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Given how much has happened in obligations in time — something that didn't two entries and ACRM may field a boat — the America's Cup sphere over the last surprise us at all, given that it appeared there should be enough of a field to make year, it's almost amazing that we've gone as though fellow Italian team original competition interesting. But perhaps not from not knowing the when, where, and Challenger of Record, Vincenzo Onorato's as interesting as the format for racing in what, to knowing all that, plus seeing Mascalzone Latino team, was also unable Cascais. the teams race in anger in the AC 45s in to raise funds for an Italian entry. It will take place within yards of sho- Cascais, Portugal, last month. So the final entry roster for Cascais reside spectators on the Tagus River The lineup for the the first AC World is Defender Oracle Racing, Challenger of waterfront and will consist of four events Series event is a more accurate picture of Record Artemis Racing, Aleph-Équipe de over nine days: the Cascais America’s how many teams may be left by the time France, China Team, Emirates Team New Cup Open, the America’s Cup 500 Speed America's Cup 34 rolls around. On July Zealand, Energy Team, GreenComm Rac- Trial, the America’s Cup Match Racing 25, America's Cup Race Management an- ing and Team Korea. Championship and the America’s Cup nounced that the Venezia Challenge was With eight teams and nine or ten World Series Cascais Championship (the "excused" from the event for not making boats — Oracle Racing will be fielding final).

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The Open is the fleet racing portion of each day. Three 20-minute fleet races will novelty of having other types of racing in the event and will put the teams' progress determine the top six teams, who will then play makes sense. The time trial maximiz- in the AC 45 to the test in up to four fleet face off in three flights, with points tallied es the strengths of having fast boats like races with all nine or ten boats battling for cumulatively over three days. The results the AC 45s and is a cool idea, as is having supremacy. over those three days will determine the the fleet racing. But we have to wonder if The AC 500 Speed Trial will take place seeding order for the six-team Match Rac- going from fleet racing to match racing on the first Saturday of the event with ing Championship. and back to fleet racing all in one event, teams tackling a 500-meter course in a Those six teams will race a quarter final not to mention in one day, won't throw off race against the clock. and semi-final to determine the pairing for spectators. The idea behind going to the The Cascais AC Match Racing Cham- the final. Then on the final Sunday of the cats was to try to create a more demand- pionship will determine who gets to sail event, the AC World Series Championship ing event for the sailors, but should it be in the final showdown on the following Cascais will be a single winner-takes-all even more demanding to follow? Another Saturday. Somewhat misleadingly named, fleet race. concern is why is the AC World Series the event will feature a mixed format on Confused? Umm, yeah. So are we. The Championship Cascais is ultimately de-

Clockwise from above — 'Energy Team' puts its AC 45 through the paces; 'Aleph' with the first colorful scheme; looking good off Cascais; the bricks and mortar for the ACWS; Team Korea's 'White Tiger'; Spithill, Barker, Peyron, Pacé, Mirsky (his Venezia team has withdrawn since this photo), Coutts, Team Korea's Kim Don-Young, China Team's Wang Chao Yong, Vasilij Zbogar, and Terry Hutchinson; Cascais's 25 de Abril Bridge strikes a familiar silhouette. ALL PHOTOS GILLES MARTIN-RAGET

cided by a fleet race. talk to who has ac- Is this a harbinger of tually bothered to things to come with count all the pages, America's Cup 34? it's between 1,400 Could the Auld Mug and 2,000 pages be decided by a fleet long, including the race? appendices. If reading these Draft EIR sorts of things is your The biggest news cup of tea, then by on the homefront all means go for it. last month was the It's available online release of the Amer- at www.sf-planning. ica's Cup Draft En- org/indexaspx?recor vironmental Impact did=45&page=2719. Report on July 11. Due to its breadth, An important there's really no way The AC 45s won't get these kinds of conditions milestone in the effort required by the to address its findings here and maintain with the course area inside the headlands, but it's California Environmental Quality Act be- amazing how much this looks likes home . . . relevance for all of our readers. But if you fore construction can begin on the renova- live in the Bay Area, then it will undoubt- tions to the San Francisco waterfront, the cut in its preparation. But a cursory look edly affect you in some way, so you should report came less than eight months after at the document — or all 76 MB of it in know that the public comment period is the announcement that the City would PDF — reveals that it is quite detailed. open until August 25, and that a public host the Cup. So much so that your eyes will glaze over hearing on it will be held on August 11. The report is part of a process that and you'll come down with a sudden case Further details on the latter will be on the typically takes about a year, and the of the 'fuck-its'. Depending on who you Planning Department's website at least a speed with which it was delivered might week before that date. lead one to think that some corners were — latitude/rg

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A new barn door record, a new start got the short weather stick, with to "win one day" than would have been repeat overall winner, and some of the light air leading to very slow days until had there been three starts. most entertaining shoreside spectating the second starters got going. But the ever made the 46th TransPac one to second start, which comprised about remember. Fifty-three starters — eight half the fleet, was treated to an extremely Winning the TransPac overall is a more than in '09 — took to the line off fast exit off the coast before both settled rare feat, but twice? That's just amazing, Pt. Fermin in a new format that saw all down into what became breeze typically and that's exactly what Grand Illusion's the boats start on one of two days — July in the 8- to 14-knot range for the middle James McDowell and his crew of navi- 4 for the smaller, slower boats, and July of the race. By the latter third of the gator Patrick O'Brien, Will Paxton, Bill 8 for everything from about a J/125 to race, the breeze freshened for most of Mais, Rick McGrath, Dave Morris, Jake an 80-ft sled. the boats, and what was even better was Sorosky and Mike Blunt accomplished As it turned out, the boats in the first that so many more boats were competing ten years after McDowell, Paxton, and — NO ILLUSION ALL PHOTOS THIS PAGE LATITUDE / ROB LATITUDE THIS PAGE PHOTOS ALL Hap Fauth, Mike Sanderson and Ian Moore were rightfully chuffed after setting a new Barn Door record and taking Division 1 honors in the process.

O'Brien first did it in '99. Even more One of the most iconic finish lines of any ocean the boats made a move north. impressive is that they did it with the race; Bob Lane's Andrews 63 'Medicine Man' "Everyone's router said go north for a additional pressure of having the overall absolutely smashing past Diamond Head. windshift, but we said, 'We don't think lead on all but one day — Day 2 — of pared to the other sleds), if you're not so . . .'" Paxton said. "Holua went only their 8d, 17h crossing. 1-1 the first day out, you will not win went halfway, didn't get the breeze, and "We really had the pressure on by the race," he said. got ejected out the back. We just soaked being 1-1 seven days ago," McDowell Despite the fact that they led most of south. But Pegasus jibed and went 120 said. the way, it was still anyone's race up un- miles south!" But though it may have added pres- til about Day 4, when what would prove "That's something people just gener- sure, it was also essential to their win, to be their chief competition, Philippe ally don't do," Mais added. "By that point according to navigator O'Brien. Kahn's Andrews 68 Pegasus-MotionX, you're in a lane and if you're high you're "Because the boat rates so slow (com- made a big move south, and the rest of high, if you're low you're low, and you TRANSPAC 2011

42 races since 1923 to win were able to do that thanks to a breeze overall honors twice. direction that allowed the bulk of the McDowell, a Honolulu- fleet to clear Catalina Island's West End based software developer — the only mark of the course — without and member of the Waikiki having to tack. From there Bella Mente and King Harbor YCs, has and her crew — it also included Michele been sailing the boat ever Cannoni, Tom McLaughlin, Daniel Fong, since his father Ed — one of Matt Smith, John von Schwarz, Romolo the prime movers and shak- Ranieri, John Reaper, Tom Allin, Sean ers in the glory days of the Couvreux, Peter Henderson and Alex West Coast sled scene back Wadson — put their more powerful hull in the late '80s through the shape to work in the reachier early por- LATITUDE / ROB LATITUDE mid-'90s — bought the boat tion of the race. Doug Baker's turboed Andrews 80 'Magnitude in '89. In that time, between the two of Their main competition was Doug 80' put up a valiant fight for the Barn Door them, they've sailed all but a couple of Baker's Andrews 80 Magnitude 80, which trophy, but fell just hours short. TransPacs. And the elder McDowell's Baker had reconfigured for the race with just live with it." financial commitment has extended well a 20-ft-deep fixed keel that replaced Down to the south, Pegasus kept put- beyond his sailing days. its original canting set-up in order to ting up impressive numbers, but with all "He's a great sponsor," James said. compete for the Barn Door. With Mags the extra distance they sailed, couldn't "He's been really supportive of me sailing shadowing them for most of the early manage to get by G.I. our Corel 45 Heartbeat here in Hawaii, portion of the race, but unable to convert "They sailed a lot of extra miles, and and the big boat on the mainland. I'm their waterline advantage into significant went really fast," McDowell said. But all just trying to carry on the legacy." they were able to do was make it up, not make a gain out of it." Playing to the boat's strengths was When the first stop onBella Mente's part of the plan all along, according to West Coast tour in early March resulted Paxton — who won the Coastal Cup in in a stump of a rig, we figured that Hap June as navigator. Fauth's Newport Rhode Island-based "Only sailing with eight, and being R/P 74 would be a no-show for the light, was crucial in a light air race," he TransPac. Boy, were we wrong! Despite said. "Strategically, we were just trying the fact that he already has another to 'draw the string tight' and not sail all under build, which a new mast for the over the ocean." current boat won't fit, Fauth ordered a The result of all those decisions, plus replacement rig for the boat, and with some fine sailing, meant that Grand his shore team working nonstop to get Illusion became only the third boat in it ready, just made the starting line for 'Bella Mente' was nominally a 74-footer, but in the TransPac. reality, she's a 69-footer with a five-foot stern That turned out to be a good deci- addition, and couldn't match 'Mags' waterline. sion. With an all-star team led by Volvo Ocean Race veterans Mike Sanderson and Ian Moore, Fauth's dark blue speed- ster took the honors in Division 1, but also the overall elapsed-time honors. They also set a new Barn Door Trophy record for the fastest convention- ally-ballasted boat without powered sailing systems at 6d, 19h, 44m and 28s. Amazingly enough, that time was only about 3.5 hours short of the time set by Hasso Plattner's canting-keeled MaxZ86 Morning Glory ULTIMATESAILING.COM

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gains, Bella Mente looked prime to run away with the Barn Door. But it wouldn't prove to be that easy. When the wind went aft, Mags used her more downwind-oriented hull form and massive sail inventory to start taking chunks out of Bella Mente's lead. By SAILING.COM ULTIMATE daybreak on day 4, the two boats were starting to split, with Mags using her downwind advantage to soak south, while Bella began putting in more northing, sailing a shorter distance, but toward the rhumbline some 80 miles to / CROWFOOT BETSY the north. This trend would continue way to 25 north at about 151 W. After Chip Megeath's R/P 45 'Criminal Mischief' another day before Bella finally crossed a short hiccup, Moore called a brilliant missed extending her streak of Hawaii Race the rhumbline and jibed back south, at jibe angle from 420 miles out, absolutely division wins by less than an hour. which point Mags tried to go north and nailing the layline into the east end of we said 'that's not going to work,'" Moore switch sides with Bella. It being obvious Oahu. said. "It wasn't far enough to cross them that protecting the north and the antici- "We did one jibe and looked at it, and so we jibed back to go all the way to the pated right shift behind the Ridge was Spread — 'G.I.'; inset, from left, Bill Mais, James corner. At that point we were thinking of- Bella's best hope, navigator Ian Moore McDowell, Dave Morris, Patrick O'Brien and Will fensively. We might have been just barely sent them back north to cover, all the Paxton enjoy a well-earned meal and drink. ahead on miles, but we were thinking about how to get out in front of them." Meanwhile, to the south, Magnitude 80 navigator Ernie Richau was left with no choice but to jibe on the splits and hope for the best with a forecast pressure increase, leading to a north-south split between the two boats that stretched over 100 miles. As it turned out, there was pressure down there, but it came with a painful angle, and Mags, whom Moore lauded as "sailing very well," ended up covering too much extra distance. "At that point in the race, you always try to trick them into switching sides with you, and get to the north," Richau LATITUDE / ROB LATITUDE said. "But they didn't fall for it." Part of the reason they didn't fall for it, according to Moore, was that all their predictive tools pointed them in the northerly direction at that point in the race. "The models had been very, very, consistent," Moore said. "Ten days ago, we were running routes and all of them had us arriving within two or three hours of when we did, and to varying extents, every single model said to bang the corner we did."

A family tragedy nearly kept Jorge Ripstein from sailing his Acapulco-based TP 52 Patches in this year's race, but the veteran campaigner recommitted at the 11th hour, and the result was the Division 2 win that never got any easier for him and his crew of son Rodrigo, Skip McCormack, Jack Jennings, Chris Busch, Peter Wheelon, Bruce Cooper, JB Cianciarulo and John Rumsey.

August, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 97 TRANSPAC 2011 ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / ROB EXCEPT AS NOTED / ROB EXCEPT LATITUDE PHOTOS ALL 'Horizon's Erik Shampain, Tom O'Keefe, Jon Shampain, John Taylor, Scott Taylor, Dan Geissmann, 'Peregrine's Simon Garland, Nigel Garland, Jeff Jack Taylor and Mel Wills are joined by original owner Herman Moniz (seated). Westbrook and Bill Jenkins took Division 6. After he abandoned the effort in race's shoreside medical advisor, it was swallowed up by the Ridge. And it March, key crew, including boat captain determined that the sailor, diagnosed almost turned out to be a double non- Hogan Beatie, accepted other offers, and with a concussion, could go on. starter when the Criminals were forced preparation work on the boat stopped. But that wasn't the last of Patches' to throttle back 18 hours into the race So when Ripstein decided to go some two problems. In the Molokai channel, 18 due to rudder bearing failure that would weeks before the race, there was a lot to hours out from Diamond Head, the boat's end up costing them about six hours of be done! Beatie went back to work get- starboard side carbon fiber running time while they assessed whether it was ting the boat ready for a new crew. The backstay cable broke during a wipeout, prudent to continue. workload was staggeringly large. Marin- taking out their kite as it slingshotted based navigator McCormack — tagged forward. The crew was forced to jibe the by Cooper as the MVP of the trip — was boat to save the rig, and although they From the rest of July 8's starters, tasked with getting the boat's capricious could sail throttled up on port tack, they there were two repeat winners from the '05-era instruments working just a week still had 70 miles of starboard running '09 race. In Division 4, early leads by the before the race, the group pulled it to- to the finish. So bowman Peter Wheelon SC 52s deteriorated once the breeze went gether with barely enough time to make made a hero mission up to the top of the aft, and it was Tom Holthus' San Diego it to the starting line. rig in 25 knots of breeze and Molokai YC-based J/145 Bad Pak that surged One day into the race a crewmember channel waves to replace the backstay into the lead four days into the race — who shall go unnamed — fell from his cable with a spare Spectra halyard that and never looked back. With his crew bunk all the way underneath the cockpit would prove good enough to allow them of navigator Scott Lowry, Tom Deere, across to the leeward side of the boat, to sail much closer to 100%. Charlie Jenkins, An- unbeknownst to the rest of the crew. As it turned out, that was the dif- drew O'Dwyer, Emmit When the younger Ripstein found said ference maker, when Chip Megeath's Holden, Jimmy Rich- crewmember, the latter was foaming at Tiburon-based R/P 45 Criminal Mischief ardson, Jon Gardner, the mouth and having a seizure. Accord- rolled in some 15 hours later, just 40 and Mike Gladstone, ing to our source, who wouldn't go on minutes behind on corrected time. After Holthus stretched to record, at one point the stricken sailor a string of division wins in Hawaii races the third-largest cor- stopped breathing temporarily. After he dating back to the '07 TransPac, Mege- rected time delta of any recovered from the shock, and following ath's Criminals were the provisional fa- of the divisions and a consultation by McCormack with the vorites in the division. New on the scene just cracked the top Tom Holthus' 'Bad Pak' made it two division this year was "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger's ten overall at ninth. wins in a row with a convincing performance. Kernan 47 Katana, a sweet-looking Before the race, the twin-ruddered SC 50s were shaping monster that up to be a competitive had reportedly division, and in the end been built with they didn't disappoint. one-upping Everyone's odds-on the favorites favorite, Jack Taylor's in mind. But Dana Point-based Ho- the anticipated rizon, didn't show well race among the in the standings for the three turned first few days, trailing out be a non- Paul Casanova's Flaca starter when — which had vowed Katana sailed to beat the reigning too close to the division winner from North Pacific '09 and overall winner High and got of the '10 Pacific Cup — NO ILLUSION

resident Simon Garland and his Hobie 33 Peregrine. Garland and his navigator Deception had Jeff Westbrook, plus crew Bill Jenkins a bit of an "uh- and brother Nigel Garland toughed out oh" moment a brutal first part of the race and just when, on the waited until they got a 'Hobie Day.' night before "We had to sail upwind on port tack the last day so far that we were off San Miguel Island of the race, before we tacked onto to Starboard," Gar- they lost their land said. "Everybody was up there with headstay from us, so we knew no one was splitting." the top of the But after a few days getting off the rig. Fortunate- coast, some of the leaders started head- ly, they were ing south for pressure. able to stabi- "That made us very nervous," Garland lize it with a said. "But Jeff wrote our routing software The 'Patches' gang clockwise from top-left — Skip McCormack, Jorge Ripstein, pair of genoa and new the algorithm inside and out so JB Cianciarulo, Jack Jennings, Rodrigo Ripstein, Peter Wheelon, Chris Busch, halyards Bruce Cooper and John Rumsey carried Division 2. a n d before the start. But by Day 4, Horizon's made it in. Wayne Zittel's J/World's navigator Jon Shampain had the Horizon Hula Girl was forced to use its emer- gang, which also included Taylor's broth- gency steering when the quadrant er John and son Scott, Shampain's son just collapsed. Watch Captain Josh Erik, Mel Wills, Tom O'Keefe, Dan Gei- Butler joked that the wooden tiller ssmann, rolling. Ultimately, they never behind the wheel was their "student looked back; Flaca continued to shadow steering system." Horizon up until about 200 miles out when her rudder bearings failed, which allowed Bill Helvestine's Bay Area-based Monday's starters, although Deception to vault into second overall. never in the hunt for overall hon- "The only thing that broke was the ors, had some good racing that saw can opener on the last day," Shampain plenty of lead changes. The Bay said. "And we were eating fresh greens Area's Alex Farrell and his 1D 35 Alpha 'Criminals' Mike Radziejowski and Dan Malpas from my garden all the way through to Puppy led at one point, but in a race T-up an ice luge to combat the tropical sun. the last day." that only allowed the boat to plane in we were confident that we knew where Alex Mehran Jr. and Jesse Naimark-Rowse send the last couple of days, never had much we needed to be." 'Truth' hurtling down the Molokai Channel. of a chance against former Bay Area As it turned out most of the successful boats from the July 4 start didn't sail the typical reverse "S" around the high, but actually took opposite routes. In the Aloha division for the cruisier boats in the fleet, it was Eric Gray's San Pedro-based Morris 46 Gracie that came out on top. Gray and navigator Richard Parlette, plus Luke Ackerman, John King, Steven George, Sam Cargill and John Sabourin managed to sail to a three-hour corrected time win. The only other "division" in the Mon- day start went Santiago Becerra's Atlan- tic 57 Cat Espiritu Santí by default, as the only multihull in the race. Bercerra was joined by navigator Dave Houser, watch captains Gerrit Neve and Justin Bingham and crew Jeff Scuba and Peter Larsson.

