, steel, stainless, aluminum our yard for up to 12 months out of 24. SAIL LOFT • Sail repairs, biminis, dodgers, covers STORE Professional boatyard in the heart of Paradise • International, Pettit, Epiglass, Devoe • Spares Raiatea Carenage will make sure • Fill U.S. gas cylinders paradise is everything you expected. DO-IT-YOURSELFERS WELCOME! Call, write, or sail in . . . we're here to serve you. BoatUS Cooperating Marina B.P. 1111 Uturoa Raiatea 98 735 Polynésie Française Tel: (689) 600-545 ~ Fax: (689) 600-546 ~ VHF 68 A Subsidiary of The Moorings Yacht Charter, Ltd. Web site: http://www.raiatea.com/carenage ~ email: [email protected]

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New Guinea that it can be "like stepping LATITUDE/RICHARD Colorado-based Schionning 49 Sea into the great unknown." And it's danger- Level did the Ha-Ha and later a lot of ous. "Papua New Guinea is troubled by a buddyboating in the South Pacifi c with high level of serious crime, particularly in Steve and Manjula. Indeed, if you check the urban centres of Port Moresby, Lae out the Endless Summer video of New and Mt Hagen. Travel to the Highlands Guinea, you'll also be able to fi nd video region should be reconsidered because of Sea Level screaming along in the high of high levels of crime and violence." teens off Moorea. Beautiful! Anyway, Jim Caren Edwards of Redwood City, who and Kent were back in Colorado and spent months cruising PNG with her the Bay Area to touch base with family family about seven years ago aboard and friends for a few months, but have their Marquesas 53 Rhapsody, agrees just headed back to their cat which — it that Papua New Guinea can be danger- wasn't clear to us — is in either Singa- ous. There are lots of situations, for ex- pore, Jakarta or Bali. ample, where one tribe would sabotage Since we seem to be on a cat craze, we another tribe's truck full of rice, and that Kent and Jim Milski, the hippie and the Viet should report that Greg and Debbie Dor- the fi rst tribe's houses would be knocked Nam vet. They have cruised the South Pacifi c land of the Squaw Valley-based Catana down in retaliation. There is a high level together and are headed for Southeast Asia. 52 Escapade have made it back down to of domestic violence, too. Edwards says the chief's protection. When it came time St. Barth from the Northeast. Not that it when her family anchored, they would to move on, the chief would give them wasn't without thrills and challenges. immediately ask the village chief for careful instructions on where to visit "As was the case when we sailed north permission to stay in 'his' waters, and next, and where to avoid. Somehow the from St. Barth 18 months ago, we found ask what they could do for his village. news of Rhapsody's arrival would make ourselves trying to skirt an "unnamed This would usually entail helping with it along the coconut telegraph to their sub-tropical depression". When we came some community project or contributing north 18 months ago, we saw 35 to 45 $20 a week. Then they would be under knots for most of the four days it took us

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to make the 870 miles from St. Barth to Solent in squalls — they DAYDREAMS Bermuda. On our way down this time, still managed a bunch of we had to sail our way out of solid 40- 220+ -mile days. And yes, 50- knot winds with 20-foot seas. they made it to St. Barth "Given the conditions we've been in," for Debbie's birthday. Greg continues, "Debbie and I are really "I just returned from glad that our Catana 52 Escapade is a Barra de Navidad," re- big and heavy cat. We can't understand ports Joe Day of the how our friends Jim and Kent Milski on Pearson 385 Daydreams. Sea Level, and especially Steve and Man- Since Barra is one of my juela May of the Gualala-based Farrier my favorite places on 41 Endless Summer, can cruise across Mexico's Gold Coast, I'm the Pacifi c on such light cats. By the way, glad to be able to report the really great thing about having done that she's recovering well the Ha-Ha was getting the opportunity from hurricane Jova. The waterfront got Although some Barra waterfront restaurants to make friends with people like Jim and pounded pretty hard, and a couple of (inset) were damaged beyond repair, the main Kent, and Steve and Manjuela. The Ha- restaurants with poor foundations were street and rest of the town have recovered. Ha crowd is certainly more friendly than destroyed. But the main street now looks for Christmas. After all, it is Barra De the one back here on the East Coast, like it always did, and people are working Navidad. And they are expecting you." so we really appreciate the Ha-Ha vibe 12 hours a day cleaning up and getting Bill Yeargan and Jean Strain of the established by the Grand Poobah." ready for the season. Once you leave the Honolulu-based Irwin 37 Mita Kuuluu Escapade managed to avoid tropical waterfront, you wouldn't even know that report that "slightly irreverent but al- storm Sean, which delayed the start of a hurricane had hit several weeks before. ways fun" Picante SSB Net is up and the Caribbean 1500 for fi ve days, and The Grand Bay Marina was unscathed, running again and being managed by actually had good sailing. Despite sailing and only one boat went ashore in the Radio Rob Ladner and Bob O'Hara, a much more conservatively than when lagoon. My recommendation is Barra couple of cruisers who have swallowed they'd come north — sometimes double the anchor and now live in Vallarta. "If reefi ng the main and always furling the you are new to SSB or just a little shy,"

