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The turnout for this year's Three Bridge Fiasco was remarkable. Each of the 357 boats' shorthanded crews de- sailed Jonathan's 1D35 Dark scended upon the Cityfront on Janu- and Stormy across the fi nish line ary 25 under clear blue skies, without with only 20 minutes left before much more than a whiff of breeze. The the 7 p.m. cutoff time. Jonathan event's unique rules were the same as and Rod chose to head directly to always: competitors could go around Blackaller where they deployed marks near three San Francisco Bay their anchor before attempt- bridges in any direction they want- ing to make it across to Marin. ed. And they could Their selec- start and fi nish in tive use of any direction also. the anchor Try as they There is nothing like and care- might, no mat- ful atten- ter which direction having a wall of 50 boats tion to sail they decided to go, trim, cur- the situation grew parked against a tideline rents and increasingly dire within inches of each anything as the day wore on that looked — sailing the en- other and everyone like breeze tire 21-mile course having a good time not got them looked more like an through this impossibility than a going anywhere. fi asco with reality. just minutes Racers who to spare. headed to Blackaller fi rst were forced to "It was an immensely satis- fi ght an increasing ebb that threatened fying win," says Jonathan in an to send many directly out the Gate. If interview with www.norcalsail- they'd chosen the easterly route around ing.com. "It is the unoffi cial sea- Yerba Buena Island, they likely made son's championship in my mind. it as far as Fisherman's Wharf, where Everybody is there racing, and they languished, and then in many cas- it's a huge challenge and a very, es eventually anchored. very fun afternoon. We won our class a You might ask why so many rac- For those who made it beyond few years ago in the Big Boat Series but ers would subject themselves to sailing these two zones, the picture was not this one feels better. There were people around a 21-mile course in the middle much brighter — the breeze never re- on the jetty cheering us on as we fi n- of winter on San Francisco Bay — ev- ally fi lled in. ished, and that was a great heartwarm- ery year the Fiasco draws far more en- Within a few hours of the staggered ing feeling after working hard all day. It tries than any other race. For those who start, the calls began to come in to was the best gun I ever got. have never done it, the answers might the Race Committee over the VHF an- "Approaching the breakwater near surprise you. But for the hardy individ- nouncing retire- Golden Gate YC uals who have done it, the answers are Jonathan Hunt and Rod Hagebols sailing toward ments. The con- Treasure Island aboard Jonathan's 1D35, 'Dark some Melges 24 pretty obvious. sistent and steady and Stormy.' sailors who had Ants Uiga, founder of the 3BF, was stream of calls ac- retired cheered us on a rather ingenious train of thought tually made it dif- on, as did many of when he envisioned the race. He want- fi cult to get a word the crowd at Gold- ed a race in January, when one wasn't in edgewise. en Gate YC," says being held. But this presented a pre- Despite the Rod. "With fl ash- dicament. "Typical January conditions lack of breeze, it lights blazing and include little wind, fi ckle breeze, strong was a beautiful Jon cheering we currents, and big changes in each of day and a great crossed the line. these variables. It all adds to a race opportunity to Shortly after, we chairman's dilemma in trying to fi g- say hello to your learned we were ure out a way to confi gure a race," says friends while you the fi rst to fi n- Uiga. "Besides, I was never a good sailor sat around on an- ish — that’s when and couldn't fi gure it out," he quipped. chored boats. Jon really start- Uiga doesn’t quite remember when Of all the start- ed to lose it. He he fi rst had these seemingly crazy ers, offi cially only could be heard all thoughts: "Flash back to 1984 or 1985? a single, solitary the way down the The memory gets a little vague," he doublehanded Oakland Estuary says. But in order to make the 3BF a entrant fi nished. as we approached reality, he "transferred the decision- Jonathan Hunt our berth. It was making from the race chair to the skip- and his buddy a great day of sail- per," allowing them to go in any direc-

Rod Hagebols LESLIE RICHTER / WWW.ROCKSKIPPER.COM ing." tion around the course. "Fiasco seemed

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race run on San Francisco Bay." Darren Doud: "Let me count the reasons: • "Anyone has a chance to win one of the largest sailboat races, so why miss out? • "It feels a little like playing the lottery. Will this be my year to win the Three Bridge? The race format combined with the shifty winds, large wind holes, and strong currents creates so many passing opportunities. If you make enough right deci- sions, combined with some luck, then you might have a shot at the top spot. • "More choices in race tac- tics. I think the wider range of race tactics creates a more in- teresting problem to solve. One of the fi rst questions I am asked by other racers about the Three Bridge is which way are you go- ing or which way did you go. It is one of the fi rst big decisions we have to make in the race, and if it turns out to not work out, then you spend the rest of the LATITUDE / ROSS LATITUDE year wondering if you could have done better going the other di- It was a beautiful day to anchor your boat on the boat when sailing." rection. San Francisco Bay. Many took it as an op- Daren Heldstab: "Because it's a • "Mid-race progress report. It is al- portunity to catch up with old sailing buddies. blast? Seriously, the thing about the ways fun to pass boats going the other like a good name. If no one fi nishes, the Three Bridge is that it's a real sailor's direction and gauge your process mid- race chair wins. This gave me an oppor- race. The racers have to deal with Jan- race. It keeps you in contact with other tunity to win something that I wouldn’t uary's often very light, fl uky conditions boats that are racing. as a skipper." in addition to adverse currents, etc. But • "Tradition. My dad introduced me Uiga sends out, "a big special ‘thank the weather is often midwinter spectac- you’ to all the ‘volunteers’ who manage ular! Also, the folks with the most high- Ants Uiga's trophy from the very fi rst race puts the race each year!" And he continues tech, expensive gear aren't necessarily everything about the Three Bridge Fiasco into perspective. to marvel at how the race has grown in going to seize the day since there is no popularity. set course, and things are so fl uky that The following are responses to the time of year that things could go a num- question posed in a recent 'Lectronic ber of ways, and often local knowledge Latitude post: "Why do you love doing trumps bankroll." the Three Bridge?" Robby Robinson: "It is past tense for Larry Riley: "Well actually, I have me — many years ago. Dolores and I found that for the most part the weath- usually never did well aboard Rolling er is pretty nice. I'm usually praying for Stone due to lack of wind during the wind. That said, we'll probably have a Three Bridge, but I remember one re- 30-knot sleet storm this year. So, yes ally, really stormy race with one squall a bit colder than summer, but the race following another, the old IOR One-Ton- has other things going for it: fl at water, ner fi nished fi rst in class. I've done a lot typically mild wind, and great lighting, of singlehanded racing, including two as the sun is low in the sky. TransPacs (1982 and '88), but I can still "Why singlehand? Hmm, poor per- remember that Three Bridge race. sonal hygiene? Crappy personality? Too "The Three Bridge gives meaning to cheap to feed the crew? In love with my crowdsourcing. I could never under- spinnaker and want it all to myself? All stand why more YCs or the YRA didn't of the above. run races similar to the Three Bridge. "Honestly, I just like single- and dou- It requires thinking beyond boat speed. blehanding. Just don't like a crowd on It has obviously been the most popular ANTS UIGA THREE BRIDGE FIASCO —

Top row, left to right: Adam Spiegel aboard "Jam Session;" "Lelo Too" squeezes past "Nobody's Girl;" a fl eet of Moores; looking intense on "Humdinger;" (Middle Row l-r) "Bad Hare Day" slips by the bigger boats; Wylie twins; "Oreo" and "California Condor" at Pier 39; enjoying the scene aboard "Bandido;" "Don Quixote" drops anchor; (bottom l-r) shipping traffi c was intense on race day; "Now & Zen" doublehanding and happy; "Red Hawk" gets covered by "Anduril" on the way to Blackaller; "Tai Kuai" waves hello. — All photos latitude / ross unless otherwise noted. LESLIE RICHTER / WWW.ROCKSKIPPER.COM to the race and I have been competing Beau Vrolyk: "We love the Three a handicap of 150 with three dozen in it since the late 1990s. Bridge Fiasco because: 1) There is noth- Moore 24s and one poor cruising boat • "The fi rst to fi nish is the winner. ing like having a wall of 50 boats parked that doesn’t know what just happened No crunching rating numbers after the against a tide line within inches of each to him. 3) Sailing in a pack of 20 boats race and if you can see the fi rst boat to other and everyone having a good time that meets 30 boats going the other fi nish, then you know you did good. not going anywhere. 2) Starting with way around Red Rock, and most impor-

Page 88 • Latitude 38 • March, 2014 A YEAR TO REMEMBER LESLIE RICHTER / WWW.ROCKSKIPPER.COM LESLIE RICHTER / WWW.ROCKSKIPPER.COM tantly everyone feels that they could get A fi asco indeed. And now that you've ditions for a week and win the race! The that 'break' or that 'private breeze' that read about how fun this wacky race worst that can happen is that you sit would bring them in fi rst. 4) The cama- is, we expect more shorthanded sail- around drifting, or at anchor, telling raderie is the best of the year and the ors than ever next January. It could be stories with your sailing buddies about race is a crapshoot. What could be bet- your year, if there's some breeze. In the the year it really blew. ter? Hey, it’s a fi asco!" best-case scenario, you study the con- — latitude/ross

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The donation of the S&S 65 Alaska Eagle to the Orange Coast College School of Sailing and Seamanship in 1982 sailing industry. may well have been one of the greatest "We know how triumphs of West Coast philanthropy, lucky we were," as she served as the school's primary says Sheri. "We've offshore sail-training vessel for 30 years, got a lot of great elevating the skills and confi dence of memories and roughly 3,000 'student sailors' while have made a lot logging almost 300,000 bluewater miles. of great friends." As noted here last month, the alu- Still today, minum thoroughbred — winner of the they get calls second Whitbread Round the World Race from former stu- as Flyer under Dutchman Conny van dents who are off Rietschoten — was recently sold, and cruising and want returned to her roots in The Netherlands. to proudly report So we made a shoutout to those who'd to 'mom and dad' sailed aboard her during OCC's steward- that they've just ship. The comments you'll read below crossed an ocean span her earliest trips after arriving on or accomplished the West Coast, to her last (of 10) trips some other im- to Hawaii in 2011, as the Transpac's pressive nautical communications vessel. feat. Longtime OCCSSS Direc- No memoir of Eagle's wanderings tor Brad Avery would be complete, though, without subbed in for the checking in with Rich and Sheri Crowe, Crowes annually her primary co-skippers and caretakers. as a relief skip- For them it's not easy to pinpoint a few per so they didn't favorite experiences, but one magic mo- get burned out. ment Rich will never forget is when they He too had many were on the way to remote Pitcairn Island spectacular ex- and all of a sudden a large pod of whales periences, including a trip to Antarctica The early trips to Hawaii were epic, but after was surfi ng along beside them at 10 and another to the far north of Europe, she got her all-oceans certifi cation the landfalls knots. "For us," he says, "as for anyone, I beyond the Arctic Circle. Favorite memo- became more and more exotic. think the fi rst time you experience some- ries? There are many, but one that al- lawsuits. thing it's the most special. Like the fi rst ways seems to bring a laugh is when his We'll pick up here with crew com- time we made landfall in the Tuamotus, 10-person crew showed up at a remote ments as they occurred chronologically: the fi rst time we sailed into Glacier Bay, research station on Macquarie Island or the fi rst time we saw penguins — they — halfway between New Zealand and 1983 — Former Alaska Eagle pro- were all magical moments." Antarctica, at 54°S. For the 30 college- gram director and occasional captain Rich and Sheri have often been teased age researchers there, the Eagle crew's Karen Prioleau explains that the boat's that they had one of the best gigs in the arrival was the perfect excuse for a party. many trips to Hawaii and beyond got Thrilled to see some new faces, they started thanks to Dick Steel, who was Rich (left) and Sheri earned a reputation for running a tight ship. But that doesn't mean their began whipping up cocktails, while play- commodore of the Transpac YC in 1983. crews never had any fun. ing vintage LPs on their turntable. And He needed a communications vessel to before long shadow the race, and Eagle got the gig. everyone was "Dick underwrote the trip," says Karen. dancing on "That was the fi rst offshore trip Eagle the tables did. You could truly say Dick Steele got while freez- us started." ing wind howled out- 1984 — John Cahill, MD: "In 1984 side. or thereabouts, Brad Avery — having On a more already voyaged far and wide in Southern serious note, California waters on Alaska Eagle — Avery takes called me and said he wanted to bring pride in the her up to Seattle. I volunteered to guide fact that him around Vancouver Island that sum- Eagle's pro- mer on Eagle. grams never "We had a memorable trip up the had any seri- inside of Vancouver Island on Eagle and ous injuries a great 60-mile spinnaker run down

CHRIS FREEMAN or liability from Cape Scott on the outside, up into THREE DECADES OF EDUCATIONAL FUN

fondly remember the customary aloha when we arrived in Hawaii and I got my Eagle and, imagining fi rst taste of a mai tai. myself at the coffee "Richard and Sheri are what made grinders, I daydreamed the Alaska Eagle an experience. They to the point of distrac- are the ones who kept the entire boat, tion during the follow- the experience and adventure alive for so ing school year and many of us. If you have made a passage summer, until the op- like this, you know how strong the bonds portunity to sail on her of friendships can be. In the years that fi rst presented itself. followed I was invited to their various "In 1986, I persuaded boat parties and launchings. Regardless my parents to let me of where I was, I always made a point sign up for the 1986 sail to Hawaii. To this day I remain incredu- We were riding the surf, lous that I was able to trough to peak, and all was convince them to agree to such an adventure, quiet except the sound of and even more so when the aluminum hull splashing I consider how they through the water. were able to win Brad and company over to to stop by and catch up with them. We the idea of allowing a share memories, trade sea stories, and 15-year-old on board talk about upcoming voyages. for the transpacific "I am forever grateful to Richard, journey... Sheri and Brad for contributing to such Before leaving Hawaii after 'Eagle's fi rst of 10 Transpacs, "Unfortunately, this fond memories and life experiences for the delivery crew strikes a pose for the camera. Sheri is dream was dashed by a me. They have given so much of them- in the big hat. That's Rich in the white shirt. last-minute phone call selves to the boat that they will forever from Brad that the trip be part and parcel of Alaska Eagle. They had been canceled due have all done an unrivaled job in making BOTH PHOTOS OCCSSS ARCHIVES OCCSSS BOTH PHOTOS to new Coast Guard sure so many people got to share in the Esperanza Inlet. Brad skillfully jibed the regulations. Alaska Eagle had to qualify distinguished legacy of Alaska Eagle." spinnaker dozens of times as we circum- before she was approved to set sail off- navigated Nootka Island around the top shore. 1987 — Mark Luckenbach: "In July of the island, through Hecate Pass and "The following year, my anticipation 1987, midway on our voyage from New- the Tahsis Narrows with the great Alaska and eagerness only grew. I qualifi ed for port Beach to Honolulu as the chase boat Eagle logo appearing on the chute, which my place by participating in work week- for the Transpac, our team of three came brought all the natives running out of ends on board and a sea trial to Catalina. up from below to take the helm. The their cabins along the 150-yard-wide Brad probably got tired of my weekly night sky was a cloud of stars and there passage. phone calls to make sure everything was was an easily manageable breeze push- "We slipped down to Friendly Cove, a go with the Coast Guard. Eagle was ing us along. We were riding the surf, where I abruptly jumped off onto the going to be the Transpac escort vessel in trough to peak, and all was quiet except beach to catch a sea plane back to Se- 1987 and come hell or high water I was the sound of the aluminum hull splash- attle and go back to work. determined to "I had the pleasure of again joining be on that trip. Eagle the following year in Ketchikan, "The two- Brad having now discovered the beauty week voyage of cruising in Alaska. We went offshore was exhila- to the Queen Charlotte Islands, now rating for a called Haida Gawaii, just as the indig- 16-year-old Routes of the enous people there were taking back from Fresno. Alaska Eagle their heritage and closing off the south I was able to 290,250 nm island to visitors. We toured the north hone my sail- island and once again I jumped off at ing skills on Sandspit airport, and Brad sailed her off board, work into the teeth of a SE gale and straight on navigation, down to Portland, then eventually back and share in to Newport Beach. the communal "These were the fi rst two of many voy- duties of cook- ages to the Pacifi c Northwest for Eagle. " ing and clean- ing (kind of a 1986 — Chris Freeman: "I was 14 stretch for me years old when I fi rst laid eyes on Alaska at the time). I ALASKA EAGLE MEMORIES —

ing through the water. "After a while, Japanese voices could be heard on the radio. Who were they? abilities; a real-blue water adventure to the sheets were wire. My fear mounted. It sounded like there was a conversation a tropical paradise. Heck, there were more winches hanging going on, perhaps between fi shermen, "Back then there were many appli- off the mast than I had seen on any deck but it felt more like voices from another cants, so your application had to include of any boat I'd sailed on. Did I mention world, reaching out to us. What were a bit of your sailing history, why you that all my experience was acquired on they saying? We listened quietly as the wanted to go, and any special skill set Flying Dutchmen Juniors when I was 12 voices faded out. Then there was only you may possess, i.e. being a doctor. (Ed. years old? the sound of a dark wake and the light note: Before William could be accepted, he "I was getting ready to run when I said cloud of stars." was invited to participate in a day sail.) to myself, 'You are not 12. You are a big, "I walked down the dock to inspect bad, federal agent.' I wasn’t going home 1991 — William Pink: "Alaska Eagle the Alaska Eagle. I had never seen her intimidated by a boat... was approved for all oceans by the US up close, but had heard that she'd been "We all boarded and Brad Avery took Coast Guard in 1991. It's journey was a Whitbread winner, then known as the helm. He quickly began an assess- going to take advantage of that rating Flyer. When my eyes began to survey ment of skills by asking who felt they by touring the South Pacifi c for the fi rst her decks she looked like a spaceship. could manage dock lines and such. I time. Up until then she had done trips I had never seen most of the equipment noticed a woman who had a clipboard to Hawaii and along the West Coast. A attached to the hull, like grinders and with a list of names. She had taken roll South Pacifi c voyage was just what I winch drums, most the size of beer kegs. before we boarded... I jumped into action. was looking for to advance my sailing They were everywhere. Even some of If I didn’t know what to do, I followed

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"The fi nal event of the screening pro- cess was a work day! ...I wanted it bad, someone who did. Most actions required of course, no problem. The panic I was and by then I was not about to miss pulling on a rope, oops, a sheet! ...Brad feeling left me desperate to use the toilet. Tahiti. After all this, I'd do anything! I was barking commands and names of "I had never seen a spinnaker, let didn’t think, however, anything meant things I had never heard of... alone been on a boat, or at the helm clean, remove and rebuild the toilet. "Finally, I was called up when it was when one was put up. To make things "Please not that!" I was sure they gave learned that I was the only one who worse, Brad had me turn down the har- me that task on purpose because they hadn't taken a turn on the helm. 'Crap,' bor channel and head for home. I was knew I was in law enforcement... I thought, 'if I don’t make good at this expected not to hit anything, nor run "When our day had fi nished we were surly they will know I’m not experienced over any of the idiots in kayaks, dinks, told to expect a letter advising if we had and I'll get scratched.' But I still thought small watercraft, jet skis and a variety of been selected. When it fi nally arrived, it I had a chance because it was a straight pleasure boats of various sizes that were was very offi cious, like those that used shot to the harbor mouth. crisscrossing the channel ahead of me. to say; 'Greetings from Uncle Sam. "My mind raced, 'Just don’t move the "Up went the chute. By the time we got You’ve just been drafted into the army.' wheel and she’ll go straight on home.' I to the OCC dock I needed to force fl uids In my case, I had been selected for the just knew Brad would take over once we and change my shorts. I was sure that I Hawaii-to-Newport Beach leg of that were at the channel. Wrong! I got this had sweated out every ounce of water my year's circuit. I reread the letter just to glance from him: 'You are doing just fi ne body possessed. But I had survived, and see if the spelling was wrong because I’m so hang in there while we fl y a chute.' A when I got home I don’t think I stopped sure I hadn’t put Hawaii on any of my what? 'You know, a spinnaker.' Sure, smiling for a week... preferences. No, it was spelled correctly,

Clockwise from lower left: Offshore sail repair; students learned 'old school' as well as modern nav techniques; making landfall at Cook's Bay, Moorea; (inset) Chris Freeman does some mid-ocean halyard fl ying; mates Barbara Marrett, Karen Prioleau and Sheila McCurdy during an all-woman transit from Hawaii; Sheri learned to excel as a downwind driver; topside route planning. ALL OCCSSS ARCHIVES EXCEPT AS NOTED ARCHIVES EXCEPT OCCSSS ALL CHRIS FREEMAN CHRIS FREEMAN

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the escort boat for the dinghy stowed. I have had the chance 1997 Transpac. The best since to admire his skill and command part of the sail was get- presence as I have dealt with my own ting to know Rich and mini-disasters that seem an inevitable Sheri Crowe. We are still consequence of venturing about in small friends. boats. "The most memora- "Our trip continued with a jury rigged ble moment occurred at throttle/gear shift to the incredibly dawn when I was at the beautiful Cuyler Harbor on San Miguel helm with a spinnaker Island. A wild and windy place, remote flying. Having always and nearly unvisited, yet only 100 miles been a bowman, I had or so from 13 million people. We hiked MARK HAESLOOP little experience driving, to the east end of the island to view an Mark Haesloop, top left, was thrilled to be let alone with the kite, and never with a immense beach covered with seals, sea aboard 'Eagle' during her last Tranpac com- boat so large. I was thoroughly focused lions, and elephant seals." mission in 2011. and the two others on watch didn't think H-a-w-a-i-i to Newport in August. Hey, to alert me to the squall bearing down 2004 — Fabio Maino: "I have a lot isn’t that hurricane season? Yes sir, it on us from astern. Within seconds of of good memories from being on board was, but that's another story!" the squall hitting with wind and rain the Alaska Eagle. In 2004 I traveled the spinnaker exploded. The whole crew from Easter Island to the Marquesas via 1992 — Paul Martson: "I crewed came up — some fresh from bed — and Pitcairn and Mangareva with skippers aboard Alaska Eagle with Rich and Sheri got everything under control. Sheri and Rich Crowe. A great trip, my Crowe in 1992 from Oahu to Newport "What I remember most was the sight fi rst across an ocean on a sailboat, and Beach. It was my fi rst Pacifi c crossing. of two of the female crew who would through places that I'll never forget. "Leaving the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor have won any wet T-shirt contest they "The stop at Pitcairn was the highlight for the traditional hop to Hanalei Bay, entered." of the trip, but Easter Island and Poly- Kauai, it was my fi rst turn at the helm. I nesia are magical places as well. Sheri grabbed the big wheel and placed a 1998/'99 — Jeff LaBarre: "In order and Rich are amazing mentors and great butt cheek on the combing to have a to qualify as crew on a three-week voy- sailors. The Alaska Eagle was an amaz- seat. Seconds later Rich said: 'On the age from Hawaii to Alaska, the school ing platform for keeping together such a Alaska Eagle we stand watches on the required participants to take a four-day diverse crew, and introducing people to helm.' Stand corrected, I was! local cruise to the Channel Islands on the greatness of ocean sailing." "But it wasn't all so serious. For ex- Alaska Eagle. ample, we were allowed to pool money "The incident that is etched into my 2005 — Barbara Marrett: I've lost for a beer run before leaving Kauai. Two memory was my fi rst visit to the spec- count of the number of times I sailed the shopping carts full looked great! But the tacular Painted Cave on Santa Cruz Eagle to exotic locales like Pitcairn Island math revealed it was only one per person Island. We stopped to see this sea cave and Rapa. But the most memorable was per day. Lotsa crew, lotsa miles. — one of the largest in the world — on the an all-women's sail from Tahiti to Hawaii "I lost my (Pacifi c crossing) virginity second morning of our trip. The young during which we encountered the rem- on the Eagle, but this summer's Pac Cup captain had the infl atable launched and nants of several tropical will be my 6th time getting lei'd!" tied along the starboard quarter. He then storms and hurricanes backed Alaska Eagle into the small cove plus other crew calami- 1997 — Captain Glen: "I got to sail just outside the 120-foot-high entrance ties. Karen Prioleau was aboard Alaska Eagle when she was to the cave. As he put the engine into skipper, Sheila McCurdy forward to halt the boat's backing, the and I were mates. 'Alaska Eagle' glides south along the Mexican gear shift failed — it actually came off in coast during the 2006 Baja Ha-Ha cruisers rally. The average age of the Some rally crew later voyaged on their own. his hand. Alaska Eagle continued back- crew was 52 and the av- ing into the entrance. erage height 5'4" — what "With incredibly quick we lacked in stature was action, the captain killed made up by character the engine, handed the and characters. Petite helm to the 1st mate, crew member Patti had and jumped into the been attacked by a pair infl atable. At the same of pit bulls in Tahiti — time he called on us she arrived on board crew to get the sails up with bandages and 'right now!' He fi red up didn't tell us what had the outboard and towed happened until the trip us slowly out of the cave, was over. Chiropractor which by this time, we Jackie took a big tumble were completely inside out of her high bunk and of. But we were soon had the most amazing