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ULTIMATESAILING.COM his term as Commodore of the TransPac YC, one of Bill "The Wizard" Lee's designs should win the overall honors. But that just tells part of the story, because in fact only one other yacht designer's boats

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honors as Lee's. Only one other design, Bill Lapworth's Cal 40, has won overall John DeLaura's Silver Bullet in '93). Add the last 20 races. And we won't even get four times (Don Salisbury's Psyche, '65; ing those to Jerry Montgomery and John into the elapsed-time wins . . . okay, it's Skip Allan's Holiday Too, '67; Jon An- Latiolait's SC 50 Ralphie in '97, and seven. dron's Argonaut, '69; and Jim Denning's Stewart Cowan's Lee-designed 35-footer You have to go back to three of the Montgomery Street in '85). Chutzpah in '73 and '75, and the boat earliest races (1906, 1908, 1912), where G.I.'s win this year makes it a grand that started the big sled craze, the 67-ft the 86-ft schooner Lurline won overall total of four for the SC 70 (the others Merlin ('95), you have a grand total of honors in three- and four-boat fleets, were Bob McNulty's Chance in '91 and eight overall corrected time wins over to find any boat that has won overall corrected time honors three times. And DIVISION 1 (Started July 8) Elapsed Corrected since we're looking at these statistics, 8 1 Bella Mente R/P 74 Hap Fauth 163:44:28 157:10:19 we should also point out that Lee is also 10 2 Peligroso Kernan 70 Lorenzo Berho 191:50:32 159:29:59 the only designer to have more than one 17 3 Magnitude 80 Andrews 80 Doug Baker 166:35:07 163:52:19 of his boats win overall twice. The only Medicine Man 18 4 Andrews 63 Bob Lane 193:38:44 164:18:35 other boat to win corrected time honors Pendragon VI 185:19:06 170:40:46 28 5 Davidson 70 John MacLaurin twice was Ira Fulmor's 39-ft ketch Stag- 29 6 O Canada Open 60 Richard Clarke 181:02:38 181:02:38 32 7 Truth Open 50 Alex Mehran Jr. 215:37:15 189:13:05 hound ('53 and '55). DIVISION 2 (Started July 8) But maybe more important than en- 5 1 Patches TP 52 Jorge Ripstein 202:39:38 155:13:23 during racing success, is that a post-race 6 2 Criminal Mischief R/P 45 Chip Megeath 217:37:22 155:53:57 wander around the Ala Wai reveals that 13 3 Vincitore R/P 52 Ricardo Brockmann 206:46:43 160:50:31 Lee's boats are as relevant for offshore 14 4 Katana Kernan 47 Laura Schlessinger 215:43:00 161:42:41 West Coast sailing now as they were at 21 5 Locomotion Andrews 45 Dave Millet 236:54:13 166:12:01 their respective inceptions. Even though Bengal 7 25 6 Ohashi 46 Yoshihiko Murase 238:47:34 168:39:02 many of the SC 70s have yet to return Rapid Transit 240:27:40 195:57:01 36 7 Antrim 49 James Partridge f r o m t h e rtd. Bodacious 3 R/P 45 Jeffrey Urbina Retired SLEDS (Started July 8) Great Lakes, 1 1 Grand Illusion SC 70 James McDowell 208:59:23 149:00:55 there were 2 2 Pegasus-Motion X Waikiki 70 Philippe Kahn 206:44:39 153:41:36 s t i l l t h r e e 3 3 Alchemy Andrews 68 Per Peterson 212:02:17 154:12:26 SC 70s in 4 4 Holua SC 70 Brack Duker 212:28:47 154:59:19 the harbor. 12 5 Pyewacket SC70 William McClure 215:53:00 160:35:01 There were 20 6 Condor Andrews 70 Lindy Thomas 219:05:13 165:51:08 six SC 50s, 24 7 Cheetah Peterson 68 Chris Slagerman 221:07:37 168:35:49 ) including DIVISION 4 (Started July 2 hull number 9 1 Bad Pak J/145 Tom Holthus 247:56:24 159:22:24 16 2 Prevail SC 52 William Guilfoyle 251:19:07 163:49:27 1, Gib Black's 19 3 CaZan DK 46 Scott Bradley 256:08:38 165:24:32 Roy's Chasch 26 4 Paranoia SC 52 Rick von Heydenreich 258:04:13 168:54:36 Mer. In con- 27 5 Relentless SC 52 Will Durant & Jeff Shew 250:03:39 169:27:40 trast, there rtd. Double Trouble J/125 Andy Costello Retired were only SANTA CRUZ 50s (Started July 8) two TP 52s,

7 1 Horizon SC 50 Jack Taylor 244:59:56 156:30:57 / ROB LATITUDE and if you Deception 11 2 SC 50 Bill Helvestine 251:51:34 160:32:53 TransPac Commodore Bill Lee don't count Allure 249:03:12 161:46:04 15 3 SC 50 Jim Morgan had the pleasure of seeing one R i c a r d o 22 4 J/World’s Hula SC 50 Wayne Zitell 252:23:01 167:47:55 of his creations win overall Brockman's 23 5 Flaca SC 50 Paul Casanova 259:54:38 167:58:26 during his tenure. 31 6 Roy’s Chasch Mer SC 50 Gib Black 278:52:17 188:00:47 Vincitore as DIVISION 6 (Started July 4) one — it's significantly more com- 30 1 Peregrine Hobie 33 Simon Garland 316:03:54 184:45:40 modious than a stock TP 52 — there was 33 2 Naos 2 First 40 Reed Bernhard 306:39:20 190:59:12 only one. 34 3 Paddy Wagon Ross 40 Richard Mainland 300:01:08 195:29:02 37 4 Relentless Sunfast 3200 Peter Fray 338:12:33 197:48:30 TransPac Notes Alpha Puppy 39 5 1D35 Alex Farell 307:02:16 200:37:27 Weather — Of course one of the big Bebe 40 6 J/130 Charles Browning 311:20:27 204:23:20 topics of discussion was the weather. 44 7 Celerity SC 37 Harry Zanville 320:32:50 218:25:31 46 8 Victoire First 40.7 Robert Atkins 356:20:14 223:25:04 "The ridge wasn't really that funky, rtd. Crash Aerodyne 43 Jeff Brauch Retired it was just that the isobars got very flat rtd. Narrow Escape Fast 40 Greg Constable Retired and the breeze went very easterly, like ALOHA (Started July 4) 75 magnetic," said Bella's Ian Moore 35 1 Gracie Morris 46 Eric Gray 338:00:13 195:36:38 "It was very shifty," GI's Paxton said. 38 2 Wind Dancer Catalina 42 Paul Edwards 343:53:36 198:47:27 "We were getting 20- 30 degree wind- 41 3 Sauvage Cenurion 40s im Eisenhart 335:33:06 204:24:23 shifts every ten minutes." Between The Sheets 42 4 Jeanneau 50 Ross Pearlman 330:55:22 207:00:09 Multihulls — Espiritu Santí was the Traveler 43 5 North Wind 47 Michael Lawler 363:02:55 213:12:20 only multihull. There's no reason there 45 6 Second Chance Swan 441 Philip Sauer 364:30:00 219:13:53 47 7 Hassle Catalina 38 Larry Malmberg 409:18:10 238:54:31 shouldn't be more. rtd. Peregrine Catalina 38 Steve Smolinske Retired The strong Mexican presence — was MULTIHULL (Started July 4) awesome, three boats. Check that. Three 48 1 Espiritu Santi Atlantic 57 Santiago Becerra 292:40:32 292:40:32 solid boats, this is something that should

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is for sure, by and large the be encouraged. How about faster boats got there first, reciprocating by doing the and the tracker-based spec- PV Race and MEXORC this tating was some of the best winter. so far because all the boats No C-Nav requirement — of similar speed potential didn't hear anyone complain- were grouped so tightly for ing about this. so long. Naturally the fast- Six hour delay on the est boats in the race are now tracker — New this year was just really darn fast, but

a six-hour delay on the race SAILING.COM ULTIMATE there's nothing you can do tracker that didn't disappear about that. There was talk until the first boat hit the of having multiple trophy 100-mile mark, intended presentations, but we think to make the opening stages that's a horrible idea. Ev- of the race more strategic eryone who spends the time

than tactical for the naviga- / CROWFOOT BETSY money, and energy to do this tors. This got mixed reviews, race wants a chance to be Bella's Mike Sanderson was against it, Eric Gray's Aloha-winning Morris 46 'Gracie' recognized in front of the whole crowd. saying that he likes to sail as though he rumbles toward the finish line. We say move the parties up two days (this were sailing a buoy race. Their solution? and two slowest boats, the result was would have still accommodated much of They ran routes with Magnitude 80's that almost everyone finished in three- the fleet for at least one) and have the polars to try and anticipate where the day stretch from early on July 16 to awards on Wednesday so everyone can latter would go. early July 19, which doesn't strike us as take advantage of mid-week airfares to The verdict on two start days – was that different from '09, although there's return home. As Commodore Lee well mixed, but people against usually saw an argument that it makes it harder for knows, that would incentivize faster the reasoning after some discussion. In the Honolulu side to do their finishing boats! fact when you dropped the two fastest and accommodation duties. One thing latitude/rob

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Well over three decades ago, a wide-eyed 25-year-old "country boy" from the Eastern Shore of the Chesa- fun and hanging out with his friends and a broad smile. "After his parents sold peake stuck out his thumb in front of the crew." Hart's idea of a good time was the Mark Hopkins in '61, he figured he Tiburon's Boardwalk Market in hopes going sailing on the Bay or elsewhere all needed a new hobby. He took up tennis, of catching a ride up the peninsula. To afternoon, then taking his guests out to but he wasn't very good at it. One day his delight, a kindly gentleman in a fine dinner at a fine restaurant. Rick agreed he got hit hard right in the balls with a to tell us the Hasty tennis ball, and after that he decided he Heart story as a needed a new sport!" tribute to his longtime "best friend" and employer, who "He was just a regular passed away three years ago. guy having fun and hanging out with his A lthough friends and the crew." Rick was thrilled to land a job working Hart first bought a Folkboat, aboard for such a gener- which he learned the basics, then even- ous and fun-loving tually moved up to a Coaster 30 that he fellow, getting ac- and a couple of friends once sailed to customed to Hart's Southern California. The Pearson was lifestyle was defi- his first big boat, and as his sailing ex- nitely an adjustment. But the boatwork came naturally. Despite the fact that he had never

LATITUDE / ANDY / LATITUDE been sailing Now that Rick (center) is officially retired, before meeting Hart in 1975, you daughter Emily runs the back office for 'Hasty might say Rick already had saltwa- Heart' and son Ricky serves as first mate. ter in his veins. "Some of my earliest car stopped to pick him up. When the memories are of fishing with my young man, Rick Pearce, explained to the grandfather — a true Chesapeake driver that he'd just finished detailing a waterman — on the Eastern Shore wealthy client's sports car, the gent said, of Maryland," he explains. "Well then, I ought to get you to clean my Rick started out just crewing, sailboat." cleaning, and doing other boat That was the beginning of a wonderful chores aboard the firstHasty Heart, 32-year friendship and working relation- a sweet-sailing Pearson 43. But ship between Rick and his exceptional when the boat went to Southern boss, the late San Francisco bon vivant California for a couple of months Hart Smith. Rick's job as captain of a each summer under Captain Tom succession of three yachts, all named Martin, Rick got to stay aboard Hasty Heart, was one of the sweetest keeping her shipshape. "Hart would gigs we've ever heard of within the West fly down every weekend with a dif- Coast sailing industry. ferent group of friends and we'd sail Hart was a colorful San Francisco out to Catalina, along the coast, or character who grew up in the luxurious down to San Diego." surroundings of the Mark Hopkins Hotel As much as Hart loved those on Nob Hill, which his parents owned trips — and many later cruises in along with several other prestigious Mexico and Hawaii — he never tired properties. He was a tireless patron of of sailing around the Bay. In fact, the arts who loved the symphony, bal- when his boats weren't voyaging let and opera; a world-class raconteur elsewhere, he'd typically take dif- whose stories amused a wide range of ferent groups of friends out on the friends; and a true gourmet who ate both Bay both Saturday and Sunday of lunch and dinner out literally every day every summer weekend. of the year. The flamboyant socialite hadn't "But he was not at all a snob," insists grown up sailing, however. "Hart Rick. "Especially when he was on the used to tell a funny story about how boat, he was just a regular guy having he got into it," confides Rick with

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over there for a while." She took the news in stride. In fact, it turned into a perience grew, so did his enthusiasm for enjoy the boat for a few weeks when he great opportunity for the whole family. far-flung adventures (although, being a wasn't entertaining friends. That tradi- After Rick flew off to assume his new true gentleman, he never helped deliver tion became particularly sweet after Hart duties, Bridget took a leave of absence the boats back against the wind). bought the last Hasty Heart, an exquisite from work, put the family house on the By 1983, Rick had earned a Coast Swan 61, in 1996. market, took the kids out of school, and Guard-issued captain's license and the As Rick explains, viewing the famous flew with them to Palma, Mallorca, where gig got even better, as he moved up from Swan 59 Perseverance one day at the St. they joined the boat. first mate to captain. In '87 Hart upgrad- Francis YC "lit a fire" within Hart, and a They spent the better part of a year ed to a beautiful Wauquiez Centurion 47, couple of weeks later he'd scheduled an touring in the Med, Aegean and Carib- which made two summer trips to Hawaii ambitious 'shopping trip'. The two men bean while the boat slowly made her and seven winter cruises to Mexico with first flew to Florida, where they checked way to the Bay. Whenever Hart and his Rick in charge. out boats in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, entourage would arrive for a cruise, the Over the years, Rick fathered five then hopped down to a couple of Carib- family simply found accommodations children and Hart not only became a bean islands, and across to ashore. grandpa figure to them — including com- Italy, Spain and France. He fi- O v e r t h e ing to their house to celebrate Thanks- nally found this Finnish-built years Rick has giving and Christmas — but he always beauty in Cannes and quickly logged close to insisted that Rick's wife Bridget and the bought her. RICH DOLE 100,000 sea kids fly out to Mexico or Hawaii and Back home, Rick told miles aboard Bridget, "I've got to go back this boat alone,

Spread: Blasting upwind past Yellow Bluff, *** CREDIT *** PHOTO 'Hasty Heart' shows her classic form. Inset: Her there and take delivery, then as he's taken master suite is fit for aristocracy. he wants to cruise around her to Hawaii f o u r t i m e s and Mexico 10 times. In addition to flying B r i d g e t a n d the kids out to enjoy the sailing life in those venues, Hart also rewarded many of his Bay Area crew- men by flying Although he was frail and weak, Hart in- them south of sisted on taking a short stint at the helm the border or during his final trip to Mexico at age 88. out to the islands for a 'working' vacation. Hart never tired of those far- away trips. He absolutely loved the warmth of those sunny latitudes, "but he never just wanted to lie around," explains Rick. "He always wanted to get out and sail. "Those extended boat trips were like camping out for him," he adds. "It's funny: He would take cold saltwater showers, even though we have a 24-gallon-per-hour watermaker! But, of course, none of us did."