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WHAT’S IN A DEADLINE? Our Classifi ed 25 TO 28 FEET Deadline has always been the 18th of the month, and it’s still pretty much a brick 27-FT CAL2-27, 1975. Richmond Marina. wall if you want to get your ad into the $3,000/obo. Neglected but sound, illness magazine. But it’s not so important any- forces sale. Excellent Bay boat. Single more when it comes to getting exposure hander with auto tiller, self-tailing winch- for your ad. With our new system, your es. Gasoline Atomic 4. Main, roller jib, ad gets posted to our website within a self tacking jib. Knot meter, depth fi nder, day or so of submission. Then it appears radio, head, fl otation devices, etc. (510) in the next issue of the magazine. So 235-4860 or [email protected]. 11-FT FOILING MOTH. (Bladerider RX), 28-FT ALERION EXPRESS, 2007. Sau- you’re much better off if you submit or 2009. Alameda. $7,500. Only used the salito. $89,000. Lizbeth. Hull #359. One of renew your ad early in the month. That boat about 6 times. Everything is basi- a kind, fully loaded. Seeing is believing. way your ad begins to work for you im- cally new as it came from BR. In addition Bristol, fully maintained and varnished mediately. There’s no reason to wait for it comes with a small road trailer that the yacht. www.lizbeth359.com. Contact the last minute. dolly sits on and full covers. Shipping Michael at [email protected] or crate also. Can’t stand to see it sit in the (415) 608-6919. boat yard collecting dust. Great entry DINGHIES, LIFERAFTS into foiling. Located in San Francisco Bay Area. Contact (415) 725-9581 or AND ROWBOATS [email protected]. 27-FT HILLYARD, 1938. Ventura . $9,000/ 14-FT ACHILLES HB-140, 1991. Shelter obo. Great opportunity to own classic Bay Building 5. $2,500. With 30hp Merc English sailboat! This well maintained stout power trim/tilt bench seat/wheel. Well sloop is a great island boat and true ex- maintained. Contact (415) 377-9517 or ample of fi ne material and craftsmanship. [email protected]. Sell or trade for nice RV. http://yachtsof- fered.com/yachtsoffered.cfm?yachts__ listingid=1291767&returntype=3. (818) 25-FT MACGREGOR, 1982. Brickyard 24 FEET & UNDER 235-6291 or [email protected]. Cove. $2,950. Includes trailer, but current- ly in prime slip. We over-night on her often. 19-FT RHODES, PT. Richmond. $Dona- Clean, well outfi tted (must see for price). 14-FT WHITEHALL ROW/SAILBOAT. 26-FT MACGREGOR, 1988. Richardson tion wanted. Point San Pablo Yacht Club Pop-Top, swing keel. See by appointment 2011. Port Townsend, WA. $4,500. New. Bay Marina. $5,000/obo. Shallow 18” is searching for a donation of two Rhodes weekend of 11/19. http://picasaweb. High tech construction. Sliding seat and draft. 5hp 4-stroke long shaft Honda OB. 19 O’Day sloops, in usable condition, for google.com/107756477168167988934/M riggers. Converts from row to sail. In- New marine Porta-Potti, very clean - in use in the club’s sailing program. Please acgregor25ForSale?authkey=Gv1sRgCM cludes sail with one reef. 90 lbs. Great at- and out. Upholstery in great shape. Ma- contact Robby Robbinson at (415) 388- LR0Y3v6evQtgE. Contact (760) 417-1882 tention to detail. Oars not included. (360) rine battery, compass, sails and rigging. 6167 or John Ough at (510) 830-7982. or [email protected]. 437-9350 or [email protected]. Call Richard. (415) 378-7380.

CARPENTRY NOR-CAL COMPASS OODRUM MARINE Mobile cabinet shop W Specializing in custom interior Contact Lon Woodrum at: Adjustment • Sales cabinetry, tables, cabinets, countertops, 415-420-5970 Authorized Compass Repair cabinsoles. For power or sail. www.woodrummarine.com Hal McCormack • [email protected] • Phone/Fax (415) 892-7177 N.E. MARINE TITLE Coast Guard documentation • Title/lien searches • Transfers • Mortgage fi ling • Escrow services B O A T • L E T T E R I N G Local closing facility for brokers or private transactions 30 years experience of doing it right the fi rst time [email protected] • (510) 599-1197 • www.alphaboatgraphics.com 1150 Ballena Blvd, Alameda, CA • (510) 521-4925 Creative and durable lettering and artwork for your boat

Page 140 • Latitude 38 • December, 2011 30-FT WYLIECAT, 2004. Richmond 33-FT RANGER, 1977. Ventura. $22,500. YC. $45,000. 50% equity interest (1/2 Excellent condition. Refi t to cruise Chan- expenses), 100% fun. Hull 16, Yanmar, nel Islands, ready for Mexico. Universal Raymarine instruments, new wishbone diesel, new windlass, large sail inventory, ‘08, saw 22 knots VMG on Coastal Cup. infl atable, 6hp outboard, very clean, lightly Shorthander’s dream. Well maintained and used. www.flickr.com/photos/ventura- cared for. Email [email protected]. boatdoctor/sets/72157628129538512/? share=mail. Contact (415) 602-7302 or [email protected].