KINGHORN / OCCSSS ARCHIVES KINGHORN / OCCSSS in open water with the bruises and a black eye THREE DECADES OF EDUCATIONAL FUN

which changed color throughout the "Barbara forgot to entire trip. One of our strongest crew mention the feast members tore her ACL and was trans- that we were invited ported home on a cruise ship which was, to attend, followed thankfully, stopped at Fanning Island by dancing. The when we arrived. On Fanning — where Fanning Islanders we had to stay a few extra unscheduled knew how to 'twerk' days to wait out strong winds associated long before Miley with a hurricane — our youngest crew Cyrus made it fa- member was nipped by a dog. (Thank- mous. They howled fully it was not rabid). with laughter dur- Due to the delay, we were concerned ing their shenani- about food supplies. Not to worry! Be- gans, as our unsus- OCCSSS ARCHIVES tween the Norwegian Cruise Line repre- pecting crew realized what was happen- In full expeditionary mode leaving South Geor- sentative on the island and a generous ing and then turned the tables on them.") gia Island bound for Buenos Aires in 2011 — single cruiser, we had feasts of fresh fi sh, perhaps her most adventurous cruise. lobster, cold beer, even frozen asparagus. 2006 — Allan Alexopulos: "Crewing Alaska Eagle together." Meeting the locals over the pool table in on Alaska Eagle in the 2006 Baja Ha-Ha the dilapidated old plantation owner's was a seminal event for my wife Rina 2011 — Mark Haesloop: "I sailed on house became an after-dinner ritual. and me on our path toward cruising our the Eagle’s last campaign, the 2011 Alaska Eagle crew member Melanie Hunter 466 Follow You Follow Me to the Transpac. kicked ass! South Pacifi c in 2009-10. We learned so "No story of the Eagle can be complete While some of the crew members were much from Sheri Crowe and the rest of without a shout out to Rich and Sheri disappointed by the delay, I viewed it as a the crew in our two weeks aboard, which Crowe, who skippered the boat for 28 gift — a few unexpected days away from led us to the obvious conclusion that: 'We years, from picking her up in England the hard work of handling the big pow- can do this!' to her last Newport-to-Honolulu romp. erful boat with a less-than-robust but "One of my favorite moments was They are a unique couple of people, wonderful crew. How many days are we fl ying a spinnaker with Sheri's gentle sailors and teachers. given unexpectedly to purely play — on coaching behind me. By the end of the "My trip was less 'exotic' than many a exotic island no less? I was in heaven. watch I could fl y that spinnaker in com- as it was a 13-day direct shot, all open I can't remember laughing more on plete darkness, guided only by the wind ocean. My memories of the experience night watch or feeling such warmth and on my face, the groan of the sheets, and are of sailing on a dark night with only connection with my crew mates as on the balance of the wheel. Amazing. the compass binnacle light and the oc- that trip. Just enjoying life — hunting "The dream lives on through our casional fl ash of the white bow wave in lobsters at night across the vast Fan- daughter Alyssa. She and her boyfriend my peripheral vision. It was exhilarating, ning lagoon or playing games below as Lewis were profi led in the January edi- terrifying, and you felt like you were do- the wind howled outside and we swung tion of Latitude as they prepared for ing 100 knots. At 80,000 lbs, the Eagle at anchor." doing the Pacifi c Puddle Jump in their was a handful. (Ed. note: Captain Karen adds: Tartan 37 Eleutheria. We could not be "My best crew memories are the half- more proud way party and the boat cleaning 'party' of them both, the day after landing in Honolulu (with and cannot the mandatory hangover). help ponder- "Leg after leg, year after year, Rich and ing the con- Sheri somehow managed to take 10 to nections made 13 individuals, who mostly did not know from Alaska each other at the start, and complete the Eagle and the trip without mutiny or a keel-hauling. broader Baja "Unfortunately, it's unlikely that there Ha-Ha com- will ever be a similar program where the munity that 'common sailor' can fi nd a berth for such are still with adventures." us to this day. "We can't thank Rich S ad as that last statement is, and Sheri Mark is probably right. Although many enough for other offshore sail-training programs their leader- are offered around the world, none are ship, expertise quite like the Alaska Eagle experience, and friend- and none of the vessels used have a ship through pedigree quite like this classic S&S war- the years, all horse. Needless to say, she will be sorely There were some rough trips, such as New Zealand to Tahiti through the low latitudes, but made possible missed.

'Eagle' always proved to be a safe, sturdy ride. CHRIS FREEMAN by our time on — latitude/andy

March, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 95 BEER CAN

Spring is here and with spring comes beer. Well, Beer Can racing to be more precise. We really like Beer Can rac- is not to go out and pretend you are a ing at Latitude 38 because of everything bunch of America's Cup rock stars. No, it stands for, namely beer and racing. the idea is to make sure you've got a cold But it's really more broad than that. Beer beer within reach and to enjoy yourself Cans (as such contests are often called) while sailing. So, if you want to gain more happen each year from late March until experience trimming the sails, or venture late summer or wearly fall. Some series onto the foredeck to wrestle with the end as late as November. That’s a span spinnaker pole, this is the perfect time of eight months. And better yet, beer to do it without getting a lot of angry vo- cans are important not only for what's cal feedback from your fellow crewmates in them but because of what they stand — unless you've forgotten to get someone for — having fun after work. a beer. Throughout Northern California, 27 Beer Cans are also good for people yacht or sailing clubs host Beer Can who want to sail but don't own a boat races. These typically take place on and don't know a lot of people who own weekday evenings from about 6 p.m. boats. The answer to this dillema is to go until sunset. You'll fi nd a complete list to a yacht club on the evening of a Beer in this year's Northern California Sailing Can and start walking the docks with Calendar & YRA Master Schedule (see your sailing gear in hand. You'll probably www.latitude38.com). see a bunch of people getting ready to With so much Beer Can racing sched- go sailing, and you can just ask them, uled, you have lots of locations to choose 'Hey, do you know anyone who is looking from. These might be closer to your offi ce for crew tonight?' Skippers are usually than you think. And that's important pretty open to inviting new people on because Beer Can races let you forget board because there's no pressure to about work. There are few things better actually win the race. Another tip is to than arriving at the dock with your sail- look out for the larger sailboats as they ing gear and hopping onto a boat after have more room and bigger sails, and a long day/week at the offi ce. But we'd will need more crew. bet that grabbing a cold beer and going Beer. Bring a six-pack to Beer Can for a fun sail is close to the top of the races to stay in the good graces of the sailboat. list. To improve on that, we've heard of skipper and crew. (Or a non-alcoholic Be ready to let your new boatmates some skippers who seriously frown upon beverage, if you choose.) It doesn't have know what your skills are, and you might talking about work when on their boat. to be fancy. But if you are feeling creative also impress them at the appropriate We think this is an excellent rule that is you can bring a variety of styles that will time with a copy of the Sailing Instruc- sure to speed up your mind's transition appeal to most of the crew. Also, there tions that you've also put to memory. from work to fun. is a lot of good microbrew being sold in This is a great way to meet new people Beer Cans are also an opportunity cans nowadays — so keep an eye out and to expand your sailing resume if to learn more about sailing. The idea for that. Glass can be a problem on a you show some enthusiasm. Hopefully,

Latitude 38's boat, sails, equipment, crew or PHRF rating. No excuses or whining; if you're lucky enough Ten Commandments of Beer Can Racing to have a sailboat, just go use it! You don't need the latest in zircon-encrusted widgetry 1) Thou shalt not take anything other than ones; and outside boats shall give room at the or unobtanium sailcloth to have a great time safety too seriously. If you can only remem- mark). Stay out of the way of bigger boats, pay out on the water with your friends. Even if your ber one commandment, this is the one. Relax, your insurance premiums, and keep a low pro- boat's a heaving pig, make modest goals and have fun, and keep it light. Late to the start? So fi le unless you're sure you know what you're work toward improving on them from week to what? Over early? Big deal. No instructions? doing. Like most things, it boils down to com- week. Or don't — it's only Beer Can racing. Improvise. Too windy? Quit. Not enough wind? mon sense. 5) Thou shalt not amp out. No screaming, Break out the beer. The point is to have fun, 3) Thou shalt not run out of beer. Beer swearing or overly aggressive tactics. Save but stay safe. As the ad says, "Safe boating is (a.k.a., brewskis, chill pills, thought cylinders) that stuff for the offi ce or, if you must, for Sat- no accident." is the beverage that lends its name to 'Beer urday's 'real' race. If you lose it in a Friday 2) Thou shalt honor the racing rules if thou Can' racing; obviously, you don't want to run nighter, you're going to run out of crew — not knowest them. The 2013-2016 US Sailing out of the frothy nectar. Of course, you can to mention friends — in a big hurry. Downing a Racing Rules, unless specifi cally stated else- drink whatever you want out there, but there's quick chill pill on the way to the starting line has where in the Sailing Instructions, is the current a reason these things aren't called milk bottle been medically proven to have a calming infl u- rules bible. Few sailors we know have actually races, Coca-Cola can races, hot chocolate ence on the nerves. (One's probably plenty if studied it cover to cover: it's about as interest- races or something else. Just why beer is you're driving though.) ing as reading tax code or the phone book. For so closely associated with this kind of racing 6) Thou shalt not protest thy neighbor. This Beer Can racing, just remember some of the escapes us at the moment, but it's a tradition is extremely tacky at this level of competition biggies (port-tack boats shall avoid starboard we're happy to go along with. and should be avoided at all costs. Perhaps it's ones; windward boats shall avoid leeward 4) Thou shalt not covet thy competitor's justifi able if one's boat is damaged and blame

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skipper who is what we call a "yeller," make a note to yourself not to sail with him again. Beer Cans are not about yell- ing. If someone is yelling during a Beer Can, they are breaking the fi fth of the Ten Commandments of Beer Can Rac- ing. This may well land them in some sort of purgatory where only 3.2% beer is sold. And speaking of the Ten Command- ments of Beer Can Racing, if you haven't read them yet, do so after you fi nish this article. They are a must-read for novices and experts alike. If you have read them — and it's amazing how many people have — read them again so that there are no slip-ups early this season with your Beer Can etiquette. One underlying theme in the Com- mandments, aside from the "frothy nectar" is safety. It's important to enjoy yourself while sailing. And, having a few beers while sailing is enjoyable. But we would caution you not to get sloppy. Driving a boat under the infl uence is as dangerous and as illegal as it is in a car. Know the rules of sailing and always be aware of the position of boats around you. The last thing you want is to get hit

PHOTOS JEREMY LEONARD JEREMY PHOTOS or injured during a Beer Can race. These incidents can put a serious damper on Racing Beer Cans can be a lot of fun, especially the friendly and festive atmosphere that you'll have done a good job during the if you follow Latitude's Ten Commandments of is natural to Beer Can racing. race and your chances of being invited Beer Can Racing. Beer Can racing offers everyone a out the next week will be good. think about attending Latitude 38's Crew great oportunity to get out and enjoy the You can be proactive about getting Party, Thursday, March 13 from 6-9 p.m. sport of sailing. It doesn't matter how onto a boat for Beer Can races by post- at the Golden Gate Yacht Club — a most ing a note on a yacht club's notice board excellent way to meet sailboat owners outlining your skills and interest in and other sailors like you. sailing Beer Cans. While you are busy If, after all the effort you've made get- putting together this sailing resume, ting on a boat, you fi nd yourself with a needs to be established, but on the whole, your crew. Besides, the bar is a logical place to tossing a red fl ag is the height of bad taste see old friends and make new ones. However, in something as relatively inconsequential as when meeting new sailors, avoid the gung-ho, a Beer Canner. Besides proving that you're overly serious types who rehash the evening in unclear on the concept of Beer Can racing, such gory detail that the post mortem (yawn) it screws up everybody's evening, including takes longer than the race. As much as we en- yours. Don't do it — it's bad karma. joy a quick romp around the cans, there's more 7) Thou shalt not mess up thy boat. Every- to life. body knows some hardcore weekend warrior 9) Thou shalt bring thy spouse, kids, friends who ripped his sails up in a Friday night race and whoever else wants to go. Twilight races and had to sit out the championship race on are great forums for introducing new folks to Saturday. The point is that it's not worth risk- sailing, such as your neighbors, out-of-town Racing Beer Cans lets you get an early start on ing your boat and gear in such casual competi- visitors, co-workers or maybe even the family your weekend fun! tion: As the song says, you got to know when dog. Always bring your signifi cant other along, much experience you have, either. If you to hold 'em, and know when to fold 'em. Avoid too — coed crews are happy crews. And don't follow the Ten Commandments of Beer other boats at all costs, not to mention buoys just make the newcomers watch — give them Can Racing, it should all work out really and other hard objects. If you have the luxury a job on the boat. Get everyone involved. well. By the end of the evening you'll of two sets of sails, use the old ones. 10) Thou shalt not worry; thou shalt be hap- probably be hanging out with your new 8) Thou shalt always go to the yacht club af- py. Leave the cell phone in the car, bring the friends at the yacht club talking about terwards. Part of the gestalt of Beer Can races ghetto blaster. sailing or what guy just broke the eighth is bellying up to the yacht club bar after the Lighten up, it's not the Big Boat Series. commandment by yammering on too se- race. Etiquette demands that you congratulate Have fun, and we'll see you out there! riously about the evening's race. the winners, as well as buy a round of drinks for — latitude — latitude/ross

March, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 97 CORCOVADO'S SAD END —

This is the story of a lovely vintage yacht that made her way, powered only by the breeze and the currents of the "I didn't get the bad news about my went forward to undo the inner Caribbean, from one of the nicest places boat until my cell phone came back to life forestay so it would be easier to in the sailing world to one of the most off Puerto Rico. What a helpless feeling, tack. The boat suddenly rolled dangerous. Owner Andrew Connell, of as there was nothing I could do until we hard to weather, and Hans was Stonington, Connecticut, and St. Barth, made landfall. By the time I fi nished the thrown overboard. he then learned delivery in St. Martin, that Mark Twain was right: No my boat had been drift- good deed goes unpunished. ing to the southwest for "Losing someone overboard in three days, at what I calm conditions during the day is estimated to be about one thing, but it's much more dif- 35 miles a day. fi cult in strong winds, big seas and "On January 12, I at night. I immediately swung the received a call from the boat into the wind, backwinding French Coast Guard the headsail, heaving the boat to. advising me that the Next I got a halyard to Hans. It was pilots on a Dutch Dash diffi cult to get him back aboard, as 8 aircraft fl ying between he was being dragged through the Curaçao and Dutch Sint water at close to four knots. But Maarten, having been it was a life-or-death matter, and aware of the report of an working together, we got him back abandoned boat drift- aboard. ing, had spotted my "Our next goal was to create boat. Ironically, they a 'goal line' between Puerto Rico contacted authorities in and Curaçao, as Corcovado would LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE Barbados for help trying eventually have to drift through it. Andrew Connell splits his time between Con- to fi nd out who the boat belonged to, and For days Hans and I sailed back necticut and St. Barth — where he sometimes through them and a report in 'Lectronic and forth, north to south, looking crews on spectacular classic yachts. Latitude, learned that I was the owner of 300 miles to leeward of St. Barth. French West Indies, begins the story: the boat. I'd left the boat's anchor light on "My beloved Standfast 40 Corcovado "Corcovado was 130 miles southwest at night, so I thought she would broke loose from her commercial moor- of Guadeloupe when the pilots spotted be easy to see. But as we came to ing — the shackle failed — at Gustavia, her. In addition to getting her coordi- realize, it's a big, big, big ocean out St. Barth on the evening of January 10. nates, the pilots took photographs of my there. The fact that the winds often had been boat. She looked to be in good shape, "After countless hours of be- blowing more than 20 knots for weeks and my infl atable was even still trailing ing out in the tropical sun, and might have been a contributing factor. I behind. At that point the chances of me tedious hours at the helm — we was doing a 1,000-mile upwind slog at rescuing Corcovado seemed reasonably had no autopilot — in 20+ knots and a the time, delivering a boat from the Ba- good. But on the way back to Curaçao, big north swell, we were exhausted and hamas to St. Martin. For the record, I've the Dash 8 pilots couldn't fi nd my boat disappointed. Hans was nonetheless made 50 trips between the northeastern again, so they were unable to provide me eager to carry on, but eventually I had United States and the Caribbean, and with an updated position. Damn! no choice but to call off the search. That have done a number of Atlantic cross- "Fortunately, my friend Hans de left us with a 245-mile upwind sail back ings. Bruyn Kops offered to help me try to to St. Martin against the strong trades. fi nd Corcovado using his 38-ft German It took us three or four days — I can't Although badly scratched, 'Corcovado's hull wasn't in bad shape. But without her hardware sloop. When we left, we were under the even remember — and we had very little and equipment she was almost worthless. impression that the Dash 8 would be fl y- to eat. ing again the next "It had been an exciting, dangerous, day, meaning there fun and horrible trip, all at the same would be a reason- time. I believe that Corcovado is still out able chance that there and in good shape. I hope that they could give us somebody will fi nd her." updated coordi- nates for the boat. As we later found That was as of January 24. Andrew out, the plane had better news to report on January 28: wouldn't be fl ying "A couple of days after getting back again for six days. to St. Martin, I was informed that Corco- Bummer. vado had been found, and was being "Hans and I guarded at Cayo Sombrero island, in found ourselves in Venezuela's Morrocoy National Park. rough weather on That meant she'd traveled 550 miles our second night. in 17 days, about 32 miles a day on a

ANDREW CONNELL At 2 a.m. Hans southwesterly course. I was told that AN UNMANNED CARIBBEAN CRUISE

possession of my boat were mem- St. Barth bers of the Guardacostas. They apparently had towed my boat to Puerto Rico the leeward side of Cayo Sombrero, where they put out the anchor and left her. "While it was nice enough of them to tow Corcovado to the relative safety of uninhabited Cayo Sombrero, the problem was Planned Search that the island is visited by very poor fi shermen and tourists from the mainland. So not only was it a 35-minute boat ride from the Guardacostas base, meaning they couldn't keep their eye on her, but they didn't leave a guard on her. Boat First As one might expect, when they returned to check on her a few days later, they found a bunch of fi sher- men scrambling around on her. It Abandoned was only then that the Guardacos- Search here tas towed Corcovado to their base at Tucacas. "The Guardacostas guys — who were serious and offi cial — told me from that time on, they had Los Roques stationed an armed guard on Corco- vado, protecting what remained of her. Why couldn't they have done Isla de Margarita that in the fi rst place? "The other puzzling thing is that they wouldn't even let me go out ★ to my boat right away. I could see Corcovado anchored out a short distance away, but for some rea- VENEZUELA son I wasn't allowed out to see her until the following day. It was like 'Corcovado's unplanned voyage across the over in the streets. 'You need a body- torture after all that I had been through. belly of the Caribbean basin eventually took her guard who speaks Spanish and four Furthermore, I could see that her solar to an uninhabited Venezuelan Island. others with you,' said the taxi driver. 'Or panels were missing. It made me wonder I needed a visa to get into Venezuela, else you'll be killed.' what else was missing. papers proving that I owned the boat, "When I got to Venezuela on February and a full report of what had happened 2, it was crazy. 'What the hell are you do- in order to get her back. I had no idea ing here?' everyone asked me. The place "Today is February 4, and it's hard how diffi cult this was going to be, but I looked like a war zone. The city I was in 'Corcovado's bow pulpit was trashed. But that was optimistic. was surrounded by high fences made was only a line item on the long list of broken of corrugated metal, iron and concrete. or missing gear. For many miles of my taxi "It had been an ride to the hotel that night I didn't see a single person exciting, dangerous, out. The hotel staff told me fun and horrible trip, all not to go outside the hotel at all. Great. at the same time. "I fi nally managed to get to the Guardacostas — or "When I got to Curaçao on February Venezuelan Coast Guard 1 to catch a fl ight to Venezuela, my taxi — base at Tucacas, Chich- driver told me I would be crazy to go irivichi. The fi rst person I there to try to recover my boat. After all, talked with spoke Spanish the murder rate in Venezuela is about so fast that I had a hard the highest in the world, the country is time understanding him. in economic chaos as a result of Hugo As best I could fi gure, he Chavez's Bolivarian Socialism, and just was telling me that the fi rst

then there was political turmoil boiling people to board and take ANDREW CONNELL CORCOVADO'S SAD END

was an ongoing investigation into the theft of things from my boat. But I didn't in my jail-like hotel know who was responsible for the in- room, I envisioned vestigation and who was investigating what the fi sherman whom. Would the police investigate the on Cayo Sombre- Guardacostas? I was told the investiga- ro must have done tion could take weeks, if not months. when they found my Friends in Venezuela told me that I would unoccupied boat. get no sympathy or reimbursement, and "The first things that I should move on. It was hard to that came to mind doubt them. were the golf cart "It was creepy in Venezuela, too. I ANDREW CONNELL batteries, the Alpine was told the authorities were following Despite the loss of his boat, Andrew loves stereo, and the solar panels. I wondered my posts on Facebook. And my Gmail spending time in the Caribbean — sailing as if the fi shermen had set up the panels in account had been hacked the fi rst day I well as fi shing. such a way that they were charging my got to Venezuela. for me to believe what I saw today when deep cycle golf cart batteries, and had "For my own safety, I was told never I fi nally got a chance to go aboard my plugged in the Alpine stereo and hooked to leave my hotel room without an escort, boat. The Guardacostas had warned me up the ADS speakers, all of which were even during daylight hours. In the six that fi shermen had stolen a lot of stuff, missing. They then could have been days I was in Venezuela I didn't see one but I had no idea! The only things left on charging my iPod and cranking music European or Norteamericano. And there the boat were the winches and the sails. on the beach, dancing around wearing were clear signs of the terrible shape the Everything else had been stolen or was my fancy Musto sailing gear. Who would country was in. I noticed countless food destroyed. And I mean everything! Every they be listening to? Did lines, empty malls, and anchor, pump, breaker, compressor, they prefer the music of empty car showrooms. I tool, fan, spare part, fi shing lure, light Anders Osborne, Jerry heard about the inability bulb, bit of wire, fi tting and fi xture. They Garcia or Taj Mahal? of companies to import stole every hose and hose clamp, knife, "Had they set up my raw products, materials fork, spoon and can of food. There was awning on the beach for and spare parts. nothing left inside but the fl oorboards. shade? Maybe they had "Emotionally bruised The halyards were gone as well as all inflated my eight-man and battered by what had the blocks, shackles and standing rig- liferaft and fi lled it with happened to Corcovado, ging. The pulpits were bent and her water to make a swim- and her uncertain situ- hull scratched and gouged. My beautiful ming pool. Were they tak- ation in a country that boat, which had been such a big part of ing proper care of my All appeared on the brink of my life, was destroyed! Clad dishware? Were they turmoil, if not civil war, I "I tried to imagine how it must have folding the chicken stock caught what I believe was happened. The poor fishermen must into my risotto at the right the last fl ight out of Ven- have spent days tearing my boat apart. pace? I forgot to check if ezuela for Curaçao. All There had probably been fi ghts over who they'd stolen the olive oil, other international fl ights got what. It's unbelievably sad. Although but they probably had. had stopped because the battered, Corcovado's hull is still sound. They had left the propane Venezuelan government And the main and jib are, inexplicably, regulator on the boat, so owed the airlines hun- still on the boat. Yet it's very unlikely I'll I wonder if they'd found ANDREW CONNELL dreds of millions of dol- be sailing Corcovado back home. It's true a way to use the butane 'Corcovado's engine was prob- lars. that her hull is sound, but that's about in the French tanks? Did ably one of the most highly "So Corcovado remains all. they like my Starbucks valued prizes taken by salvagers. but a treasured memory. "Those who know me know that I coffee? All this misery for the price of a bad enjoy a good laugh. Well, here was one I fi nd it hard to understand why the shackle. Nonetheless, I'd like to thank on me. As I tossed and turned in my bed Coast Guard would have left my boat for everyone for their emotional and fi nan- the picking at Cayo Sombrero, knowing cial support. Friends chipped in nearly Connell, as well as the owners of this Trinidad- that Venezuelan people were in such a $5,000 in order to help me try to get my based tri and the cat 'Blue Marble', would cau- tion you to be wary of commercial moorings. desperate state. I noticed a lot of black beloved boat back. I'm down now, but scuff marks on my there will be another boat in my future." boat, and know that Editor's note: Beware of strange fi shermen don't wear moorings and shackles. Last year the shoes. I began to Fountaine-Pajot 46 Blue Marble was wonder if members lost at Niue when the shackle on a com- of the Coast Guard mercial mooring failed. In December the hadn't stripped my Trinidad, CA-based trimaran Surrender boat, too. went onto the rocks at Yelapa in the middle of the night when the commercial mooring failed. And now this. Be cautious "The authori- out there. ties told me there — latitude/richard OASIS IN THE HEART OF MONTEREY new Expanded Guest Slips to 200-ft! Breakwater Cove Marina Deep Water at the historical entrance to Cannery Row Central to the best of Monterey