During the last year before Hart died (at the age of 89), he wasn't really up to sailing on the Bay. So Rick went into the City every morning, fed his old buddy breakfast and took him to lunch. Before Hart passed in 2008, he gave Rick the ultimate thank you for his years of service, by arrang- PATRICIA DUNN / PATRICIADUNNPHOTOGRAPHY.COM PATRICIA

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ing to leave Hasty Heart to be. Believe it or not, I never him, free and clear. And had a budget working for he gave instructions to Hart." both his banker and the Maintained in bristol managers of KKMI that condition, Hasty Heart is Rick was not to take pos- certainly one of the most session until she was in elegant and comfortable "perfect condition." charter yachts on the Bay "I'm just a simple — and probably also on country guy," says Rick, the West Coast. So we an- "always was. Sometimes ticipate she'll do well in the I can't believe how it charter trade. (Her site is worked out. But it's tak- www.sailhastyheart.com.) en me a long time to get into the groove of being the owner, and not hav- "When I met Hart I ing Hart around. He was was not only hitchhiking,

just such a great guy. . . IMAGING LYONS but sort of wandering," In fact, I still get a little Rick recalls. "As I said, he choked up talking about him." 'Hasty Heart' glides past Point Bonita under an became my best friend and a much-loved For his first two years of ownership, enormous masthead spinnaker. Stiff and stable, part of our family. Rick barely used the boat, but he finally she makes an excellent charter yacht. "After he passed I stood on the fore- got serious about running her as a char- stories — serves as first mate for a pool deck of Hasty Heart at San Francisco ter boat on the Bay about a year ago. of three professional captains. YC (the homeport for all of Hart's boats) His youngest daughter Emily is running "I told them I won't run the business, staring down the street to the traffic light the 'back office' functions, while his son so they've allowed me to retire," says the where he first picked me up. It was an Ricky — who used to stay up until the proud father. "I never was very good with incredible ride!" wee hours with Hart, listening to his money. But then, I never really needed to — latitude/andy

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We got a little over-zealous when responding to the following letter, and we thought it might answer some questions ability of water be a major consideration? a lot of cruising-oriented readers have, so Considering how arid the Pacific coast of we made a feature out of it. Mexico is, would our 70 gallons of fresh water be enough? Would we be correct I've been an avid reader of Latitude 38 in assuming that water is more avail- since I moved to California in '99, and able — by collecting rain or in marinas would like your advice about our cruis- — in the Caribbean than in Mexico? In ing plans. My wife and I are greenhorn-, addition, our Catalina 34 only holds 23 wannabe- gallons of fuel which, based on our ex- cruisers. While perience, means our range is just under I've been sail- 150 miles. ing most of my If we choose to go to the Caribbean, I life, it's pretty assume that we'd have to truck our boat much always to Miami. Or would it be better to ship been racing her farther north, then start by sailing or daysailing down the Intracoastal Waterway? — but on ev- We have the notion that the Carib- erything from bean offers a wider variety of cultures, sailboards to foods, etc., than the Pacific coast, but COURTESY SOUTHERN CROSS COURTESY dinghies to big that could just be a notion. boats. We've Another consideration would be tim- Holly and Mike Sanderson had a Catali- ing/schedule, although I know from ask, "El Carib or the Sea?" na 34 for five reading Latitude that 'schedule' is sort of years, and take her from San Diego to a four-letter word. We feel we'll be able to Catalina three or four times a year, but take 12-24 months off for this adventure. Anchorages in the Sea of Cortez we've only anchored out twice, having Would more or less time favor one option (spread) have a little more leg room taken moorings all the other times. This or the other? than those in the Caribbean (inset). spring we've replaced all the standing I gather that the publisher of Latitude and running rigging on the boat, up- doesn't have to make that decision, as PHOTOS LATITUDE / RICHARD PHOTOS LATITUDE graded the batteries, added/upgraded he sails both areas extensively. Maybe much of the navigation system, and we could do the same by sailing south upgraded the ground tackle. to Mexico and then shipping the boat to Mike 'n Holly — We'll be happy to share In addition to loving to sail, we are avid the Caribbean. Is that even doable from our opinions based on the fact that we've divers. We've had the chance to dive both Mexico? had two boats in the Caribbean for a to- in the Caribbean tal of 15 years, — BVIs, Bonaire, Catalinas for Cruising? and have Cozumel — and In the early days of Catalina Yachts, some of the smaller boats were built for sailing from the cruised Mexico the Pacific — Cabo, Southern California mainland to — duh — Catalina. So we asked Catalina's Corporate VP and since '78 on six Puerto Vallarta, Chief Engineer Gerry Douglas about the suitability of a Catalina 34 for cruising the Caribbean. different boats and Huatulco. "When I took over the design responsibilities at Catalina in '83, I decided that all of our boats would we've owned. We're both in be to ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) scantlings, panel stiffness requirements and so forth" says We have an our mid-40s and Douglas. "And they were. Unfortunately, the ABS doesn't publish those rules anymore, but they were acute under- would like to take darn good rules, as can be deduced from how well the IOR boats have held up after all these years. standing of There is also something called CE or 'Certified European' classing, with categories A, B and C. Category sabbaticals. We're your Mexico/ A means a boat is certified for 'Unlimited Offshore' use, and all Catalinas meet those scantling modules. torn between "So when a Catalina leaves the factory," continues Douglas, "structurally she'll have Caribbean cruising Mexico or no trouble handling the conditions in the Caribbean. But, there's a difference between safe- dilemma. As the Eastern Carib- ty and comfort. Sailors would be much more comfortable in a Catalina 42 or a 470 than a 34." we've written bean — although Douglas also notes that Catalinas don't come with a few things he believes are needed for safe cruising in the previously, our we don't even Caribbean. "Things like lee cloths for the bunks, attachment points for harnesses and jacklines, locking pins for putting a Leop- have a good list the companionway hatch," says Douglas. "They are easy to add on, but they don't leave the factory with them." ard 45 cat in a of pros and cons Having received tremendous feedback from thousands of boatowners over nearly three decades, Douglas says yacht manage- for each area, so most of the problems he's seen with Catalinas are age-related issues. Engines, transmissions and pumps wear ment program out with age and use. "Careful attention needs to be paid to all the metal parts. For example, has the standing rig- perhaps "torn" is in the British ging been replaced in the last seven years? And have the critical metal fittings been checked for crevice corrosion too strong a term using dye penetration? It's not as hard as it sounds, and we recommend that every owner do it or have it done by Virgins was a at this point. Our a professional rigger. But structurally, there shouldn't be any problems with the hulls, decks, keels and so forth." direct result of experience is that (Speaking of dye penetration, we explain it in this month's Sightings, as crevice corrosion has been the our not being the diving in the cause of a number of serious failures that we've reported on in recent months.) able to live with Caribbean has just sailing in been much better than on the Pacific We'd greatly appreciate any advice you Mexico or the Caribbean. The two places coast of Mexico. However, we've never could give us. are so great, but so different, that we just been diving up in the Sea of Cortez. Mike 'n Holly Sanderson couldn't choose between them. As you read Some other possible factors: We don't Southern Cross, Catalina 34 on, you may find that you might not have have a watermaker, so would the avail- San Diego to make that difficult decision either.

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in the Caribbean, 25 knots is really fun — at least for a couple of hours, if you're not sailing right into it. We're not experts on diving, but the water and fish in the Caribbean are gorgeous, although you're going to have a much harder time catching dinner. Mexico is aston- ishingly less expensive than the Carib- bean, and generally speaking, the locals and cruisers are more friendly. God knows that the officials in Mexico are much nicer. While this might come as a shock to some people, we also think that cruisers are much less likely to be the victim of crimes — both assaults and thefts — in Mexico than in the Carib- bean. In Mexico, narcos target narcos, while in the Caribbean, rich whites are often the target. While you could have a great time cruising either the Caribbean or Mexico, we think there are two elements of your particular situation that would cause us to advise you to go to one place more than the other. Unfortunately, one element says that you should go to Mexico, while the other To outline the basics, Mexico has a rich cultures, and at least four widely spoken says you should go to the Caribbean. and somewhat homogeneous culture, al- languages. And if it sounds as if you can First off, Mexico is — and how can we though the Sea of Cortez and the mainland always see another country or two from put this without offending anyone in our offer two very different types of cruising wherever you are in the Eastern Carib- own age group? — predominantly retire- experiences. The people of Mexico are as bean, it's often true. ment cruising. Like the weather, the whole nice as can be, and nowhere do cruisers Unlike in Mexico, the wind frequently vibe is muy tranquilo. A typical social socialize so much. The sailing in Mexico blows hard in the Caribbean. From event in Mexico is a potluck followed by is generally mellow, mid-December until train dominoes with cruiser musicians and while there is mid-February, it can playing in the background. There is noth- some good diving in blow 20+ knots day ing wrong with this, of course, but it gen- the Sea, it's not of "What shall we catch for and night without erally appeals more to older cruisers. The the tropical variety stopping, which is vibe in the Caribbean, on the other hand, to be found in the dinner tonight, honey?" frankly more than is like the sailing there — more wild and Caribbean. But the anybody needs. youth-oriented. A typical social event in fishing is excellent, And it regularly the Caribbean might include pretty heavy particularly in the Sea — as in "What shall honks through the end of May. It's gener- drinking, flirting, maybe pot smoking, and we catch for dinner tonight, honey?" ally lighter from June to November, but on A Catalina 34 is more than up to a trip south, Your "notion" of the Caribbean's having any given day you have to be ready for 25 though the ride might get uncomfortable if the greater variety is correct, although you knots and squalls with 35 knots. 'Calm' in weather turns rough. probably don't realize how correct. If you Mexico is zero knots sail 750 miles south from San Diego into of wind. 'Calm' in Mexico, you never leave Baja. But if you the Caribbean is sail 750 miles southeast from Puerto Rico, 10 knots of wind. If you will have sailed to Venezuela via the we've scared any- U.S. Virgins, the British Virgins, Anguilla, one, rest assured St. Martin, St. Barth, Saba, St. Kitts & that 25 knots in the Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, Montserrat, warm Caribbean Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. doesn't have quite Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as much force as 25 Grenada, and Trinidad and Tobago. knots in chilly Cali- That's at least 15 major islands, 9 sov- fornia waters and, ereign nations, nearly as many different because it's so warm COURTESY SOUTHERN CROSS COURTESY THE SEA OF CORTEZ

dancing on the tables to live music into the wee hours. Not that we personally do too boat. Sure, you can cruise the Caribbean on much of that anymore. a 34-footer, but not nearly as comfortably But if you're anywhere near as fun- as you could on a 40-footer, or better still, loving and mischievous as we were in our a 45-footer. On the other hand, you can 40s, the Caribbean is definitely the place do just fine in more mellow Mexico with a for you. Our decade of sailing our Ocean 34-ft — or even smaller — cruising boat. 71 Big O up and down the island chain Getting your boat to the Eastern Carib- was easily the wildest time of our life, bean would be a more expensive proposi- putting even our 20s to shame. On a scale tion than you think. In addition to having of 1-10 for excitement-loving folks under to truck her to the East Coast — and 45, we'd give Mexico a 4 and, although it Miami is not really any better a jumping differs from island to island and country off point than Hampton, Virginia, in terms to country, we'd give the Caribbean an 8. of miles — you'd probably also want to And some islands would get an 11. ship her to the Eastern Caribbean. Most

Then, too, the cruising and racing regat- SOUTHERN CROSS COURTESY West Coast sailors don't realize that it's tas and other events in the Caribbean are As avid divers, the Sandersons need to decide 1,500 nasty miles upwind miles against much larger and more free-spirited than if they'd rather watch the colorful fish of the the trades and tradewind seas to get to those in Mexico. It's not that the average Caribbean or eat the tasty fish of Mexico. the Eastern Caribbean from anywhere cruiser is so much younger in the Carib- fuel capacity — you can sail everywhere on the East Coast. Trust us, doing that bean, but rather that the Caribbean is in the Caribbean — or the water, because bash is the best way for novice cruisers liberally sprinkled with charter boats with you're likely going to want a watermaker on a 34-footer to give up cruising after a younger folks on vacation and crewed no matter where you go. The difference is couple of months. yachts with youngish crew — and perhaps that we think the Catalina 34 is a Mexico So we're going to present you with 20 times as many sailboats as in Mexico. rather than a Caribbean boat for reasons three options: While your age might say the Carib- of comfort. It's often rough sailing in the 1) Cruise Mexico, particularly if you bean, in our opinion your Catalina 34 Caribbean, and the rougher it is, the more only have 12 months. You might not have says Mexico. It's not because of limited comfort you're going to have on a larger as wild a time as you would in the Carib-

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bean, but you will have a great time, get with much of what to enjoy full doses of both the mainland you need to cruise Cuba and the Sea of Cortez, and be able to do in the Caribbean it quite economically. And for the record, and Mexico. You spend from No- there is no economical way to ship your DR PR St. boat from Mexico to the Caribbean. vember to Novem- Martin Mexico 2) If you have 18 months, you can ber in the Eastern enter your boat in the Baja Ha-Ha cruis- Caribbean with Caribbean Sea ers rally in the fall, cruise Mexico and your new-to-you El Central America in the winter and spring, boat, maybe Salvador San do Panama and Cartagena in the summer ducking down to T&T Costa Blas Venezuela and fall, and then carefully work your the ABCs or Ven- Rica way to the Eastern Caribbean via either ezuela's islands Cartagena the north coast of South America or Cuba, for the height of the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, hurricane season. so you'll arrive in St. Martin by Christmas. Come December, you sail to Cartagena, It would be easy to spend a year exploring all After slowly sailing down and back up the then to the San Blas Islands, transit the the Caribbean has to offer. chain of islands in the eastern Caribbean, Canal, and start working your way up the across the Pacific on the Puddle Jump. you set sail downwind to Florida in June west coast of Central America and Mexico, Heck, maybe you'll have reached that before the start of hurricane season, then making sure you get up into the Sea of conclusion a few months earlier, skipped truck your boat home. Cortez by the start of hurricane season in the Bash altogether and just taken off 3) Perhaps the best — but probably July. After a summer in the Sea, you do across the Pacific on the Puddle Jump least likely option — would be to sell your the Baja Bash home in November, when from Mexico. boat, then find one coming out of a charter Baja winds tend to be the lightest. After a Good luck. No matter which option you program in the Eastern Caribbean. For couple of months back in California, you choose, we think you're going to have a the last 15 years or so, charter boats ask each other, "What in the world are we blast! have been quite well-built, and they come doing here?" at which point you take off — latitude/richard

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Historians tell us that when the sive nonetheless — especially for those swap tales. And second, to give these first Europeans arrived in the Tahi- whose arrival coincides with the Tahiti- newly arrived sailors a rich Polynesian tian isles during the late 1700s, the is- Moorea Sailing Rendezvous. welcome by introducing them to high- landers showered them with all sorts of This annual three-day event (June ly revered cultural traditions in music, gifts from their bountiful land including 24-26 this year) was created by Lati- dance, sport and cuisine. fresh fruits, vegetables, pigs and fowl. tude 38 and our Tahitian partners with This year’s event began Friday after- Many early chroniclers of that era en- two primary purposes: First, as a point noon in French Polynesia’s capital, Pap- thusiastically reported that, in addition, of convergence where Pacific Puddle eete, Tahiti, with a colorful reception at beautiful young vahines (local women) Jumpers — voyagers whose passages to the town hall (Mairie de Papeete), cour- welcomed the ocean-weary explorers the islands originated at one of many tesy of the mayor. While we conducted by offering their love freely. These days points along the west coast of the Amer- mini-interviews for next month’s PPJ the warm welcome that sailors get isn’t icas — could meet one another face to Recap article, some sailors got reac- quite that astounding, but it’s impres- face, celebrate their safe arrivals and quainted with former cruising buddies, THE TAHITI-MOOREA SAILING RENDEZVOUS

Spread: The crew of the Seattle-based Preto- rien 35 'Piko' — whose first names are both Lauren — doublehand across the finish line at Moorea's majestic Opunohu Bay. Insets: A visiting sailor gets a lesson in Tahitian dance as musicians set the rhythm. MID-PACIFIC CONVERGENCE —

while others joined a group of student ‘ambassadors’ who’d come to teach the demand than Cindy Dittrich of the local to offer a similar package to next year’s cruisers how to create fragrant flow- yacht agency CMA-CGM. She’d attained fleet.) er leis and headdresses from freshly hero status for working tirelessly to ob- A chorus of local dignitaries wel- picked blossoms and palm fronds. tain bond exemptions, clearance in and comed fleet members to their islands, Several co-sponsors from Whangarei out, and duty-free fuel for the majority followed by a Polynesian chieftain and Opua, New Zealand, had flown in to of the fleet. Dozens of her clients were who blessed them in Tahitian, bidding showcase the North Island’s yacht ser- eager to give her their thanks, not to them fair winds for Saturday’s rally to vices and the region’s cruising possibili- mention a few heartfelt hugs. (We hope Moorea’s spectacular Opunohu Bay. ties. Their exhibit tables were popular, as most of the fleet would soon be head- The pictures tell the story. Clockwise from upper left: Jubilant winners of an early heat; a smooth crossing aboard 'Whatcha Gonna Do'; a fabulous show in downtown Papeete; the fruit carrier's race; ing that way. But no one was more in cruisers strut their stuff; "Oops, we're goin' down!"; a war-like pose; stringing headdresses. JULIE TURPIN THE TAHITI-MOOREA SAILING RENDEZVOUS

ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / ANDY EXCEPT AS NOTED to Opunohu under spinnaker as local After a few celebratory rum punch- 16-mile crossing to Moorea. But this drummers serenaded them with age- es, the entire congregation followed a year was truly odd. The shortest course old cadences. Of the 37 starters, only troupe of Tahitian drummers to the wa- turned out not to be the fastest, as the 9 sailed the whole way: The swift local terfront plaza to take in a sensational rhumbline was peppered with patches cat Makatea took line honors followed dance show and sample affordable local of light air that led many boats to give by the B.C.-based Meander 40 Ceilly- cuisine from the many mobile roulettes up on sailing and kick on their engines. dh, the Washington-based MacGregor staged there. Meanwhile, several miles to leeward, 65 Braveheart, and the San Francis- boats were reporting 20 knots of steady co-based Beneteau First 38s5 Sudden breeze. As a result, several boats that Stops Necessary. Over the years we’ve seen a wide had been all but written off finished In addition to those who’d sailed over range of wind conditions during the strong, crossing the line at the entrance en masse, another 20 cruising boats BRUCE POWELL / CALOU MID-PACIFIC CONVERGENCE —

were already in the anchorage when we front and rear seats. arrived, swelling the Rendezvous fleet to Meanwhile, several Tahitian athletes around 60 boats. demonstrated other traditional sporting During a shoreside cocktail party contests on the beach such as weight- that afternoon, local dancers and mu- lifting giant stones, coconut husking, sicians gave the fleet another alluring and the ancient fruit carrier’s race — dose of traditional Polynesian enter- a footrace where contestants carry a tainment. As always, the question on wooden pole with stalks of bananas at everyone’s mind was, “How the heck do each end. Competitors quickly found those girls gyrate their hips so fast?” out it’s much harder than it looks. As the canoeing heats distilled down to a final race, the finish times of each One element of Polynesian cul- 200-yard sprint got faster and faster. ture that every cruiser becomes aware The neophytes seemed to be getting the of shortly after arriving is the pervasive hang of it, and there hadn’t been a cap- passion for outrigger canoeing. On any size all day — except once, post-race, afternoon, in every lagoon of the Society when a crew was trying to disembark. Islands you can find sun-bronzed pad- The final race was a crowd pleaser, dlers pushing themselves to hit faster with the Reef Runners barely trailing and faster speeds — and they love to Thanks to Bob Callaway of ‘Braveheart’, Jen- the Flying Spaghetti Monsters as they race against passing sailboats. nifer Martindale fulfilled her lifelong goal of approached the finish buoy in a fren- Having a chance to sample this ex- sailing across the South Pacific. zy of aggressive paddling. As we looked hilarating national pastime in six-per- many with paddlers from several dif- through our camera lens to grab the son canoes is a highlight of every Ren- ferent boats, and goofy names like This perfect finish-line image, we could hard- dezvous, and this year everyone wanted Side Up, Fogetaboutit and the Flying ly believe our eyes. The Monsters some- to take a crack at it — even the kids. Spaghetti Monsters. To insure that the how managed to capsize an instant af- Twenty-seven teams formed to enter precious hulls didn’t veer off to Fiji, ac- ter their bow crossed the line. With an a series of round-robin eliminations, complished Tahitian paddlers sat in the uproar from the crowd, a huge contro-