27-FT J/27, 1986. Berkeley. $21,000. 30-FT VENT DE FETE, 1981. South Very nice 1986 J/27 for sale. New bottom, Beach Harbor. $5,500/obo. Good Con- new shrouds, 90% new running rigging, dition. Sailed across the Pacific from new forward hatch, new sail cover, new Japan. Solid hull. Needs sail repair. Cur- fenders, new dock lines, new stereo, rently berthed at South Beach Harbor. new battery charger, new teak toe rails, Limited English, but please email for completely up to survey, strong outboard, more information or to look at the vessel. serviceable sails, rigged for racing but is [email protected]. a happy day sailer, clean and ready to go 30-FT PEARSON FLYER, 1981. Alameda. without any work, over $26,000 invested, $4,995. Motivated sale. 11’ beam, 5’9” paid up slip in Berkeley for a month. draft, 6,200 lbs. Fractional rig with Tuff 35-FT YOUNG SUN CUTTER, 1981. About the prettiest little J out there. (510) Luff foil, new jib, tiller autopilot, 2-burner San Carlos, Mexico. $62,800. Ready 295-5066. alcohol stove, 4-year-old standing rig- to sail the world. Designed by Robert ging and lightly used. 16:1 backstay, new Perry, like a Tayana 37, but at a bargain boom vang, new Porta-Potti. 1984 BMW price. More information on our website: D12 engine new as of 2007, needs TLC. http://youngsun.squarespace.com/ Bargain price for one of Yacht Racing’s specs. Contact [email protected] recommendation for a great Bay pocket or (970) 259-5102. cruiser and day sail race boat. All docu- 29-FT HERRESHOFF 28 MODIFIED. mentation with original manuals. No. 2 33-FT TARTAN 10, 1978. Alameda. 1963. Sausalito. $6,500. Yanmar diesel. kid is on the way and the old sweetheart $4,500. Cheap because it needs work and 3-burner propane stove, oven and heater. has to go. Contact (510) 520-2174 or TLC. Yanmar engine, older sails. Contact Legal head. Spinnaker. Mizzen staysail. [email protected]. Glen via telephone or Jayne via email. Self-steering windvane. Full boat cover. (510) 339-9451 or [email protected]. 26-FT CATALINA, 2006. Fresno. $23,900. “Nutshell pram” wooden dinghy. Sell- A beautiful Catalina in excellent condition. ing swiftly, showings every day. Texts 33-FT RANGER, 1974. La Paz, BCS, Hasn’t been used more than about 25-30 welcome. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjsaBjTe. MX. $28,500. Refi t to cruise. Excellent hours total. Comes with a 2007 custom Contact [email protected] or (415) condition. Needs nothing. Turnkey. Pos- built trailer. Berth arrangements for 4 627-7966. sible owner fi nancing. Pics and details: people. 250 wing keel. Honda engine. www.sailboatlistings.com/view/23371. Has a solar panel, mainsail cover, cockpit (303) 408-4696 or [email protected]. cover, depth sounder, sink package S.S.- hand pump -15 gallon, stove, portable ERICSON 35 MK II, 1977. Richmond propane, Bilge pump-cockpit/manually YC. $59,000. Bruce King design. Well operated, swim ladder, toilet portable. 31-FT CAL, 1979. Alameda. $18,000. maintained, excellent condition, equipped (559) 288-1360. Well maintained. Recent survey in 2010, for cruising, 7-ft. headroom, sleeps 5. new bottom paint, decent sails (includ- Detailed info and photos on website. ing spinnaker). Diesel, propane stove, www.ericson351977.blogspot.com. (925) 29 TO 31 FEET electric fridge, inverter/battery charger, 935-4413 or [email protected]. GPS, windlass, jib furling, VHF, tiller with 30-FT NEWPORT, 1979. Cabrillo Way, autopilot. Sails well, in use now. (916) 514- San Pedro. $12,000. Clean boat, roller, 2322 or [email protected]. lines led aft, good A4, tiller, dodger, bimini, additional cabinetry in salon makes boat much more livable, many upgrades. Email 32 TO 35 FEET or leave message for quick reply. (818) 248- 9646 or [email protected]. 33-FT TARTAN 10, 1979. San Francisco. $13,500. Recored. Yanmar with packless shaft seal, new Tacktick knotmeter, new Harken headfoil, new spinnaker. Racing and cruising sails. Other new equip- 34-FT ELLIOTT 1050 BASIC INSTINCT. 30-FT BABA, 1980. Berkeley. $45,000/ Tiburon. $110,000. Great for Pacifi c Cup. owner finance. Beautiful, bluewater ment. Geared up and ready to go! Email [email protected] For pictures: Placed 2nd in class and 3rd overall in cruiser. Diesel 70 hours. $15k 2010 2006 PacCup. New Zealand-built fast haulout: mast, re-rigged, barrier, furler jib, http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/ k632/eattorney91/. cruiser/racer (PHRF 69) with white oak batteries. Teak decks, windlass, autopilot, interior and leather seats. North 3DL sails. diesel heater, bristol 6’6’ interior. Recent 32-FT WESTSAIL, 1975. Berkeley. Contact [email protected] or (415) upgrades. More at http://yachtsof- 380-0855. fered.com/yachtsoffered.cfm?yachts__ $35,000. Beta Marine 1505 diesel, listingid=1291697&returntype=3. Contact 30-FT CAPE DORY CUTTER, 1984. <200hrs., SSB, Viking raft, Monitor wind- Alameda. $37,500. Well maintained. Re- vane, GPS/radar. http://xenotropic.net/ 32-FT WESTSAIL. Pillar Point Harbor, [email protected] or (510) Half Moon Bay. $40,000. Hull #417. 258-4053. cent E80 radar, VariProp, new upholstery, sinamara.html. Contact (510) 517-9217 cushions and canvas. A sweet sailing boat or [email protected]. Teak/mahogany interior: center table/fwd and easy to singlehand. Lots of pictures locker layout. 3 headsails, 1 staysail, 1 and information at website. http://cd-30. drifter. Perkins 4-108. Needs new mainsail blogspot.com. Contact (510) 910-2099 or and boom. Contact (650) 303-3901 or [email protected]. [email protected].