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March, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 101 CREW OVERBOARD —

When a crewman fell overboard during a Berkeley YC Midwinter race last month, it was a wake-up call to many, as year-old had the wherewithal to rescue Well-known Bay racer Pat Broderick it was extremely challenging to retrieve his dad like that. But conditions are writes: "Although I've never had to get a him in the rainy, windy conditions. rarely so calm in SF Bay waters. More 'real' POB (person overboard) back in the The incident did have a happy ending, often than not, you should prepare for boat, we've practiced several techniques. but it reopened the discussion about how the worst, for fear of what could happen The following are approaches I teach my boats and crews should prepare for crew- if you don't. crew. overboard emergencies. We opened the Consider Mike Kennedy's experience: "Getting the POB alongside the boat topic to readers, who came back with a "We were in a 66 Series race in Newport using the standard Lifesling procedure: variety of useful comments. The follow- Beach in about 1986. Another boat's Rig the Lifesling hoisting tackle using ing are accounts of personal experiences crew member was hit by a boom during the boat's boom. Secure the tackle to the that we can probably all learn from. We'll a pre-start jibe and knocked overboard. Lifesling or to the harness if the POB is follow up in the next month or two with wearing an integrated harness/PFD. Use a close look at the latest crew-overboard a winch (cabin-top lead is best) to hoist safety gear. "All the equipment in the the POB out of the water and swing the As you'll read in the following two POB into the cockpit. excerpts, there's a dramatic difference world won’t help if you can’t "Foot loop: If the POB is mobile, rig a between rescuing someone in calm get the boat quickly back to foot loop with one end around a cockpit conditions and in rough weather, such winch, using a spare line or the end of a as what the Berkeley Circle saw during the person in the water." sheet. Have the POB put a foot into the the February incident mentioned in our looped line dangling in the water. Use the intro. It was an unusually windy day for New- winch to raise the POB high enough to An unidentified responder writes: port Beach. We didn't realize that some- either climb or be dragged over the side. "It was an informal race the day after thing was amiss until we had fi nished. "Open Transom: On a boat with an Thanksgiving. My expected crew had The crew member did not survive. The open transom, maneuver the POB to the withdrawn due to family commitments. blow may have been more fatal than the transom. Then either use the foot loop I thought I could handle the race with overboard situation." What was really or just plain dragging to get the POB my then-nine-year-old son. frightening in Mike's scenario: "There into the cockpit. In this case the bottom "I am alive today because when I was a large fl eet and a very windy day 'step' would be only a few inches above was knocked off my 26-ft Pearson Com- so the incident went unnoticed by most the waterline. mander, my son was able to throw me of us." For reasons unknown the victim's "Emergency Ladder: For shorthand- a 30-foot line that I always carried at- crew did not alert the Race Committee. ing I rig a rolled-up ladder on deck on tached to a stern cleat. You can fi nd US Sailing case studies each side of the boat near the front of "I yelled to my son to throw out the of this (#32) and many other overboard the cockpit. I keep it rolled up with a line, and to steer the boat around to me. incidents at: www.usps.org/seattle/im- slip knot lanyard that dangles over the It was a very light-wind day near the ages/links/105-mob-cases.pdf side. I can just pull the lanyard and Golden Gate and St. Francis YCs. He was Tracy Rogers, a sailing instructor at deploy the ladder. Works in the berth! able to tack in about one knot of wind the OCSC Sailing School, felt that re- Since I use a tillerpilot, I keep a line that and throw me the line. I knew I had one trieving someone from a J/24 (similar to extends under the tiller pilot near where chance to catch it. Thank God I did, and the one in the recent Berkeley YC race) it hooks onto the tiller to each side of the I wrapped the line around my hand and shouldn't be diffi cult, but she notes that boat — fastened with a slip knot at each wrist. I pulled myself to the stern where I practice is important. "What was the end to keep it in place. The idea is to jerk could stand on the outboard fl ange — as skipper of the J/24 doing? No obvious on whichever side I fi nd myself hanging we were racing with the outboard motor reason the skipper shouldn’t have been onto with the other end's slip knot hold- down." the one to pick up his own crew. ing tight. This should lift the tillerpilot It is indeed remarkable that a nine- "Getting a crew member on board off the tiller and let the boat round up. a J/24 is pretty easy — no Lifesling Again, it works in the berth. All sorts of reliable Type III lifejackets are avail- required. With the crew member in the "So there you have it, as my UK able. Top-rated infl atables are pricey, but there are also plenty of more affordable alternatives. water to leeward and those on board friends say. I've kept it simple; of course on the leeward side of it's all much more complicated than the cockpit helping the this." person out of the water, Don Burbach writes: "Years ago, when the toe rail would basi- I was a member of Spinnaker Yacht Club, cally be submerged, San Leandro, we did a MOB class/demo and you would roll the with a Lifesling in cooperation with a crew who's in the water product manager from West Marine. onto the boat by his/ "We did a chalkboard talk before her hips. lunch and then went to the club dock "All the equipment in for the 'get the person back into the boat' the world won’t help if part. you can’t get the boat "We enlisted the aid of a local bottom quickly back to the per- cleaner, a young diver in good condition son in the water. Prac- with a wetsuit to be our demo-model. We

WEST MARINE CATALOG WEST tice, practice, practice." got him alongside a Freya 39 and decided ARE YOU PREPARED?

suming everyone doing the rescue has a PFD on, getting the MOB connected the Lifesling." to the boat again is Job One. Getting Al Bielitzo offers: "Self-in- the person back aboard is Job Two and fl atable life vests with harnesses pretty diffi cult to do even under ideal hooked in save lives. They are mandatory on Havs Drom." Herb Clark shares his experi- "Most of us came to the ences: "Years ago, I had folks from the Chico YC practice MOB drills sickening conclusion that we in Clipper Cove in calm water. were very ill-prepared Each boat would throw a fender over, then time how long it took to to save anyone." deploy the Rescue Sling and circle around the fender until contact circumstances. Having a sugar scoop was made. Kind of like picking up transom and stern ladder are very help- a water skier. This was done under ful, of course. Sometimes it's necessary power and not sail. It was worth for another person to get into the water the practice because it let everyone to assist the MOB due to fatigue or hy- know the diffi culty of this 'simple- pothermia. This is even more important on-paper' maneuver. when boating in cold water like the Bay. "However, the real eye-opener "It usually becomes apparent to ev- came when I had folks try to winch eryone that not leaving the boat at all is me off the dock with a halyard best! 'An ounce of prevention is worth a Lifeslings are not required by law, but you'll while in the Lifesling. I weighed about pound of cure' is never more true than sure wish you had one if you are ever faced 160 lbs, and none of the women could when boating, especially in cold wa- with a crew-overboard situation. do it. Without self-tailing winches and ter. to get him on board using a line from one someone to tail, it would be very diffi cult "Of course, accidents happen even of the aft winches to a shroud chainplate. for one person, even a strong man, to to the best sailors, and having prepared Not easy, and I think we gave up before accomplish this. In a heavy seaway, I crew in the MOB procedure can go a long we got too tired or hurt someone. Stand- don't know if it would be possible without way to prevent disaster." ing on a 1/2" line in the water was not experienced crew. easy. "Finally, much is published on how "Licking our wounds, we picked a 35- to do MOB while under sail. However, if If you'd like to continue this discus- ft CHB trawler and used the mast cargo a boat has auxiliary power, getting the sion of POB techniques, feel free to chime boom and a Lifesling. The boom and sails down and approaching the MOB in with a Letter to the Editor (richard@ hardware began to fail long before we under power seems the easier way to latitude38.com). Be safe out there. neared getting anyone out of the water. contact the person in the water. As- — latitude/andy & ross "Most of us came to the sickening con- clusion that we were very ill-prepared to INSHORE SAFETY RULES & RESOURCES save anyone. I now have a trawler with a custom-built boarding ladder that I hope The following are Relevant Regs from: Worthwhile Resources: I never have to test." The Yacht Racing Association (YRA) of Joe Hefl and has obviously put some San Francisco Bay's equipment requirements UK Sailmakers has a a library of safety videos thought into this subject, and some effort (Effective 01/01/2014) and four or fi ve cover Man Overboard Recoveries. into being prepared: "On my Nonsuch Links below. (A requirement to viewing the videos to 30, besides a Lifesling, I have attachment 1.2 The safety of a boat and her crew is the sole is to create a login to the UK Sailmakers site where points on the wishbone boom amidships, and inescapable responsibility of the "person in we ask for a person's name, e-mail address and charge", as per RRS 46, who shall ensure that the address.) port and starboard, to which I can attach boat is seaworthy and manned by an experienced www.uksailmakers.com/Education/Safety_ a block and tackle. I hope this can secure crew with suffi cient ability and experience to face Videos.html a MOB to the boat. Then the tackle can bad weather. S/he shall be satisfi ed as to the be led to a winch to haul the person out soundness of hull, spars, rigging, sails and all gear. Used in conjunction with a Lifesling, the infl at- of the water and on to the boat. Sounds S/he shall ensure that all safety equipment is at all able MOB Dan Buoy from Just Marine can quickly easy, but I am sure it would be anything times properly maintained and safely stowed and make the victim visible from long distances: but. that the crew knows where it is kept and how it is http://marine.the-justgroup.com/man-over- Beau Vrolyk writes: "Even on a boat to be used. board-buoy/#more-36 with as little freeboard as our Moore 3.1 Each crewmember shall have a U.S. Coast Guard approved Type III or Type V life jacket MOB video on San Francisco's Blue Water 24, Scarlett, it is quite diffi cult to get an intended for small boat sailing or other active Foundation website: injured person aboard. So we carry a boating. www.bluewaterfoundation.org/?page_id=117 Lifesling and practice using a spinnaker 3.7 A boat is recommended to have a throwing halyard and winch to get the person out sock‐type heaving line of 50' (15m) or greater of Again, a variety of fascinating US Sailing case of the water. We’ve tried: strong crew, a fl oating polypropylene line readily accessible to the studies can be found at: rope, a rope ladder, a horseshoe life ring cockpit. Beginning 1/1/2015 it will be required www.usps.org/seattle/images/links/105-mob- 3.8 A boat shall carry a Coast Guard approved and other things I can’t even remember. cases.pdf The only thing that worked reliably was Type IV "throwable device".

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"How do they go so much faster?" I complained as my boat slipped into the bad air of a competitor with a slightly Yes, it gives the advantage to the dry- slower PHRF rating. sailed boats in our club, but most of It was light air and smooth water, and those boats are racing against each other we were on the first leg of a winter beer in a separate division anyway. Of course can race, the sort of race that hardly any- I have a diver do the bottom before the one bothers to recruit crew for in advance. major midwinter events, and it's good We take whoever shows up, and a lot of for the following weekend too. But two new race crew get their start in these easy and three weeks out, I'm starting to slow races every winter season. down. Luck of the draw for crew is sometimes Hiring a diver would also violate pretty good. Lee Helm, a grad student an important principle of entry-level in naval architecture, came by because sailboat racing: It has to cost nothing. the wind was too light to interest her in Part of the deal is that there's no entry windsurfing, and "with nothing better to fee, and the races are short enough so the do" she hopped on to call tactics for me. owner doesn't have to bring lunch for the "They're killing us on pointing angle," crew. Another part of the deal, at least at noted the foredeck crew, a good racer who my club, is that each beer can race is a usually sails on new and faster boats. stand-alone race for scoring. No cumula- "Can't you get some more shape in the tive score, no season standing to protect, main?" no regrets in the morning if you make a "Would you believe I'm having a whole bad call or if your novice crew hoists the new sail inventory delivered next week?" chute clew-up. We find that's the best The old "keel brush made from discarded I announced. way to encourage skippers to take on in- windsurfer parts" trick. The fender is a lot "I find that very hard to believe, Max," experienced crew. Finally, we have a very smaller than the one on a bottom brush, and Lee responded. generous no-spinnaker allowance, and the handle is a lot longer, so it's easy to reach "Would you believe I just ordered a you can decide while on the course if you the bottom of the keel. new main and a new spinnaker, to be want to take it. You can fly a chute if the wind is light and/or you've picked up a de- cent foredeck hand. If you're in cruise mode, stick with white sails tom," remarked Lee. "There must be a and declare at the fin- sushi bar down there, if it's been three ish line for an extra 18 weeks." seconds per mile. "It just gets a little slimy," I said de- fensively. "Comes right off." "Have you seen what the herring are "It's been three doing to keels and rudders?" asked Lee. weeks since the diver "It's like a carpet of caviar. Tasty, but was here," I confessed makes the boat hecka slow. You need a to Lee. "But that other good bottom brush." boat doesn't use a div- "I tried one a couple of years ago," I er at all. They should said. "This boat is really too big to brush The brush that sees, via an inexpensive water- be at least as slow." the bottom from the dock. I can get the proof inspection camera on the brush head. "I saw someone working out on their bow, and most of the rudder, but the keel Real-time display options are still experimental. bottom with a brush when I walked by is out of reach. And it all has to be done ready for a regatta next month?" their dock this morning," Lee observed. blind. I can never tell what parts I've done "I also find that hard to believe," she "And like, we're getting totally gassed. and what parts I've missed." said. Time to tack." "You're too old to have a really deep "How about I promise to fix the broken "Ready about!" I hailed. keel, Max. I mean, like, your boat is too batten in the number three before the "Roll tack!" Lee added, and gave some old. And your boat isn't very wide by spring series?" instructions to the novices on the leeward modern standards - you could reach the "That I'll believe," the foredeck crew rail. "Start with full hike to leeward — bottom of the keel easily with a good long laughed. that's the side you're sitting on — and brush handle." jump to the other side when I give the "Tried, it," I said. "I made it out of a word. And I'll call the jibsheet cut, no long piece of PVC pipe. But it was heavy, "But it's not the sail trim," Lee backwinding please." and too flexible, and broke after a few concluded after another critical look aloft. "At least we have something we can brushings." "I think it's the bottom. How long has it improve on," I said after the tack, during "Wrong materials," she deduced. been since we were cleaned?" which the crew took about four times as "Well, I suppose I could have built it It's an unspoken rule that nobody long as it should have to move from the out of carbon fiber," I said, "but my diver hires a diver to clean their bottom before old leeward side to the new leeward side. could do a very large number of bottom a beer can race ­— that would be unfair. "We also need to improve on the bot- cleanings for what that would have cost."

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plain how all those parts fit together, do I?" "Well, actually..." "Just walk down the dock and look at the one we've been using on the boat I usually race on. The part that's like, not obvious, is that for the keel brush you want to use a pretty small fender, because you don't want that much buoyancy. You'll be pushing it down and horizontally against the keel surface. But for the bot- tom brush, the bearing force has to be upward, so you rely completely on the buoyancy of the fender." "Wait, you mean I have to build two of these things?" "Actually you need three. The keel brush has the really long shaft and a small fender. The bottom brush can be a lot shorter, but needs a bigger fender for buoyancy. It only has to reach from your hands when you're standing on the dock, to the centerline of the hull. The keel brush has to go all the way down." "And the third?" I asked fearfully. "That's the waterline and rudder brush. Shorter, with no added buoyancy at all, because you can see what you're doing and the targets are close enough to get a good purchase just from torque PHOTOS MAX EBB PHOTOS on the handle. Okay, on your boat it will only do the top part of the rudder. You'll "No way, Max!" Lee insisted. "Just when I give the word." need the keel brush for the bottom part. cruise by the back door of any windsurf- The roll tack went well this time, But you'll need that special short straight ing shop or rental operation, and, like, except one of the new crew, especially brush for the waterline, where the sun poach their recycling bin. They throw out eager to shift his weight to the new side at causes extra sticky weeds to grow." all kinds of good stuff: Old windsurfer lightning speed, actually slid past the rail "So with these three brushes," one of booms are perfect for the curvy part of and ended up hanging by both arms from my crew asked, "how long do you think the brush, near the bottom. Pieces of the lifeline wire, up to his waist in cold it will take to do clean the bottom of this broken masts are a free supply of light bay water. We yanked him back aboard boat? and stiff carbon brush handle poles, and in seconds, none the worse for wear. "On this boat," answered Lee, "if you sometimes they even get rid of obsolete "Missed it by that much," he apolo- do it every week, maybe an hour to make masts that aren't even broken. Carbon gized, holding fingers and thumb close sure you've covered it all." sail battens too, when they dispose of old together. "Good job for new crew," I suggested. sails. Check out the free gear bin over at "But why does it take so long?" asked the university sailing club." one of my new crew, sensing trouble. "It's the old 'build a brush out of old As we watched the other boat leave "Because you can't see where you've windsurfer parts' trick," said the foredeck us in their wake, Lee recited the parts list been with the brush," I suggested. "It's crew. for the bottom brush: all being done blind, so to make sure • 1 stiff bristle floor brush, the kind with you've got every square inch of the keel, the brush head that's fixed in place and rudder and bottom, you have to do most Meanwhile the wind was getting doesn't rotate or unscrew from the shaft. of it three or four times. That's where the even lighter, and the speed difference • 1 windsurfer boom, one side only. diver has a huge advantage." between the competition and us seemed • 1 piece of a carbon windsurfer mast, "Some day soon we'll have robotic to be increasing. cut so that the mast inside diameter just snails and won't need divers," Lee pre- "It's all frictional resistance at low fits over the boom outside diameter. dicted. "But, like, 'til then, I'm working speed," Lee explained. "Did anyone bring • A few-feet of PVC pipe for the handle, on a way to speed up the brushing." the underwater lawn mower?" plus a T fitting and two end cap fittings. "Powered rotating brush heads?" I "Okay, I get the point," I sighed. "What • 1 boat fender guessed. sort of parts should I scrounge up to make • Miscellaneous nuts and bolts, lashing "Water jet cleaning?" guessed another one of these brushes?" line, and PVC pipe glue. crew. "Time for another roll tack!" Lee called. "Ultrasonics?" came another specula- "This time let's see if we can all move to tion from the foredeck. the new low side a little quicker, right "Max, I don't have to actually ex- "No, you'd still have the same problem

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of not knowing what's been cleaned and help the sails fill. We didn't think the "Wimps." said Lee. what's still dirty. I'm putting a little video wind could get any lighter, but it must "We get enough of cold and wet in camera on the brush." have gone to absolute zero. the summer," I said. "And with a race "A GoPro on a stick!" said the foredeck "Goose eggs," announced Lee as she scheduled every week, we can afford crew. "Brilliant!" took a peek at the knotmeter. "Max, to skip the weeks when the weather is "On the brush head," said Lee. "I what's the time limit for this race?" nasty." want to see what the brush is brush- "Well," I informed her, "since this race ing in real time. And like, you don't is not part of a series, just a stand-alone single race, and since the RC finishes the even need a GoPro. For $20 you can ith that, I hit the starter button buy this little waterproof inspection race from the club deck..." W camera on a 15-foot cable. These "Don't tell me there's no time limit," and directed the crew to douse the jib. Lee cameras are made for finding dam- said one of the novice crew. did not seem happy with my decision. age inside pipes or lost things inside "There's no time limit," I said. "I guess we were going to come in last walls. There's a camera with built-in "Max, I asked you not to tell me that!" anyway," she finally shrugged after the LED lighting on one end, and a USB she moaned. "How long are we going to jib was down and the rain was getting connector on the other end." stick this out?" worse. "Do you have to mount your laptop "Do you have opera tickets?" asked "We'll have a clean bottom next computer on the brush handle, so you Lee. week," I promised. "And you know, if I "Yes!" she answered. can see the picture while you brush?" I could always race with a clean bottom, "We'll give the wind a chance to come asked. without paying for a diver every week, "It's a natural for Google Glass!" said back," I said. "But no worries, we'll get the foredeck crew. you back in time." I'd sail in these beer can things a lot "Or at least a smartphone app," said more often." another crew from the leeward rail. The wind did not come back. In- "Under 'true confessions,'" said Lee, stead, it started to rain. "I built the bottom brush that the other "There is one more very important ele- boat was using this morning. "More heel angle, please," Lee ment of the winter beer can race manage- "So this is all your fault!" I teased. requested, and the crew all tried to get ment formula," I explained. "They cancel "Sorry about that, Chief..." their weight even farther to leeward to the race if it's raining." — max ebb COME VISIT COYOTE POINT MARINA The Peninsula's Complete Recreational Destination!

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The end of January and the month of February gave us a real mixed bag of sailing conditions. The infamous Three Bridge Fiasco turned out to be a test of wills, as many of you witnessed first hand— ­ you can read more about it on page 86. The big sailing event in February was, of course, the second annual Rob Moore Memorial Regatta, which had breeze and raised tens of thousands of dollars to help find a cure for lung cancer. We also look at the last of the Berkeley Midwinters, racing at Coyote Pt. YC's Double Up & Back race and more midwinter results from around the Bay.

Second Annual Robgatta midwinter racing this season. You can find The Second Annual Rob Moore Me- the series results at www.cyc.org morial Regatta (aka Robgatta) was a big success, from both racing and fundrais- ROB MOORE MEMORIAL REGATTA ing perspectives. The Corinthian YC fit MULTIHULL – 1) Smart Recruiters, Extreme the Robgatta in as the third race in its 40, Jerome Ternynck; 2) Shadow, ProSail 40, four-race midwinter series February 15. Peter Stoneberg; 3) Adrenalin, Modified D Cat, Bill Erkelens. (4 boats) We couldn’t have asked for a better PHRF 1 — 1) Whiplash, MC38, Donald Pay- midwinter day — plenty of breeze, even an; 2) Tai Kuai, R/P 44, Dan Thielman; 3) Bright if it was a bit fluky, and no rain. The Hour, Farr 40, James Bradford. (10 boats) race committee, with PRO Jeff Zarwell, PHRF 2 — 1) Encore, Sydney 36R, Wayne did a great job, and we received positive Koide; 2) Ragtime, J/90, Trig Liljestrand; 3) Per- feedback from the racers. It gave me egrine, J/120, David Halliwill. (10 boats) great pleasure to be able to award the EXPRESS 37 — 1) Golden Moon, Kame Richards; 2) Elan, Jack Peurach; 3) Stewball, Summer- Rob Moore Memorial Regatta Bob Harford. (5 boats) time Dream Perpetual trophy to Yucca’s J/105 — 1) Roxanne, Charles James; 2) Hank Easom, for the best performance Masquerade, Tom Coates; 3) Akula, Doug Bai- in the most competitive class! Hank also ley. (6 boats) received the Boat of the Day award from PHRF 3 — 1) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easom; the Robgatta title sponsor, North Sails. 2) Uno, Wyliecat 30, Brendan Meyer; 3) Jarlen, The post-race presentations by John J/35, Robert Bloom. (12 boats) Craig, Stan Honey, Sally Lindsay Honey, PHRF 4 — 1) Magic, Etchells 22, Laurence Kurt Jordan and Dee Smith were terrific, Pulgram; 2) Arcadia, Modified Santana 27, Gor- die Nash; 3) I Am Not Worthy, Etchells, Jim although we didn’t have much time for Gregory. (8 boats) questions. Our silent and live auctions NON-SPINNAKER 1 — 1) Q, Schumacher 40, (6 boats) raised over $21,000 for Free to Breathe, Glenn Isaacson; 2) Min Flicka, Hanse 370, Julle NON-SPINNAKER B — 1) Kira, Cal 33, Jim Ers- our non profit partner focusing on lung LeVicki; 3) Sea Ghost, Beneteau First 42, Ron kine, 7 points; 2) Spirit, Alerion Express 28, Julia cancer research and awareness. Com- Roberts. (12 boats) Yost, 12; 3) Amandla, Catalina 34, Kurt Magda- bined with individual contributions, it EXPRESS 27 — 1) Shenanigans, Nick Gib- nz, 12. (13 boats) NON-SPINNAKER 2 — 1) Wintersmoon, looks as if we raised over $30,000 this bens; 2) Abigail Morgan, Ron Kell; 3) Tequila Mockingbird, Matt Krogstad.(7 boats) Knarr, Larry Drew; 2) Summer Sailstice, Ranger year, and I’m very pleased. It’s still pos- 33, John Arndt; 3) Gannet, Knarr, Bob Thalman. sible to make a donation, so anyone who SF BAY 30s — 1) Topgallant, Tartan Ten, Jim Lindsey; 2) Jane Doe, Olson 911S (Ericson), (10 boats) would like to Robert Izmirian; CAL 20 — 1) Just Em, Ted Goldbeck; 2) Rac- contribute can 3) Heart of Gold, coon, Jim Snow; 3) Can O'Whoopass, Richard visit http:// Olson 911S, Joan vonEhrenkrook. (6 boats) participate. Byrne. (7 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Gruntled, Bob Hackworth; freetobreathe. IOD — 1) 2) Paramour, Rowan Fennell; 3) Banditos, John org/goto/Rob- Youngster, Ron Kernot. (10 boats) Young; 2) Bo- Complete results available at MooreRegatta www.cyc.org If you didn’t lero, Richard/ get a chance Mark Pearce; 3) Fjaer, Mark/ The Great Vallejo Race Rescheduled to bid on our Richard Pearce. The Great Vallejo Race dates have silent and live (4 boats) changed to April 26-27. Mark your cal- auction items, CatalinA 34 endars! The YRA Spring #1 will be May there may — 1) Amandla, 3 and other race dates may change as be a second Kurt Magdanz; well. Look for any announcements here chance, which 2) Surprise, Pe- in Latitude 38, or in 'Lectronic Latitude. will be posted ter Birnbaum; 3) Ka-Nina, Gary & on BayAreaR- 2014 Rolex Yachtsman & acingFedera- Erin Stypulkoski. (3 boats) Yachtswoman of the Year tion.org PHRF 5 — 1) Rolex was scheduled to announce this — leslie richter Gypsy Lady, year's Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of Hank Easom (left) receives North Sails' Boat of the Day Award Cal 34 Mk.I, Val the Year on February 25 — right after we Ed. note: from North Sails' Pete McCormick. Clayton; 2) Luna went to press. Look for a report on the Sunday Febru- Sea, Islander 36, ary 16 marked the end of Corinthian YC's Dan Knox; 3)Patience, Ranger 23T, John Baier.