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versy ensued: Did they win, or pearl shell with the event logo does the whole boat have to cross etched into it. the line? Naturally, everyone had But as we noted at the time, an opinion. But in the end the you only needed to look at the much-amused head of the local lush greenery of the surrounding canoe federation ruled that the volcanic peaks and the gin-clear race had ended the instant that waters of the anchorage to know the Monsters' bow crossed the that the best prize was having line. They were so excited, you’d the privilege of spending time in think they’d just won an Olympic such a breathtaking place. event. "Enjoy it!" we advised. "Be- After everyone caught their cause there are millions of sail- breath, a traditional Tahitian ors all over the world who would maa lunch was served that in- love to trade places with you cluded poisson cru (a ceviche-like right now.” preparation of fresh fish), roast — latitude/andy pork, taro, yams, fruits and more. One of our goals in putting on the Rendezvous each year (with help from Tahiti Tourisme and A final elaborate music and dance With a little help from their Tahitian friends, the other partners) is to demonstrate to the show followed, in which a couple dozen Flying Spaghetti Monsters — from four different government that cruisers are a small but cruisers participated, putting their agil- boats — were victorious despite capsizing. important part of the territory’s tourism ity to the test. Few, if any, of the vis- dance moves. market. So if you plan to migrate west itors could understand the lyrics, but At the awards ceremony, the event’s next year, please plan to attend the the sweet ukulele melodies and lilting primary organizer, Stephanie Betz, gave 2012 event, slated for June 29 to July 1. vocals were evocative of deep emotions, prizes to the game winners, and every Check out www.pacificpuddlejump.com reinforced by wonderfully sensuous boat received a polished mother-of- for other details about the 2012 rally. Your Boatyard in the Heart of Paradise HAULOUT • Marine Travelift 25 tons Our Services| • Marine railway 120 tons • Storage in adjustable steel cradles • Fenced Yard PAINTING • Topsides, hull, bottom, varnish • Brush, roller, spray MECHANICAL WORK • Inboard, outboard, diesel, gas • All brands REPAIRS Large, fenced, secure dry storage area • Electrical repairs • Refrigeration installation & repair Tahiti Customs policy has changed! • Fiberglass & woodwork Foreign Flag vessels can stay on dry storage in • Welding, steel, stainless, aluminum our yard for up to 12 months out of 24. SAIL LOFT • Sail repairs, biminis, dodgers, covers STORE Professional boatyard in the heart of Paradise • International, Pettit, Epiglass, Devoe • Spares Raiatea Carenage will make sure • Fill U.S. gas cylinders paradise is everything you expected. DO-IT-YOURSELFERS WELCOME! Call, write, or sail in . . . we're here to serve you. BoatUS Cooperating Marina B.P. 1111 Uturoa Raiatea 98 735 Polynésie Française Tel: (689) 600-545 ~ Fax: (689) 600-546 ~ VHF 68 A Subsidiary of The Moorings Yacht Charter, Ltd. Web site: http://www.raiatea.com/carenage ~ email: [email protected]

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Fed up with life as it's become in the United States? Deteriorating social values. Television and the popular media. of their new, happier, more minimalistic Devastating government budget deficits. outlook on life. Hot tubbing in Santa Rosa or cruising Crooked politicians of all stripes. The dif- "She's been absolutely wonderful as on a Catalina 27? It was a no-brainer ficulty of making ends meet, and sensing a Sea of Cortez cruising boat for two for Steve and Charlotte. you're on an endless treadmill. Urban years," says Baker. "Before we left, I fig- crime. Lawyers. Quarter-of-a-million- ured she was the boat we had, and with dollar-a-year my being 62, it was time to leave rather public safety than work until we could afford a bigger e m p l o y e e s boat. I also figured that since we'd be who won't sailing downwind to Mexico, and then w a d e i n t o in the mostly light conditions of the Sea the water to of Cortez, she'd be an adequate boat. save some- But Willful Simplicity has turned out to one's life. be much more than adequate. Not only Sometimes have we comfortably sailed her through you get so what were probably the strongest winds deep in the and biggest seas in the then-17-year rut that it history of the Ha-Ha, but we've come to COURTESY WILLFUL SIMPLICITY COURTESY seems as if appreciate her as more than just a 'big there is no bang for the buck' Sea of Cortez cruising Charlotte and Steve Baker way out. But boat. More than a few cruisers walking went simple and went now. there are down the dock have looked at her and ways. Often they cost less money, re- said, 'I used to have a simple boat like quire less work, and are much healthier and satisfying. The following is one way. If you're a sailor and have just a little bit of money, you still have enough time to do like the Bakers, and buy and equip a simple boat, do the Baja Ha-Ha to Mexico, and begin an entirely new way of living. Like a lot of really good things in life, it started in a hot tub with a couple of glasses of wine. It was Steve Baker and his wife Charlotte enjoying the wine in the hot tub behind their three-bedroom Santa Rosa house when it occurred to them that it was costing them $4,500 a month to maintain a lifestyle they weren't all that crazy about. So without any kind of blinding epiphany, they slowly began to change their lives. It began with their turning off the television and tuning out a lot of artificial American crap. Steve, who had trained and shown horses for WILLFUL SIMPLICITY COURTESY 40 years, and Charlotte, who had run a riding school for 25 years, started enjoy- that, and God, I wish I still did.'" 'Willful Simplicity' has proven to be a surpris- ing simple pleasures, such as camping. Steve, now 65, is not new to the water. ingly comfortable cruiser for the Bakers. In fact, while sitting around a camp- He's been sailing for about 20 years now, in a well in the cockpit, but Baker put fire one night, Charlotte asked Steve and has owned a Lido 14, a Catalina it on a bracket at the transom so they what he was reading. "The Latitude 38 22, and a Catalina 25, and sailed larger could use the well to store fuel. In all, Classy Classifieds," he replied. boats as a member of Club Nautique in they carry 30 gallons of gas in properly "Are we going to buy a sailboat?" Sausalito. vented tanks and jerry jugs, which gives "I'd like to." Willful Simplicity is equipped with a them a range of 300+ miles. There have "Let's do it," said Charlotte, despite fully battened main, plus a Doyle 135% only been a couple of times when cavita- the fact that she'd gotten violently sea- genoa on Schaefer roller furling. When tion was an issue with the outboard, so sick on dive trips they'd taken together. sailing downwind, the Bakers sometimes not having an inboard diesel hasn't been A week later, they owned a Catalina drop the main and wing out their old a problem for them. 27. "She's a '73 model," says Baker, "but headsail opposite the genoa. "It works The couple have a 9-ft Achilles with a she had been kept in excellent condition. really well," says Steve. 6-hp outboard for their dinghy. On long The owner was asking $7,200, and we The boat's other propulsion is a Suzu- passages, they roll up the dinghy on agreed on $6,700." The couple christened ki 15-hp outboard. The Catalina 27 was the foredeck. But for plunking around their boat Willful Simplicity in recognition originally designed to have an outboard in the Sea, they just tow the dinghy

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'backyard' here in the Sea is just as big as for the owners of 100-ft boats." As one might imagine, having a small boat means the Bakers got in with a small buy-in and are able to cruise comfortably on a modest budget. "We spend about $1,000 a month, although we could do it for less," he says. "We enjoy beer and wine, and because we spend a lot of time out at the islands or in anchorages where they are no restaurants, we don't eat out that often. But when in towns, we love to eat at the taco stands. Charlotte and I can enjoy a wonderful dinner for about $7 total." "One of the things that keeps our food costs low is that I reef fish almost every morning," explains Baker. "I commonly catch cabrillo, sierra, trigger fish, dorado, and barracuda. We've also become very close friends with a family in San Evaristo, so I can go out fishing with them anytime I want. It's not unusual for us to catch a dozen different kinds of fish in one day. "Most cruisers come to Evaristo, see that it's a poor village, and move on after a couple of days. Charlotte and I decided to stay and kick sand with them, become part of their lives. They didn't speak any English, and only Charlotte spoke a little Spanish, but they could tell that we were there to experience life with them. As a result, we've not only become wonderful LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE friends, but part of their family. They even asked us to be godparents to the latest behind their boat. Not being in a hurry excess with us." addition to their family. We're so honored. can eliminate a lot of complications. Steve and Charlotte use the great out- We think too many cruisers stop at villages Willful Simplicity is equipped with two doors as their shower stall, even in the such as Evaristo, see how 'poor' the people anchors, the primary being a Bruce 22 cool of some Sea of Cortez winter days. are, and are turned off. Well, Charlotte with 150 feet of chain, and 300 more feet "We heat the water with a Solar Shower. and I saw how 'rich' they are, because for of rode if needed. In addition, they have If you give it time, it gets plenty warm, them, life is all about family. They don't a smaller Danforth. even in the winter," claims Baker. Hot need the possessions that seem to define As for Willful Simplicity's creature water is not, of course, an issue during the lives of so many Americans who are comforts, they installed a Norcold re- the spring, summer and fall in the Sea. only rich in a material way. frigeration system, which is powered by The Bakers don't have a lot of fancy "Becoming part of the lives of such three 12-volt batteries that are charged radio gear. "We do have a Sony receive- people is exactly why we came to the Sea by a 40-watt solar panel. "We don't have only radio for weather information, and of Cortez," continues Baker, "and why huge electrical needs like folks on bigger we can always get on the VHF and do we love it so much. As anyone cruising boats, so that one solar panel gives us relays from folks on the Sea of Cortez all the power we need," says Steve. "In other boats. But the will tell you, there the rare instances when we might need longer you're down is reason to feel more power, or to charge the batteries here, the more you ". . . we're content living a perfectly safe there. after a string of cloudy days, we also have realize that you Certainly more safe a portable Honda 1000 gas generator." want to be your willfully simple life." than when we lived Willful Simplicity carries a total of 50 own weatherman as in Santa Rosa. gallons of water, some of it in permanent much as possible. When we're in La tanks, 13 gallons of it in two jerry cans, We asked Steve if he and Charlotte Paz, we stroll around at 11 p.m. and don't and some of it in what used to be cran- envied anything on larger boats. "It's not have any concerns for our safety. It's a berry juice bottles. "In all our time down hard to pull our anchor up by hand, but wonderful feeling." here, not having more water tankage an electric windlass would be a nice luxu- When do the couple plan to return to hasn't been an issue for us, even out at ry," he admitted. "And maybe a windvane the States? "We have no plans to head the islands," says Steve. "There's always of some sort, although we do have a Til- back to the States. We moved down here a powerboat that comes by whose owner lerPilot. But to tell you the truth, there's for good, and we're content here living a is happy to show us how much water nothing we really envy on the other boats. willfully simple life." they have — and is willing to share the In fact, one thing to remember is that our — latitude/richard

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"Trim! TRIM!" Lee Helm's sharp tone of voice brought my mind back to the task at hand, and I as soon as the luff broke Lee cranked it the sheet out too far. But I couldn't fool spun the winch handle in high gear. in again. her. She's a good trimmer, but this sixth "Stop!" she said when the spinnaker "How do you know when to do that?" I sense was truly impressive. sheet was adjusted to her satisfaction, asked. "I don't see you looking up at the and then eased it out again. sail." She was tailing and I was grinding, "Max, I can just feel it," she explained. "Max, want to drive for a while?" so naturally she was going to trim to "The boat totally has a different kind of called the owner from the aft cockpit. perfection on every wave. It seemed like motion when the luff of the sail is col- "Sure," I agreed, handing off the overkill for this big old cruiser-racer, lapsing." spinnaker sheet to designed during the dark years of the Sure enough, one of the cockpit IOR. But a race is a race, we were on whenever the spin- crew. He was new board as race crew, and we were doing naker started to . . . her sixth sense was to ocean racing, but well on this run down the coast. With a luff, she was right young and enthusi- very favorable downwind PHRF rating, on it with a quick truly impressive. astic, and it would Lee calculated that we might even beat grind without ever be a good time for the sleds this year, if the weather stayed looking at the sail. I him to practice in the right wind speed range. And we even tested her when I thought the boat trimming, especially with Lee making would eat a lot better, too — the aroma of motion would make her think the wind the calls by feel. an elaborate dinner was already wafting was going aft, not forward, by letting "All yours," I said as I handed the up the companionway. sheet to him. "Give it as much as it will Lee Helm's Z-drive for end-boom spinnaker "Smells like Newburg sauce," I noted. sheeting. It holds the boom down and forward take in the troughs, Lee will crank you "TRIM!" instead of pulling it up and in, and makes for in whenever it's needed." I cranked on the handle again, and very clean leads. My replacement took the sheet, I took Lee let it back out again after I had supplied the necessary tweak. "Max," she sighed. "Let's swap. I'll grind, you trim." "Fine by me," I said, and took up my position on the windward mid-cockpit coaming where I had a good view of the spinnaker luff. Lee positioned herself over the winch, ready to show me what a good set of windsurfer-conditioned arms can do with an old Barient 35. "Trim, please!" I called at the first sign of a breaking luff as the heavy yacht surged reluctantly forward on the face of a swell. Lee spun the handle, but stopped on her own as soon as the luff was drawing again, just before I called for it. I eased the sheet as we slowed in the trough and the apparent wind came back aft again.

I didn't really intend to trim to every single wave. Just the big ones. My plan was to find a nice average trim setting for most of the oscillations, after some ex- perimentation, and maybe adjust every minute or two unless a really nice swell was surging us forward. But Lee had other ideas. Without any prompting, she spun the winch handle on the next wave, just as the luff started to collapse. I tailed in, then eased out again as the wave crest passed under us. This cycle repeated for the next several waves, but Lee was not looking up, just down at her winch.

After another set of large waves had PHOTOS MAX EBB passed, I gave it a little more sheet, and

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wraps. No load pressing against the winch, no change in tension in the the helm, and the owner went below to to three, for typical friction coefficients, sheet." help choose the right wine for dinner. increases load by about a factor of five. "Got it." But the new trimmer didn't quite have That's a 500% increase, Max, not 25%." "Now imagine that it bends very the finesse to ease it out without starting Lee proceeded to remove the fourth slightly around the winch, so it's press- an override. wrap, and the trimmer had to hold the ing against the winch drum and makes "Okay if I take off a wrap?" he sheet a lot harder. a small angle change. Let's say one de- asked. "What's that formula again?" gree." "No problem," I said, counting the four "E, or Euler's constant, to the ex- "Okay." wraps of sheet on the winch drum. "That ponent of minus K theta. It's a simple "Now we just have to figure out how should increase load on the tail you're derivation, Max, as long as you assume much we can reduce the load on one side holding by 25%." linear coefficient of friction and fully flex- of the winch without the sheet slipping. "Bzzzt! Wrong!" Lee corrected It will be the friction coefficient times me, taking obvious geeky pleasure the bearing load of the sheet against the in my mistake. "Load on the tail winch." equals the sheet load times e-to- "Right. Makes perfect sense." the-minus-K-theta, where K is "And the bearing load against the the coefficient of friction between winch drum equals the sheet tension the rope and the drum, and theta times the sine of the angle change, which is the angle change of the sheet is the same as the angle change in radi- around the winch drum in ra- ans." dians. Each turn is, like, two-pi "Okay, that's just basic trig. And the radians. The load increase is expo- sine of the angle equals the angle in ra- nential, so losing a wrap from four dians, for small angles. I remember that much." "Very good, Max. The bearing load is the angle change times the sheet tension, and the reduction in sheet tension — or the increase in tension if we're going the other way around the winch — equals the tension in the sheet at that point, times the angle change, times the friction You never really need this many turns on a winch. At five coefficient. This means we can represent turns, 10 lbs of tailing force would hold over 25,000 lbs of the tension, as a function of angle, by a sheet load. differential equation in which the change ible rope." of the tension with respect to angle of The formula might be simple, but the wrap is proportional to the tension at mere mention of "Euler" made me quake that point." in my sea boats. For all of my academic "Someone's going to have to write this life, every time something had the name out for me," I pleaded. That's when our "Euler" associated with it, I knew I was navigator came on deck to check some going to have trouble understanding shore bearings — he is very old school what was coming next. Starting with — and after some rummaging around so-called natural logarithms in ninth in a sheet bag he found a blank page on grade algebra and going right up through the back of the sailing instructions. Lee Euler's formula, Euler angles, Euler tossed him the marking pen she had buckling loads, Euler's Fourier trans- been using to mark the topping lift for form and Euler's Bessel function. Euler the dip-pole jibe position. anything has always confused me. Even "The differential equation is," Lee dic- pronouncing the name correctly is anti- tated, "change in tension, or dT, equals intuitive — it sounds like 'oiler'. And now minus friction coefficient K times tension Euler was going to confuse me about how T times change in angle dθ. Write it as to trim a spinnaker with a big winch. dT equals minus K T d-theta." "It's much easier to demonstrate with a diagram," Lee continued, "but I think dT = -KTdθ I can do this in plain text, since we both or have our hands full." dT/dθ = -KT "Okay, I'm, er, braced for a broadside," I said, unable to conceal my apprehen- "We're looking for T as a function of sion. theta, such that the derivative of T with respect to theta equals a constant times T. This differential equation is satisfied magine a sheet under load that's by the function T = T e-Kθ, Where "I tail sheet just tangent to the winch drum. No theta is the angle change around the

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winch drum in radians and K is the coefficient of friction." "Nice," said the navigator, who, to my about the winch drum diameter? I know "I'm still not sure I follow," I admitted. surprise, was not fazed in the least by that bigger winch drums hold sheets "Okay, there's, like, a direct solution, differential equations and integrals. better than small ones." too. Go back and write "A typical coefficient of friction for rope "No way," Lee insisted. "We just did on smooth metal is 0.25. So for every full the math. As long as the rope is very flex- dT = -KTdθ circle, tension in the tail is tension in the ible compared to the radius of the drum, as sheet times e-to-the-minus-0.25 times then holding power is only a function of dT/T = -Kdθ two- pi, or . . . ." angle change and friction coefficient. She neglected her trimming for a "Well then why do big boats have big- "Now integrate both sides - dT/T from few seconds to hit some buttons on her ger winch drums?" I asked.