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December, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 141 35-FT GRAND BANKS. (Magellan) sailing 36-FT BENETEAU 361, 2002. SF Marina 38-FT HANS CHRISTIAN 38T, 1981. Sea yacht, 1964. $11,500. Strip-planked ma- West Basin. $118,000. Bristol, loaded, of Cortez. $95,000. Equipped for comfort. hogany with teak cabin sides, aft cabin, custom, all electronics, recent upgrades Windlass, Genset, 25gph watermaker, 80hp Ford Lehman diesel. New deck. and coveted SF Marina Berth. (415) 771- A/C, microwave, Sat phone, like-new SRYH covered berth-good liveaboard. 0741 or [email protected]. tanbark sails, new standing rigging, 12v, Bronze fastened, lead keel. 18,000 lbs. 110v, engine driven refrigeration, custom 6’4” headroom (sailing houseboat). Call hard dodger/bimini, davits, radar, chart- (562) 899-0774 (eve). plotter, autopilot, 400w solar. Original owner. Email [email protected]. 34-FT CUSTOM/ONE-OFF. Racing/ 35-FT J/35C, 1993. Seattle, WA. $99,000. Cruising sloop, 1981. $29,000. Designed Very clean, well maintained perfor- by Gary Mull, renowned for SORC- mance cruiser, North sails, Harken roller winning Ranger 37 to 12-meter USA. furler, Yanmar engine, Raymarine ST60 Fast and cruising comfortable. Finished instruments, Garmin chartplotter, VHF, below teak and mahogany, sleeps 6. autopilot, heater, dodger, new AGM bat- Includes built-in TV/VCR/stereo sound. teries and charger, new stereo, speakers, Sails: new jib, main, spinnaker, more. 37-FT COOPER LIMITED ED. pilot- equipped for cruising. (206) 605-5330 or (760) 323-3025. house sloop, 1985. Alameda, California. [email protected]. $80,000. Recently back from a cruise in the Caribbean and ready for her 36 TO 39 FEET next passage. View our web page for 36-FT CATALINA, 1993. Berke- specifi cations, equipment, and pictures: ley. $63,000. Excellently maintained, 39-FT CUSTOM. 3rd-World Cruiser, 1998. http://web.mac.com/pecahill. Contact equipped cruiser. Radar, GPS, Autohelm. Santa Cruz, CA. $32,000. Don’t let the (530) 305-7977 or [email protected]. New roller furling, anchor, safety lines, price fool you. 30,000 singlehanded off- stainless steel bow pulpit and stern rails. shore miles. Built to cruise. Steers herself Bottom paint 2011. Three racing head- for hours on end. Excellent construction. sails, two spinnakers. Low engine hours. Positive fl otation. http://yachtsoffered. Contact (408) 476-8080 or (925) 417-7321 com/yachtsoffered.cfm?Yachts__List- or [email protected]. ingid=1291760. Contact (831) 239-8078 33-FT CS33, 1981. Richmond Yacht or [email protected]. HANS CHRISTIAN 38 MK II, 1983. San Club. $33,900. Awesome CS33. Ray Wall Diego. $50,000. Priced to sell. Email for design, many upgrades. New full batten 37-FT RAFIKI, 1975. Brickyard Cove full info. [email protected]. main with Dutchman, Vectran/Dacron Marina. $15,000. Project boat. Equipped jib on Harken furler, fuel tank/system, with radar, depth sounder, refrigerator, Force 10 stove, chart plotter, VHF/wham, Volvo diesel. New aluminum mast, stand- 38-FT HALSEY HERRESHOFF. cat dodger, more. Contact (530) 448-6167 or ing rigging and Sta-Loc fi ttings in 2000. ketch, 1983. San Rafael. $49,000. Fast, [email protected]. Financial situation forces sale. (415) 328- beautiful, easily handled liveaboard cruis- 4273 or [email protected]. er. Unstayed carbon-fi ber masts. Diesel. 35-FT J/105, 2001. San Francisco. Impressive wood interior. Two sleeping $88,500. Hull #374. Located in SF. Well CATALINA 36 MK II, 2001. Santa Cruz. cabins. Two heads one w/composting cared-for, race ready for SF Bay, Svend- $109,000. Very clean. Autopilot, GPS toilet. Brand new sails and Awl-Grip. sen’s faired bottom, wheel equipped, chartplotter, windlass, dodger, roller furl- Extremely well equipped. Canister liferaft. deep keel, 3 sets sails, B&G instruments, ing jib, asymmetrical spinnaker. Universal (707) 254-0220. autopilot, all acccessories. Photos here: 35hp under 1450 hours. Inverter. 12v 39-FT CAVALIER, 1985. Alamitos Bay. http://goo.gl/UTYAQ. Contact (415) 205- refrigerator, microwave, TV with DVD $79,000. New Zealand built, Robert Salt- 0026 or [email protected]. player, stereo with cockpit/cabin speak- house design. Nicest Cavalier on the west ers. Many extras. Magma grill, dock box, coast (see the boat, you’ll agree). Perkins Zarcor companionway doors. Excellent 4-108, heavy ground tackle (Rocna). New transferable slip location in Pacifi c Yacht- interior, new canvas, dodger and bimini ing charter fl eet in Santa Cruz Harbor. in 2009. Furuno electronics, below deck Forget the 20+ year waiting list. Enjoy it com-nav pilot. Call for details/photos. now! Email [email protected]. (310) 529-7509.

39-FT YORKTOWN, 2006. Moss Land- ing, Ca. $79,000. Cruise-ready 5-year-old custom, center cockpit, sloop, classic 35-FT CHEOY LEE LION, 1962. Brick- beauty a must-see. Barely used, every- yard Cove Marina. $49,000. Professional thing overdesigned, too many extras restoration during two-year refi t. Teak hull, to list. Some are; 2 auto steering, 2 copper riveted. New frames and planking. refrigeration, 2 kerosene room heaters, 1 Rebuilt Westerbeke. Brightwork in very diesel room heater, 2 heads, 3 anchors, good condition. New spruce mast and 5 sails, spinnaker never hoisted, 3 props boom. Previous owner invested much 38-FT HUGHES, 1970. Monterey, CA. (one variable), 200 hours on 70hp diesel, 39-FT CONCORDIA YAWL, 1953. Port time and resources toward bristol restora- $19,000. S&S design, built in Canada. spare diesel parts, 4 solar panels, wind Townsend, Washington. $105,000. Con- tion. Master Mariner Classic. In S.F. Bay 74 hours on near-new diesel engine, generator, 2 alternators, amazing wood- structed by Abeking and Rasmussen in since commissioned. (510) 778-0094 or pressure hot/cold water, sound hull, no work, upholstery, electric/plumbing, 150 Germany. Well maintained, well equipped. [email protected]. blisters. Great Bay sailer with slip avail- gal water, 50 gal diesel, 4 parallel fuel Extensive sail inventory. Yanmar, full able in Monterey or Moss Landing. Call fi lters. Hard dodger, sails like a dream. electronics. Ready for cruising or classic (831) 915-4984. Detail pictures and 2007 survey. (408) racing. Beautiful and capable. (360) 302- 268-4573 or [email protected]. 0547 or [email protected].

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Page 142 • Latitude 38 • December, 2011 CATALINA 36 MK II, 1995. Alameda, CA. $81,000. Excellent condition, includes windlass, hot/cold pressurized water, inverter, VHF, electronics, low engine hours, 15hp Johnson motor and Zodiac inflatable. Contact (510) 523-4081 or [email protected].