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The PHRF 3 Division stretched out on their way to Blackaller. They enjoyed time closing the gap between the second- the windiest conditions experienced in to-last boat and us in Division 1. While the second annual Robgatta. my crew started outlining what we could have done better, I consoled myself with the fact that once times were corrected, we would not be DFL. And indeed, we were not last. It was a very close race all around, with the fastest boat finishing the course in two hours and 20 minutes, and the slowest boat finishing within two hours and 42 minutes. Seems that the Liquid Kitty's head start on the first leg worked out significantly in our favor, as she cor- rected out 35 seconds ahead of Luther Izmiriam to take first place in Division 1. And despite Friday's Eagle's valiant run, Mark Canton's Catalina 22 Escape corrected out 7 seconds ahead for first place in Division 2. — yvette yong

COYOTE POINT YC DOUBLE UP & BACK RE- GATTA DOUBLEHANDED — 1) Liquid Kitty, San- tana 525, Yvette Yong; 2) Paradigm, J/32, Luther Izmiriam; 3) Hot Ice, C&C 100, Mike Haddock. (7 boats) CREWED — 1) Escape, Catalina 22, Mark

TITUDE / ROSS Canton; 2) Friday's Eagle, Catalina 30, Mark A L Hetch; 3)Moriah, Islander 36, Steve Maionchi. (4 boats) winners in April's Racing Sheet. True to seasonal winter conditions, Complete results at www.cpyc.com the light wind decided to disappear Berkeley YC Midwinters Coyote Point YC Double altogether within a half-mile of the first On February 8 we got some wind on Up & Back Regatta mark, and the fleet started bobbing the Berkeley Circle! And with it, we also The small boats ruled the day on around — Sweet Grapes, Mark Green's got some desperately desired rain. We also February 1, during Coyote Point YC's Ericson 36 RH, at one point lost steerage had a bit of drama when one of our rac- Annual Double Up & Back Regatta. and headed in the completely opposite ers was knocked off a J/24. Fortunately, Originally created as a doublehanded direction from the mark. The lazy drift- he was soon picked up, not too worse race, it was changed into a fully crewed ing lasted long enough for me to have for wear (see the February 10 'Lectronic race last year to encourage more partici- a sandwich and work on my February Latitude). But perhaps best of all, a couple pation. Further changes were made this tan. Then I watched as the wind filled year when a second division was added, in for everyone except us (or at least it marking a return for the doublehanded felt that way), such that most of the fleet boats. caught up, passed, and rounded the first A total of 11 boats turned out for mark ahead of my Santana 525, Liquid For more racing news, subscribe the race — seven doublehanding and Kitty — including those from the second to 'Lectronic Latitude online at four fully crewed. There was also a very division. Not cool. www.latitude38.com. impressive turnout of female sailors, as Bizarrely, the wind shot up from noth- five of the seven doublehanded boats had ing to a steady 12 knots or so for the rest both men and women on board. of the race. Mike Haddock's C&C 100, February's racing stories included: The doublehanded start was sched- Hot Ice left everyone in the dust, finish- uled for 1 p.m., followed by the crewed ing a good seven minutes before anyone Wylie Wabbit Season Champion, else, and Mark Hecht on his Catalina 30 boats ten minutes later. Unfortunately, Richmond YC's Little Daddy, at 12:55 p.m. it became clear that there Friday’s Eagle tore through the pack, wasn’t enough wind to start and the red finishing well before four of the boats Midwinter racing wrap-ups and white postponement flag was raised. that had started ten minutes before him. from Berkeley YC, RegattaPRO, The wind did pick up a little and without After rounding the Birdcage to head warning. Division 1’s starting sequence back to Z for the finish, we had a lovely Sequoia YC, Encinal YC's Jack began at 1:11 p.m. with Division 2 start- downwind leg with the chute and a little Frost Series, Sausalito YC, ing ten minutes later. bit of surfing action that we haven't had on the water in quite some time. The Coyote Point YC, and more! Kitty likes to surf, so we made up some THETHE RACINGRACING

Participants in this year's Robgatta enjoyed some reasonable breeze in cool but dry conditions. Clockwise from the upper left: Hank Easom and his trusty crew; 'Whiplash' looking all professional and ready to round Blackaller; Conrad Holbrook's 'Topper II' hoping for more breeze; 'Racer X' performing a jibe set; 'Min Flicka' shows off her fancy Robgatta golden mustache; more traffic at Blackaller; 'Delicate Balance' making a welcome appearance. — All photos Leslie Richter / www.rockskipper.com unless otherwise noted. of young sea lions came to the start line six divisions were logged in prior to the Division 3. We had a couple a duplicate and had a ball leaping in the waves, turn- start. Because of the small numbers, we fist place winners, so the invitee list was ing flips and entertaining the soggy Race decided to combine some starts. And, re- modified. In the Olson 30 Division, Hoot Committee. sponding to some of the verbal requests, managed a first for both Saturday and Because of the earlier-mentioned we chose a short 5.2-mile course. The Sunday, so Yankee Air Pirate was invited MOB, two of the 33 attending boats, wind was strong enough to get everyone to try again and start with all the other John Gulliford’s J/24 Phantom — from around the buoys and heading back to first-place finishers. Similarly, Motorcycle which Steve Bayles fell overboard — and port by 2 p.m. Irene dominated the Express 27 fleet both Wetsu, Phil Krasner’s Express 27 — which The weekend presented us with an days, so we invited Libra as well. rescued Steve, went back to port before excellent opportunity to test various — bobbi tosse the race started. The wind was essentially brands of foul weather gear. I am here to southeast at about 15+ knots, which report that the new stuff keeps a person Ed. note: Berkeley YC's Champion of would get the racers around the 8-mile dryer than the old stuff — no matter what Champions race results can be found course to "D" reasonably quickly. The brand. I'm going shopping for new stuff. online at www.berkeleyyc.org. wind promptly veered to the right and the February 23 marked the conclusion planned windward/leeward legs became of Berkeley YC's 2013-14 Midwinters. BERKELEY YC MIDWINTERS SATURDAY more 'reachy'. Thus, the race was finished A final race was held for the champions FINAL (4r. 0t) in pretty short order. The rain never really of each fleet. Only trophy winners were DIVISION A — 1) Lightspeed, Custom Wylie let up and we didn't hear any complaints invited. All the first-place winners of both 39, Richard Elkins, 12 points; 2) Always Friday, from sailors wishing they'd spent more days raced against each other in a single Antrim 27, John Liebenberg, 15; 3) Ragtime, J/90, time out on the course. division. All of the second-place winners Trig Liljestrand, 16. (12 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Hoot, Andy Macfie, 4 points; 2) Sunday's racing had a few of us on raced in Division 2 and all of the third- Yankee Air Pilot, Donald Newman, 10; 3) Chaos, the committee boat hoping for a break in place winners raced together as well. Raymond Wilson, 11. (3 boats) the rain — at least for a few hours. With Thus we ended up with a Champion of DIVISION B — 1) Baleineau, Olson 34, Charlie the heavy rain came lighter winds and Champions (the fist place winners in Divi- fewer boats — only 20 of the 42 boats in sion 1) and fist of Division 2 and a fist of

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Brochard, 8 points; 2) Ahi, Santana 35, Andy New- Harford, 8 points; 2) Always Friday, Antrim 27, FINAL (6r,1t) ell, 9; 3) Flexi Flyer, Soverel 33, Mitchell Wells, 11. John Liebenberg, 10; 3) For Pete's Sake, Ultimate PHRF <105 — 1) Twisted, Farr 40, Tony Pohl, (5 boats) 24, Peter Cook, 12. (7 boats) 5 points ; 2) Snowy Owl, Express 37, Jens Jen- EXPRESS 27 — 1) Motorcycle Irene, Will OLSON 30 ­­— 1) Hoot, Andy Macfie, 5 points; sen, 10; 3) Peregrine Falcon, Corsair F-27, Phil Paxton, 6 points; 2) Libra, Marcia Schnapp, 11; 3) 2)Yankee Air Pilot, Donald Newman, 8; 3) Chaos, Gardner, 17. (6 boats) Wile E Coyote, Dan Pruzan, 14. (16 boats) Raymond Wilson, 12. (4 boats) SPORT BOATS — 1) JetStream, JS9000, SF 30 — 1) Jane Doe, Olson 911SE, Robert EXPRESS 27 — 1) Motorcycle Irene, Will Daniel Alvarez, 7 points; 2) Outsider, Azzura 310, Izmirian, 9 points; 2) Elusive, Olson 911S, John Paxton, 4 points; 2) Libra, Marcia Schnapp, 10; Greg Nelsen, 14; 3) Vitesse Too, Hobie 33, Grant Schoenecker, 13; 3) Shameless, Schumacher 30, 3) Dianne, Stephen Katzman, 14. (10 boats) Hayes, 15. (5 boats) George Ellison, 13. (6 boats) DIVISION 2 — 1) TMC Racing, J/24, Michael WYLIECAT 30 — 1) Crinan II, Bill West, 10 OLSON 25 — 1) American Standard, Bob Whitfield, 6 points; 2) Froglips, J/24, Richard points; 2) Whirlwind, Dan Benjamin, 13; 3) Life Gunion, 7 points; 2) Synchronicity, Steve Smith, Stockdale, 7; 3) Two Irrational, Moore 24, Anthony is Good, Andy Hall, 14. (4 boats) 9; 3) Shark on Bluegrass, Falk Meissner, 13. (6 Chargin, 16. (9 boats) PHRF >106 ­— 1) Elusive, Olson 911S, John boats) DIVISION 3 — 1) Antares, Islander 30-2, Schoenecker, 10 points; 2) Gig, Humboldt 30, Gil DIVISION C ­— 1) Phantom, J/24, John Gul- Larry Telford, 4 points; 2) Critical Mass, Mancebo Sloan, 12; 3) Shadowfax, Olson 25, Mark Simpson, liford, 6 points; 2) Achates, Newport 30, Robert 24, John Dukat, 13; 3) Raven, Santana 22, John 13. (6 boats) Schock, 7; 3) Harry, Newport 30, Dick Aronoff, 13. Hopkins, 15. (4 boats) SANTANA 22 ­— 1) Oreo, Garth Copenhaver, (3 boats) Complete results at www.berkeleyyc.org 14 points; 2) Pariah, Mike Kennedy, 17; 3) Meliki, DIVISION D — 1) Ypso, Cal 2-27, Tim Staple- Deb Fehr, 17. (7 boats) ton, 8 points; 2) Critical Mass, Mancebo 24, John More Race Results Dukat, 8; 3) Huck Finn, Bear, Margie Siegal, 12. GGYC MANUEL FAGUNDES SEAWEED SOUP (6 boats) SEQUOIA YC WINTER SERIES STANDINGS SERIES STANDINGS (4r, 1t) CAL 20 — 1) Can O'Whoopass, Richard von- (4r, 1t) PHRF 1 — 1) California Condor, Antrim 40, Ehrenkrook, 5 points; 2) Raccoon, Jim Snow, 14; SPINNAKER ­­— 1) Head Rush, Antrim 27, Peter Buzz Blackett, 6 points; 2) Racer X, Farr 36, Gary 3) Coyote, Dave Gardner, 14. (6 boats) Weigt, 4 points; 2) Wildly, Wilderness 30, Jenny Redelberger, 7; 3) TNT, Tripp 43, Brad Cooper, 8. Thompson, 12; 3) Relentless, J/92, Tracy Rogers, (7 boats) BERKELEY YC MIDWINTER SUNDAY FINAL 14. (17 boats) PHRF 2 — 1) Eight Ball, Mumm 30, Scott Ea- (4r, 0t) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Pole Cat, Wyliecat 30, som, 3 points; 2) Madmen, J/111, Dorian Mckelvy, MULTIHULL — 1) Foxtrot, Corsair 24 Mk II, Dan Doud, 3 points; 2) Ohana, Catalina 36 Mk II, 6; 7; 3) Ragtime, J/90, Trig Liljestrand, 9. (13 boats) Todd Craig, 6 points. (1 boat) 3) Caliente, Cal 36, Helen Horn, 14. (7 boats) PHRF 3 — 1) Yucca, 8 Meter, Hank Easom, 3 DIVISION 1 ­— 1) Stewball, Express 37, Bob Complete results at www.sequoiayc.org points; 2) Uno, Wyliecat 30, Brendan Meyer, 5; 3) Hawkeye, IMX-38, Frank Morrow,7. (17 boats) ENCINAL YC JACK FROST MIDWINTERS PHRF 4 — 1) Shenanigans, Express 27, Bill

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Moore, 3 points; 2) Youngster, IOD, Ron Young, 5; 3) Xarifa, IOD, Paul Manning, 7. (10 boats) Catalina 34 — 1) Queimada, David Sanner, 3 points; 2) All Hail, Page Van Loben Sels, 7; 3) Amandla, Kurt Magdanz, 9. (6 boats) Knarr — 1) Fifty/Fifty, Brent Crawford, 4 points; 2) Narcissus, John Jenkins, 9; 3) Knarr 134, Eric Gray, 10 . (11 Boats) Folkboat — 1) Polperro, Peter Jeal, 3 points; 2) Thea, Chris Her- GO rmann, 6; 3) Nordic Star, Richard A Keldsen, 7. (5 boats) Complete results at www.ggyc.com FRED F

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With reports this month on A Reconnaissance Trip to the World's Most Popular Charter Destination, the Green Tech Solution to Repowering Charter Boats, and miscellaneous Charter Notes.

A Busman's Holiday air temperatures range between 68° and in the British Virgin Islands 85° year-round, with water temps in the When some good friends invited my mid- to high 70s, and most of local West wife and me to fly down to the Brit- Indian population is friendly if treated ish Virgin Islands for a week of sailing with respect. aboard their cat Moonshine, it didn't take There are many flights from major US us long to decide: "Yes! Absolutely! Put gateways to both St. Thomas, USVI and some Heinekens on ice and we'll be right Puerto Rico. St. Thomas is home to sev- down." eral excellent charter bases, or you can Having lived and worked in the US hop onto a ferry and be in 'downtown' and British Virgins all through the Road Town, capital of the BVI, in an 1980s, we consider that verdant archi- hour. From Puerto Rico, the BVI's Beef pelago to be sort of a second home. Yet Island airport is less than an hour's flight it had been six years since we'd returned away. for a visit. When it comes to charter boat selec- While there've definitely been some tion, the BVI has more boats bareboats changes lately, we were pleasantly sur- and luxury crewed yachts to choose prised to confirm that the Eastern Ca- from than any other sailing venue on ribbean's warm waters are as blue and the planet. Bareboats range from brand inviting as ever, the easterly trade winds new yachts offered by top international still blow steadily throughout the island companies, to 5- to 10-year-old boats of- chain — 18 to 25 knots while we were fered by second-tier outfits. Considering there — and shoreside infrastructure has all this, it's no surprise that this British been upgraded with the times without Overseas Territory has long been ac- being completely overbuilt. knowledged as the most popular charter Even if you haven't yet taken a sailing destination in the world. vacation in the Virgins, you've undoubt- As wonderful as the BVI is as a year- edly heard them recommended as an round sailing destination, there's no ideal introduction to Eastern Caribbean denying that the anchorages get crowded sailing and culture. Sailing distances are with bareboats — especially during the short between the islands of the BVI, prime winter months. Mooring balls cessfully anchor their rented craft. with many protected anchorages, most go a long way toward alleviating that Almost invariably, the husband would of which offer overnight mooring balls problem, and there are now many more stay at the wheel, sending his poor wife ($30/nt) that help preserve underwater balls than during our last visit. Readers to the bow to wrangle the anchor and flora and fauna, while eliminating the who've chartered here in the past may rode. He would then roar up to a choice stress of anchoring for charterers. be interested to know that now there spot, give the command to "Let her go!" In addition, English is spoken by all, are even balls in White Bay and Great while still moving forward, then crunch the US dollar is the national currency, Harbor, Jost Van Dyke. his tranny into reverse and accelerate Mooring ball pennants don't exactly backward, ripping the anchor from the Tangling your dinghy in another boat's mooring jump up onto your foredeck and attach seabed before it even began to set. This pennant is not the recommended way to get to know your neighbor. Lesson learned. themselves to a cleat all by themselves, Keystone Kops routine would repeat however. itself again and again, with the dialogue There is a bit between husband and wife becoming of technique more colorful and intense, i.e: "No it's involved, not my fault, you friggin' idiot. If it's so which is some- easy to set an anchor, then why don't times amusing you drag your fat ass up to the bow and to watch. set it yourself?" Back in the Sadly, the BVI's well-maintained days before fields of mooring balls have robbed us mooring balls, of such rich entertainment — but not one of the lo- entirely. In a popular spot like The Bight cal sailors' fa- on Norman Island, bareboaters still put vorite sports on an occasional show. There was one was watching guy, for example, who raised his main knucklehead while still hooked up, with the wind neophyte blowing 20 knots. He then disappeared boaters strug- below for 15 minutes or so while his

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can get kiting and windsurfing lessons at several resorts. Scuba divers will be thrilled to learn that the half-dozen BVI dive operators all offer an excellent sys- tem called 'rendezvous diving, whereby you simply make a reservation the day before and a divemaster will rendezvous with your boat in any anchorage, pick up the divers on your crew and supply them with all the gear. No muss, no fuss. (Check out the BVI Welcome magazine online for a full rundown of land and sea facilities and service providers.) There's no denying that most reefs in the BVI and elsewhere in the Eastern Caribbean have been damaged by storm surges and other influences during the past 20 years. But even though some coral species are struggling, there are always plenty of fish around, especially in more remote locations. So if you're into snorkeling, we'd encourage you not to simply follow the heard to well-known spots like Virgin Gorda's Baths, but to seek out less traveled sites on the lee side of islets and headlands that are far from resorts. You'll find there's still plenty of wonderful undersea life to marvel at. Somehow we'd almost forgotten how much we love island-hopping through the good ol' Virgin Islands, but after that wonderful, but all-too-short sailing trip we've vowed to get back there much more JULIE TURPIN often. There's no easier place to charter than the One of the great things about sailing — latitude/andy British Virgins. Overnight mooring balls are the British Virgins is that you can choose everywhere — now even at Great Harbor. to have all your meals aboard, as there Repowering with Green Tech: quarter horse struggling to break free of are a number of well-stocked super- No Mess, No Noise, No Smell a starting gate. Don't be 'that guy' when markets in addition to the provisioning Modern Sailing School in Sausalito it's your turn to hook up. packages offered by the charter firms, is living up to its name as it recently re- There was also a group of fit young or you can dine out every night at a dif- powered an older boat in its fleet with an Dutchmen who were participating in ferent waterside resort or restaurant. Mollie and the rest of her crew were thrilled to an annual interisland racing circuit for Needless to say, most charterers do some bring new life to 30-year-old 'Zenergy'. Her quiet Europeans. Their problem wasn't lack combination of the two. motor meshes well with the spirit of sailing. of technique, but they chose a moor- Dining out can be pric- ing ball that had no pennant. So, after ey, but as you may have a couple of tries to lasso it — dropping heard drinks are cheap. their boathook in the process — they did So if you like to party, a the sensible thing and dropped a crew- BVI vacation should be man into the water to secure the ball. No high on your must-do problem. list. In fact, without much No sooner had that drama played planning you could dance out than another began. It seems the to reggae and calypso to helmsman of a big sloop was so intent on a different live band every threading his bow through the fleet, that night of the week. he forgot to be wary of his dinghy's track, Watersports are an- as it trailed behind on a long painter. other obvious draw to Sure enough, the painter got entangled these islands. In addition in a mooring ball, which pulled taut, to point-to-point sailing, causing the big sloop to wheel around these protected waters helplessly, bashing into the side of an- are ideal for snorkeling, other bareboat. Try not to be 'that guy' kiteboarding, windsurf-

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With reports this month from Ichi Ban in Samoa; Hotel California, Too, racing and cruising in the Caribbean; part two of our interview with the crew of Privateer, who just did a two-year Pacific cruise; from Lilo, Four Choices, Crazy Love and TARDIS in Chacala; from Legacy at Tenacatita Bay; and Cruise Notes.