T = Tsheet to T = Ttail, and dθ from zero to calculator watch and then announced "So the bearings can handle the the number of turns times two-pi for the the result as 4.81. "That means that for higher loads, I guess," Lee answered. total angle of the turns in radians. a typical friction coefficient, each wrap "And maybe also for finer control of the "We get natural log of T = -Kθ, and reduces the required tailing load to, like, angle of contact as the sheet is eased." when we evaluate as definite integrals 21% of the required tailing load with one "And less force pulling the turns into over the appropriate values, we have less wrap." an override on a large-diameter drum," "Trim!" hailed the crew holding the suggested the navigator.

ln (Ttail) - ln (Tsheet) = -Kθ sheet tail. Lee had failed to feel the sail "The interesting thing is how friction or collapsing while she was busy with her coefficient affects control of the load re-

ln (Ttail/Tsheet) = -Kθ calculation. duction," Lee explained. "If the friction "Sorry, I should have caught that coefficient were 0.5 instead of 0.25, then "Now take the anti-log of both sides, one," she said as she cranked in some each wrap would reduce load by . . . a and spinnaker sheet. factor of 23.14, or down to only 4% of "But why does the equation have to the load with one less wrap. That's why -Kθ Ttail/Tsheet = e have an 'e' in it?" I asked. "And what winch drums are smooth — it's better to or have just a mild change of holding power -Kθ Ttail = Tsheete with each wrap, so we have a little more COME VISIT COYOTE POINT MARINA The Peninsula's Complete Recreational Destination!

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snatch block. That pulls the sheet down control." gooseneck. This pulled the trolley snatch and forward after it goes through the "I still don't see why Euler has to be block out almost to the boom end, wid- snatch block on the boom. Then after involved," I said. ening the effective sheeting base of the going through the twing, the sheet goes "Because the function ex has the spinnaker considerably. aft again to the regular spinnaker sheet unique property of being its own deriva- "There. That makes the spinnaker turning block. I call it the Z-drive. You get tive. That is, if y = ex, then the derivative wider by a few percent," he said with a clean lead, and it works like a preventer of ex, or dex/dy, equals ex. It's really easy some satisfaction. too, pulling the boom forward and down to prove. Just start with the definition of But there was a problem. The spinna- instead of in and up." e as the limit of the sum of one plus n, It worked exactly as promised. all to the one-over-nth power, as n goes to zero . . . ." That's when I decided it was better "Trim!" A few minutes later Lee was called to drop the subject and concentrate on down for dinner, and the navigator took steering — although in these conditions over her position on the spinnaker sheet the boat was a pleasure to drive and ker sheet wanted to go up, and the trolley winch. He was a lot less aggressive about didn't seem to require much concentra- snatch block was rattling and banging trimming than Lee had been, but like tion at all. The navigator, meanwhile, against the bottom of the boom. Even Lee, he didn't seem to be looking up at decided that we would not be jibing for a worse, the spinnaker sheet tended to pull the sail. Still, he knew exactly when to while, and the wind had come sufficiently the boom in towards centerline when we start grinding, and when to stop. far aft to use the spinnaker sheet trolley wanted it to stay out. The navigator was "How do you do that?" I asked. "I can't block to pull the sheet out to the end of about to call down below for some help feel anything different about the boat's the boom. He snapped the trolley snatch rigging a preventer. motion whether the spinnaker luff is block to the spinnaker sheet, released "Try this," said Lee. "Move the twing collapsed or full." the twing line that had been keeping block on the sheet so it pulls on the "Oh, I'm not feeling anything," he said. the sheet from chafing up against the spinnaker sheet from aft of the trolley "I just look at the reflection of the spin- underside of the boom, and pulled on the naker in the top of the winch." trolley line from its control point near the — max ebb

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We kick off this month's Racing Sheet with a look at the US Sailing Singlehand- ed Championship before moving on to the Rolex Transatlantic Race. From there we recap a testing LongPac, before getting right into a slew of local events with a glance at Whidby Island Race Week thrown in for good measure.

US Sailing Singlehanded Champion Oakland's Christine Neville is the new the prevailing westerly which kicks up chop US Sailing Women's Singlehanded Cham- similar to the Bay. I don't think any of the pion after a come-from-behind win at the other girls had sailed in that much breeze event, hosted by the Columbia Gorge Rac- and chop before. Most of them were college- ing Association in Cascade Locks, Oregon, aged or younger, and a lot smaller." July 22-24. The Oakland-based sailmaker While that may have been an advantage from Pineapple on the first day, it wasn't so for the next Sails has become two days of the reagatta, when the breeze a fixture at just evaporated. about every La- "I wish I could have been lighter on the ser practice ses- second two days" Neville said. "It was es- sion on the Bay in pecially hard downwind because you had the eight months to sit really still and the runs were really she's lived here. long." Her fifth in the The win was her first at the event, and final race of the she wasn't the only Bay Area sailor to regatta capped an win. On the men's side, which was run eight-race score- concurrently, North American Laser Class line that started President and St. Francis YC member Christine Neville with 1-2-2-1, but Tracy Usher took home the Peter Barrett then dropped with a 9-7-9. Sportsmanship Trophy. "I had good speed upwind, especially on the first day," Neville said. "It was important Rolex Transatlantic Race not to fall back, because there were no While much of our offshore focus last throwouts. I was able to keep the boat flat month was on the Pacific, there's a strong Bay Area connection to the Transatlantic when it was windy and take the lead before ROSS/AAOT AMORY BLACK/ROLEX; INSET SPREAD: BILLY the downwind shift." Race which started in three installments That first day turned out to be the from June 26 to July 3. Former Richmond weren't the only Bay Area sailors in the breeziest, and although Neville had already YC juniors Matt Noble and David Rasmus- race. Treasure Island Vanguard 15 fleet spent the better part of two summers wind- sen, and San Francisco YC's Molly Rob- member Kara Forman sailed aboard her surfing just down the river at Hood River, inson are an integral part of the Oakcliff family's Hinckley 42 Jacqueline IV, placing she said her experience on the Bay made All American Offshore Team, a group of third in IRC 4. George David's Rambler 100 the difference. 20-somethings sailing the R/P STP 65 set a new elapsed-time record of just under "Someone said, 'It's always ebbing,'" she Vanquish (neé Moneypenny) against some seven days, nearly setting a new 24-hr said. "The river is always flowing against much bigger boats with much bigger pay- monohull record in the process, while Ken rolls. Stuck behind a persistent ridge that Richmond YC product David Rasmussen lugs sails Read's Volvo 70 Puma took overall honors. during a sail change abard 'Vanquish'. slowed their progress and that of the other Stories and complete results are up at big boats around www.transatlanticrace.org. them, while al- lowing the slower LongPac boats they'd al- There's a new fab four on the scene, ready passed to and they're not a group of instrument- catch up, the toting minstrels; they're the four skippers AAOT sailors may who finished the Singlehanded Sailing not have been able Society's grueling LongPac. After a slow to put up a win- start on July 6, which saw many of the 26 ning time but they double- and singlehanded starters stuck managed to finish in the vicinity of Drake's Bay for the first with some good 24 hours, the breeze and swell arrived company, includ- with a vengeance, often hitting the mid- ing Karl Kwok's to high 30s (depending on who you talk

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125% jib top. An hour later the breeze was in the low 20s and I had tucked in another reef." From there things got crazier. With waves that some reported to be in the 12- to 15-ft range and building breeze, Johnston lost his SSB antenna off the backstay, and because he was already so far ahead of everyone else, he couldn't establish VHF contact with anyone. "The wave pattern was weird," Johnston Matt Noble is 'Van- said. "The waves were topped with wind quish's boat captain and a team manager. waves, but they weren't from a consistent direction. The boat was getting slapped around 35 or 40 degrees of heel. It's not quite a ULDB, but it's not heavy enough to resist the slapping, which made it hard to do anything. I'd just installed a lot of grabrails below and I'm glad I did!" Still, Johnston said he never really thought about throwing in the towel. "I'd never done the LongPac as a race before and I wanted to see it through," he said. "But I can see where someone would drop out. Psychologically it was hard because there was such a dramatic change in conditions, and the light boats like the Express 27s got hammered." After touching 126° 40'W, Bob jammed for the barn with his jib top still up, sure that a big hole awaited him at the Faral- lones. Instead he was greeted by breeze in the low teens and a perfect angle for 'Pete's Mongo Runner', a max-area 1,018-sq.-ft running kite that he carried all the way to the finish, despite having to harden way up when a fully-crewed boat 'Vanquish' a R/P STP 65 sets sail from Newport 'slot cars', and we asked him to address with right-of-way in the OYRA's Junior RI bound for the Lizard last month, staffed the LongPac weather also. He stressed Waterhouse decided that it couldn't let entirely by a group of 20-somethings. the importance of the synoptic winds and the bedraggled solo sailor play through dropping out left and right. By the time getting far enough out to get to the night [Editors note: we know who you are]. Day 3 was in the books, only four boats breeze, and how if you're still on the coast Johnston crossed the line just before 11 remained — all hailing from the 19-boat it will shut down. That was rumbling a.m. on Saturday to take the elapsed and Singlehanded division, split between two around in my mind. I decided I was going Molly Robinson already has a stint at Spectra classes. to stay up and work the boat off the coast. Watermakers under her belt, so it makes perfect But justs one boat set the pace, blazing I spent Wednesday night on the low side sense that she'd be working on the watermaker. out to the race's virtual destination — and managed 126° 40'W — way faster than anyone else: to keep the Bob Johnston's J/92 Ragtime!. According sails full and to Johnston, it was no accident. "Before got in a few the race, the only place there was going naps. I woke to be any breeze was right on the coast," up at 5 or 5:30 he said. "The whole Gulf of the Farallones a.m. on Thurs- was going to be dead." day, and the With the bulk of the fleet headed to- breeze was in ward Drakes Bay, Johnston decided that the low teens, strategy wasn't going to work. "Around so I tucked dinner time, it got to a point of dimin- in a reef and ishing returns," Johnston — a two-time changed from Singlehanded TransPac veteran — said. the 155% "We had a seminar with Stan Honey where genoa — which he did his typical TransPac talk about the I'd almost left

in my storage ROSS/AAOT AMORY shed — to the THE RACING EXCEPT INSETS: COURTESY RAGTIME! INSETS: COURTESY EXCEPT

Insets, from left — 'Ragtime!'s chartplotter at at the point of turnaround; John- ston's 125% jib top was a workhorse. WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM ALL PHOTOS ERIK SIMONSON/ PHOTOS ALL

Clockwise from above — Fabio Maino's FT 10 'Centomiglia' makes the collage for a second month in a row, this time for the Island YC's Silver Eagle Race; Gregory Mitchell's 'Hapa Girl' with a full head of steam during the Silver Eagle; rocked up across the Bay; Greg Nelsen's 'Outsider' wipes out; Paul Osborn's Beneteau First 42 'Savoir Faire' plays chicken with a party boat; Bob Johnston takes a well-earned bow on his way to winning a grueling LongPac with his J/92 'Ragtime!' Johnston was one of only four skippers — all singlehanded — to finish the race when 26 started the race. corrected-time honors. a slightly different experience. get into the ocean breeze. This didn't pay Johnston was followed by David Mor- "Starting out on Wednesday we had off as I got slowly sucked back toward the ris' Wylie 31 Moonshadow, which finished a nice push with an ebb tide out of the Bridge with the flood. There's nothing like minutes before midnight on Saturday, Golden Gate, and then the winds eased sailing past Pt. Bonita lighthouse twice in and was the only remaining boat to take to a subtle breeze — not enough to make one leg! I had to tack back and forth and a more direct course to the meridian, as much way," he said. "I headed up along wait for the tide to turn again. The rest of Johnston did. The other two, Tom Wat- the coast of Marin with the rest of the the fleet that headed north along the coast son's Pearson Triton Darwind and Randy fleet and this light wind unfortunately didn't fare much better and, once the tide Leasure's Westsail 32 Tortuga, sailed a persisted until the tide turned again. I turned, I headed back that way again. The more southerly route, with Darwind fin- was literally drifting backward at one afternoon turned into the evening with ishing on Sunday afternoon and Tortuga point in the Bonita Channel so I tried to light winds and some fog, and I was still finishing at 4:30 Monday morning. make my way south and get some heading trying to make my way offshore with the Having tried to get north with the out to sea. The idea on the first day is to bulk of the rest of the fleet, Leasure had try and get as far offshore as possible to

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majority of the boats in my class. But getting to the breeze turned out crazy! "By Thursday the wind still had not not to be the last of Leasure's worries, as "To add to the excitement, my engine picked up that much but I was able to his self-steering gear and engine decided overheated. I was planning to run my get as far out as the Farallon Islands so to throw some challenges his way. engine every day or so to help charge I got to drift around off the North Islands "Both the wind vane and the tiller au- the batteries but was not able to figure for the afternoon," he continued. "There topilot gave me issues," he said. "The wind out why it was overheating. In fact, I still was so little wind at one point in the vane lines would not stay locked in place haven't had a chance to figure out what afternoon, I took the sails down because so I finally used a couple of weights from the issue is there. It was a good thing they were slapping back and forth with a dive belt to keep them from popping out that I had just recently installed some the swell. At 3 p.m., we were in busi- of their cam cleats. Another, more serious solar panels to help with the charging. ness — the wind came up, and it came issue was that one of the lines connected With my refrigerator off, the solar panels up hard. Tortuga and I went from bobbing to the steering paddle chafed through could keep up with my power needs." around to charging along at six knots in and made it unusable. To run another The final corrected-time order followed a matter of 10 minutes. Within the hour I line, I had to clip myself to the swim lad- the finishing order, withRagtime! taking was reefed down and on my way offshore der with my safety harness to be able to Class 1 and Moonshadow pulling down in 25 knots of wind." run the new line off the back of the boat. the Class 2 honors. The trophy presen- Not something I recommend doing while tation has been rescheduled to coincide the boat is moving and it's blowing like with the Half Moon Bay Race Skippers'

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Meeting on August 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Oakland YC. If you go, don't be surprised if it's an unusual sight: Gordie Nash told she will be good to go. In the meantime, us there's a move- Creighton has flown across the world to ment afoot to get Hawaii where, by the time you read this, Johnston a cape to she will be delivering Alex Mehran Jr.'s wear in recognition Bay Area-based Open 50 Truth back from of his superhero-like the Islands following the TransPac. You effort! can follow her adventures at www.emma- creighton.net — click on the blog link. Emma Creighton On the other side Jr. Waterhouse of the pond, the The OYRA's Junior Waterhouse hosted LATITIUDE/ROB Bay's Emma Creigh- by Richmond YC went off on July 9. Al- ton qualified for the though the fleet was light — just 17 boats Emma Creighton Mini Transat after a in five divisions — the corrected-time del-

10-day test of mettle last month on the tas were pretty close for the OYRA's Fall HANS SPILLER 1,000-mile course that's a pre-require- Series Opener. PHRO 1A, PHRO 1 and ment for anyone planning to sail the PHRO 2 sailed a different course from 4,200-mile race from France to Brazil in the PHRO 3 and SHS (Shorthanded) divi-

Can O' Whoopass. The Shorthand- ed Fleet went to Sean Mulvihill's J/120 Jamani. September. Experiencing everything from sions. The first three fleets sailed a 42.7- big breeze and waves to sunshine and mile Course 3 to the Lightship, South Ap- OYRA JR WATERHOUSE (7/9) PHRO 1A — 1) Californa Condor, Buzz Black- proach Buoy, Center Channel Buoy and no breeze, Creighton toughed it out and, ett, Class 40; 2) Emily Carr, Ray Minehan, Santa pending ratification from Classe Mini, home. PHRO 3 and SHS sailed the 31.6- Cruz 50. (2 boats) It's often said that sailing is a lifelong sport. mile Course 2 to the Center Channel and PHRO 1 — 1) Always Friday, John Lieben- Here's a perfect example. At a Richmond YC Bonita Buoys before coming back in. berg, Antrim 27; 2) Ragtime, Trig Liljestrand, J/90. Beer Can last month, Len Delmas' 'Another OYRA President Andy Newell's Santana (2 boats) Girl' boasted a crew comprised almost entirely 35 Ahi claimed the overall and PHRO 3 PHRO 2 — 1) Can O' Whoopass, Richard of octogenarians. "I would've gotten closer but corrected-time honors, with elapsed-time vonEhrenkrook, Cal 20; 2) Whirlwind, Dan Ben- they're too damn fast," said the photographer. honors going to Buzz Blackett's PHRO jamin, Wyliecat 30; 3) Eclipse, Mark Dowdy, Ex- 1A-winnning press 37. (7 boats) PHRO 3 — 1) Ahi, Andy Newell, Santana 35; Antrim Class 2) Maggie, Dave Douglas, C&C 37; 3) Mimicat, 40 California Robert Long, Hinckley 38. (7 boats) Condor at 6h, SHS — 1) Jamani, Sean Mulvihill, J/120; 2) No 7m, 50s. John Ka Oi, Phil Mummah, Gibsea 42. (2 boats) Liebenberg's al- Complete results at: www.yra.org ways-successful Antrim 27 Silver Eagle Always Friday Island YC hosted its annual Silver Eagle took home the on July 9, drawing an unusually small PHRO 1 honors 14-boat fleet for the 49.5-mile in-the-Bay while PHRO 2 race. Brendan Busch and Ian Klitza sailed went to Rich- the former's D-Class catamaran Rocket 88 ard vonEhren- to a win in the six-boat multihull division, krook and Paul while Peter Cook's Ultimate 24 For Pete's Sutchek in the Sake was the top sportboat and Jon Rolen's former's giant- RYC PHOTO RYC slaying Cal 20 SHEET