38-FT C&C, 1976. San Leandro Marina. 40-FT O’DAY, 1986. Redwood City, CA. 46-FT MORGAN 462, 1981. Vallejo Marina. $45,000. New rigging, Monitor wind vane, $50,000, Price reduced! Great condition/ $153,000/obo. Bulletproof center-cockpit head and fuel tank. Has a 3-cylinder Yan- great price. Very clean. New Yanmar cruising ketch, keel-stepped masts, inte- mar diesel, radar, sonar, VHF, autopilot, and Webasto heater. Live aboard pos- gral ballast, skeg-hung rudder, external new ignition panel, switch and tach. 4 new sibility for qualified owner. Contact chainplates, two cabins/heads, many batteries. New awesome stereo system. [email protected], (650) 743- new systems, immaculate. http://s766. Was planning on sailing the world, but 3422 or (650) 363-1390. photobucket.com/albums/xx309/tmess- circumstances have changed. It’s sad, er/Morgan%20462%20Cruising%20 36-FT PEARSON, 1985. Sausalito. my loss your gain. She’s worth $60,000 Sailboat/?albumview=slideshow&tr. Con- $56,800. I’ve owned her for 15 yrs and easy. Contact [email protected] or tact (707) 334-3670 or [email protected]. am the second owner. Have original (408) 250-2623. purchase receipt, owner’s manual, sail plans, etc. Hauled and painted Oct ‘10 along with new cutlass bearing and new feathering prop (great upgrade should have done it sooner). Roller furling on jib and Dutchman system on main for easy sail handling. Original Yanmar diesel has only 386 hrs. A truly beautiful interior in 43-FT TASWELL, 1995. Bainbridge near-new condition. Love this boat. Only Island, WA. $299,000. Pristine, center reason I’m selling is I bought a classic cockpit full enclosure, Leisure Furl main, woodie. Insurance survey in Feb ‘11 electric winch, RF genoa, low hours on 47-FT WAUQUIEZ CENTURION. valued at $70,000 and is insured for that. 38-FT BREWER STEEL PILOTHOUSE. main and 5kw genset, watermaker, chart 1989. Berkeley, San Francisco Bay, CA. Great boat at a very fair price. Located at cutter, 1988. Blaine, Washington. plotter, radar, Espar heat, much more. $149,950. Sloop, steel rod rig, the French Schoonmaker Point Marina in Sausalito, $130,000/obo. Brewer Design #191. http://nxtues.wordpress.com. (206) 295- pride Swan, performance world cruiser, she can be viewed there during day- Great liveaboard, go anywhere boat. 1024 or [email protected]. shoal keel, new (furling) genoa 50%, time hours. Contact (925) 286-8738 or 70hp Westebreke diesel, Capacities: spinnaker and storm sail, 2010, 10’3” [email protected]. 250 gal diesel and 190 gal water, Rob- Zodiac, 15hp Nissan 4-stroke OB/SS ertson autopilot and Sailomat windvane, adjustable lifting pulley. Perkins 60hp, low Furuno radar, Garmin chartplotter and hours. Sleeps 8, full navigation and racing sonar, EPIRB, solar power, freezer and electronics, totally equipped, and more, refrigerator, Espar heater, pressure water, ready to go. Illness forces sale. Berkeley shower, electric windlass. (509) 846-4595 Marina. A bargain at $149,950. Call (510) [email protected]. 524-2609 for viewing. (916) 220-7027 owner or [email protected]. 40 TO 50 FEET 44-FT TARTAN 4400, 2003. Channel Island Harbor. $399,000, or trade?. Re- HANS CHRISTIAN 38 MK II, 1979. Em- duced price! Dark green hull, low hours, eryville. $97,500. Beautiful world cruiser! bow thruster, electric winches, vacufl ush New 65hp diesel 2003, standing rigging heads, spinnaker, new batteries, recent 2007, barrier coat 2009, electric wind- bottom paint, numerous other options/ lass 2010. GPS, AIS, radar, windvane, upgrades. See test sail at www.YouTube. autopilot, cabin heater, HF/HAM radio, com, search Tartan 4400, our actual boat! hard dodger, and much, much more. Contact [email protected] or (530) http://sailsugata.com/forsale. Email 318-0730. 41-FT TARTAN 4100, 1996. Alameda, [email protected]. California. $215,000. Beautiful blue hulled, professionally maintained perfor- 37-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT. Creal- 43-FT NAUTOR’S SWAN, 1986. $184,000 Firm. Infi nity. Ron Holland “Grand Tour- mance cruiser. Micron 66 bottom, teak ock design, 1980. Moss Landing, CA. interior, two staterooms, large salon, $95,000. 6’4” headroom. Cruise-ready ing” design, called the “The Ideal Two Couple Cruiser”, Centerline queen berth. nav-station and galley. Westerbeke diesel, with GPS, radar, solar panel, wind genera- dodger, bimini, awning, Doyle StackPack tor, liferaft, cruising spinnaker, SSB, wind Volvo w/885 hrs, Max Prop, good cruis- ing inventory, liferaft, MOM Module, heart main/jib 2008, 135% North genoa, new instruments, more. Very well maintained. paint mast/boom, standing rigging/ Recent haulout. Many new upgrades. inverter, new cushions. (415) 720-7016 or [email protected]. lifelines 2008, Harken furler, ST winches, Sailboat Hall of Fame inductee. (831) 588- hydraulic backstay, LPG stove/oven, 8502 or [email protected]. 41-FT MORGAN CLASSIC MODEL. microwave, heat/air, autopilot, knot/log/ 1991. San Carlos, Mexico. $93,000. 45-FT GARDEN YAWL. One off, double depth/wind, GPS chartplotter, windlass, Cruiser, in primo condition, ready to end, 3 years in restoration, 98% com- dinghy/OB. Liveaboard or cruise. Will go. Spacious interior - must see to ap- pleted, cold-molded over original strip consider smaller trade sail/power. (510) preciate. Recent survey. Use link for planked, new electric motor. $60K as is, 501-6414 or [email protected]. current photos, complete equipment list: or $? to fi nish. Contact (916) 847-9064 or http://sailboatvagari.blogspot.com. (520) [email protected]. 825-7551 or [email protected].