Ichi Ban — Columbia 34 Mk II from all the other cruisers in the harbor. Justin Jenkins and Anna Wiley Anna has been oiling teak and I have Cruising on an Ultra Budget been cleaning boat bottoms to make ends (San Diego) meet. Everyone has been very kind and It's January 21 as I write this, and helpful to us. For example, Mike and Anna and I are currently in American Julie of Slowride gave us a wind genera- Samoa, where we've been for the past tor, so I got that hooked up and we've three months. I made a mooring out got more power than before. I can't tell of a concrete piling, wrapping a half- you how thankful Anna and I are for the inch chain around wonderful help of all the other cruisers. it. We floated the We truly belong to one big family. mooring out to the I could make some good, steady anchorage using money if I could get hired by the couple 55-gallon drums of big contractors who are putting in the and ratcheting fiber optics for the island and replacing

LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE straps. How is the water lines. But I haven't got on with that for marine them yet. engineering?! The There are a lot of great hikes here in mooring has been American Samoa, with beautiful water- holding Ichi Ban in falls and swimming holes. But the surf is the otherwise poor just okay because it's hard to get to and Justin Jenkins, a go- holding ground the waves break in shallow water. Food getter if there ever of Pago Pago ever is very cheap here. Anna and I can get a was one. since. big plate of Chinese food for $3.50 — and I got a job working for a local Samoan it feeds both of us. While some things are teaching swimming. After a month I de- hard to find, American Samoa is, overall, cided it wasn't really a job because he a good place to stock up on provisions didn't pay me. That was awhile ago and for heading farther west. I still haven't been paid! It turns out that The periphery of cyclone Ian made Samoa has a bad reputation for people things pretty exciting. The wind funnels doing all they can do to get their sticky through Pago Pago harbor, so it's windier fingers on American handouts, but then inside the harbor than out. We had gusts not paying Americans for work they do to 50 knots through the anchorage. It's here. well known that the bottom of the harbor Anna and I also rebuilt two 45-ft is very fouled with trash and debris, so outrigger canoes that were destroyed in two boats went onto the reef. After we been the true South Pacific experience the tsunami that hit here in 2009. I had got the first one off, we celebrated with for us. to fiberglass the completely severed bow onboard cocktails. The cocktails were We plan to head to Fiji in April, or back on, then fair and paint them with a delicious concoction of 1 part rum, 2 maybe sooner. I can't wait for a change Anna's help. I also did a tile and drywall parts Kahlua, and 3 parts ginger beer. of pace and scenery, and for better surf. job. About halfway through my cocktail, I By the way, the Latitude articles about But the real money has been coming looked inside my cup — and saw two us in the South Pacific have been great. cockroaches chillin' in there with my The one featuring my mom was super Pago Pago, home to just 11,000, is the capital of American Samoa. The harbor is both smelly and ice cubes! It turned out that everyone funny! foul. That's 'Rainmaker Mountain' in the back. had cockroaches in their drinks. I guess — justin 01/21/2014 that's the Samoan Special! While Anna and I've Hotel California, Too — SC 70 had fun here, we can't wait Steve Schmidt to get out. For one thing, it's Doing Everything Differently pretty Americanized. Sec- (Ex-Silicon Valley / The Caribbean) ondly, Samoans are super- Much of what Steve Schmidt does religious. We tried going to flies in the face of conventional sailing church the other day out of wisdom. Coming up on 20 years, the

AMERICAN SAMOA TOURISM AMERICAN SAMOA respect, but we just couldn't former Silicon Valley computer company hang. For a God-fearing peo- executive has been cruising the Carib- ple, Samoans get into lots bean, usually singlehanded. Yet he's of fights and throw trash been doing it with a 70-ft boat, generally everywhere. I've never seen considered to be far too big for cruising so much trash in a harbor. So far French Polynesia has IN LATITUDES

special flopping 'ramp' on the transom of his specially designed short rig SC 70 that allows him to drag his 12-ft dinghy onto the boat's huge 'back porch'. There are several common ways to heat water for showers on a boat. There are electric and propane water heat- ers, heat-exchangers from the engine, ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE PHOTOS ALL and even plastic Sun Showers. HCT's hot water heating system is even more basic than a Sun Shower. Schmidt runs a regular garden hose filled with water around the deck. "If you use the water in it before 4 p.m. in the tropics, the water is so hot it will burn you," he says. "If you wait until after 10 p.m, it will be cold." Unlike most water heaters, a hose needs little maintenance. Since Schmidt has mostly singlehand- ed his 70-footer for decades, you'd think HCT would have a slick and sophisti- cated deck layout. With all due respect to Schmidt, it's pretty complicated, and not all controls are easy for a man at the helm to reach. Furthermore, the rig has running backstays and the mainsheet winch is manual. The amazing thing is that none of it seems to bother Schmidt, who, if we remember correctly, says he races about 70 races a year, many of them solo. It's a little bit funny, because when he came to the Caribbean, he really hadn't done much racing, let alone singlehanded rac- ing. He did it in order to meet people. When Schmidt got to the Caribbean, he wasn't much interested in diving, ei- ther. But the more he did it, the more he became fascinated by it. He now spends about an hour a day in the water. He Spread; Steve Schmidt at the helm of the SC70 'Hotel California, Too', which he races relentlessly doesn't dive for fish north of Guadaloupe in the Caribbean, often singlehanded. She's the only 'cruising' SC70 ever built. Inset top left; Com- because of fears of ciguatera. But he has pared to most boats in the Caribbean, 'HCT' is sleek and simple. Inset bottom; Her big back porch. dived on most of the points and reefs on without a crew. they could last for as much as 10,000 the race courses he sails. Secondly, his boat has all of 25 feet hours? Schmidt has used this original, No matter what age Schmidt is, he'd of anchor chain, about one-tenth of 17-year old, turbo-charged Yanmar 76 Singlehand a 70-footer in lots of races, maintain what would be considered prudent. And hp diesel almost exclusively for charg- her, and dive an hour or more a day, and you'll the anchors are none too big. Further- ing the HCT's batteries at relatively low be in great shape, too. more, HCT doesn't have a windlass. Yet rpms. "I've only used the en- Schmidt frequently sets and raises an- gine for propulsion about 4% chors by himself. He does, however, get of the time," he says. And it's a bit of an assist from an electric winch. not as if he's taken the best If anchoring a 70-ft boat by oneself care of it. "Ten years ago I seems pretty tricky, consider the fact stopped cleaning the breather that for a two-year span, during which and turbo. Eventually it got / RICHARD LATITUDE Schmidt actively cruised and raced, his so clogged that the engine boat didn't have a transmission and, couldn't combust the fuel thus, no diesel propulsion. So he had to and we had to clean it out." set and raise anchor under sail, often in Despite both kinds of diesel crowded anchorages. abuse, the Yanmar now has You know how you're supposed to run 17,000 hours, and continues modern sailboat diesels at high revs and, to run fine! if you take care of them, Yanmar claims Most cruising boats lift their dinghies out of the water with davits. Schmidt has a CHANGES

be considered buff. That's what single- handing a 70-footer in lots of windy races, plus maintaining a big boat, plus Schmidt doesn't even abide by the sailing an hour a day of open-water diving will guidelines of the guru of ultralights: "In do. Schmidt admits to being 39. Just over 20 knots of wind, DDW wing-on- between us, we suspect he's close to wing is pretty fast." being able to get the maximum amount But post-race was pure Schmidt. of Social Security benefits. The engine wouldn't start because the When Schmidt returns to Santa Bar- lift pump had burned out, so we had to bara in late summer, sail to a fender holding up one of the two he doesn't put his anchor lines and have a 65-year-old try boat on the hard in to snatch the line with a boat hook. Us- Trinidad as do most ing just the self-tacking jib, and dodging cruisers. "Trinidad the other boats coming into Soper's Hole, gets so much rain Schmidt's first attempt at lagging up to

LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE that the inside of the buoy was a little too fast. The second the boat becomes attempt, however, was perfect. covered in mold, he Breaking most of the rules. It's what's says. "I hated that. worked for Schmidt, and worked for him So I take my boat since he started cruising nearly 20 years to Curaçao, which ago. No, there's no like the other ABC — latitude/rs 02/19/2014 windlass up here. Islands is desert-like, with cactuses all about." The downside is Privateer — Hans Christian 33 it means he starts each cruising season Chris John and Lila Shaked 500 miles downwind of his winter cruis- The Young and Restless ing ground. But with a SC 70, he can (Redlands and Tucson, AZ) cover that ground pretty quickly. [This is part two of our interview with On February 14, Schmidt won the Chris, 29, and Lila, 32, who had just West End [of Tortola] YC's singlehanded finished a 2.5-year, 16,000-mile cruise race. The next day he, with a crew of four from California to New Zealand and back others including the Wanderer and Doña to Hawaii.] de Mallora, did the West End YC's crewed 38: Like most young cruisers, you regatta. Sailing with a self-tacking jib two are budget cruisers. Where was the and without a spinnaker, Schmidt and easiest place to cruise inexpensively? crew, average age 65, corrected out sec- Chris: Maui — as long as you're ond in class and fourth in fleet. A bigger willing to bob and weave. We lived on jib or another five knots of wind would the hook at Maui in the winter when squash for about a month. [Laughter.] have made a big difference. But it was a the Kona winds blow. Well, forget about Fanning was the most welcoming place fun time on a race designed for everyone that, as even 12 knots of wind results we visited, too. If you bring a spear gun, to have fun. in five-foot waves coming through the you can get all the seafood you want When Schmidt launched HCT, leg- roadstead. There just isn't anywhere to — but you have to be concerned about endary builder/designer Bill Lee gave hide. Cruising isn't easy in Hawaii, which ciguatera. him two Santa Cruz 70 sailing tips: 1) is why a lot of people don't cruise there. 38: What is the deal with that? Never sail under 10 knots, and 2) Never But it's also why we like it. Chris: It varies from area to area. sail dead downwind. Not surprisingly, Lila: But the absolute least expensive Whenever we got the anchor down, I'd place was Fanning Island, because there go ashore and ask about ciguatera at Want to grind in the main on 'Hotel California, wasn't anywhere to spend money. You the nearest fale. Depending on where Too'? For a singlehander, it's a long reach from the starboard side. Plus it's a manual winch. have to bring everything — except for we were, we'd be told that no fish bigger lobster, which they have in than a hand was safe, in other places excess. If you bring clothes, it was no bigger than a forearm, and in you can trade for all the yet others shoulder to wrist was fine. It's lobster you want. weird that it can be so different.

LATITUDE/38 Chris: The locals will Lila: Tonga has no ciguatera, so we take you when they go for could eat everything we caught. lobster. It takes about five Chris: We ate huge sea bass and jacks, minutes to get a dozen. both of which usually have ciguatera in Lila: We also got lots of other locations. Being ciguatera-free is squash, coconuts and fish one of the reasons Tonga is paradise. in return for old clothes. Lila: That's right, 25 knots of wind, Chris: They can't grow no swell, and 170 islands in just the in-the-ground crops like northern group. taro, but they can grow Chris: Plus food is cheap, the ex- things, like squash, which grow above ground. We ate IN LATITUDES

couple of teaspoons of sugar — not too much or it would explode — then cap it. Then we'd pour it into frosty mugs and nobody could tell the difference. It cost just a couple of cents a serving. We gave a lot of it away, too. 38: What percentage of cruisers did you see who were under 30? Chris: I'd say 10% or less. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY PRIVATEER COURTESY PHOTOS ALL Lila: Not many, but young cruisers naturally gravitated to each other. Chris: We'd always look for people rowing long distances, as it was either going to be someone who had been cruis- ing for 40 years or young cruisers who couldn't afford an outboard and gas. So when we saw somebody in a rowboat, we knew we'd be instant friends. 38: What do you have? Chris: An eight-foot hard dinghy and a two-person kayak. 38: What kinds of cruising boats do young cruisers have? Chris: All kinds. One couple had a Westsail 32, and we recently met another couple that have a Columbia 34. 38: You must be speaking of our friend Justin Jenkins and his lady Anna Wiley of the San Diego-based Ichi Ban. Chris: Yes! Those two are awesome! Lila: Get outta here! Those two are great. We were about to leave Bora Bora when we bumped into them. We imme- diately decided to stay for another week. We'd all play music and drink this local brew that Justin made with fruit. Chris: We met them because of their 'Privateering' in the South Pacific, clockwise from above right: Racing the heavy Hans Christian 33 rowing dinghy. I like Justin because he's in Tonga. Getting some cardio on a bike in Niue. Because Chris and Lila were young, they easily such a hustler. He'd get on the radio made friends with locals. Room for more on a ferry at Fanning Island. Lila imitates a big manta ray. and say he was available for bottom change rate is good, and they've got pigs girl in Niue, and then kept making it my- cleanings, mast climbing, whatever. He for roasting. self. You take two spoonfuls of old yogurt, scored lots of jobs, too. A lot of cruisers 38: Last time we were there, the locals add powered milk and water, and let it who would normally clean their own bot- were dining on canned spaghetti. sit inside a thermos surrounded by hot toms had Justin do it because they like Chris: They are big on corned beef water. That activates the culture. In 12 to support young cruisers. hash and stuff like that. They'd rather hours the milk and water become yogurt. 38: The last we heard they were down eat canned food than lobster. Chris: You'd be surprised, but it's the These folks have a hard dinghy, so they must Lila: And boiled bananas. If somebody best tasting yogurt in the world. be longtime and/ or budget cruisers. Hey wait, invites you to their home, you're likely Lila: But you always save two spoon- it's Justin Jenkins and Anna Wiley of 'Ichi Ban'. to be served crackers, corned beef and fuls for the next batch. boiled green bananas. To be polite, you You can also make yogurt have to say, "Oh yummy." cheese and stuff. We don't Chris: Tonga was pretty inexpensive have an oven, so we also because we'd brought all the staples with learned to use the pres- us from American Samoa, and would sure cooker for baking. only go to Neiafu (Tonga) every couple 38: How long did it take ICHI BAN COURTESY of weeks for fresh stuff. you to make beer? 38: We're you able to get plenty of Chris: A week to fer- fresh greens? ment, depending on what Chris: Not always. Sometimes we had country we were in be- to make our own food, such as yogurt cause the ambient tem- and cheese. perature makes a differ- Lila: I bought yogurt starter from a ence. Two weeks later I'd siphon it into bottles, put it in cold water, add a CHANGES

to $150 in Bora Bora, so they took off for American Samoa in search of jobs. [Ed. note: See update from Justin and Anna in to myself. But having now sailed 15,000 this month's firstChanges and in Letters.] miles, many of them much more difficult Lila: We know they'd made it be- than those to Hawaii, I'd happily sail to cause other Hawaii aboard an 18-footer with a little young cruis- cabin. There nothing like having the wind ing friends from aft.

PRIVATEER told us they Chris: Of our 15,000 miles, almost saw them. all were downwind — except the last Chris: 6,000 miles. You see a lot of U.S. boats There are a for sale in New Zealand and Australia, lot of job op- as Americans don't want to bring their portunities boats back. But in a few years we want for people to bring our boat to Mexico, as it's sweet under 30 and cheap, and my mom is here with who follow Glenn Twitchell on the Lagoon 380 Beach our route. Access. It's easy to Lila: After Hawaii and French Polyne- get a job in sia, Mexico is insanely cheap. We were the hospital- running around a couple of big grocery ity industry stores here in Mexico and couldn't be- in Hawaii. lieve how inexpensive stuff was. Then you Chris: If we were cruising in Mexico, Chris, up a tree in Niue, look- get a job in we wouldn't have to make our beer in a ing for coconuts. American bucket. We could buy ready made. Samoa. Then in New Zealand. Then in 38: What advice do you have for 25- to America Samoa again. If you work for 30-year-old would-be cruisers? six months you can earn enough for six Chris: The same advice I've always months of cruising — as long as you read other cruisers give in Latitude: Go make your own beer and yogurt, and row with the boat you have. Spend the money your dinghy. It's the Under-30 Cruising on rigging, Dacron, and safety gear. For Circuit example, we had paper charts instead of 38: What did you think of your boat? a chart plotter. I updated all the paper Chris: I love her. I'm not saying that charts with a pencil, and they served us we would never have a lighter boat or a well. cat, as it took us 23 days to sail from 38: Thank you for your time and California to Hawaii. But for the sailing youthful insights. Before long, we fell into conversation after that, there were many times we — latitude/rs 02/01/2014 with cruisers from four of those boats. It were happy to have a heavier boat. She's was an interesting group because they also big and roomy for 33 feet. Cruisers In Chacala represented a cross section of the variety Lila: We also did three 25+ day pas- Chacala Anchorage of people who cruise Mexico. sages with her. Mainland Mexico First we met the Lee family — Brian, Chris: It's funny how your thoughts In early January the Wanderer a software engineer; Bethany, a pianist about being on the open ocean change stopped at Chacala, which is a cruiser and writer; and daughters Hannah, 14, with experience. Our first offshore pas- favorite 25 miles northeast of Banderas and Meria, 12 — from the little town sage to Hawaii was a little scary. "We're Bay. The anchorage usually offers good of Lafayette, Oregon. They are cruising 1,000 miles from anywhere," I'd think protection from the prevailing north- aboard Lilo a 50-year-old Wayfarer/ west swell, although flopper-stoppers Islander 32. Despite having a smaller Cold 45-knot winds and 20-ft seas (on three oc- casions) kept the 'Privateer' passage from New are sometimes needed. There's a little and older cruising boat than most, and Zealand to French Polynesia from being ideal. cove beneath the port captain's office not meeting as many other kids as they where dinghies are usually left had expected, family cruising was going unlocked, and then a lovely trail well. to a 200-yard-distant sandy "The girls are having a grand time," beach with palapas that is a fa- Bethany told Latitude, "and it's shocking, PRIVATEER vorite with Mexicans on holiday. but they still like their parents. But we Except for holiday weeks and felt we needed to quickly get them out weekends, Chacala is pleasantly of the States and away from stateside tranquil. values." The beachfront 'wine bar' we The Lees aren't new to cruising, as stopped at for lunch turned out they've owned Lilo for six years, and have to be — thanks to high-speed previously cruised the west coast of Van- Internet — the hangout for couver Island, noted for its often cold and cruisers from the 15 or so boats that were anchored out front. IN LATITUDES

her Red Rover and launched her," reports a proud Bethany. "Red Rover is a little more lively than Split Pea, sort of like a playful puppy," says Brian. "Initially we thought her flat bow might be a problem, but she's been great and we love her." says Brian. The cost of materials was $750. The next cruiser we met was Robert ALL PHOTOS BY LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE BY PHOTOS ALL Scholl — a great, great, great nephew of 'the' Dr. Scholl — of the Redwood City-based Islander Freeport 36 Four Choices. Scholl's dream is to do a cir- cumnavigation, which he expects will really get going with a Puddle Jump in 2015, and take about 10 years. "My wife Robin fully supports my dream, but says that I have to complete it in two years," he laughs. Scholl started heading south the day after the Ha-Ha Crew List Party last September, with his seasickness-prone wife joining him for part of the trip to San Diego. He hopes that she'll join him for more cruising this summer in the calmer waters of the Sea of Cortez. Scholl bought his first boat, a swing keel Venture 23, in 1980. He'd put his two-year-old daughter Roseanne into a car seat, strap it to the bottom of the mast inside the cabin, then take off from the boat's berth at the 5th Street Marina in Oakland. "I'd sail the Bay with the 150% genoa up, and we'd be on our ass the whole time," Robert remembers." Despite a rough introduction to sailing, Roseanne became an excellent sailor, Spread; The Lee family with their 5-day, $750, self-built dinghy 'Red Rover', which replaced 'Split and recently brought her boyfriend along Pea'. The girls helped with construction. Flotation is provided by empty water bottles. Inset top to cruise to Isla Isabella aboard Four left; The dinghy clearly has capacity for four. Inset bottom; Going ashore at the cove at Chacala. Choices. "We had a marvelous time," says rough weather, and Puget Sound. They They decided the only solution was to Robert. sailed south from San Diego, and plan to build a new nesting dinghy. A short time after owning the Venture, Bash back north in the spring. "We only Building a new dinghy in Cabo in a Robert moved up to an Ericson 29, which have one year off," Bethany explained. timely fashion might seem like a nearly he would own for 25 years. In addition, It can be difficult to carry a four- insurmountable task, but the Lees, with Robert figures he'll need 10 years to do a proper person dinghy on a small boat, so as a an assist from some other cruisers and circumnavigation. His wife Robin, who is prone family project five years ago, the Lees the very accommodating Marina Cabo to seasickness, says he has two years. built a nesting dinghy they could stow San Lucas, finished the new on the cabin top. They painted her green dinghy in just five days! and christened her Split Pea. "She had The marina gave the Lees a been perfect for us," says Bethany. parking space next to the desal Nobody is sure how, but while an- plant as a work area, and all chored at Bahia Santa Maria in early the security guys kept an extra LATITUDE/RICHARD December, Split Pea and her paddles, close eye on things. While the disappeared. So the family soon found Lees already had a jig- saw, a themselves at Cabo with no way to get fellow boater loaned them a to and from shore. Taking a berth in a Skilsaw. Sourcing materials marina, they quickly did some research in Cabo required some walk- on possible replacements. An inflatable ing around, as the cloth came was going to be too big to fit on the boat, from one place, the resin from and in any event, their small outboard, another, and the tape from yet which they'd hardly ever used with Split another. Home Depot delivered Pea, wasn't going to be powerful enough. the plywood to the marina. "Five days after making the first cut, our family christened CHANGES

he did some racing, and charters in Greece, Canada and the Caribbean. Originally, Scholl had planned to sail me out of house and home," Scholl said around the world by crewing on other with a laugh. people's boats. But he soon discovered The third set of folks we met were there would be David and Caroline Krish of the San a lot of schedul- Diego-based Contessa 26 Crazy Love. ing issues. So They began sailing in 2005 when Caro- two years ago, line, not David, suggested they take he bought the sailing lessons. They liked it enough to Islander spe- more recently buy the Contessa 26 so

LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE cifically to go they could "go cruising while we're still around on his young and before we have kids". David, own boat. who is a software engineer like Robert "One of the Scholl and Brian Lee, is 33. Caroline, a bits of gear I'm clinical researcher, is 37. most satisfied "Our 26-ft Crazy Love is the smallest with is my Hy- boat we've seen out cruising so far," says drovane," he Caroline. "The next smallest was 30 feet. Three of the 15 boats on says. "The Ca- We looked at a lot of boats, including old the hook at Chacala. dillac of vanes, race boats, but decided that small and it's also the most expensive, as it cost simple was good for us. First, the boats $6,000 installed. But two things make are less expensive, and second, we could it particularly good for me. First, it could learn to maintain more simple systems be installed offset, which it had to be be- in a shorter amount of time." cause of the door that opens in the back Most of the time the couple have been of the boat cockpit. Because it's offset, content with their choice. "I only get jeal- its rudder is out of the slipstream of the ous when I've been on bigger boats that main rudder, and is therefore more effi- have refridges and freezers, wine cellars, cient. Secondly, it's a totally independent double beds, and those kinds of things," steering system, so if the main rudder laughs Caroline. "But I told David the fails, I can still steer the boat using the only thing the boat had to have was a vane rudder." real head. We're comfortable with our Scholl says that he's been able to heavy, seaworthy, and easy-to-sail boat." cruise economically — except when he's Unusually, the couple started their had crew with high metabolism. "I met cruise by sailing north to San Francisco a young man in La Paz who had ridden Bay in May. As one might expect, the his bike all the way down from Canada trip up the coast of Central California — and then had it stolen his first night wasn't the easiest in a 26-ft boat — "it in town! He wanted to sail to Mazatlan was miserable at times" — but it gave the with me, so I took him. He had such a couple a lot of confidence in themselves The last group of folks we spoke with high metabolism that he'd eat five meals and their boat. were Jamie Rosman and Elaine Lutz of a day. He'd take a jar of peanut butter "We really liked Monterey and Santa the Taswell 49 TARDIS (they spell it with and eat the whole thing! He was eating Cruz, and then we spent a wonderful all caps) and their visiting crew, Dave month on San Francisco Bay," recalls Caroline and David of the Contessa 26 'Crazy Calhoun. Lots of sailors may remember Love'. You don't see many Americans cruising Caroline. "But we couldn't believe how Elaine, who managed Grand Marina in on such small boats these days. cold the Bay can be in August, and Alameda for a number of years before how shallow the water is off taking over at Cabrillo Isle Marina in San Sausalito. We enjoyed staying Diego. The couple bought their Taswell at South Beach Marina in San 49 in Mexico in 2000 while doing a four- Francisco, and even walked to month cruise with friends. several S.F. Giants games." "This is our second season cruising," The couple say they are going to says Elaine. "When we sailed south last

LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE "keep cruising until the money year, we took more than two months to runs out". When we spoke to get from San Diego to Cabo, including them, they weren't sure if they spending nine days at Cedros Island. We were going to spend the summer liked Cedros so much that we flew out in the Sea. sail to Hawaii, or there to visit with friends on our way to head down to the Canal. "I get our boat this year. We are now headed to job offers from headhunters on Puerto Vallarta for six weeks or so, and a weekly basis," says David, "so will then head up into the Sea of Cortez." the idea of sailing to Hawaii and We didn't get to spend as much time working on a contract job for six speaking with the TARDIS crew as the months before continuing on has considerable appeal." IN LATITUDES

this winter at Tenacatita Bay, the cruiser favorite on Mexico's 'Gold Coast' that is some 15 miles north of Barra de Navidad. But if anyone is looking to avoid social- izing, this would not be the best place. The usual tropical Mexican weather has been consistently pleasant, meaning sunny and warm with light breezes. The Caribbean may get endless days and