28.5; 3) Crinan II, Bill West, Wyliecat 30. (8 boats) PHRF 6 (138-186) — 1) Gypsy Lady, Val Clay- ton, Cal 34; 2) Shut Up & Drive, Valentin Lulevich/ Zane Starke, J/24; 3) Sea Spirit, Larry Baskin, Catalina 34. (5 boats) PHRF 7 (≥189) — 1) Can O' Whoopass, Rich- ard vonEhrenkrook, Cal 20. (1 boat) SPORTBOAT 1 (≤69) — 1) Jet Stream, Dan Al- varez, JS 9000; 2) Ragtime, Trig Liljestrand, J/90; 3) Jazzy, Bob Turnbull, 1D35. (7 boats) SPORTBOAT 2 (≥72) — 1) For Pete's Sake, Peter Cook, Ultimate 24; 2) Salt Peanuts, Brooks Dees, GP 26; 3) Vitesse Too, Grant Hayes, Hobie 33. (4 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Kind of Blue, Michael Gregg, Hanse 370; 2) Wind Song, Sam LaVan- away, Cal 39; 3) Surprise, Frederick Kamp, Is- lander Bahama 28. (5 boats) SHORTHANDED — 1) Dazzler, Thomas Pat- terson, Wyliecat 30; 2) Bandicoot, Al Germain, Wyliecat 30; 3) Nancy, Pat Broderick, Wyliecat 30. (4 boats) ALERION EXPRESS 28 — 1) Ditzy, Ralf Mor- gan; 2) Dream, Kirk Smith. (2 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Peaches, John Rivlin; 2) El Raton, Ray Lotto; 3) Magic Bus, Marc Belloli. (10 boats) EXPRESS 37 — 1) Golden Moon, Bill Bridge/ Kame Richards; 2) Expeditious, Bartz Schneider; 3) Stewball, Bob Harford. (8 boats) ISLANDER 36 — 1) Luna Sea, Daniel Knox; 2) Califia, Tim Bussiek; 3) Orion, Ray Duran. (3 boats) SF 30 — 1) Shameless, George Ellison, Cus- tom Schumacher 30; 2) Heart of Gold, Joan Byrne, Above and left — Whidbey Island Race Week ner for Saturday. Michael Quinn's C&C 99 Olson 911S; 3) Ad Lib, Neil Dodds, Aphrodite 101. got a little bit of everything this year. Most im- Sheeba took the honors on Sunday. portantly, it showed a 10% increase in participa- Steve Carroll, left, beat the rest of the field in this tion! And for next year, it just might have a title YRA SECOND HALF OPENER (7/23-24) year's Boreas Race, which takes the racers from sponsor thanks to the efforts of Gary Stuntz. Saturday Half Moon Bay down to Moss Landing's Elkhorn MULTIHULLS — 1) Adrenaline, Bill Erkelens, YC. Carroll's Express 27 'Tule Fog' won by a little Catalina 320 Phoenix took PHRF >120 by Mod. D Class Cat. (1 boat) over five minutes on corrected time against Todd default, yet posted the fastest overall cor- PHRF 1 (≤54) — 1) Wildcard, Mark Thomas, Bredehoft's Hobie 33 'Stretch'. www.elkhornyc.com rected time. Santa Cruz 37; 2) Quiver, Jeffrey McCord, N/M 36; 3) SILVER EAGLE RACE (7/9) Twisted, Mike DeVries/Tony NON-SPORT BOAT (PHRF <120) — 1) Rocket Pohl, Farr 40. (7 boats) 88, Brendan Busch/Ian Klitza, Modified D-Cat; 2) PHRF 2 (57-78) — 1) Peregrine Falcon, Bill Gardner, F-27; 3) Papillon, Mirthmaker, Douglas Holm, Andrew Scott, F-27. (6 boats) Archambault 35; 2) Jean- SPORT BOAT — 1) For Pete's Sake, Peter nette, Henry King, Frers 40; Cook, Ultimate 24; 2) Outsider, Greg Nelsen, Az- 3) Jarlen, Robert Bloom, zura 310; 3) Savoir Faire, Paul Osborn, Beneteau J/35. (8 boats) 1st 42. (7 boats) PHRF 3 (81-96) — 1) PHRF >120 — 1) Phoenix, Jon Rolien, Cat- Red Cloud, Don Ahrens, alina 320. (1 boats) Farr 36; 2) Mintaka 4, Gerry Complete results at: www.sfyc.org Brown, Farr 38; 3) Mistral, Ed Durbin, Beneteau First YRA Second Half Opener 36.7. (4 boats) PHRF 4 (99-111) — 1) The YRA's 2nd Half Opener happened Hoot, Andrew Macfie, Ol- on July 23-24. Hosted by Encinal YC, the son 30; 2) Warpath, Andrew second stop for the Party Circuit featured Zimmerman, Olson 30; 3) a race around Pt. Bonita and back on Sheeba, Michael Quinn, Saturday, and a race around Alcatraz on C&C 99. (7 boats) Sunday. Ralf Morgan's Alerion Express 28 PHRF 5 (114-135) — Ditzy was the overall corrected time win- 1) Uno, Steve Wonner, Wyliecat 30; 2) Arcadia, LONNIE LEE Gordie Nash, Custom Nash THE RACING

(6 boats) SF 180 — 1) Adventure, Jack McDermott, Cat- alina 30; 2) Wuvulu, John New, Islander Bahama NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Kind of Blue, 30; 3) Huge, William Woodruff/Russell Houlston, Michael Gregg, Hanse 370; 2) Surprise, Catalina 30. (3 boats) Frederick Kamp, Islander Bahama 28; 3) SANTANA 22 — 1) Oreo, Bobby Renz. (1 Wind Song, Sam LaVanaway, Cal 39. (4 boat) boats) SANTANA 35 — 1) Ahi, Andy Newell; 2) Blue- SHORTHANDED — 1) Dazzler, Thom- fin, Aaron Jones; 3) Breakout, Lloyd Ritchey. (3 as Patterson, Wyliecat 30; 2) Bandicoot, boats) Al Germain, Wyliecat 30; 3) Nancy, Pat Broderick, Wyliecat 30. (3 boats) Sunday EXPRESS 27 — 1) Libra, Marcia MULTIHULLS — 1) Adrenaline, Bill Erkelens, Schnapp/Sergey Lubarsky. (1 boat) Mod. D Class Cat. (1 boat) ISLANDER 36 — 1) Windwalker, Rich- PHRF 1 (≤54) — 1) Encore, Wayne Koide, ard Shoenhair/Greg Gilliom; 2) Tenacious, Sydney 36; 2) Bodacious+, John Clauser/Bobbi Kris Youngberg; 3) Zingara, Steve & Joc- Tosse, ID48; 3) High 5, Joseph Andresen, Farr elyn Swanson. (4 boats) 40. (4 boats) SF 30 — 1) Shameless, George Elli- PHRF 2 (57-78) — 1) Jeannette, Henry King, son, Custom Schumacher 30; 2) Ione, Pe- Frers 40; 2) Jarlen, Robert Bloom, J/35; 3) Oha- ter Jermyn, J/30. (2 boats) na, Steve Hocking, Beneteau 45F5. (5 boats) SF 180 — 1) Adventure, Jack McDer- PHRF 3 (81-96) — 1) Mintaka 4, Gerry Brown, mott, Catalina 30; 2) Wuvulu, John New, Farr 38; 2) Red Cloud, Don Ahrens, Farr 36; Islander Bahama 30. (2 boats) 3) Mistral, Ed Durbin, Beneteau First 36.7. (4 SANTANA 35 — 1) Ahi, Andy Newell; 2) boats) Spirit of Elvis, Martin Cunningham/Lewis PHRF 4 (99-111) — 1) Sheeba, Michael ERIK SIMONSON/WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM Lanier. (2 boats) Quinn, C&C 99; 2) Hoot, Andrew Macfie, Olson Complete results at: www.yra.org 30. (2 boats) PHRF 5 (114-135) — 1) Chimera, C. Grant Brendan Busch, Ian Klitza and Pepe Parsons on Whidbey Island Race Week Miller, Little Harbor 47; 2) Arcadia, Gordie Nash, their way to non-sportboat honors in the Island Custom Nash 28.5; 3) Iolani, Barry Stompe, The 29th Annual Whidbey Island Race YC's Silver Eagle Race on July 9. Hughes 48. (6 boats) Week attracted 109 keelboats from the Gord and Michelle Galbraith's Lekker PHRF 6 (138-186) — 1) Gypsy Lady, Val West Coast over July 17-22 for what's was tops among the Melges 24s. Jerry Clayton, Cal 34; 2) Don Wan, Don Kunstler, San- the last week-long "race week" in the Diercks' Delirium took home the J/105 tana 28; 3) Siento El Viento, Ian Matthew, C&C U.S. Twelve races were conducted in 8- honors, and the J/80 honors went to 29. (4 boats) to 22-knot breezes over the course of the Crazy Ivan PHRF 7 (≥189) — 1) Can O' Whoopass, Chris White's . regatta, which is held off its namesake PHRF 0 went to John Hoag's 1D35 Richard vonEhrenkrook, Cal 20; 2) Crazy Horse, island north of Seattle. Six nights of par- Nicholas Ancel, Ranger 23. (2 boat) Shrek and PHRF 1 went to Kirk Leslie's SPORTBOAT 1 (≤69) — 1) Jet Stream, Dan- ties with different live bands playing and FT-10 Prowler. PHRF 2 was all about iel Alvarez, JS 9000; 2) Ragtime, Trig Liljestrand, Mount Gay Rum pouring made certain Charlie Macaulay's One Ton Absolutely. J/90; 3) B Line, Jim Hoey, 1D35. (4 boats) the evenings were as filled with excite- PHRF 7 went to Paul Faget's Sierra 26 SPORTBOAT 2 (≥72) — 1) For Pete's Sake, ment as the days. Dos, and PHRF 8 went to Pat Denny's Peter Cook, Ultimate 24; 2) Akyla, Zhenya Over 70% of the fleet was made up of J/29 Here & Now. 2008 Pacific Cup over- Kirueshkin-Stepanoff, Hobie 33. (2 boats) PHRF boats, with the Melges 24s, J/105s, all winner Joby Easton and his Cascade The Santa Cruz 27s used Whidbey Island Race Week J/80s, and SC 27s having one design 36 Raindrop took PHRF 9, while PHRF 10 as their National Championship. Drawing 12 boats, starts. The Santa Cruz 27 Nationals were went to Chad Holcomb's Olson 25 Yeah they were the largest of the four one design fleets. held concurrently with Alex Simanis on Dogg, and PHRF 11 to Mitch Rinella's Alex Simanis' 'Little Blue Dune Buggy' ran away with Little Blue Dune Buggy taking the title. San Juan 24 Skamokawa. the title after scoring five bullets over 11 races. Attendance was up roughly 10% over last year, and organizer Gary Stuntz has been working hard to bring the event back to its historical billing as one of the world's best-known regattas. To that end, he's working on getting a large-scale title sponsor that he hopes will give him the ability to promote the regatta even harder on the West Coast. Next year's event will be held July 15-20. Visit www.whidbey- islandraceweek.com for more details.

Results EASOM FOUNDERS/MELGES 24 REGATTA (7/23-24) ETCHELLS — 1) I Love My Wife, Craig Healy; 2) Viva, Don Jesberg; 3) Imp, Dale Hoffman. (9

HANS SPILLER boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Abordage, Erwan Le Gall; 2) Wilco, Doug Wilhelm; 3) American Lady, Kristian Notto. (5 boats)

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and we are lucky, under Doug Holm's Complete results at: www.sfyc.org leadership, to have an incredible group of sailors with us." Correction In last month's Rac- Where's the Beef? ing Sheet, we print- You may have no- ed the results from ticed that this month's the Sperry Top-Sid- Racing Sheet is a little er NOOD Regatta. It thinner than normal, turns out that they and that many of were still preliminary the events from the as we went to press. A weekend of July 23- protest in the IRC divi- 24 got less attention sion resulted in Doug than they normally would. Holm's Archambault The Richmond YC hosted 56 sailors in the U.S. A35 Mirthmaker winning the division. Junior Women's Singlehanded Championship Due to a combination of factors, giving all Crewmember Kirk Denebeim checked in the Leiter Cup June 26-July 1. Despite an "it's of them the attention they deserve was not with his thoughts on the boat: never like this here" day when the Bay received possible. This year's TransPac coincided "Our Archambault A35 is only begin- a rare late-June rain. Kelly McGlynn of Flour- with some of the events, and the others ran ning to get ramped up, only starting to town, Pennsylvania dominated the event, win- up against our editorial deadline. Throw feel its oats," Denebeim said. "You will be ning by a 15-point margin. The top local finisher in a nasty stomach bug that sidelined this was Saratoga's Kaitlyn Baab in third, just two hearing about, and seeing more of Mirth- editor for three of the last five days of the points out of second. maker in the future. Why? Because the editorial cycle, and well, it was just a perfect crew contends it is the coolest 35-footer haps. Of course, it's the people on board storm of sorts. Our sincerest apologies to on the Bay at the present time. Per- who define the quality of a race program, anyone who got the short shrift.

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We dedicate this month's charter section to The Western Caribbean's Charter Haven, plus Charter Notes.

So Much to Offer bar bench on the tiny islet called Ran- And So Close to Home guana Cay. After my third snorkel of the This month we shine the World of day I've worked up a mighty thirst for Chartering spotlight on an exotic charter an ice cold Belikin, the local beer. We've destination that's not only close to home, been sailing a 46-ft bareboat catama- but offers vacationers a wide range of ran from the Moorings, and knowing it attractions and activities, both ashore is near the end of our journey, I try to and on the water — as well as under the soak in the feel of soft tropical breezes water. and gently lapping waves. The resident We're talking about Belize, the former watchdogs, Golden and Black Eye, are British colony (then British Honduras) busy rousting away any pelicans who that boasts the second largest barrier dare to land within swimming distance reef in the world. As you'll learn in the of their territory. Barking and fretting, following report, Belize's underwater these frisky canines haven't been told realm is teeming with sealife and her that they don't actually own the island. anchorages are uncrowded, as only two They're much friendlier to people who are relatively small bareboat fleets are based lucky enough to find this outpost, which there and very few cruisers venture into sits inside the second longest barrier reef that corner of the Caribbean. in the world. If Belize is on your chartering wish The first time you sail these waters, it list — as it should be — we'd urge you feels as if you're navigating around an Spread: Lynn considers Ranguana Cay to to consider dedicating a few days to obstacle course. After the chart briefing be a "little slice of heaven." In addition to its classic beauty, it offers great snorkeling. inland exploration, in addition to time with a Moorings staffer named Michele, Inset: Capt. John and Dino scope out the on the water. While most visitors focus we walk out shaking our heads and feel- route to their next tranquil anchorage. their attention on scuba diving, fishing ing a little anxious. We've just learned or sailing, the interior offers fascinating that the only available charts are old Mayan pyramids and ceremonial sites, and not completely accurate, and that we a jaguar preserve, and a wide variety must rely on crew at the bow to point out of eco-resorts that give access to the coral heads and shoals in some areas. RINGSEIS ALL PHOTOS LYNN wonders of lush tropical rain forests. Not only that but Michele puts visions slight possibility of shallow water. Look- For example, more than 250 species of of crocodiles in our heads! She tells us ing at our chartplotter's track line after- orchids and 500 species of birds can a resident croc lives at Twin Cays: "Just ward, it looks as though it was made by be found beneath the forest canopies. be careful when you're swimming there." a drunken sailor on shore leave. Learn more about the interior at www. Yikes! We spot three empty mooring balls travelbelize.org. We sail to Wippari Cay and are only and tie up to one. It takes all of 30 sec- — latitude/andy slightly disappointed in the visibility for onds for the first crewman to don his snorkeling, but this doesn't diminish our snorkel gear and jump into the delight- Sunshine, Snorkeling & Solitude: enjoyment of the 86° water temperature, fully warm Belizean waters. We swim Navigating the Shallows of Belize which is about the same as the air. toward the enticingly crystal-blue shore Belize. Just saying the word, you can't The next morning we head to the on the south side of the island. We are in help but smile. I dangle my feet from the Victoria Channel, which gives us deep Belize heaven and finally have discovered Like generations before them, these Belizean water sailing on a lovely beam reach. what all the fuss is about. As we enjoy fishermen work hard to bring in a good catch We drop the sails upon approach to the our tropical fish friends and beautiful of lobster. Blue Ground Range, our first challenge. coral formations, all is serene and peace- We have seven sets ful until a shriek from Gail pierces the of eyes all keenly on silence above and below the water. I look the lookout, some up to see her scrambling to climb up on reading off the depth Kirk's head. No worries though, it's just sounder, some on the a little 4-foot snarly-toothed barracuda bow, and one on top that gave her the stink eye! The incident of the bimini. Capt. makes for a good laugh later during John motors through happy hour. all the chaos, calm as As we watch the sun dip low, we gaze a sea cucumber. out at this adorable sandy, mangrovey, Once we clear palmy cay with frigates circling, pelicans the Blue Ground set diving, and ospreys calling, without a of cays, we head to single thought about silly old crocodiles, South Water Cay. We even though the neighboring island is slowly poke along and Twin Cays, where at least one of them make several zigzags is known to hang out. whenever there is a In the morning we dinghy over to OF CHARTERING