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December, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 143 42-FT CATALINA, 1990. South Beach Harbor, San Francisco. $89,000 USD. MULTIHULLS Great condition. Extensive upgrades. Full specs at: http://leluya.blogspot.com. Contact [email protected] or (650) 241-1440.

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December, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 151 Let the world's largest international catamaran and trimaran brokerage, The Multihull Company, assist you with the purchase or sale of a multihull anywhere in the world. The Multihull Company offers several distinct differences, from its pioneering buyer/broker program developed by SALE PENDING founder Phillip Berman, himself a World Champion catamaran racer and author, to its international print advertisements that reach just the right buyers and sellers of catamarans, to its monthly newsletters that actually help 43' CANTANA, 1999 46' DOLPHIN, 2006 55' KELSALL CAT, 1998 readers understand the market, the latest trends in sailing, San Francisco, CA Half Moon Bay, CA Mexico and even tackle the recent controversies about electric $375,000 $529,000 $249,000 engines, helm station placement, daggerboards versus keels, etc., to our powerful online presence and social media know- how and U.S. and European boat show participation. Visit us at www.multihullcompany.com and see why The Multihull Company is truly the choice for sailors around the world. We offer even the casual browser the means to understand the market with expert videos, 48' LOOPING 53' CATANA, 1994 40' CUSTOM SIMPSON, 2002 articles and an extensive selection of catamarans and Sea of Cortez, Mexico Newport Beach, CA Point Roberts, WA trimarans listed for sale. $450,000 $449,000 Sale Pending SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE FT. LAUDERDALE CHARLESTON FRANCE TURKEY TRINIDAD TORTOLA ST. MARTIN Ph: 215-508-2704 Fax: 215-508-2706 email: [email protected]

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57' ALDEN YAWL, '31 36' CATALINA, '89 Own a Master Mariners treasure. Caring owner, well maintained. $295,000 Priced to sell at $53,900 44' TARTAN, 1975 • $49,000 41' BENETEAU, 1999 • $109,000 Sparkman & Stephens design, new dodger. Three staterooms, watermaker, solar. 55' HALLMAN SLOOP, '82...... $165,000 51' FORMOSA, '79 Already there! Ready to cruise the Caribbean...... $150,000 50' GULFSTAR, '78 Spacious cruiser...... A great value at $120,000 36' ISLANDER, '76 Great value for West Coast 'Plastic Classic'. 2 from $30,000 32' FUJI, '76 Ready to sail to Fiji right now...... $45,500

38' HANS CHRISTIAN, 1979 • $97,500 37' HUNTER LEGEND, 1989 • $44,000 New Pathfi nder diesel. Tough cruising yacht. Aft cabin queen berth. Great layout. POWER & SAIL 2021 Alaska Packer Pl., Grand Marina, Alameda, CA 94501 www.mwiest.com [email protected] • [email protected] (510) 601-5010 • Emeryville, CA (510) 523-5988 • www.newerayachts.com

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Fax: (510) 231-2355 • [email protected] HYLAS 49 (2003) S&S-designed world cruiser, thought- NELSON MAREK CUSTOM A 92-ft aluminum world 530 West Cutting Bl., Pt. Richmond, CA 94804 fuly set up for offshore, shorthanded sailing, safety, cruiser. Recently repowered. Immaculate throughout comfort and low maintenance. Lightly used. $475,000 and in perfect condition.

HYLAS 46 (2002) BALTIC 42 DP (1984) FRERS 50’ CUTTER (1947) German Frers, Sr., founder of the Powerful, go-fast cruising yacht for sailors with ambitious Since 1973, Baltic Yachts of Finland have been building Frers yacht design dynasty, designed and built this classic plans for comfortable offshore sailing. Set up for short- comfortable, safe, long distance cruisers with very good wooden cutter for his own personal use. Without regard to handed sailing, fully equipped with essentially every option. sailing and performance characteristics. Doug Peterson cost, she’s been restored and refi t to better than new condi- Meticulously maintained. $398,000 design, superbly maintained, hull #29. Asking $149,000 tion and shows true to her sailing heritage. Asking $295,000

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HINCKLEY BERMUDA 40 MkII Yawl CB (1968) MUMM/FARR-OVINGTON 30 (1997) SWAN 391 (1984) A beautiful fl ag blue Ron Holland de- Bill Tripp design is highly regarded for classic beauty, su- Solid and ready to sail at the highest level offshore sign which is very well equipped and has had teak decks, perb workmanship and quality details. New sails, dodger, or race one design. Clean, well built, with many engine and standing rigging replaced, and new sails that intelligently updated. Excellent condition. Asking $139,000 upgrades. Join the class today! $85,000 have never been used. Many extras. Asking $129,000

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46' HYLAS, 2002 Center cockpit cutter. 61' C&C, 1971 Beautifully laid out; 41' SCEPTRE CUTTER, 1985 Updated 48' ISLANDER SLOOP, 1985 Pacem Spectacular performance cruiser. Beautifully reportedly more than $250,000 spent on her throughout, professionally maintained, has had two long-term owners since new; maintained, top-of-the-line gear. $398,000 over the past 10 years. $269,000 transferable Sausalito YH slip. $185,000 shows beautifully today. New sails. $179,000

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46' MORGAN 462, 1981 This robust C&C 41, 1987 Very clean example of 53' ISLANDER, 1979 Over $100k spent 43' BENETEAU 430, 1992 Three state- center cockpit cruiser has been thoroughly one of the best racer/cruiser designs ever over past several years on this vessel. Owner room, very clean, never cruised or chartered. updated and is ready for Mexico. $146,000 built. Promises speed and control. $99,500 is motivated to sell IMMEDIATELY. $89,000 Transferable slip. Turn key package. $89,000

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35' BENETEAU OCEANIS 352, 1999 38' CABO RICO CUTTER, 1977 Exten- 34' SABRE, 1984 Fixed keel. Never 37' BENETEAU 370, 1991 Very popular SUPER clean, less than 300 hrs on Yanmar dsl. sively updated, clipper-bowed, Crealock- cruised, freshwater boat with $40,000+ in model, never cruised or chartered, just detailed, Never chartered, cruised or raced. $85,000 designed beauty. New teak decks. $82,000 improvements, Sausalito YH slip. $67,000 shows very nicely, competitive price. $63,500