ALL nights of 20+ knots and big seas, but

that's STARSHIP COURTESY PHOTOS not what we find on Mexico's Gold Coast. The water temperature has been hovering between 80° and 83°, ideal for swimming, with decent clarity. The days are mostly sunny, so cruiser solar panels usually don't have much trouble keeping the batteries topped up. Given the calm waters of the anchorage, we've even had time to check some of the boat projects off our list. February 7 was the Mayor's Raft-up, the 'mayor' being Robert Gleser of the Alameda-based Islander Freeport 41 Harmony, Thirty-two dinghies showed up for the camaraderie, making it the biggest of the season. As usual, the chefs of the fleet cooked up delicious hors d’oeuvres. And this week was the annual Talent Show. Who knew what a gifted and unique bunch of individuals we had among us? Naturally there is a Gold Coast Cruis- ers Net, so everyone is able to know who is coming and going, as well as which boats have been passing through on their way down to the Zihua Sailfest. For all we know, those of us at Tena- catita have the only cruiser swim team. Our members work out every afternoon, swimming about one-third of a mile to We don't know who the characters are at the are engineers. shore. Among the frequent participants bottom, but that's Jamie Rosman and Elaine — latitude/rs 01/05/2014 are Terri of Mija, Patricia of Paloma, Lutz on the right, and Dave Calhoun in the left. Lynn of Voyager, Julie of Slacker, Rita others, but we made up for it with what Legacy — Saga 43 of Overheated, Kathy and Dan of Lungta, we think is a great photo spread. Chris and Heather Stockard Sherri of Nirvana, Virginia of Harmony, We hope you enjoyed our mini feature, Another Great Season in Tenacatita Top photo below: The mostly male bocce ball which shows how very different cruisers (Juneau, Alaska) players. Bottom photo below; The mostly are — except for the fact that all the guys It's been a particularly fun season female Tenacatita Bay Cruisers' Swim Team. LEGACY CHANGES

Peggy of Interlude, John of L’Ange, and Janelle of Cheyenne. Everyone besides banded together to make sure that most, the swimmers braves a surf landing in if not all, of the boats in repair limbo got their dinghy — although the surf has taken care of. This despite the fact there been unusually mild this year. was no assurance that they would ever Once ashore, cruisers enjoy walks on be paid. Only time will tell if they have the beach, bocce ball games, watching the necessary capital and management for turtle hatchings, playing Mexican skills to run the business, but we wish Train dominoes, and hanging out in the them — as well as Buchanan and Ser- palapa. rano — all the very best. All of us were glad to see the first of "My C&C 44 Fury has been in Marina the "liberated" boats from Marina Riviera de La Paz since mid November, and has Nayarit arrive. It was sure nice for them not been embargoed," writes Fred Haz- to enjoy the freedom of being anchored zard. "I would like to do the Banderas at Tenacatita versus being impounded Bay Regatta, but I'm concerned that by in a marina. moving to another marina I would sub- — chris 02/10/2014 ject my boat to the risk of being 'audited' by AGACE. Further complicating my Cruise Notes: decision of whether to sail to Vallarta for The last thing anybody needs is an- the cruising regatta is the fact that my other messy story out of Mexico, but it's boat's insurance policy has lapsed and hard for us to ignore one that came out of I'm having difficulty getting another rea- Mazatlan in January. Canadian Bob Bu- sonable one in effect. I would appreciate chanan, who arrived in Mazatlan aboard your thoughts." his Acapulco 40 Bolias Dream in 2000, AGACE didn't visit any marinas in La and later founded and managed Total Paz, so if they were going to 'audit' more Boat Works at the Fonatur/Singlar Ma- boats — which we don't think they will rina, suddenly disappared on January anytime soon — we imagine the chances 16 along with his boat. Foul play is not they'd do it in La Paz are greater than suspected, but he's not been seen since. in the Vallarta area, where they have Depending on whom you believe, Bu- already audited boats in three marinas. chanan was either a mediocre mechanic The Banderas Bay Regatta is a great who shortchanged his employees, or he cruisers' event, so if we were in your boat was an excellent mechanic and honest shoes, we'd go for it. As for insurance, we guy who had to flee Mexico in order to can't see why it would be hard to get a avoid being unfairly persecuted if not C&C 44 insured. You might not be able physically harmed. The third view is that to get it for as low a price as you want, it's an overblown mess that is a result but to do the best you can, you've got to of Buchanan and 'Rafa' Serrano's both — as the old Motown song goes — shop being too stubborn. Serrano, a mechanic around. The pages of Latitude are a good for Buchanan for many years, and a mi- place to look. nority partner in Total Boat Works, split Speaking of the Banderas Bay Regat- said, it will be interesting to see what off to start a competing business last ta, most readers probably remember last measures, if any, the Vallarta YC takes fall. The 'mess' that ensued is that Total year's unfortunate starting-line collision to prevent similar incidents in the future. Yacht Works employees and some sup- between the Portland-based Hunter 54 If somebody opens a sail loft called pliers were left being owed a significant Camelot and the La Cruz-based J/160 Morrelli Sails, you have to wonder if amount of money. The former employees Blue, in which La Cruz sailmaker Mike there is any connection with Gino Mor- Danielson slipped between the two boats relli, half of the super-successful mul- Bob Buchanan, as seen in late December at Total Boat Works with a Pathfinder diesel he and had both his legs broken. It was an tihull design team of Morrelli & Melvin. didn't think much of and removed from a boat. extremely contentious incident that went It turns out that the new Morrelli Sails viral in the sailing world. We loft in La Cruz is owned by Tony Morrelli, didn't look forward to the time Gino's gregarious brother. this season when the princi- When the Wanderer and Doña de Mal- pals' paths would cross again. lorca got to his Leopard 45 catamaran Surprisingly, it turned out far 'ti Profligate in Tortola in mid-February, better than anyone could have there was a bit of a problem. A charterer

LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE hoped for. When Jane Roy of had recently put the cat up onto the Camelot saw Cheryl Sears of rocks at White Bay, Jost van Dyke, and Blue, she rushed over to her made a mess of one of the keels. While and blurted out, "Give me a we could have used the boat anyway — hug." Before long Craig Shaw the keels are sacrificial — there were of Camelot and Ken Sears of three reasons we leaned toward having Blue were shaking hands. The 'ti hauled right then: 1) We were near- incident is over, and everyone is looking to the future. That IN LATITUDES

Virgin Islands-based Hylas 49 Galli- vanter, were about to start their 6,000- mile voyages from Cape Town up to the Caribbean, with a couple of stops along the way. Sailing down the east coast of South Af- ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE PHOTOS ALL rica is always a dicey proposition. McGeorge, who is sailing to the Virgin Islands to reunite with his wife and son, filed two reports: "Feb. 11: It was a battle, but we ar- rived in Port Eliza- beth last Saturday after an 89-hour, 470-mile passage from Durban. We Kirk McGeorge, with caught two fish dinner — and more. and enjoyed about 12 hours of favor- able sailing conditions. The rest was difficult. But nothing broke and nobody got hurt. Most of our chores are done, so we're relaxing and doing a little safari in anticipation of our next leg around the Cape of Good Hope and onward to Cape Town." "Feb. 16: Greetings from Cape Town! We arrived yesterday after a nice and uneventful 480-mile passage from Port Elizabeth under pure sailing conditions, which I'm told is a rare thing in these parts. We got in just in time to avoid the 53-knot winds that roared through last night." Greg King, who must have crossed paths with McGeorge at Cape Town, had Spread; Sharn, the manager of Soper's Hole Boat Yard, uses the wireless controls on the Sea-Lift the following two reports: to haul the Leopard 45 'ti Profligate'. Fix a reef-damaged keel in three days? "No problem, we do "Feb 7: Arrived at Port Elizabeth after it all the time." Inset left; The cat rolling on land. Inset right; A worker attacks the damaged keel. a 24-hour, 400-mile run from Durban. I ing deadline, and thus had to bang on nual stuff." If the yard could do all that saw a top speed of 14.7 knots. Coco Kai a keyboard all day and half the night, in four days, we asked him if they could doesn't go that fast. Thank you, Aghulas and couldn't use the boat anyway. 2) take one more day and change the boot For circumnavigators, Cape Town marks the 'ti had been so busy for the last bunch and cove stripes from Moorings red and end of the rough sailing in the Indian Ocean of months that there hadn't been time blue to a custom torquoise and yellow, and the beginning of nice sailing in the Atlantic. for her annual haulout. 3) The weather and get rid of the striping was crap for at least the next week for on the side of the cabin. heading across the Anegada Passage to And they did! We were St. Barth. Our only fear was that the flabbergasted. It turns out haulout would drag on and on and on, that in the charter center as they do. of the universe, nobody Sharn, the young manager has time for boats to be at Soper's Hole Boatyard, told us out of service, so the yards not to worry as they repair or re- have to get work done place catamaran keels all the time. work quickly. "We can have the keel repaired in three About the third week of days," he said." What?! "But we'll need February, two good friends another day to paint the bottom, replace of Latitude, Greg King of the cutlass bearings and do the other an- the Long Beach-based 65-ft schooner Coco Kai, and Kirk McGeorge of the CHANGES

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"Feb. 8: Had a great day. Went inland DEAN CAROL ragua and Costa Rica on our way back and did some wine tasting, drove down up from Panama, and had a good trip. to False Bay and had a couple brews at While in Panama, we helped a friend take the Brass Bell, drove to Hout Bay and his boat through the Canal, then decided had a couple more brews — and the best we'd head back to Mexico. We started calamari ever. Then we took the coast having to live with thunder and lightning route back to Cape Town. We just took in Panama way back in April, and let on 27 cases of wine and Champagne that us tell you, it gets hot in Panama! We will be stowed until the boss meets the never realized that our skin could be so boat in Barbados in June." [The 'boss' is sensitive to the heat. Coming north, we Jennifer Sanders of Los Angeles, King's only stopped at La Marina in Acapulco girlfriend and the owner of the schooner.] because we needed a new fuel pump for One of Coco Kai's crew is David our port engine. While there, we found Nichols, who has become an 'acciden- six boats on the dock with SAT (Mexican tal crewmember' for the sail across the The presumably Mexican-owned boats in Aca- IRS) 'temporary embargo' notifications South Atlantic. "I came to Cape Town pulco are the only ones we know of that have taped to them. All six appeared to be to say farewell to my friends who are had embargo notices taped onto them. local boats. When we asked a boat boy sailing to the Caribbean via Brazil. Well, miles of about the most pleasant sailing washing one of the boats what the taped- one thing led to another, and now I am the planet has to offer. on signs meant, he just shrugged." joining them on a fantastic adventure! "We were pretty beat when we arrived "There was a request on the Mazatlan We leave for St. Helena as soon as the in Acapulco after a two-night trip from morning net in early February for some- weather improves, and should end our Huatulco with a sputtering engine," one who speaks Russian," reports Rob journey in Barbados in June." report Guy and Carol Dean of the San Murray. Apparently a sailboat, believed Having both done the stormy east Francisco-based Seawind 33 cat Stray to be a Westsail 32 with two Russians coast of South Africa, once McGeorge Cat. "We'd stopped in El Salvador, Nica- aboard, was lost in heavy seas north of and King get a couple of hundred miles Mazatlan. The two were reportedly res- from Cape Town, they can expect 6,000 cued by a helicopter from the Mexican

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navy and taken to the navy hospital in Ommen lost Fleetwood, he Mazatlan. As a result of the incident, the declined offers of financial

port captain was looking for someone assistance from Latitude / RICHARD LATITUDE who speaks Russian." and others, saying he had Can anybody confirm this story? Does $5,000 in the bank and was anybody know more about it? thus "fine for now". Jack is starting to look for a new boat! We're glad to report that In one of the most heartbreaking stories van Ommen has already we've ever had to report, last November begun looking for a replace- Jack van Ommen, the 76-year-old ad- ment boat. "I will likely end venturer from Gig Harbor, Washington, up with an inexpensive lost his Naja 30 Fleetwood to a rocky 28+ footer in need of my reconstructive 'Moonshadow', one of those "stubby-masted cove of Tago Mago, one of the smallest of skills," he wrote. "I'll probably look on Deerfoots," looks like an old America's Cup Spain's Balearic Islands. It happened at the Atlantic Coast or the Great Lakes. As boat with a keel curtain while getting painted. 4 a.m., and all that remained of the boat an example, I saw an Alberg 30 on Lake bastards," write friends John and Debbie that van Ommen had completed from a Michigan for $5,000 that would need Rogers of the San Diego-based Deerfoot kit were small bits of flotsam. Decades another $5,000 or so in reinforcements, 62-2 Moonshadow. "While we really after doing a Singlehanded TransPac and maintenance, and so forth. One of my wish we were there, La Cruz ranks as a having the boat sit unused on a trailer, dreams with Fleetwood, after taking her pretty good consolation prize, and we're van Ommen had gone bankrupt, and to South America so I could land-travel getting a lot of much-needed painting about all he had left was the boat and there, was to sail her up to the Great done here at the La Cruz Shipyard. modest monthly Social Security checks. Lakes, then take her down the Missis- Tonight we met cruisers Ed and Connie Yet that was all he needed to begin to live sippi. So maybe I can still do that." Quesada of the Newport Beach-based an extremely rich and rewarding life, one "We hope the Wanderer and Doña Cardinal 46 Sirena under, for them, less that has seen him cruise 47,843 miles, de Mallorca are enjoying St. Barth, you than ideal circumstances. While taking transit 565 locks in Europe, and visit photos of the frigate birds flying around something like 50 countries. After van our casita with a 300mm lens, I noticed

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a boat well off the entrance to Marina Riviera Nayarit with what looked like a JOHN ROGERS I will be 70 soon.' The thing that I ne- stubby-looking mast. As owners of one of glected to add was: 'Those 12 years of those stubby-masted Deerfoots, Debbie circumnavigating have been the best 12 and I take notice of such things. But it years of my life!' I orginally planned on turned out not to be a stubby mast, but taking three or four years to go around, a dismasted Sirena. but then I stayed in Australia for 3½ We later met Ed and Connie, who years, Thailand for 18 months, Turkey were dealing with the aftermath of the for 18 months, Italy for 18 months, and day's disaster a lot better than Deb and the East Coast of the United States for I think we would have. They reported a year." that while sailing with friends in flat Snow skiing in Baja? We recently seas and just 15 knots of wind, the bolts read an article in the New York Times on Sirena's starboard upper shroud by a contributor to a skiing magazine, chainplate broke. All five of them! The and he listed some of the more unusual chainplate came off, and the top half of places he's skied. Although we lost the the mast went over. Fortunately for Ed clipping, we recall that he said one of the and Connie, nobody was hurt, and there From a distance, 'Sirena' appeared as though places was Mt. Pancho — or something were six experienced sailors aboard. For she might be a "stubby-masted Deerfoot." It — in Baja. We suppose if they can snow us, Sirena's misfortune was a valuable turns out she was a dismasted Cardinal 46. ski in Hawaii, they can ski in Baja. wake-up call to be aware of any corrosion 12-year, 36,000-mile circumnavigation Returning to St. Martin and St. Barth in or around our boat's chainplates and with his Perry 47 Reflections — prior after a two-year absence are Greg Dor- their fasteners. We will be pulling a few to her being sunk by a whale while he land and Debbie Macrorie of the Tahoe- of our chainplate bolts to inspect them was singlehanding a Baja Bash in 2012. based Catana 52 Escapade. "Debbie's before our next sail aboard Moonshadow! "I told him, 'Yes, I would circumnavigate cooking is still hot and the Escapade's "The publisher of Latitude once asked again in a heartbeat if I was younger. wine cellar is full, so we're ready to me if I would circumnavigate again," return to St. Barth," says Greg. "But I writes Max Young of Antioch, who did a have two warnings about St. Martin.

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14-FT HUNTER 14.6, 2006. Encinal Yacht 24-FT J/24, 1978. $6,500. TP built, 22-FT J/22, 1988. Alameda. $9,500. WHAT’S IN A DEADLINE? Our Classy Club. $3,950. This is a very popular din- vermiculite job, main bulkhead replaced, Totally redone, new mast, all new rig- Classifi eds Deadline is the 15th of the ghy for the beginning sailor w/weighted/ Dyform standing rigging, calibrated ging, new hardware, racing bottom, month, and as always, it’s still pretty retractable centerboard and mast fl oat. turnbuckles, windward sheeting, roller multiple Quantum sails, powder-coated much a brick wall if you want to get your Furling jib makes her easy and fun. Trailer stations all at minimum height, 8-1 boom- trailer. Very fast, just won the Fannette ad into the magazine. But it’s not so Included. Contact (510) 507-0007 or vang, Ullman class sails and two-axle by 20+ minutes. More at http://s1333. important anymore when it comes to [email protected]. trailer with gear box. Fun fast boat. (209) photobucket.com/user/swmack/library/ getting exposure for your ad. With our 603-7991 or [email protected]. J22?sort=3&page=1. Call (530) 575-0261. online system, your ad gets posted to our website within a day or so of submission. 24 FEET & UNDER Then it appears in the next issue of the 25 TO 28 FEET magazine. So you’re much better off if you submit or renew your ad early in the month. That way your ad begins to work for you immediately. There’s no reason to wait for the last minute.

DINGHIES, LIFERAFTS 18-FT MARSHALL SANDERLING. AND ROWBOATS 1976. Walnut Grove, CA. $8,900. Great 22-FT CATALINA CAPRI, 2004. Napa. condition/well maintained. White hull and $13,500. Meticulously maintained, wing deck with gray cockpit. Teak rails/trim. CATALINA 28 MK II, 1998. Sausalito. keel Capri 22, 2004 5hp Honda, 2009 1999 Yamaha 4hp OB/EZ lift bracket. $39,000. Clean, well maintained, diesel Doyle 4-batten main, jib, 135 genoa, roller Mast replaced 2000. 12-volt system with low hours, 2 jibs, dodger, Dutchman, furling, self-tailing winches, adjustable running/cabin lights. Anchor and Porta- spacious fully equipped cabin, stereo, backstay, Boomkicker boom support, Potti. 1997 Thurston sail in good condition Autohelm, windpoint, auto meter, depth LED steaming, anchor and navigation with lazy jack and cover. Complete boat sounder, autopilot, Garmin chart plotter, lights, tiller extension, tiller controller, cover. (916) 777-7004, (415) 608-9293 or zinc saver. Can email photos. Raymarine ST60 Tridata, galvanized Trail- [email protected]. Rite trailer with surge brakes, extendable 28-FT ISLANDER, 1979. Alameda. tongue, galvanized brake drums and 15-FT WEST WIGHT POTTER, 2006. SF $14,200. Well maintained Islander 28, Bay Area. $7,400/obo. Boat has been in 14-FT ENTERPRISE, 1980. Saratoga, brakes, new Fulton jack, custom mast smaller version of Islander 36. Volvo raising system makes raising and low- covered storage, little used. Everything diesel, new rigging, haulout April 2013, CA. $2,995. Beautiful Enterprise sailing in new condition. Includes galvanized dinghy. African mahogany wood, im- ering mast easy. Email me for photos: Pineapple main and roller-furling jib in [email protected]. EZ Loader trailer, 2hp Honda outboard very good condition. See photos at: www. maculate condition. New, never used and more. Contact Bob. (415) 435-8738. trailer. 2 sets of blue sails. (408) 761-6072 flickr.com/photos/sailauklet. Contact or [email protected]. (925) 828-9448 or [email protected].

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Page 134 • Latitude 38 • March, 2014 30-FT CAPE DORY, 1982. San Carlos, MX. $30,000. Gooseneck trailer. New rigging, gel batteries. Full batten main, Furlex, Lewmar ST30’s, Volvo diesel, wheel, dodger, Autohelm, EPIRB, radios, CQR, 50’ chain, propane stove, solar panel, dinghy, more. US delivery possible. (575) 758-8366 or [email protected].

25-FT CATALINA, 1987. Quincy, CA. 28-FT PEARSON, 1975. Alameda. 30-FT CAPO, 1984. SFYC. $34,000. Toy $9,800. Above-average condition Cata- $5,000. Well maintained, many upgrades, Box is for sale! Designed by Carl Schum- lina 25. Wing keel stand rig and interior. nearly new sails, great Atomic 4 engine, acher, and similar to the Olson 911S, the 2008 Honda 9.9 XL shaft with electric new head and holding tank, Garmin Capo 30 is a very fast, racer/cruiser with start. New sails roller furling. Tiller pilot. 182C color chartplotter, reefi ng system, a 120 PHRF rating. (415) 488-3317 or New bimini. New standing rigging 2008. packing gland adjusted, tiller steering pjcampfi [email protected]. Mast raising system. Trailer roller bunks unit, new anchor and chain, microwave new LED lights and bearings. All teak oven, great sailing boat for the SF Bay or refi nished. This is a well maintained boat coastal. Contact [email protected] set up for singlehanding and extended or (408) 410-0756. 30-FT ERICSON, 1985. Alameda Marina. cruises. Too many upgrades to list, please $15,000. Well maintained, classic 1985 call for more information. Contact (530) 28-FT ALERION EXPRESS. Sausalito. Ericson 30+. Mahogany-paneled inte- 848-7873 or [email protected]. $70,000 (1/2 of new price). Spinnaker, rior with new upholstery (sleeps up to 6 gennaker, GPS, holding tank, radar, auto- comfortably). Fully-equipped galley and 28-FT WESTSAIL, 1976. Santa Cruz. pilot, all lines led to cockpit, lifelines. “The stand-up, enclosed head with shower. $26,900. Solid, beautiful, seaworthy clas- prettiest girl on the dock.” (415) 302-7490. Many other upgrades. Fully outfi tted and sic. Full keel cruiser. Smaller version of sailaway-ready for weekend enjoyment, Westsail 32. Factory-built, excellent con- 30-FT ERICSON 30+, 1984. Sausalito. club racing or even longer cruising. Con- dition. Cutter rig, tanbark sails. Universal 29 TO 31 FEET $25,000. Never buy fuel again. Zenergy tact (408) 728-1587 or (951) 201-3453 or M-25 diesel auxiliary. Capable cruiser has 9 kw Thoosa electric motor, new [email protected]. with tons of room below. (831) 222-0519 prop, CNG stove, Bose stereo, sleeps 6, 30-FT SANTANA, 1979. Alameda. 30-FT CATALINA, 1978. Benicia, CA. or [email protected]. $13,500. 2-year-old diesel, spinnaker and newer rigging, professionally maintained, great Bay boat, no diesel smell, must see $5,000/obo. Currently berthed in Benicia, gear, new main by Santa Cruz Sails. Great estate sale, inboard diesel, needs hull Bay cruiser and beer can racer. Newer to appreciate. Contact (415) 331-8250 or [email protected]. cleaned/painted, wood need refinish- cushions and very clean interior and no ing, all sails plus extra sails and tackle. leaks! (510) 507-0006 or (510) 507-0007 Photos on request. (916) 801-7868 or or [email protected]. [email protected]. 29-FT FARALLON, 1976. Berkeley. $5,000. Custom built for blue water with rugged hull construction. MD6B Volvo 32 TO 35 FEET engine, all sails, anchors, dodger. Needs work. AKA Golden Gate 30, Bodega 30. 32-FT O’DAY, 1987. Monterey. $32,000. 25-FT FOLKBOAT, 1979. San Francisco Email [email protected]. Roller furling, dodger, lines led aft, self- Marina, Gashouse Cove. $13,900. Great tailing winches, wheel, autopilot, radar, fiberglass hull, newish spruce mast, Yanmar diesel, high-output alternator, 12- recent rigging, Honda 2hp, good sails, 31-FT BENETEAU, 1992. San Diego. volt fridge, inverter, TV, stereo, propane radio and EPIRB. Join Folkboat Racing $39,500. Lanterne Rouge has been set up stove. Good condition, except dodger. Fleet. (925) 945-1521 or (925) 285-8446 to be easily singlehanded.This is a turn- With transferable slip in Monterey. See or [email protected]. key boat, ready to take you to your next photos on Craigslist. (831) 512-6842. adventure. The First 310 is a complete 26-FT J/80, 2000. Fresno. $32,500. Fresh racer/cruiser providing speed and safety 33-FT DEHLER OPTIMA, 1985. Brick- water boat, excellent Quantum jib/North racing around the buoys and providing yard Cove Marina. $16,000. Only sailed in spinnaker, OK Quantum main, 4 older elegance and comfort at the marina or to Bay, 16hp Yanmar 192hrs, rigging recon sails. Tacktick speed/depth/temp. Bot- Catalina Island with family and friends. 2008, self-furling jib, lazy jacks, new tom 320 grit epoxy. More at http://s891. 30-FT WYLIECAT, 1997. Pt. Richmond. Email [email protected]. spinnaker, bottom paint 2010, pedestal photobucket.com/user/danieljcpa/library/ $89,500. Dazzler. Major refi t 2007-08, steering, new cabin windows, great inte- J80%20for%20sale?sort=3&page=1. Pineapple carbon sail, Icom VHF, Garmin rior, sleeps 6, dinghy w/motor, no dealers. Contact [email protected] or (559) GPS plotter, Raymarine speed/depth, XP5 349-0362. and ST2000 autopilots + remote. Fusion iPod stereo. LED lighting and more. 27-FT BALBOA, 1977. Sparks, NV. Yanmar diesel. Fast and really fun. (510) $6,000. Good condition. Used Lake Tahoe 381-0802 or [email protected]. last 4 years. Diesel inboard, galley, marine head and holding tank, solar panel, new 30-FT OLSON, 1980. Benicia. $12,500. batteries, new standing rigging, tiller au- Enigma. Santa Cruz built ULDB. Best, topilot. Refurbished trailer. Well cared for. most fun beer can racer and/or daysailer available. Manageable size to sail out 30-FT ERICSON 30+, 1984. Emeryville. 26-FT CATALINA 250 KEEL, 2005. Al- of slip or across the Pacifi c. Ready for $18,900. This fin keel, inboard diesel ameda. $15,000. One owner, new bottom it all. Contact (707) 246-8699, eves or sloop is an excellent example of a Bruce 32-FT PEARSON 323 SLOOP, 1978. paint, Honda 8 power thrust electric start, [email protected]. King design. Made entirely in the U.S. this Berkeley. $21,000. Berkeley berth, great wheel, satellite radio, excellent condition. coastal cruiser is perfect for the weekend Bay boat, new prop in 2012, sails in good Email [email protected]. getaway or a day of cruising the Bay. condition, excellent maintenance records. Recently refi nished the fl oors. Really runs Contact (510) 282-3316 or (510) 868-0228 well and sails nicely! (408) 569-3582 or or [email protected]. [email protected].