Carrie Bow Cay, a tiny speck of sand feed him. Hmmm, let's hope they don't brisk at about 17-19 knots out of the with a few swaying palms that's home run out of food anytime soon. northeast. We set full main and jib, and to the Smithsonian Institution's marine A sailboat arrives and takes a moor- cruise with not a care in the world, un- research station. We meet a biologist ing. What?! Neighbors?! Even with one til we notice the depth gauge dropping who is based here to study reefs for six neighbor in the anchorage we're still and the light-blue water becoming more weeks, and clearly loves his assignment. surprised at the lack of sailboats. Thus prevalent right in front of us. The only buildings are a lab, a couple far we've really appreciated the tranquil- When the depth sounder shows less residential cabanas and a long dock on ity of being alone in the anchorages. than 2 feet under the keel, the "pucker the southeast side with two outhouses But hey, we're friendly, and always like factor" hits 100% for our entire crew. perched above the sea, where 'donations' hearing other sailors’ stories. The new- Yeow, that was close! Deep water returns drop about 4 feet into the sea and are comers have rented a 42-ft Lagoon cat and we calm down after being greeted by swept away with the currents. We decide from the competing bareboat operator, dolphins playing on our bow wave. to snorkel on the northwest side and TMM, whose base is on Ambergris Cay. "Are we having fun yet?" There's not much find it to be blissfully calm, clear and This will be the only time we see them, doubt that this is one happy crew. And why warm. as they have come as far south, and we shouldn't they be? We return to explore South Water Cay. as far north, as we will There we meet Stacey, the bartender at travel during the week. the Blue Marlin Beach Bar, as well as How do you top a Carlos, the dive boat captain, who happi- perfect day in the trop- ly takes two of our shipmates (who shall ics? Grilled lobster, of remain nameless) to try what he calls course. We wave down "conch Viagra." Afterwards, the couple one of the local lobster goes to the other side of the island for a boats and they happily looooong time, and comes back with too bring us a bucketful of much information about how ingesting their fresh catch. Sub- a certain part of a conch's meat makes lime! a couple very happy! We tear ourselves After several of Stacey's rum punches away and plot a course everyone is extremely happy. We ask her up past Tobacco Cay. if there really is a croc on Twin Keys and The charts show a she affirms it. We ask what keeps him clear shot with plenty there, and she mentions that the locals of depth. The wind is WORLD

We bypass Cocoa Plum Cay and decide to stay at Lagoon Cay for the night. I delight in watching us morph into This small island is completely made up sea creatures. We all look like bronzed, of mangroves and the water is inky black. chiseled, sea gods and goddesses — at On the plus side, there are lots of birds, least in my mind. The men decline shav- and getting to see ospreys so close is a ing and the women have no need for treat. makeup, as nothing is prettier than sun- We sail out early the next morning. kissed rosy cheeks, natural saltwater Our destination is Laughing Bird Cay, hair highlights and bright eyes reflecting a 2.5-acre little gem that's part of the the turquoise waters. Ranguana Cay is Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System's what we've all been imagining in our World Heritage Site. We dinghy in and minds and the reality is even better. are greeted by the ranger, who goes over A private cruising cat is tied up to the rules about where we are, and are one of the three mooring balls, but there not, allowed to walk on the island due to is plenty of room for us. We wave, but nesting birds, plus where we can snorkel. Playful dolphins are a common sight in these they don't seem too enthusiastic to wave We're happy to pay the $10 US/person uncrowded waters. The region's prolific reefs back. No worries, nothing could deter our park fee, as we appreciate that the Belize provide endless snorkeling possibilities. blissful day. government has preserved over 40% of season, but we actually had incredibly We snorkel on the eastern reef and its waters as national parks, wildlife good weather. see a giant spotted eagle ray, more sanctuaries and marine reserves. The next day's sail is the most delight- 'friendly' barracudas, several trunkfish The water is a bit murky, so we just ful so far. Once we clear the southern (my personal favorite), parrotfish, a enjoy relaxing on the picnic benches on shoal off Laughing Bird, we have deep spectacularly colorful queen angelfish this miniscule spit of sand. We are indeed water and 13 knots of breeze for a sweet (Kathy’s new favorite) and even a docile taking a gamble by sailing in Belize in beam reach to Ranguana. The depth nurse shark. mid-June, officially the beginning of hur- sounder actually shows over 100 feet Thirst beckons and we wander to the ricane season. The water clarity probably and we are finally able to have a carefree bar and meet Pat, who we feel we already wasn't as good as it gets in the prime sail! know. She welcomes us with cold drinks

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and stories, then eventually mentions and at peace with the that the folks from the private cat had world. given her grief about the $10 BZ ($5 US) Around 2 a.m. we per person day use fee that the island are awakened by bril- charges, unless you buy something to eat liant lightning flash- or drink. The stingy sailors had gotten es, horizontal rain so argumentative that Pat's husband, and booming thun- Ernet, had finally kicked them off the der that reverber- island. We're shocked that anyone could ate sthroughout the even think about being rude to these boat. I guess Mother two lovely people who obviously love the Nature wants to keep island so much. us on our toes. Shortly after we return to our boat, The morning pro- the Belizean Coast Guard pulls up to vides crystal-clear the private cat and boards her. A few skies for us, as we minutes later, we watch them leave the snap one last group mooring and sail away. We're not too sad photo before we have to sail back Kathy keeps a careful watch for coral heads to see them go, especially since we now to the base. "Okay, everyone say, during a shallow crossing. Eventually you get have the place to ourselves. Beleeeeeeze!" used to sailing in the 'skinny water' of Belize. Later we return to shore and treat — lynn ringseis Needless to say, the most in-demand ourselves to Pat’s wonderful cooking. weeks of the year coincide with Christ- She makes us a seafood feast of shrimp Charter Notes mas and New Year's. And although the fritters, fried conch, baked snapper and The Eastern Caribbean is by far the anchorages will be busy then, we can grilled lobster, accompanied by salad, most popular chartering region in the tell you from firsthand experience that's rice and beans, and her wicked concoc- world, and its prime sailing season is a wonderful time to vacation in those tion of rum punch. She has an openness right around the corner — during the islands, as there's a festive mood in the about her that makes you feel welcome Northern Hemisphere's winter months. air and everyone seems to be cheerful

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With reports this month from Don Pedro on an eight-month South Pacific loop; from X in tiny Palau; from San Souci II on an all-Mexican Puddle Jump and return; from Dragonfly on building and cruising a 64-ft cat as a first boat; from Lazy Daze on adventures in Maui, Oahu, Molokai and Lanai with a three- woman crew; from Carinthia on surfing in Fiji, from Azure II in Greece; and Cruise Notes.

Don Pedro — Cheoy Lee 42 ployees who run the marinas. Olivier and Corine LeDiouris "After our spending two nights an- Eight-Month Pacific Loop chored next to the entrance of Honolulu's (Oyster Point) Ala Wai Yacht Harbor, Keehi Lagoon As journalists, we have a fetish was re-opened after the tsunami threat for facts, so we lapped up the follow- had passed. We entered the harbor and ing major passage anchored to the west of the water-skiing facts Olivier and zone, which was very calm and sheltered. Corine provided How cool! And then we got the best night's sleep we'd had in a long time.

DON PEDRO about their loop through the Pacific, "The next day was U.S. Customs day, one that unusu- and the day after that it was Agriculture ally saw them sail inspection day. The Ag officer was so directly from San clean that he put on gloves to watch Francisco to the Corine clean the fridge. But by the time Marquesas: he left, we were 'domestic' again. San Francisco "We also checked with the harbor- Corine and Olivier, off to Nuku Hiva, master at Keehi, who found us a dock. the boat and on a mo- Marquesas. The What a mess that was, at least compared torbike in Polynesia. rhumbline is 2,966 to the wonderful way we were welcomed miles, but they actually sailed 3,170 in Tahiti. There, the guy from the Yacht miles in 25 days, averaging 4.94 knots Club of Tahiti came out to show us what on the rhumbline distance. mooring to take. When we visited him Tongareva, to Kiribati, to Honolulu. ashore later, he said, "Welcome to Tahiti. The combined rhumbline distance is Here is the key to the showers. It's 900 1,800 miles, which the couple completed Central Pacific Francs a day, and you in 16 days, 18 hours, meaning an aver- can stay as long as you want. Pay when age speed of 4.48 knots. you leave." And that was it. Honolulu to Drakes's Bay. It took "But after anchoring in Keehi Lagoon, Don Pedro 26 days and 3 hours to cover we came ashore to see the harbormas- 2,060 rhumbline miles at an average of ter to get a dinghy landing permit. He boats in Keehi were either wrecks or 3.29 knots. said we couldn't anchor where we were piles of junk. But they probably all have For the entire trip, it took 78 days and because it was 'against the rules' — al- the right size bell. Our charming harbor- 20 hours to cover 8,165 rhumbline miles though Coast Pilot, Vol 7, identified it as master later came by to tell us that we at an average of 4.32 knots. an anchorage. Then our boat had to be couldn't fold a torn sail on the lawn! We Unfortunately, Olivier and Corine inspected. The harbormaster came along didn't have a permit for it. were the latest in a long line of cruisers for the inspection, and reproached us "It only took us five days to clear in so to be underwhelmed by the infamous for having a bell with a 5-inch diameter we could come and go as we wanted, and 'aloha' spirit of the state of Hawaii em- instead of the legal 8-inch diameter. get to rediscover 'the land of the free'. For Although there were just two of them on long That makes perfect sense when you the first time in many months we were ocean passages, Olivier and Corine were all realize that the bell is a fog signal, and confronted with countless signs that said smiles when this mid-ocean shot was taken. the number of foggy days per year in the things such as: 'Keep Out,' 'Restricted Islands is zero. Access,' 'Violators will be prosecuted,' "Then, after being cer- 'Forbidden Access,' 'Government Prop- tified and promising that erty, Keep Out.' We'd forgotten about all we'd get a bigger bell, that, and it sure seemed weird." DON PEDRO the paperwork started. It — olivier 07/05/11 took about half an hour between all the copies, X — Santa Cruz 50 photocopies, signatures, David Addleman stamps, permits, autho- Hanging in Palau/Belau rizations and so forth. (Monterey) The funny thing about After eight months, X and her master the inspection is that are still in the tiny Republic of Palau, 500 we'd just successfully miles to the east of the Philippines. I still cruised many thousands have no plan. But I like it that way. of miles of the Pacific, while 95% of the other IN LATITUDES PETE/LA ROSA

Recently, the perfect weather has Above; Palau's main anchorage, across from hailing ports, just as Latitude likes, but given way to cooler, wetter, windy, the Royal Belau YC. Lower right, David paints that would require diligent office work, tropical depression stuff, and this will a red buoy green to match the local fauna. and I just don't do that anymore.) continue for a couple of more months. recommended now, so we make regular There seem to be several reasons for The typhoons that frequently bash the trips to the many islands and beaches the big increase in the number of cruis- Philippines and SE Asia are born here, inside Palau's fringing reef. and usually move away to the northwest When many good friends sailed to dis- before growing to destructive strength. tant ports a few months ago, and things Plus, there are some absolutely bomb- started to drag a bit, I began to remember GARY PIONE GARY proof anchorages here at Palau. all the great people and times in Mexico. The main cruiser anchorage at the So I considered sailing for North America, Royal Belau YC can be seen in the photo seeing friends, then doing the next Ha- above. That's X in the far back center. Ha. Then a very fun woman sailed in for But for bad weather, I have a mooring a few weeks, and thanks to all the antics, tucked in by the catamarans on the far hilarity, Corona, tequila and good times, left. Between this anchorage and the sea it was like being back in Mexico. The YC are several turns around more islands even had a Cinco de Mayo potluck party! and then the distant fringing reef. So But she sailed away a few weeks ago, so there are few worries about typhoons I may start thinking of sailing onward here. again. Perhaps to a regatta in the Philip- On the other hand, it's dangerous pines. to sail to any of the other Micronesian According to the Palau locals, five to islands during the summer. Few offer seven cruising boats usually visit each much protection, so even unnamed year. But my haphazard list shows tropical depressions can be dangerous. more than 30 boats since I arrived in Only routes south to the equator are November, and there are still about 10 of us here now. (I would have provided the names, boat names, boat types and CHANGES

ing boats. First, the Philippines have become a more popular cruising desti- helpful cruiser members. nation, and Palau is a great stop along [I hope Latitude readers don't mind, the way. Second, Palau itself is becom- but my name is Gary, and I'd like to ing popular as a cruising destination. A butt into David's Changes for a minute. few years ago the fees and regulations I singlehandedly cruise Anthea, which is discouraged some cruisers from visiting, an 8 Meter — like Hank Easom's Yucca but thanks to the dili- — that was built 82 years ago. New arriv- gent lobbying efforts als to Palau frequently run into the reefs of Dermott Keane of while entering the harbor, and complain Sam's Tours, the fees

DIVE PALAU that the buoys don't make any sense. and regulations are A few days ago I spotted David paint- now much less oner- ing them. After painting some red and ous. A third reason others green, he decided that the green may be that some "looked better" with the tropical flora. So cruisers prefer not to he painted some of the red ones green. visit parts of Indone- So if you hit a reef here, you know who sia on their way to the to blame.] Philippines and East Actually, I'm helping the yacht club Asia, and decide to refurbish a buoy. We had a red buoy David — we think hop along the islands and a green light. Rather than confuse it's David — plays of Micronesia. everyone by putting a green light on a with a big ray. Palau is a good red buoy, we decided to paint the red place to provision, as the markets — for buoy green, then put the green light on better or worse — are supplied directly it. Palau is IALA A, meaning "red right from the U.S. It's also home to skilled 'reaving,'" but newcomers seem to regu- craftsmen for metal work, canvas, elec- larly hit the reef no matter what color the trical, diesel and such. Unfortunately, buoys or reefs are. there are no cruiser-friendly haulout — david 07/14/11 facilities. Getting stuff shipped from the U.S. is simple, quick and cheap, because San Souci II — Jeanneau 54 the U.S. Postal Service operates the post Pedro Fernandez de Valle, Crew office in Palau. Shipments seem to be Mexican Puddle Jump duty free. (La Cruz) I received 800 pounds of dinghy, Pedro Fernandez de Valle, whose kayaks, paddles, scuba gear, new sails, dream it was to build the 400-berth parts, and such from San Francisco via Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz, says container ship for $400 in four weeks. he now has a much better understand- Triple B Forwarding of San Leandro are ing of his customers' wants and needs. the agents to use in California, and since This after doing the Puddle Jump from time to think about ourselves and what they are freight forwarders, I was able to Mexico to the Marquesas and Tahiti as we were doing with our lives. It also gave save considerable California sales taxes part of an all-Mexican crew aboard his us energy to come back and continue on the purchases. Port clearance and uncle Enrique Aldrete's Jeanneau 54. our paths in life, although each of us Customs required a sheaf of papers and "We left April 3 and arrived 20.5 days was coming back a little different than a few hours of visiting offices, but the later in the Marquesas," Pedro said dur- when we had left. As for myself, I didn't only cost was a $5 wharf fee. Everything ing an interview at the marina's yacht want to come back so soon. I wanted to is made easy by the local YC staff and club. One of our goals had been to continue south." It may not be as luxurious as the St. Francis plant a Mexican flag on Clipperton Atoll, "And as a marina owner, I also found YC, but the Royal Belau YC takes care of most which had been stolen from Mexico by it very helpful to experience things from cruiser needs in a friendly fashion. the French, but two days out we had to a boatowner's perspective. After being change our plans. We had nice away from land for a week or so, I now downwind sailing all the way appreciate how important it is to be to the Marquesas, although able to hit land and find the things you we did have a gust as high as need. For example, nice bathrooms and 35 knots and seas as big as showers, groceries, laundry service, a PALAU TOURISM PALAU 15 feet. Our biggest problem bank and the internet. You've been out was with our furling mainsail. of touch, and you want to get back in One of our crew had to go aloft touch. And," Pedro laughs again, "you halfway across to try to unjam want to do it the 'American way', which it. Thanks to the rolling sea, he means right away!" got beaten like a pinata! Since the Marina Riviera Nayarit "The crossing was a very opened a few years ago, tenants have special experience for all of us," been clamoring for a pool to jump into continued Pedro. "For in addition to adventure, it gave us all IN LATITUDES

mention the crew didn't have a function- ing autopilot for the last month of their delivery back to Puerto Vallarta? — latitude/rs 07/08/11

Dragonfly — Hughes 65 Cat Al and Jill Wigginton

ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/NICK Building and Cruising a Big Cat (Indianapolis, IA / Livermore, CA) [Editor's note: In '96, when we were interested in having a Hughes 60/63 catamaran built, we responded to an ad by a company building them in India- DRAGONFLY napolis, Indiana, 1,000 miles from the nearest ocean. So we flew to the Hoosier State, inspected the two-person operation in the barn- like facility and what had been completed — which was primar- Long and lean, ily two hulls and some 'Dragonfly' was bulkheads. Given that also homebuilt. the builder had never built a boat before, and had hardly even sailed before, we decided it was a riskier proposition than we were willing to get involved with. Fast forward 15 years. One morning we were on the hook off Fort Oscar, St. Barth, and something seemed awfully familiar about the big catamaran anchored in front of us. After a minute or so, it dawned on us. Although most of the cat couldn't have looked more different than our Profligate, the Hughes 60/63 that we eventually had built by DENCHO in Long "Si, si puede!" say the outbound and delivery crews of 'San Souci II'. Owner Aldrete is on the lower Beach, the distinctive shape of the hulls right; Fernandez de Valle is lower second from left. A mariachi band welcomes the returning crew. and her superb bridgedeck clearance Chinese stores sell cabbage and give change in CPFs. A new pool for the Nayarit Riviera Marina? strongly suggested that she had been after sailing or working on their boats in in change." As one might assume, the built from the same hull plans. So we the tropical conditions. Pedro totally gets exchange rate wasn't the best in the dinghied over and said 'hello.' it now. "By the time the winter season world. "It was a Chinese market," Pedro The captain gave us a long and quiz- starts in November, we'll have a pool at laughs. zical look before saying, "You're not our little beach club next to the water's The traditional path back to the West Al and Jill, two neophyte sailors and boat build- edge. We'll also have a very casual place Coast from the Tahiti is to the north and ers from Indiana, decided to start with a 60-ft for cruisers to eat, drink and watch the over the top of the Pacific High, which cat. And pulled it off in spectacular style. sunset next to the pool and the ocean." owner Aldrete figured his Of course, not all places — such as crew would take. But his the remote Marquesas — are able to skipper decided to try the provide all these amenities. "There was direct route, despite the no marina at Nuku Hiva," says Pedro, fact it would be 3,000 miles DRAGONFLY "and while the officials were very friendly, mostly on the wind. It took services were few and far between. For the crew of four eight days instance, we arrived with U.S. dollars, to get back to the Marque- figuring we'd be able to exchange them sas, then a combination of for Central Pacific Francs. It turned out six days of motoring and that the only place we could exchange 22 days of sailing to reach money was at the Chinese market, where Cabo San Lucas. While it we'd have to buy cheap items with big was a long and hard sail, bills to get some Central Pacific Francs they still figured it saved them a month over the more traditional route. Did we CHANGES