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30' BABA, 1982 Maintains crew for ex- 45' STARRATT & JENKS, 1977 Nice aft 41' TARTAN, 1975 S&S designed US-built 31' HUNTER, 1999 Clean, well priced tended passages without sacrifi cing qualities of cockpit sloop w/new Yanmar dsl ($30k pro- performance classic in fi ne shape, sails like and lying in a transferable Sausalito Yacht a great singlehander or weekender. $59,000 ject). Great value cruiser or liveaboard. $59,000 a witch, very competitive price. $55,000 Harbor slip. Motivated owner. $42,500

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32' ERICSON, 1989 Never cruised, and with 32' SABRE SLOOP, 1985 Rare on West 36' CATALINA, 1986 One of the most popu- 36' PEARSON 365, 1978 William Shaw- $18k spent on her in last 18 mos., Heyoka Coast. A very nice Sabre example. Major lar 36-ft sailboats ever built. Has had only two designed, US-built aft cockpit ketch with modi- shows much newer than her age. $44,000 refi t '09 and shows nicely today. $41,000 owners, shows nicely. Motivated owner. $39,000 fi ed fi n keel & semi-skeg hung rudder. $36,000

at 100 BAY STREET • SAUSALITO • CALIFORNIA 94965 since 1946 WISHING ALL HOLIDAY JOY AND BOATING HAPPINESS! NORPAC – from the NORPAC Crew YACHTS PLEASE SEE 1150 Brickyard Cove Rd., B9, Pt. Richmond, CA 94801 www.norpacyachts.com SCHOONER by J.G. ALDEN (design #309). 43' LOD. Oh she just seems perfect. Cold-molded (original (510) 232-7200 • FAX (510) 232-7202 FOR MORE by Goudy & Stevens, 1930). TOTAL RESTORATION reported, modern diesel. Gorgeous below, virtually email: [email protected] everything to modern standards. Asking $84,950 LIKE NEW REDUCED!