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March, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 135 35-FT J/105, 1998. Berkeley Marina. $72,000. J/105 #181 Wianno. Tiller boat for sale. Top 10 Fleet 1 fi nisher 2011 and 2012. Excellent condition. Two full sets racing sails, 1 set cruising sails. Race ready. More at http://picasaweb.google. com/Gnuggat/J105181WiannoForSale#. Email [email protected].

33-FT CAPE DORY, 1980. Alameda, CATALINA 34 MK II, 1997. Berkeley Ma- 32-FT ERICSON SLOOP, 1988. San CA. $59,500. A rare opportunity to own rina. $78,000. Fin keel, lightly used, well Francisco, Gashouse Cove. $28,500. a classic Carl Alberg-designed sloop w/ maintained/equipped. Dodger, bimini, 12 Solid, beamy ride built with quality. Origi- full keel and attached rudder. Rich teak volt fridge, cruising spinnaker w/dousing nal owner-have original purchase docs. interior w/careful joiner work produces sock, custom V-berth mattress, diesel, Roomy cockpit, traveler above cabin. warm and inviting interior. Many recent 2013 bottom and batteries + more. Con- Everything, including instruments, op- upgrades. GPS/chart plotter, radar, VHF. tact (559) 905-2633 or (559) 433-6436 or erational; engine mint. Stays and shrouds Quantum main and jib, genoa, storm, [email protected]. relatively new. Six Lewmar winches. Sails, asymmetrical spinnaker, roller furling, including roller-furling jib, main, and spin- self-tailing winches. Westerbeke 27A die- 35-FT NAUTICAT, 1993. Portland, OR. naker. Excellent cabin layout with V-berths sel recently serviced, 35# CQR, Lofrans $165,000. This unique two-cabin pi- (full) fore and (smaller) aft. Galley to port Royal windlass. New fuel tank, batteries, lothouse with a sloop rig and fi n keel of companionway, full head to starboard. propane system, bottom paint, all in 2013. was designed by Nauticat of Finland Beautiful teak throughout. Lots of storage. Adler/Barbour refrigeration w/freezer, H/C to emphasize sailing capabilities. It has Ready to sail! (650) 704-7590 or (650) pressurized water. 8-ft Achilles infl atable, a beautiful teak interior rarely found in 400-3763 or [email protected]. other extras. Contact (831) 429-5050 or boats of this era, but with limited exterior [email protected]. woodwork and molded nonskid decks, you will have more time for sailing. It is loaded with coastal cruising gear: 50hp 35-FT WAUQUIEZ PRETORIEN, 1983. Yanmar 4JH2E, 630 amp hours of AGM Roche Harbor Resort, San Juan Island, batteries, Hydrovane self-steering, Icom WA. $77,500. Hard-to-fi nd high quality M710 SSB. New main and genoa, water- bluewater pedigree cruiser. Lightly used, maker, Furuno radar, chartplotter with AIS, always professionally maintained. Same new thru-hulls and bottom paint in 2013. owner of 17 years has invested over $80k Contact [email protected] or in upgrades, too many to list. Contact (503) 289-6306. (206) 920-7337 or [email protected]. 32-FT COLUMBIA 5.5, 1966. Alameda. 34-FT SAN JUAN, 1980. Richmond. $13,000. Complete refi t 2000. Faired keel, 33-FT JEANNEAU SUNFAST 3200. 34-FT CATALINA C-34, 1990. Alam- $27,000. Good condition, 100% ready rudder. New halyards, bottom in 2013. 2009. San Diego. $139,500. Veteran of eda. $49,000. Classic boat with “walk to sail. Yanmar diesel 2QM15. All lines Pneumatic vang. Carbon spinnaker pole. Pacifi c Cup doublehanded, Transpac and through” transom, furling jib, refrigeration, aft. Mainsail with double reef, 110% roller Electric bilge pump. Great race record in Cabo. Turnkey ready for 2014 Pacifi c Cup VHF, cockpit table and cushions, new furling jib, 155% roller furling genoa. Hot/ both One Design and PHRF. Turnkey boat. doublehand or SHTP. Excellent condition batteries (July 2013), bottom painted cold pressurized water. Rubber dinghy Alameda, upwind berth. (707) 644-1978 with many extras. Full details and photos June 2013. Very clean, well maintained. with outboard. Contact (530) 673-8457 or [email protected]. on website: www.mechdesign.com/3200. Photos are available by email. Contact or [email protected]. Contact [email protected] or (435) [email protected]. 640-0587. 36 TO 39 FEET

33-FT HOBIE, 1983. San Diego. $25,000. 36-FT ISLANDER FREEPORT “B”, 1978. H-33 in great shape, newer 3DL sails, kelp Loch Lomond, San Rafael. $60,000. New cutter, LED nav lights, Dyneema running full batten main, staysail, roller furling rigging. Fun daysailer, race winner. Plan jib, Espar heater, Isotherm refrigeration, your assault on Transpac 2015 now! Many LectraSan, rebuilt Perkins, new electrical pictures on blog at http://hobie33forsale. panel, new dodger, sail cover and wheel blogspot.com. Contact (619) 405-9349 or cover. 2000 watt inverter. Pullman berth. [email protected]. 33-FT HOBIE, 1983. Healdsburg. (510) 410-5401 or [email protected]. 32-FT WESTSAIL, 1975. Pillar Point Har- 32-FT COLUMBIA 32 SPORT, 2007. $20,000. Ballenger double-spreader rig, new standing, running rigging and life 37-FT JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 37.1. bor, Half Moon Bay. Best offer. Launched Newport Beach. Custom and factory re- 1995. St. Croix, USVI. $62,000/Reduced. in 1980. Original owner. 3 headsails, one furbished, new North Sails, GPS, rigging, lines last 2 years. Lines led aft for single-/ doublehanding, many upgrades including Original owner. Well maintained, beautiful drifter, Perkins 4-108, propane stove with 4,185 lbs. - fl ies around the course. Win- inside and out. Furling main/jib, Yanmar oven. Recent haulout, June 2013. Come ning record. This is the second generation Honda-powered sail drive, removable bowsprit for asymmetrical spinnaker, 3GM30F, low hours. Zodiac/6hp Tohatsu. see, make an offer. (650) 303-3901, (650) of the Columbia 30/32 (now Columbia 32 Recent canvas. Full electronics. Email for 712-1425 or [email protected]. Sport) and was built for the owner of the oversized rudder by Foss Foam, Rayma- rine instruments. Lift keel version with keel photos and equipment list. Contact (516) company and then owned by the designer 582-9342 or [email protected]. 32-FT SAMPSON C-MIST. $4,000/ of the boat. Only four of these hulls were set in semi-permanent down position. On galvanized trailer in good condition obo. Professionally plastered and cured. built and this is the only one that is 7/8 36-FT HANS CHRISTIAN, 1975. Oyster Westsail cutter-rig. aluminum, stainless, 6 rigged and modifi ed by the designer. Her with electro-hydraulic brakes, tongue extension, new stainless steel rotors. Point Marina. $31,000. Proven cruiser Dacrons. Needs new cockpit and major sister Columbia 32 hit 26 kts and won its from Alaska to New Zealand. Good overhaul. Lively to windward at 5 knots. class in the San Francisco to Hawaii 2012 Many sails in ex-racing condition. Upon sale will transport this Pocket Rocket to Bones, needs new sails and little TLC to Gordon Strasenburgh, 275 N. Broadway, Pacifi c Cup. Includes tandem trailer. See restore her to offshore condition. Moni- #304, Coos Bay, OR, 97420. http://exigent7000.wordpress.com. Con- the Northern California location of your choice. (707) 433-3692. tor windvane, dinghy and more. USCG tact (949) 294-9777 or [email protected]. documented. Contact (415) 337-5303 or [email protected].

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Page 136 • Latitude 38 • March, 2014 38-FT CONTEST 38S, 1986. S.France, 36-FT COLUMBIA, 1968. Brisbane Ma- 46-FT HYLAS, 2000. Coronado, CA, USA. 47-FT VAGABOND, 1982. Brisbane, Marines de Cogolin. $99,000 VAT paid. rina, San Francisco Bay Area. $15,150. $380,000. Ready to bluewater cruise. CA. Entertaining pre-listing offers. S/V A premium center-cockpit sloop by Ready to sail. Single fi berglass hull, needs Superb condition, boat interior recondi- Natural High is for sale. 1982/95/99 Cony-Plex Yachts Holland, USCG Doc, TLC. Rigging in good shape. Engine tioned in 2013. New hull and bottom paint. Vagabond 47, 56’ LOA. Too many details VAT paid. Professionally maintained with recently replaced with rebuilt Yanmar 2 cabins, 2 heads, A/C, heating, washer/ to list, see website for more details and tens of thousands of $ in upgrades past diesel and hardly used. Mainsail with sail dryer, full canvas, in-mast furling, dinghy photos: http://svnaturalhigh.com. Email 12 years. New teak decks and Selden cover, full bimini in great shape. 4 self- with 6hp outboard, 6-man liferaft. www. [email protected]. roller furl mast 2002. Volvo 2003T 47hp tailing winches, infl atable 10-ft dinghy, seasilk.us. Contact (619) 995-9085 or turbo and SS tankage for 400+ NM. Rod life jackets, stove/oven, 2 double, and 2 [email protected]. steering. Custom electric system with 75 single berths, sleeps 6 comfortably, 44 amp Balmar alternator. Recent Raymarine gal. fresh water. Teak interior in excellent instruments w/direct drive Raymarine condition, upholstery in OK shape. Email autopilot. Radar, Navtex, liferaft, EPIRB, [email protected] Icom. Custom cabinetry. This comfort- or (415) 322-8811. able ocean cruiser is sitting in beautiful Marines de Cogolin, walking distance to St.Tropez. Berth available with 5-year lease. Contact [email protected] or (650) 637-7791. 45-FT FASTNET 45, 1974. Portland. $67,000. Price reduced!. Beautiful boat, 39-FT JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY. 40-FT BRUCE ROBERTS. Cutter-rigged many compliments on her lines. Recently 2007. Sausalito. $164,900. Boat’s in great sloop, 1984. Bradford Island, CA. $23,000. sailed to Australia and back. Very sea- shape and includes the following features: Price reduced! Windy: Documented, 37-ft worthy, comes with a lot of equipment. furling mainsail, furling genoa, inverter, LOD, bluewater, custom-built, classic Considerable locker space and storage VHF radio, teak cockpit, E80w/GPS, design. Hull is 1-1/8” fi berglass, laid with for extended cruising. (503) 327-6750 or Tridata & wind, electric winch, autopilot, 36-FT CATALINA C36 MK II, 2006. Seafl ex matting with integrated reinforc- [email protected]. spinnaker pole, and three sails. (415) Vallejo Yacht Club. $135,000. Full spring ing fi berglass rods. Heavy-duty windlass, 505-9614 or [email protected]. mattress. Stove, oven, ice-making refrig- 4 anchors including 45lb CQR. Flush erator, double sinks. Full-batten Leisure deck, hard dodger, 36hp diesel. Very sea Furl in-boom furling main. Electric cabin- kindly; proven Mexico cruiser. Comfort- top winch. Raymarine C80 chart plotter ably built solid wood interior/mahogany, with radar. Raymarine wind, depth, speed. teak, maple. Bosch on-demand hot water Belowdeck autopilot. Fusion stereo, Bose heater, Queen bed. “Little ship”. Windy speakers, iPod dock and Sirius, wired will be on the hard at Marine Emporium remote. LED lighting in cabins. LCD TV Boatyard, for your viewing and inspection with DVD player. Tank level monitors (all during March. Bring all offers. 5993 Bethel tanks), Link 10 battery monitor. Electric Island Rd., at Bethel Island, CA. Brad. fresh water toilet, shower with shower on Contact (209) 406-0965, (209) 855-4085 43-FT BENETEAU 423, 2005. Redwood swim platform. Removable outboard mo- or [email protected]. City, CA. $149,000. Immaculate blue- 37-FT PEARSON 365 SLOOP/CUTTER. tor hoist. Flexofold three-bladed folding water 43-ft sloop, with cutter rig. Dual 1978. Sausalito. $49,500. Well main- prop. Teak cockpit table. Anchor windlass chart plotters, radar, and belowdeck tained, upgraded, sailed, and lived on for up and down switch. Leather-wrapped autopilot. 150% furling jib, staysail, and 22+ yrs. Recent LPU topsides, Mainsail, folding wheel. In excellent condition. like-new mainsail. Cherry interior with much more... Come see, make offer. (415) Includes all safety equipment, dock lines, white leather. Boat looks brand new. Two 297-4080 or [email protected]. power cord, etc. Contact (707) 319-2414 cabin confi guration. (650) 533-7732 or or [email protected]. [email protected]. 39-FT CAL, 1988. Emeryville. $75,000. This latest model Cal is equally at home cruising the world or on the race course. 40 TO 50 FEET Quality equipment complements a very well designed and built vessel. Please 40-FT MARINER KETCH, 1970. Rich- 40-FT HUNTER LEGEND, 1990. Em- contact John for particulars. Email mond. $8,500 w/engine, $6,500 w/o. Far eryville Marina . $70,000. Boat is very spa- [email protected]. East Yachts. Heavy glass hull. Liveaboard cious with centerline queen aft stateroom cruiser, refi t/rebuild underway, materi- with plenty of storage, 2 heads, large 37-FT JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY. als included. Rebuilt Isuzu 40hp, 0hrs. galley, forward facing navigation station, 2002. Long Beach. $79,000. Raymarine Windlass, holding tank, galley range, AC dinette seating, large forward cabin. Very autopilot, bimini, dinghy with Yamaha reefer. Health forces sale. Make offer. well equipped with good electronics, OB, Volvo 29hp, original owner. (760) (916) 947-8382. strong Yanmar engine, and new mainsail, 42-FT CASCADE, 1972. Redwood City. 980-0204 or [email protected]. new stereo, aft head, lines and has been $40,000. New sails, watermaker, Auto- 40-FT BENETEAU, 1994. Present-LaPaz/ detailed inside and out, looks like new! helm, new rigging, ice maker, marinized 36-FT SCHUMACHER, 1989. Paradise March-Southern Cal. $89,000. Beneteau Great boat for sailing the Bay and live Westerbeke and more. Needs work on Cay. $30,000. National Biscuit. Ready Oceanis 400, two-cabin, in-mast furler, aboard! Check to see more photos at deck. Spent a lot, asking for less. (650) for racing! Carbon spinnaker pole, over 65gal fuel, 130 water, Yanmar 56hp. Well http://tempestsailboat.shutterfly.com. 704-2302 or [email protected]. 15 bags of sails, new running rigging, maintained. [email protected]. Contact [email protected] or Yanmar 3-cylinder engine, triple-spreader (702) 303-4228. fractional rig. Call. (415) 271-2722.

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March, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 137 47-FT CATALINA, $249,500. Customized bluewater ready. Extra fuel capacity, 110 or 240v, watermaker, chartplotter, radar, AIS, coldplate refridge/freezer. Custom cabinets and workshop, dive compressor, in-boom furler, staysail, autopilot, wind vane, new hard dodger, heat-air, Auto- prop. Much more. See http://adream2sail. publishpath.com. Call (916) 607-9026.

48-FT SPARKMAN & STEPHENS, 1970. 48-FT MAYFLOWER KETCH, 1985. CATALINA 42 MK II, 2002. Friday Har- Marina del Rey, CA. $310,000. Beautiful Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. $139,500USD. bor, WA. $167,000. Pristine condition, steel circumnavigator. Recent 18-month Sleek and graceful bluewater cruiser prop- meticulously maintained, and ready to go total refi t 2010-2012! Dutch-built S&S/ erly equipped can fl y up to fi ve sails with cruising! Fully enclosed canvas cockpit Koopman’s design, completed by Royal a crew of two. Designed by third genera- great for affordable Northwest adventur- Huisman. Lola is a beautiful, fast, sea- tion naval architect George Stadel III, the ing. Full specs and photos on website: worthy, circumnavigating machine! No Oriana has proven performance, good http://CatalinaSailboatForSale.blogspot. expense was spared in bringing her back construction, and detailed appointments. com. Contact (360) 370-5976 or (360) to “new” condition from top to bottom! The deck, hull, and spars were repainted 298-2627 or [email protected]. Electronics, rigging, sails, mechanicals, in 2013. With its ample captain’s cabin, electrical, and paint. All NEW! She is attractive, roomy salon, and fully-equipped 41-FT CT, 1976. Vallejo. $55,000/obo. very unique, sails like a dream, and must galley, the boat is a comfortable liveaboard Veteran cruiser. Owned by the same be seen to be fully appreciated! More in any of the world’s ports. Powered by owner since 1976. It has many cruising at www.sailinglola.com. Contact (707) the proven Perkins 92M, the craft cruises extras. Sails, anchors, and ground tackle. 509-9096 or [email protected]. comfortably at 7.5 knots. Equipment in- Set of world charts. 75hp Volvo diesel. cludes roller furling on all masts, self-tailing (415) 726-3322 or [email protected]. 43-FT J/133, 2005. Redwood City. winches, 300 ft. chain anchor rode, three $349,000. Excellent condition, fixed sturdy anchors, watermaker, and more. carbon sprit and emergency rudder, B&G See http://TheOriana.com. Contact (480) instruments/pilot, Raymarine radar/GPS/ 447-7316 or [email protected]. AIS, Icom SSB/VHF, liferaft, EPIRB, 3DL 45-FT GARDEN YAWL. One-off double sails, new faired bottom, etc. Contact ender, 3 years in restoration, 98% com- (408) 234-4402 or [email protected]. pleted, cold-molded over original strip planking. $30K as is, or $? to finish renovation. Contact (916) 847-9064 or [email protected]. 46-FT CAROL KETCH. John Hanna design, 1946. Berkeley Marina. $42,000. Classic wooden ketch. You’ll be only the fourth owner of this beautiful double-end- 47-FT 473 BENETEAU, 2006. Marina ed ketch. Recently hauled and surveyed Village, Alameda, CA. $240,000. Cruise in January 2014, lots of work done in the ready. White hull. Deep keel. Teak decks, last 2 years that you will benefi t from. 44-FT TARTAN 4400, 2003. Channel 3 cabins. 75hp Yanmar, 7.9 Westerbeke 48hp Perkins diesel. All sails in good Island Harbor. $319,000. Major price generator, Spectra Newport watermaker, shape. New sail covers. Interior freshly reduction! Dark green hull, low hours, air conditioning, custom upholstery, Cher- painted. More information and plenty of bow thruster, electric winches, VacuFlush ry wood interior, bow thruster. Much more. 42-FT CATALINA, 1996. Sausalito. photos available, just ask. Contact (970) heads, spinnaker, new batteries, new (530) 545-9540 or [email protected]. $137,500. New bottom paint, new stand- 261-1611 or [email protected]. LP and bottom paint, numerous other ing rigging, all new rope. Yanmar engine. options/upgrades. See more at: www. Autopilot, winches professionally ser- 40-FT CAL, 1967. Berkeley. $15,000. Our showcaseyachtsusa.com/tartini_time/ viced, radar. All interior fabric to be new... family boat since 1974. Needs TLC. Ap- tartini_time_home.html. Contact (530) your choice of color if purchased within proximately 15 sails, many older extras, 318-0730 or [email protected]. March. Call Tom. (415) 271-2722. SSB radio, Autohelm. For more, email [email protected].

50-FT HUDSON FORCE 50, 1974. Perfect liveaboard or ocean cruiser pilot- house ketch, cutter rigged, singlehander, 50-ft redesigned vessel, lots of room, storage and living. New aluminum rigging, 47-FT CATALINA, 2000. Long Beach, CA new main and mizzen sails, 2 full heads, 2 40-FT PASSPORT, 1980. Nadi, Fiji. 90803. $198,000. Beautifully maintained bunk rooms, 1 master berth, 78hp diesel $99,000. Start living your dream in 44-FT CATALINA MORGAN, 2007. and priced to sell. Call or email for more Ford Lehman engine, 5K diesel genset, paradise. Renowned bluewater cruiser Seattle, WA area. $262,900. Light and information, specs and photos. (626) 705- new batteries, plenty of tankage, lots of currently based in Fiji, actively cruising airy deck salon in Bristol condition. 75hp 4561 or [email protected]. extras. Needs some fi nishing work, but the South Pacifi c. All rigging and systems Yanmar with 600 hours. New solar panels is ready to sail anywhere. Taking serious are less than 10 years old. 4200 engine and batteries, cruising spinnaker, power cash offers. (650) 589-8821. hours. See http://sites.google.com/ winches, hydronic heat, Raymarine C120, site/1980passport40forsale/home. Email radar, autopilot, bow thruster. Contact [email protected]. (408) 666-3261 or [email protected].