46' LAKE UNION CLASSIC CRUISER, 1930. 48' GRAND BANKS Trawler LRC. Aft master S/R, 35' MERIDIAN 341 Barely used (less than 230 40' BRISTOL Sloop. Kokua III is loaded and in excellent Restored/rebuilt, excellent cond., new dsls, new genset, twin diesel, FB & PH helms, classic mahogany in hrs), she's ready for all the pleasures the Bay, Delta condition. Thoroughbred Ted Hood design built by Bristol rewired/reframed/refastened, radar, MORE! She could BEAUTIFUL condition. Onan, fully loaded galley, 3 heads, and Coasts have to offer, while maintaining luxury and Yachts, RI. Exquisite interior, comfort and seaworthiness. cruise to Seattle tomorrow. Premium covered Marin berth. shower & tub, infl atable dinghy w/motor, swim platform, performance expected from Meridian. Meticulously main- Radar, plotter, AIS, etc. Wheel, full dodger &MORE! This Dsl cabin heat. Great liveaboard/cruiser. Asking $69,995 steadying sails, radar, MORE! Asking $124,950 tained; she's an exceptional value. Asking $169,000 is the one you've been waiting for. Asking $69,900 OFFERS Visit us at BEAUTIFUL & FRIENDLY Brickyard Cove Marina ENCOURAGED BARGAIN! SAIL 100' MEGA SLOOP Custom Offshore Perfor- 100' Steel HIGH ENDURANCE Adventure/ 45' S.F. BAY CHARTER BOAT w/established mance Cruiser. Comfort & luxury, spacious, Charter Ship in Northern Gulf of Mex. Just & unique business. Owner retiring. COI for 49 sleeps 17, loaded and near new. GREAT REPOSSESSED. Great vessel. A great oppor- passengers. America's Cup is coming – here's CHARTER POTENTIAL!!! ...... Try 885,000 tunity! Reduced by more than $3/4 Million. your chance ...... Asking 295,000 42' BERTRAM F/B MOTOR YACHT Aft master 30' HUNTER Sloop. She is in wonderful 88' TURKISH GULET ketch. Huge & luxurious. MOTIVATED! .....Bank Now Asking 500,000 43' MATTHEWS, '65, diesel. A gem! strm, twin helms, twin dsl, Onan, PH, aft enclosure. condition; super clean and super nice. Just a New dsl, 7 S/Rs +crew + .. Asking 249,999 85' CLASSIC TUG, '23 Vancouver Shipyard. Loaded and beautiful ...... Asking 69,450 Absolutely loaded w/gear & features incl radar, GPS, really great boat that is equipped and has been 58' ALDEN Boothbay Ketch. Center PH Recent CAT V-12 repower. Massive, beauti- 42' GRAND BANKS Twl. Aft cabin, F/B, Onan, A/C & heat, washer/dryer & more! Beautiful & highly cared for correctly. Yanmar diesel, wheel, roller cockpit, aft S/R, dsl, heavy glass, world ful and seaworthy. Perfect for Classic Tug twin dsls, radar. Excellent. Reduced!..79,500 desirable vessel in good condition. Asking $99,500 furling, plotting GPS and MORE! Harmony is a cruiser. AWESOME! ...... Asking 268,950 Yacht ...... 124,950/offers 40' STEEL Fast-Utility vessel. Twin 671-N GREAT VALUE at…Asking $14,000 54' HERRESHOFF center cockpit ketch. F/G, 62' ELCO 1926 CLASSIC MOTORYACHT. diesels, sand-blasted and epoxied in & out, dsl, loaded bluewater cruiser..Asking 199,500 Twin dsl, gorgeous, elegant, comfortable. ex-USCG, MUCH potential .... Asking 12,950 41' CT-41. Exquisite example of this revered GREAT LIVEABOARD CRUISER. Must see! 36' SEA RAY 360 aft cabin fl y bridge express. Garden design with many custom features. REDUCED! Offers encouraged! ... 124,950 Twins. Nice & a GREAT VALUE. Asking 34,950 Fiberglass, big diesel, teak deck, cabin heat 50' STEPHENS 1928 Classic. Twin dsl, F/B, 35' ROUGHWATER, 1974. Fiberglass, & fi replace, tiled shower & head, gorgeous part. restored & operational...Asking 80,000 single diesel, completely outfi tted, excellent interior, alum. spars, full galley, refrigeration condition. Owner motivated! ...... 39,500 and much MORE! MUST SEE..Asking 78,950 48' DUTCH CANAL Barge. Beautiful & comfort- able Sausalito liveaboard. Steel, diesel power. 28' BAYLINER 2850 FLYBRIDGE SEDAN. New 38' FARALLON CLIPPER #14 by Stephens MUST BE SEEN! ...... Asking 199,950 VOLVO/GM 300 hp V8, economical & 30+MPH 30' RAWSON Sloop. PILOTHOUSE/HARD Bros. Classic Master Mariners winner in reported. Just completely refurbished & refi tted ISLANDER 36. Probably the MOST POPULAR CRUISING DODGER Model. Isuzu diesel, roller furling, very outstanding condition ...... Asking 45,000 45' STEPHENS 1929 classic. Beautiful to exceptional condition...... Asking 19,950 BOAT EVER BUILT! She's a good one: incomparable Alan clean interior, encl. head and MORE! These Wm. 36' STEEL Ketch by HARTOG. Dsl, loaded, super Gatsby-era motoryacht waiting to trans- 27' FARALLON Pilothouse, '86. F/G, twin Gurney design, dsl, dodger, roller furling, pulpits, double Garden-designed world beaters are famous for their rugged and way too cheap! ...... Try 24,950 port you back to the days of yachting 5L V8s, fast and seaworthy. Just lifelines, pedestal wheel steering, double spreader rig, in the grand style ...... Try 75,000 exceptionally strong construction, reliability and ease 36' ISLANDER Sloop. Diesel, wheel, furling, detailed and very nice...... Asking 39,950 lines led aft for shorthanding, more. Asking $28,950 of maintenance. GREAT BOAT! Asking $24,850 self-tailers ++ ...... REDUCED! 29,950 35' MAGELLAN Sloop by American Marine. ENCOURAGEDOFFERS Diesel, covered liveaboard berth in Marin. A BARGAIN! ...... Asking 11,500 PERFORMANCE 32' NANTUCKET Clipper Mk III Yawl. Diesel, fi berglass ...... 14,950/obo 30' GARY MULL Sloop THE SHADOW, by Easom Boat Works. Famous SF Bay racer completely rebuilt in near new or better condition. Diesel, excellent cold-molded construction. Ready to 40' X-YACHTS X-119 HIGH-PERFORMANCE cruise/race and WIN! ...... Asking $74,950 sloop. Renowned Danish performance cruiser/ 30' RAWSON Cutter. Low hours diesel. racer. Loaded with gear & high tech sails. Prov- 36' ALLIED PRINCESS Sloop. Dsl, wheel, inverter, full 30' CAPE DORY Cutter. Carl Alberg, NA design: One of en bluewater cruiser & race winner. $109,000 Diesel range, much recent upgrading. Berth in Seattle's FRESH WATER Lake Washington keel w/cutaway, famously seaworthy & dependable design, the fi nest smaller cruisers ever built. Famous for comfort, w/sea access. New batteries, some new fast & easy handling on & off the wind, exceptionally strong durability, seaworthiness and stout glass construction. Good equipment still in box. Light/med Springtime solid glass construction. An excellent cruising boat w/very sail inventory, diesel, autopilot, full liffelines and pulpits, cosmetics due. Unusually robust fi berglass comfortable layout. Outstanding value! Asking $29,950 enclosed head, wheel steering and MORE! Asking $27,950 REDUCED! construction. Solid & reliable Pacifi c Northwest cruiser with decades of fun & adventure ahead of her. REDUCED! ...... 13,950/offers 27' CANADIAN SAILCRAFT SC-27. Just refi t & refi nished. Beautiful! Dsl, MORE! .... 17,950 REDUCED! 27' O'DAY 272 pocket cruiser. Furling, dodger, OWNER RETIRING 24' BRISTOL CUTTER. These sturdy 'pocket cruisers' clean & MORE! Trailer avail. ... 7,950/offers have earned themselves an admirable bluewater reputation. 26' CONTESSA Sloop. High qual- Equipped right: 3-axle HD trailer, 4-stroke engine, vane ity European pocket cruiser ..... Asking 9,950 self-steering, F-10 heater, new dark green hull, new POWER rigging, solar & MORE! Asking $13,950/offers 130' CAMCRAFT Passenger Ship. Certifi ed for 33 passengers overnight. Booked for the season. Virtual turnkey: Money and opportunity, REDUCED! working PNW ...... 2,200,000 44' STEELCanoe-stern cutter by Geo. Buhler/Fred Lagier & 49' CUSTOM Cold-Molded Ketch by Reliant. Beautiful Hankerson TRY OFFERS! 101' STEEL TUG with beautiful Sausalito berth. Sons. John Deere diesel. Stout steel construction. Awesome design. Powerful and seaworthy bluewater cruiser in great shape. Great YTB, operational, fantastic opportunity, bluewater cruiser built to go to sea and stay there. Radar, Built '91. Yanmar diesel, furling, self-tailers, aux. genset, full galley, loads of potential and value!..$44,950/obo GPS, etc. Here's your world beater! Asking $62,950 full electronics and MORE! MUST BE SEEN. Asking $99,950

35' ERICSON MkII Sloop. Solid example of this great CALL (510) 232-7200 OR FREE (877) 444-5087 Bruce King design. Excellent cruiser, good Atomic 4, 13 Barient winches, wheel, RF, 2 spinns, good inventory, refrig, OR CALL GLENN DIRECT AT (415) 637-1181 shower, double spreader rig & MORE! Asking $27,950 FOR INFORMATION AND APPOINTMENTS

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