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48-FT PERRY-DESIGNED CUTTER. 18-FT HOBIE MAGNUM SX. $4,500/ask- 42-FT FOUNTAINE PAJOT VENEZIA. 1994. Seattle, WA. $99,000/obo. Beautiful ing. Dual new trapezes, deluxe galvanized 1996. Pier 39, San Francisco. $249,000. custom center cockpit, lightly used and 25-FT FOLKBOAT, 1948. Coyote Point, trailer with spare. Stored inside past 6 True comfort either docked or in the well cared for. Excellent sails and rigging. San Mateo. $3,000. Good structural con- years. This cat has wings and fl ies. Call ocean. Large salon, four double cabins, Bow and stern thrusters and much more! ditions. Sailed regularly. Great Bay Area Ray in Burson. (209) 772-9695. 2 bathrooms each with a shower, heater MUST SELL. Photos/specs at: www. boat. Requires deck re-canvasing. Full in each cabin, refrigerator and hot water yachtsoffered.com/listing.php?yacht_ cover. Optional electric outboard. More heater. While docked, perfect on board id=223. Contact [email protected] at http://elcaleuche.net/Folkboat. Contact apartment living. Two 30hp Yanmar diesel or (206) 352-6453. (650) 387-5342 or [email protected]. engines, autopilot, GPS, plotter, radar, dinghy and much more. (704) 516-4422 47-FT PASSPORT, 1984. Grenada, BWI. or [email protected]. $185,000. Aft cockpit, 2 staterooms, 2 heads, Perkins 4-236, generator, water- 42-FT CROSS 42R TRIMARAN, 1986. maker, plus more. Excellent bluewater Guaymas, Mexico. $20,000 obo/trade. cruiser. An experienced world cruiser. Rounded hulls, on the hard in Guaymas, Visit our website for photos and cruising Sonora, Mexico. For pics and details: history. See http://musetta.us. Contact 35-FT BENETEAU BLUE II, 1986. San www.fl ickr.com/photos/60957671@N07. (360) 378-1188 or (360) 298-4044 or Diego, Ensenada. $79,900/obo. Very fast Email [email protected]. [email protected]. catamaran! 14-18 knots. All new inside, electric, plumbing, instruments, 2x20hp 58-FT STAYSAIL SCHOONER, 1925. new Yanmar, racing main, roller furling, 51 FEET & OVER Port Townsend, WA. $159,000. Suva,1925 trampoline. Has keels, can go on beach, staysail schooner designed by Ted Geary. 2-4 cabins. Trailerable. No sales tax. Email A gorgeous and sound classic yacht that [email protected]. sails wonderfully! Teak. Financing avail- able. See www.schoonerforsale.com. Contact [email protected] or (360) 643-3840. 28-FT CRUISING DESIGN, TELSTAR. 2007. Clipper Marina (on hard), Sau- MULTIHULLS salito, CA. $65,000. Outstanding 28-ft trailerable trimaran. All options, full galley/ 48-FT TRIMARAN. Sacramento. $9,999. 65-FT PILOTHOUSE KETCH, 1975. head, chart plotter, DSC VHF, autopilot, In the water, project boat. Has new sails, Tridata, Seatalk, spinnaker, drifter, 50hp West Indies. $74,900. Wooden hull, kauri. 60hp Japanese diesel. Some damage to Built in New Zealand. Beautiful details. 38-FT CHAMBERLIN CAT, 1992. Nevis/ fully maintained Honda, completely hull, interior partially completed. (916) St. Kitts, Caribbean. $80,000. Custom 38- overhauled trailer. Ready to tow with Excellent pricing (flip it!). Please only 205-1912. serious buyers contact. See http://docs. ft OSTAC performance cruiser: composite mast up/down in under 5 minutes, fast, google.com/document/d/1DNCdryW4RE Vac-bagged Divinycell/Vinylester/Biax. seaworthy cruiser. Priced to sell and in zDjMOpnh6UHrFFwYzyvxwitK_j1LrznsE/ Strong and lightweight. Two doubles, good condition - Leopard 43 fi nally com- edit?usp=sharing. Contact (916) 267- galley/settee berths up, bridgedeck with ing. (415) 752-8683 or (415) 377-0816 or 1461 or [email protected]. seated headroom. 30,000 ocean miles. [email protected]. See specs at http://Sydeva.blogspot. com. And photos at http://picasaweb. com/sydeva. Email [email protected]. POWER & HOUSEBOATS

38-FT FOUNTAINE PAJOT ATHENA. 1995. San Francisco, CA. $149,000/ obo. Our beloved ocean cruising vet Family Circus is for sale. New LPU in the salon, new canvas, new trampoline, dual 55-FT SWAN SLOOP, 1971. San Carlos, Yanmars, one just rebuilt. 4 cabins, two Mexico. $198,000. Classic Swan 55 S&S heads. Radar, GPS, plotter, etc. Ocean sloop, one of three built by Nautor in Fin- gear: drogue, liferaft, autopilot, spares, land #007. Great racing cruiser. Email for 40-FT FUSION CATAMARAN, 2012. Van- 15-FT CARIBE, 2000. Morro Bay. etc. Fantastic sailing platform for Bay and couver, BC. Composite performance cruis- more information: [email protected] ocean fun. Ready to go! Our family keeps $12,000/obo. RIB infl atable Honda 40hp or call (707) 371-6550. ing catamaran. Yanmar 30hp saildrives, rebuilt 19 hr. Center console all gauges, growing- the boat needs to as well! More hydronic heating, LED Garmin instruments, at http://htzortzis.wix.com/family-circus. compass, VHF, Loran depth/GPS. New Harken equipped. 3 cabins, 2 heads, battery, bimini top, nice trailer, no patches, Contact [email protected] or stove/oven, fridge and freezer. Teak/ holly (925) 878-9659. leaks. Bow seat storage. (805) 440-8501 fl ooring, cherry cabinets and plentiful stor- or [email protected]. age throughout. Sail away in comfort and style. (604) 600-1386, (604) 465-1662 or [email protected]. Guide to Navigation & Tourism  in French Polynesia Three Shared Cost Crew Spots Available-New Zealand to Fiji- May 4 -15 Best Fr Poly guide but out of print. We imported all remaining copies from Deerfoot 63 with USCG/RYA licensed captains / instructors – $1,895 authors. Excellent aerial photos of many anchorage entrances; great chartlets. $69 plus shipping. Email: [email protected] OFFSHORE SAILING ADVENTURES THIS COULD BE YOU… SUSAN'S SURVEYS Let the Classy Classifi ed business ads work for you. Legend of the South Seas and Honest Marine Surveyor Submit online at: ABYC Certifi ed • SAMS SA www.latitude38.com All Vessels Inspected • (415) 722-7695

March, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 139 50-FT LIEN HWA TRAWLER, 1986. Mon- PROFESSIONAL DELIVERY CAPTAINS. SAFETY EQUIPMENT. Alameda. Never terey, CA. $99,000. Fiberglass. Double San Diego-based, USCG Master 100 GT. used, good insurance. Viking Pro-Series staterooms, walk around king, very comfy. Sail and power. ASA-certifi ed instructional UKSL Liftraft; $2,495, 6-person, offshore, Turnkey. New galley appliances, Corian deliveries. Pacifi c Mexico and Baja Bash hard shell, with cradle. $3,995 when new double helms, aft enclosed deck. Twin specialists. More at website: www. in July 2013. ARC EPIRB Pro-CAT 2; $395, Volvo diesels. All maintenance records, boatdeliverycaptain.org. Contact David, Global-fi x, GPS-enabled. $700 when new 8k generator, autopilot, tools, spares. [email protected] or (619) July 2013. Package price $2,795. (831) 601-0078. 913-7834. MISCELLANEOUS 50-FT EX-US NAVY LIBERTY. Conver- PARTNERSHIPS sion, 1944. Monterey Marina, Monterey, CA. $49,900/obo. Tri-cabin liveaboard 34-FT CATALINA, 1986. South Beach trawler. Double V-berth, head, and Harbor. Many extras. Looking for 1/2 shower. Spacious lower helm/galley with equity partner, for $15,000 + expenses, inside ladder to fl y bridge. Aft cabin/salon/ located South Beach, free parking, great bedroom. Flybridge with large sun deck. access to AT&T Park. Great alternative Dual Capilano hydraulic steering. Detroit for expensive lodging and parking in the 671 diesel Morse controls. LectraSan, city. Contact [email protected] or 35gal holding. New 50 amp shore power (408) 998-2418. PLAN YOUR MEXICAN GETAWAY NOW. and main battery panels. Comfortable At the brand-new, gorgeous Cielo Y Mar large 6’ high cabins. Tastefully decorated. ISLANDER 36 PARTNERSHIP. South condos. Located in Punta Mita, 35 min- ROSSIGNOL 195 CM SKIS. Tiburon. $18. Walk-around deck. Slip transfers with Beach Harbor. Perkins 108 diesel, rod utes from Puerto Vallarta, available to rent Rossignol Progress skis. 195 cm long. In sale. Email for photos and specifi cations. rigging, furling, 115, 135 and spinnaker. from private owner. On the beach, 10 feet very good condition, but older bindings. Health forces sale. Owner fi nance OAC. New bottom paint, no blisters. $350 per/ from the water, the biggest infi nity pool Contact Chris. (415) 383-8200, ext.103, Contact [email protected] or (831) month for 1/4 non equity. $600 per/month in the area, an endless beach, great surf (415) 250-9334 or [email protected]. 373-6061. for 1/2 non equity interest or $7,000 for breaks, tremendous views of whales, bird 1/4 equity interest. (650) 964-8901. life and the islands. While uncrowded and BAREBOAT/LEASE OPTION. Europe- tranquil, just a fi ve-minute walk to several Med. Licensed, bonded, insured Captain PARTNER WANTED. I am interested in waterfront restaurants. 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Position is Wednesday through Sunday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm. College de- RICHMOND RIVIERA. 3 bdrm/3 ba 50-FT PRIME SLIP, PIER 39, SF. $50,000. NEED A MATE AND 1ST MATE. Marina gree preferred. $12.00/hour starting plus home + 50’ boat dock. Located at 1305 F-Dock, Slip 11, east side. Protected from del Rey/Ventura. Hi, I’m looking for a great benefi ts. More at www.encinal.org. Please Sanderling Island, Brickyard Cove - just wind. Close to gangway, showers and sailor girl to join me for some local sailing send resume to: [email protected]. $899,000. Protected deep water channel marina offi ce. Covered parking across adventures and some longer ones in the by Richmond Yacht Club. Side access street with special rates for owners. (559) future on my 38 Hans. I am posting here MARINE TECHNICIAN. Sausalito. to dock. Guest/in-law detached build- 355-6572 or [email protected]. because I want to fi nd someone who is al- Hirschfeld Yacht is looking for marine ing. 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MOVING BACK ASHORE? Furnished (831) 423-7245 or info@pacifi csail.com. as attraction is also key. I hope this works. home with dock for rent. New Bern, NC. You gotta be out there somewhere. LICENSED YACHT AGENTS/BROKERS. $1,800/mo. Beautifully furnished home Wanted. Highest commissions paid. Im- with private deep water dock, garage in CREW mediate openings in: Sausalito, Newport a gated adult community offering golf, JOBS WANTED Beach, Dana Point and San Diego, CA. tennis, fi shing, boating with easy access Opportunities available in all other areas. to ICW and Atlantic Ocean. Perfect for EXPERIENCED CIRCUMNAVIGATOR. 44-ft schooner, seeks select crew for PART-TIME CAPTAIN. USCG Master Minimum two years experience required. taking a break from cruising. Short/long 50 GT with tow, looking for interesting All inquiries confi dential. Send resume to: term leases available. Photos on request. completion of NW Passage. 2 legs: Cambridge Bay-Nome-Sitka, Alaska. July part-time work on the water in Bay Area. [email protected]. Contact [email protected] or Retired successful businessman, mid- (252) 626-9677. 10-Sept. 1-Oct. 30, 6-8 week legs. Must be fi t, some experience, share expenses. 50s, with great people skills. Contact MARINA MAINTENANCE PERSON. Michael Long, michael@longfi nancial.net San Mateo. Looking for a part-time dock SAILORS RETREAT. Clearlake, CA. For details contact Mike Johnson. (505) 466-6326 or [email protected]. or (707) 483-0191. and marina maintenance person at the Lakefront house for rent, lease or sale Coyote Point Marina in San Mateo. Flex- on Clearlake, CA. Excellent sailing lake ible hours. Contact Ed Hallett for details. located in NorCal wine country. Adjoining JOB OPPORTUNITIES (650) 573-2594. 100x100 lakefront also available to build. Middle class prices. (707) 994-6647 or [email protected]. SFYC RACE ADMINISTRATOR. Belve- dere. $38,000-45,000. The SFYC Sailing BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BAY AREA HIDEAWAY. Mill Valley, CA. Department is seeking a Race Adminis- Lg 1 bdrm apt. Well equipped AEK with trator. This position is primarily an offi ce CHANDLERY AND MARINE SERVICES. dishwasher, full bath. Covered parking, job focused on administration of the 30 Azores, Portugal. Proprietors of this highly washer/dryer on premises. Hi-speed regattas SFYC runs annually. The SFYC successful Atlantic islands chandlery Wi-Fi, cable, DVD. $120 a night, 2 night has a strong volunteer race committee and marine services center seeking new minimum. No smoking, no pets. See SAIL WITH US. Nassau, Exumas, D.R., group, as well as a Director of Sailing, owners. Some background within the www.airbnb.com/rooms/160781. Email P.R., BVI, St Martin, Dominica, Grena- who manages this position. The Director international yachting community and/or [email protected]. dines. 53-ft Norseman cutter seeks mates of Sailing oversees all Race, Youth, and a marine business environment will help for Caribbean passages commencing Regatta operations. Race administra- carry on the seasonal operation. Plenty of now from Nassau. Hailing from Sausalito, tion experience preferred. An attractive room for growth/expansion and new ideas SV/Meredith has transited the Canal to benefi ts package is included. The SFYC with an enviable quality of life. For further BERTHS & SLIPS Fort Lauderdale and Nassau. Her next is an equal opportunity employer. More details, please make direct contact via stop is Georgetown, Exumas, and she will at www.sfyc.org. Please email resumes: email: [email protected]. 40-FT SLIP (E-63). Emery Cove Marina. be making mainly day passages E and S [email protected]. Emeryville, CA. $44,900/obo. Great loca- until June. She sails best with 4-5 people SEASONAL RESTAURANT. For sale. Van- tion close to amenities with yacht club on on board. Fly in, sail out, sun bathe, CAPTAINS, SAILING INSTRUCTORS. couver Island, BC, Canada. $395,000CAD. site. Awesome views of S.F. Bay including snorkel, put ashore, linger and fl y back And Crew. Spinnaker Sailing and Ren- Are you a hospitality professional AND a a walking trail and restaurants. Secure out along the way. Pay only for airfares dezvous Charters is hiring. P/T or F/T, sailor? Work 5 to 6 summer months, and safe. Contact (262) 309-0202 or and shoreside lodging as needed. But, mid-week and weekend shifts available. cruise the rest of the year - as we have [email protected]. all contributions welcomed. Provide good Want to love your job? Building sea done for 12 years. Moneymaker! Check humor. Be fi t. Pitch in. Knowledge of the time? ASA Certifi cation earns more $$. our website: http://49north.com, as well BERTH SWAP THIS SUMMER. San sea and sailing expected. All schedules Great People = Great Job. 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Will consider trawler in trade. [email protected]. Mahina Tiare III, their Hallberg-Rassy 46, sual environment. Must be organized, Email [email protected]. drawing on their combined 584,000 miles detail oriented and comfortable with and 73 years experience. See more at multi-tasking. F/T or P/T available. Great www.mahina.com. Call (360) 378-6131. People = Great Job. Email resume to: [email protected].

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43' Jeanneau '06 $219,000 42' Hunter 426AC, '03 $156,900 34' Catalina, '87 $44,900 40' Saga 409, '06 $249,000 SAN DIEGO NEWPORT SAN DIEGO LONG BEACH

33' Hunter 33.5, '93 44,900 35' Hunter 356, '03 $89,000 33' Moody CC, '81 $59,900 27' PS Orion, '85 $59,900

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CAMBRIA 48 CUTTER (1989) lazZara 76 open flybridge (1995) BENETEAU 43 (2007) Sapphire, a Portsmouth, RI, build by David Elan combines beauty and elegance 2008 model year, Livin’ the Dream has many Walters, is the only boat chosen twice by Ferenc with robust all-ocean construction. extras (bow thruster, satellite TV, Gori prop, Máté as ‘Best Sailboats of the World’. Pure per- Emeryville, transferable end-tie. inverter, new canvas, Nu-Teak cockpit). Imma- formance cruising, loaded. Must see. $275,000 $625,000 culately maintained, lightly used. $225,000

www.kkmi.com/yacht-sales beneteau 40 (2009) (510) 236-6633 • cell: (510) 207-8041 • fax: (510) 231-2355 A very lightly used Beneteau in absolutely [email protected] lovely condition. Wonderful for the Bay or coastal cruising. Well equipped. 530 W. Cutting Blvd., Pt. Richmond, CA 94804 $184,000 The Bay Area’s Premier Boatyard and Brokerage – An Unbeatable Combination

48' BENETEAU 473 listing new 2002 Beautiful, well maintained, two-cabin boat. This is the only one on the West Coast. A great value at $219,000. 55' HALLMAN SLOOP, 1982 50' GI YUEN MARINER PH, 1979 $165,000 $159,000

40' CANADIAN SAILCRAFT, 39' C&C CC, 1985 37' HUNTER LEGEND, '87 51' FORMOSA, 1979 1987 $75,000 $60,000 $52,500 $145,000

33' SANTA CRUZ, 1978 45' COLUMBIA, 1973 $35,000 30' CATALINA, 1983 41' SCHOCK GRAND PRIX, $79,500 $24,900 1984 $57,000 27' ERICSON, 1978…$14,000

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

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46' KELSALL CATAMARAN, 2008 Well-found long- 34' GEMINI 105MC CATAMARAN, 2005 43' HUNTER 430, 1995 Boat's in nice shape inside and distance cruiser easily handled by a couple, bristol in and out. THE most successful cats ever designed. Just detailed, very out with spacious and thoughtfully laid out three stateroom/ Twin Volvo diesels, 6kW Northern Lights genset, full electronics, nice inside and out. Never cruised, low hours on Westerbeke. two full head interior with 6'6" headroom through most of the 3-cabin/2-head layout, lying in Sausalito YH. $324,000 $119,000 vessel, and lots of light and storage. Lying Oxnard. $97,000

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31' PACIFIC SEACRAFT, 1988 Few modern cruising yachts 45' HUNTER, 1987 An amazing amount of room below; with 28' Alerion Express, 2000 are designed and built by actual cruisers, but the Pacific Seacraft 6'7" headroom, it feels like a 50+ footer! Current owner of 10+ Lovely little daysailer shows as new for a fraction of the price 31 is a delightful exception. Shows very nicely. Yanmar diesel, ra- years has change of plans. Boat is in nice shape, well equipped of a new build. Very well equipped and lying in a potentially dar, chartplotter, AP, offshore dodger, wheel, roller furling. $78,000 and well priced. Pullman berth forward, shoal draft. $77,500 transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. $69,500

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SISTERSHIP 35' HINCKLEY YAWL, 1966 35' MAXI 105, 1983 High quality Swedish-built yacht 36' CANADIAN SAILCRAFT, 1986 Classic one owner Only two owners, nice original condition with roller furler jib, in excellent condition with an interesting 3/4 aft cockpit confi- CS in beautiful shape with rebuilt Westerbeke diesel and new new sails in 1999, Westerbeke diesel rebuilt in 2007, guration. She shows much newer than her actual age. Built large- standing rigging, and much more. Designed by Ray Wall of striking gray Awlgripped hull. $62,000 ly by hand and showing bristol, she's a must-see. $59,000 Camper and Nicholson, she's perfect for the Bay! $53,000

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36' CATALINA, 1987 Very nice inside and out, interior show- 32' DREADNOUGHT, 1978 Classic William Crealock- 30' ALBIN BALLAD, 1978 Solidly built by Albin Marine, they ing much newer than actual age. Family obligations necessitate designed, California-built cutter. These stout double-enders are still very much in demand as a sporty family cruiser or cost- sale. Will make a great first boat or step-up from a Catalina have sailed all over the world and have all the charm in the effective club racer. She's never been cruised and is in very nice 27 or 30. Potentially transferable Sausalito YH slip. $42,000 world! In a potentially transferable Sausalito YH slip. $24,500 shape inside and out. Over $30k spent on upgrades. $24,500

at 100 Bay Street • Sausalito • California 94965 since 1946 NORPAC BUYING, YACHTS or SELLING… WE MAKE IT 1150 Brickyard Cove Rd., B9, Pt. Richmond, CA 94801 EASY! 45' FUJI KETCH Cruise equipped, 60 hp dsl, genset, (510) 232-7200 FAX (510) 232-7202 wind gen, radar/GPS/plotter & full elect w/repeaters at • pedestal/wheel steering, dodger, main, spinn, storm jib, email: [email protected] RF, genoa, AP, reefer/freezer, more! Asking $99,500 Kay of Goteborg MAYOWNER FINANCE! CRUISE READY!

32' FIBERGLASS MONTEREY CLIPPER. Trawler- 48' GRAND BANKS Trawler LRC. Aft master S/R, twin 52' SPARKMAN & STEPHENS YAWL by Wal- 34' CATALINA Full cruise equipment. Baja Ha-Ha yacht quality/comfort plus commercial grade seaworthi- diesel, FB & PH helms, classic mahogany in BEAUTIFUL steds of Denmark. Classic, magnificent and exqui- veteran and ready to go again. Aft and forward double ness by Puget Sound Boat Building. Excellent condition/ condition. Onan, fully loaded galley, 3 heads, shower & site performance cruising sister of Dorade. The best staterooms, solar panels, radar and full electronics. Lots well equipped. Radar & full electronics. 75 hp dsl, more! tub, infl atable dinghy w/motor, swim platform, steady- of everything in the finest construction possible. of gear. Dodger and bimini, spinnaker. Great condition Very special & highly desirable vessel. Asking $34,950 ing sails, radar, MORE! Asking $60,000/offers The Ultimate Classic Yawl. Asking $340,000 and MORE! Asking $38,950

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34' SPAULDING Sloop. Beautiful bright red perfor- 42' PT-42 TRAWLER An outstandingly beautiful mance cruiser by Sausalito's legendary Myron Spauld- & well equipped motoryacht in exceptional condition. ing. Epoxy saturated Brunzeel cold-molded construc- Flybridge, aft master strm, forward strm, 2 heads, tion. In excellent condition. Monel, bronze, etc. Low 175' LIGHTHOUSE TENDER, "FIR" Designated National Historic Landmark by U.S. Dept. of the Interior. beautifully appointed, many recent upgrades, twin dsls, hrs i/b Greymarine, teak decks, 2 mains, 2 gennys STEEL, twin diesel-powered small ship, fully operational and in great condition. Beautiful, comfortable interior and full galley, comfortable salon, full electronics, aft cockpit, & spinnaker. A very nice boat. Asking $19,950 great accommodations. Huge galley, many spares – and on and on. An awesome opportunity. Asking $360,000 aux generator & much more. Asking $99,500

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36' MARINER Sloop by Mariner Yachts of New 46' LIBERTY 458 Excellent condition & fully cruise 36' CANADIAN SAILCRAFT Sloop. Noted for quality, 38' ERICSON Sloop. Great Bruce King design. Diesel, Hampshire. A bluewater cruiser set up to follow the equipped. Full electronics pkg incl. GPS/radar/etc. performance, comfort & seaworthiness, the CS-36 is an roller furl., self-tending winches, dodger, full gallley w/ weave of one's dreams. Stoutly built in New England by 85 hp diesel, wheel, dodger, wind generator, Heart outstanding design; "TIME OUT" is a fi ne example of the fridge & freezer, radar, GPS, plot, etc. with repeaters, boatwrights proud of their skills. Heavy hand layup glass inverter, cabin heat. Too much to list. Fully found marque. Dsl, roller furl, dodger, self-tailers, big sail inventory, spinnaker, wheel/pedestal, solar panel, tender w/motor, construction with impressive joinery. Asking $39,000 bluewater cruiser – ready to go. Asking $135,000 clean & well equipped. Shows well! Asking $52,900 AP, liferaft, 2 dbl staterooms & MORE! Asking $58,500

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28' ISLANDER Sloop in very nice condition. Good sails & spinnaker, roller furling, new standing rigging, only 300 29' CAL 29 Sloop. Solid, classic Lapworth design 52' STEPHENS 1929 CLASSIC Raised deck 32' DOWNEASTER Cutter. An excellent cruiser with hrs since Atomic 4 engine rebuild, self-tailing winches, in sailaway condition. A fast fi n-keeled beauty with express coastal cruiser. ABSOLUTELY BRISTOL robust hand-laid glass construction. Good looks, roominess wheel steering, double course lifelines w/bow & stern a nearly new auxiliary diesel! Handles well and is a condition. Exquisitely decorated and stunning (6'6" headroom), comfort, cutaway forefoot full keel pulpits & MORE! This is a nice vessel. Asking $9,950 great daysailer or weekender – or for limited cruising. custom built, one-of-a-kind Gatsby era gem. Twins, w/hung rudder for stability, true tracking in a seaway & Roller furling, new LPU & MORE! Asking $16,500 generator, flybridge, more! Asking $290,000 nimbleness in close quarters. MORE! Asking $32,500

30' HUNTER Sloop. Nice, squared-away one-owner boat with lots of good features. Yanmar diesel, large aft dbl S/R, RF, all lines led aft for shorthanded sailing, 133' CAR FERRY Conversion: Office/Studio. 34' GEMINI 105 CAT Lovingly maintained example of 39' BENETEAU 390 OCEANIS Well priced good GPS, VHF, wheel steering, H&C pressure water, spin- Ultra spacious. Fully operational. Set up for very this popular, affordable cruiser. GPS, VHF, depth, CD/stereo, 1993 potential cruiser in nice shape. Refi t w/Yanmar naker, walk-thru transom, more! Asking $28,950 comfortable living and working. Ice Class, built battened mainsail, roller furling, lazy jacks, fi xed dodger, dsl, 3 cabins, 2 heads w/showers, autopilot, GPS, RF, in Norway. Fine condition. Absolutely unique and wheel steering, h/c water, cockpit shower, enclosed marine battened main, dodger, wheel steering on pedestal, full VERY cool. Rare opportunity. Asking $680,000 head w/shower, full galley & MORE! Asking $109,950 galley w/refrig, more! Attractive $70,000 asking price REDUCED! CALL (510) 232-7200 OR PLEASE SEE www.norpacyachts.com TOLL FREE (877) 444-5087 and/or OR CALL GLENN DIRECTLY AT 30' CAPE DORY Cutter. Alberg design. One of the fi nest smaller bluewater cruisers ever built. Famous for comfort, www.yachtworld.com/norpacyachts (415) 637-1181 durability, seaworthiness & stout construction. Dodger, near-new dsl, RF, radar, GPS, MORE! Asking $29,950 for MORE BOATS FOR APPOINTMENTS & INFORMATION

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