Richard, are you?" Sure enough, it was Al Wigginton, who had been building the vacuum bagged the first of the two hulls. cat we saw in Indianapolis. Indeed, he Fortunately, the epoxy resin we were us- was standing on the transom steps of ing had a long open time, and it was only the cat he'd built. Al 55 degrees. This allowed the crew — my brought us up to son-in-law, a friend, an employee, and speed on their cat myself — to get it finished and suck the project and what he bag down before the resin gelled or my DRAGONFLY and Jill had been heart stopped. Jill was the most impor- up to in the ensuing tant person that day, because she could decade-and-a-half.] hear the high pitched sound of any air We started build- leaks in the bag. ing Dragonfly in We completed most of the major July of '95. In fact, components in November of '96, just we decided that after we were visited by the publisher we'd build a mold of Latitude 38. We then transported the for the hulls, too, whole kit and kaboodle to Florida on because many peo- three A&B Transport boat trailers, a ple suggested that 28-ft moving van, and a 14-ft box van the mold would that was my workshop. We set up shop 'Dragonfly' doesn't have value in that at a do-it-yourself marina in Tarpon have 'Profligate's we could sell/rent it Springs, where the finally assembly 'back porch'. after we'd built our and finish too place. I hired one worker cat. What we didn't realize was that all of in Florida who stayed with us until the the 'hull kickers' seemed to want either boat was launched in July of '08. One of a 57-ft or 62-ft cat, not a 60-ft cat. So I the frustrations with assembling the big answered many phone calls, emails and cat outdoors was the time it took for the faxes, basically to entertain a bunch of dew to dry out in the morning, and the people who would probably never build times we got stopped by rain — hopefully a boat, but who enjoyed explaining why before I'd begun doing any epoxy work. a 57-ft or 62-ft cat, but not a 60-ft cat, My initial completion estimate of 2+ would be just the right size for them. years was definitely too optimistic. The Ultimately, we would rent the mold to elapsed construction time was three a boatbuilder in Florida, who used it to years, including building the mold, the build a couple of day-charter boats. latter being something that I wouldn't We started the hull and beam con- do again. The project also ran about struction in March of '96, with the 30% over my cost estimate, but who was weather, and that she could be sailed assistance of one helper. He had experi- counting? Fortunately, I found sources by just the two of us. We chose the Kurt ence in composite work, having been an for glass and resin from companies that Hughes 60 design, and found Kurt to airframe technician in the Air Force. It supplied the mobile home and vehicle be very helpful during the construction took us almost six months to complete manufacturers, where their volume is process. the plug and mold, by which time we had high and their prices reasonable. I also Just as we hoped, Dragonfly can take plenty of practice vacuum-bagging small got OEM prices on many components, rough weather, and she's easy for just parts, bulkheads, cabin sole panels, and such as hatches, winches, the windlass, Jill and me to handle — in part because so forth. and so forth. all the sail controls are at the helm sta- I was sure tense the day that we This was the first boat I ever built, tion in the cockpit. Although it might 'Dragonfly's sheer, house, and cockpit cover and believe it or not, I found the whole seem counterintuitive to some, we've couldn't be more different than that of 'Profli- experience to be a lot of fun. I really en- found that Dragonfly's immense size gate', but the hulls are almost identical. joyed watching it all come together. If I makes her easier, not harder, for the were younger, I'd definitely two of us to handle. Thanks to her size, be interested in building she's more stable than smaller boats, another cat. Of course, that and thus easier on the crew. In fact, if would necessitate my find- we were going to build another cat, she DRAGONFLY ing another wife. would be the same size or larger. What, Some readers may be some might wonder, about the high cost surprised to learn that prior of taking such a big boat into a marina? to committing to the huge Well, we rarely stay in marinas because boatbuilding project, Jill's we don't see the point. So having such a and my sailing experience large and stable boat is an advantage. consisted of a one-week After a couple of years of cruising the charter and a few hours on boat six months each year, there were a a Hobie Cat and on a Laser. few things we decided to change. One Our two primary consid- was to add 4½ feet to the transom to erations were that our cat be able to handle rough IN LATITUDES

always had two or three lists of stuff that DRAGONFLY needed to be done, so I started working on their boat. They eventually sailed to Oahu, but Ted made arrangements for me to meet them there in early May to help them get ready to sail back to Fiji. So I set sail for Oahu via Molokai's Kaunakakai Harbor on my Ericson 41. I didn't arrive of Wai- kiki until well after dark for a couple of reasons. First, the often nasty Molokai Channel was kind, maybe a little too Vérité, on the hook. kind, in that there was hardly any wind, waves or current. Second, my engine overheated while I was varnishing my main hatch while crossing the channel. So I had to shut the engine down and water it. The engine light came back on when I started it again, so I found myself having to sail in three to five knots of wind on the darkest night — except for the lights of Honolulu glaring out at me — you can imagine. I finally located the channel markers for the Ala Wai — and was dismayed to see that only two of them were lit. And these lights are for a channel that cuts through the middle of the reef. I made Al and Jill wanted their first boat to be a big one the hurricane season we leave Dragon- two passes under sail to check it out, but — and that's what they got! They've learned fly in either Guatemala's Rio Dulce or decided it would be smarter if I didn't try that big doesn't mean harder to handle. Tarpon Springs, Florida. We do some to enter. So I sailed a little offshore and make a convenient swim/landing plat- charters each winter, either heading to called my friend Dave, who was moored form. Another was to put a hardtop over or from the Caribbean, to help defray the off Maui, and asked him to check the the cockpit. The original soft-top had cost of operating the boat. charts for a nearby safe harbor. started to leak, and we needed to have a We have family in Indianapolis and "Too bad they don't have Boat/U.S. place to mount our 1,000 watts of solar Livermore, which is where we spend the tow service here in Hawaii," he said while panels. most time playing with grandchildren looking for his charts. Bingo! Not only do If we had to do it again, we'd replace and riding bikes. We love California's dry they have Boat/U.S. in Honolulu — al- the 47-hp Yanmar diesels with 100-hp heat. Ted and Veronique in the Caribbean shortly Yanmars, which only weigh about 100 — al 04/15/11 after they doublehanded across the Atlantic. pounds more. Their additional power They are now deep in the Pacific. would be great when the wind is blowing Lazy Daze — Ericson 41 hard and we're trying to maneuver in Rick Daniels and Crew close quarters or motor into a sea. We'd High Times In Hawaii also love to have a rotating mast. (San Diego) Dragonfly's original sails were Vec- The adventures don't seem to tran, which gave great performance, stop for me over here in Hawaii. LATITUDE/RICHARD but lasted less than four years before Last year I helped Ted and Ve- they started to delaminate. Since new ronique — whom the Wanderer Vectran or Spectra sails are out of our knows from the Caribbean — budget, we've had to go with less expen- put their huge Catana 52 Vérité sive Dacron, which doesn't give as good on a mooring off Lahaina after performance. they sailed up from the South We sail from November through May Pacific. They stayed around for or June, mostly in the Caribbean. During three or four months, during which time we were neighbors and then became friends. Ted CHANGES

though not Maui — I was a paid-up Gold Card-carrying member. So I called them, barge harbor, so we had that wild part of and just 30 minutes later they towed me the island to ourselves, complete with a into the Ala Wai and got me safely into a private beach for hiking. We slept under slip. Although sailing down the channel the stars, which were brilliant because didn't look so hazardous in the light of there was no ambient light. Sonkoy the next day, I'm still glad I hadn't tried to played the uke and my guitar, and sang sail in at night. so sweetly that I almost cried. Anyway, Ted The next day we tried to battle our way picked up the tab upwind against 15-20 knots of wind, and for me to berth at even worse, a wild 4-knot current. My DLAZY DAZE the Waikiki YC, boat worked hard for six hours toward and we worked Kaunakakai Harbor at the east end of 12 hours a day Molokai, but we just couldn't make it on his lists. And against the current, which looked like we finished ev- the flood tide roaring in under the Gate. ery project! He So we retreated back to Lono Harbor and was amazed. On had another pleasant evening. German the last day we girls sure can cook, and if you throw in moved his boat to a French Canadian, you won't believe an anchorage off what comes out of the galley. Waikiki to clean At dawn the next day we took off for the bottoms and Lanai. Two hours later we were in 35 'Lazy Daze' gals. scrub the props. knots of wind with seas to 10 feet. The He and Veronique sailed the next day. girls did great, helping me reef the main I've since received an email from Vero- and then making crepes for breakfast. nique saying they arrived in Fiji after a Unfortunately, I got whacked by the fast passage. Verite is a fast cat, and Ted boom while taking up the slack, and doesn't slow down. He doesn't even slow cracked a rib. It was a very uncom- down for fish; he just drags them in! fortable injury, but it could have been With the work done, I began looking worse. for crew for the return to Maui, because We made it to Manele Bay, my favorite I wanted to have a good time and make place here in the Islands. We met two lo- lots of stops. Fortunately, my engine cal guys, and they threw us a Hawaiian problem turned out to be electrical rather BBQ at the harbor. We got up early the than mechanical, so I was soon ready next day to look for the dolphins, but to go. I looked at the Hawaii online crew they were a no-show, so we hiked up to list, and talked to a young woman named Sweetheart Rock. The next morning we Lazy Daze flew on a beam reach, and we Kanani. She couldn't make the trip, but went to Hupalo Beach at 6 a.m., and sure reached the outer marker at Lahaina it turned out she had three gals — two enough, the dolphins showed up in force. Harbor in a little over three hours — my from Germany and one from Canada — There had to be 80 to 100 of them swim- fastest time ever. couch surfing at her place who wanted ming around us for hours. After awhile, The girls stayed on the boat for a few to go. They brought all the food and a it seemed as though we were just ac- more days, checking out Maui and learn- ukulele, so we got off to a good start. cepted as part of their group. These were ing to surf. Then it was time for them to We stopped at Halealono Harbor on the spinner dolphins, which spent about as fly home. So with big hugs all around, west end of Molokai, which is just an old much time in the air as they do in the I said goodbye to Sonkoy, Rebekka and The hanging out, living aboard, and working on water. It was a fantastic experience the Vanessa — my best crew ever! As you boats thing in Hawaii is working out for Rick girls and I will remember forever. can imagine, they are welcome on Lazy Daniels. Especially with great female crew. The girls couldn't believe the way their Daze anytime. As for me, I can't wait to trip was turning out, and that do another Maui to Oahu to Maui cruise. afternoon I treated them to But first, Kauai! lunch at the Four Seasons — rick 07/05/11 because it was Rebekka's LAZY DAZE birthday. As you might ex- Carinthia — Lagoon 440 pect, the Four Seasons was a Kurt Roll, Crew very nice place and the food Killer Surf In Fiji was delicious. And for a five- (San Diego / Las Vegas) star restaurant, lunch wasn't We had a great seven-day passage too expensive. from Opua, New Zealand. to Fiji aboard We set sail for Lahaina at Dietmar Petutschnig and Suzanne Du- 11 p.m., as I decided I wasn't bose's Lagoon 440. I met the couple dur- so keen on sailing the island ing the '09 Ha-Ha, and sailed across the channels during the after- Pacific with them last spring. Unusually, noon anymore. Usually it's a four to six-hour crossing, but IN LATITUDES

to be Astypalea. PHOTOS BY KURT ROLL PHOTOS BY KURT The island turned out to be a relaxing place to enjoy what the Lonely Planet recommended for the "alternative trav- eller". With only a smattering of tour- ists, and a number of other yachties, it felt like a step back in time. There were old Greek ladies in black sitting in door- ways, and men driv- ing scooters loaded down with their family and various appliances. We spent our Relaxing Astapalia last day lounging was like stepping in a taverna with back in time. the Knox-Whites, with the kids playing board games. Hanging out with friends from home felt like having part of home on our boats. We, of course, were happy to give them a crash course in real cruising situations. Like when John saved the day noticing that our cat was floating out of the bay. Sure enough, we'd dragged anchor. After frustratingly re-anchoring about 10 times in windy conditions, we finally had to move to a less weedy spot. This was the first time our fantastic Rochna anchor let us down, but only because the weeds were in charge. With all of their hard-earned knowledge, John and Jen had a new appreciation for the evening entertainment of watching other When perhaps the best swell to ever hit Cloud- that it was the biggest he's ever seen yachties anchor. break arrived in July 12 & 13, Kurt Roll was there it. The waves, by the way, break over a Somehow the Knox-Whites figured aboard Dietmar and Suzanne's 'Carinthia'. shallow coral reef. out how to get back to Athens from we had tradewinds all the way up to Fiji, I had the awesome experience of Astypalea by ferry. It required that they and therefore only used a quarter of a taking Carinthia out with a boatload get one of the town's three taxis to pick tank of fuel. of Musket Cove locals for both days to them up at 3:35 a.m. Naturally the taxi We explored all of the Mamanukas, film and watch the most amazing waves was 25 minutes late, so they only caught Yasawas and Kadavu Islands, with lots I've ever seen in person. To be motoring their 4:10 a.m. ferry by seconds. You've of stops back at the Musket Cove YC for around not far from where these huge got to love Greece because the 4:10 ferry partying, surfing and regrouping. Of all waves were breaking was a very moving was delayed three hours. the places I've sailed in the world, Fiji experience. The wind eased up the day the Knox- takes the cake. The climate is perfect, After four months down here, I've The Pimentel's Leopard 47 cat, a former charter the food is plentiful, delicious, and inex- developed a case of 'Bula Brain', and boat, has taken them safely from the Eastern pensive, there's world class surfing and am flying home tomorrow. Caribbean to the Eastern Med. diving, and the people are crazy nice. In — kurt 07/14/11 addition it's downright beautiful — as long as you leave the mainland and get Azure II — Leopard 47 to the outer islands. The Pimentel Family This past week, Musket Cove was Cruising Greece abuzz with the news that a huge swell (Alameda) was coming up from the Tasman Sea. Our friends the Knox- LATITUDE/RICHARD World class surfers flew in from around Whites, being intrepid trav- the world. The swell peaked at Cloud- elers, joined in the adven- break on July 12th and 13th, with faces ture of going where the estimated to be 20 to 30 feet. Kelly Slater, wind blows in Greece. This 10 times the world surfing champ, said meant it was uncertain where we would end up after a week. It turned out CHANGES

Whites left. With 40 knots predicated, we quickly made a 12-hour passage to the offerings. Entering the museum, you island of Simi, where we've been sitting see a roped-off area with about 50 model out quite a blow. sailboats that have been offered to the This is RJ, and I'm here to report on monastery. These ranged from old sloops the Simi Monastery. One of the most to modern sailboats. The next rooms held interesting rituals we have experienced an extreme variety of objects, such as on our trip is the act of making an of- four elephant tusks carved with scenes fering. Many people travel to various of the lives of African people, and ornate Greek Orthodox swords with golden thread inlaid in the monasteries to scabbards. There were also many more give these offer- modern offerings, such as trophies for ings, just as in everything from soccer to sailing races ancient times, — even a trophy for bodybuilding. It all in the hope their seemed a little strange to us. prayers will be Simi, the last Greek island that we answered. would visit, was a safe place to sit out When we fi- the big wind — although with 40 knots nally got to the whipping through the rigging, we didn't chapel part of sleep well for two days. One of the nearby the large mon- boats dragged anchor and washed up on astery on Simi, the beach, but was pulled off without too we saw a small much damage. room decorated When the wind eventually subsided, with extremely we cruised from the missionary bay to The ornate belfry at St. detailed wood- the town. The houses by the town of Michael's, Simi, Greece. work and about Simi looked like little Parthenons in ice six or seven paintings protected by glass. cream flavor colors. This was one of those People would come into this room and Med-moor-to-the-quay towns that I find cross themselves multiple times before to be fun, although they come with all kissing one of the paintings and some- the potential anchoring challenges, such times leaving a small offering. Most of as crossed and tangled anchor line. As it these people went to the seven-foot tall turned out, we were moored between two painting of Saint Michael, the patron other catamarans: Mojito from Belize and saint of the island and monastery. Solmaria from New Zealand — both with The most popular offerings were gold their own teenagers aboard. We all hung chains, crosses, or very thin plates of out for the night and had a grand time various metals with a boy, girl, or a body — kids on one boat, adults on another. part someone wanted healed stamped It seems all the kid boats we meet are on it. We even saw one lady set down a going in different directions, but it was model sailboat in front of the large paint- great to share experiences even if only ing, as St. Michael is also the patron for a few hours. saint of sailors. Before placing any of It wasn't far to an amazingly clear these offerings, however, they must be water anchorage, and adding to the checked and approved by one of the two international flavor of the island was ley with a Travel-Lift that can lift a boat men overseeing the room. the fact that we met the Romanian folks with a 30-ft beam — at the end of June Another part of the monastery was a aboard Rosa, a fabulous mega sailboat, and then be hauling butt up the coast museum, which held some of the best with two kids about the same age as our of Baja in early July before the Eastern If the Pimentel family was going to have to sit kids. Our boys got treated to jet-ski rides, Pacific hurricane season got into full out a blow in Greece, Simi was as good a place tubing, and fancy snacks — and now can swing. Well, it took a little longer than to do it as any other. find Romania on a map. anticipated to get the Micron 66 bottom Looking off in the dis- paint shipped down from the States. tance, I can see Turkey. So Then every time the yard got the boot guess where we're headed stripes taped off for repainting, there next. would be a bout of torrential rain — not — the pimentels unusual at this time of year — and they'd GREEK SHOTS 07/07/11 have to do the taping again and post- pone the painting. By the time Profligate Cruise Notes: was back in the water and the weather Hauling and hurricanes. looked good, we faced the unpleasant Our plan was to have Prof- possibility of having to complete this is- ligate hauled at La Cruz sue of Latitude with uncertain internet Shipyard in La Cruz — one access while holed up somewhere on the of the few yards between Panama and the Napa Val- IN LATITUDES

thunder, and torrential rain in the late afternoon that floods all the streets, with clearing a few hours later. The pattern is repeated over and over. And there have been periods of epic south swells, with so many Punta Mita spots firing that there was never a crowd at any of the many breaks. If you're

SPREAD, LATITUDE/RICHARD; INSET, DI'S DREAM INSET, SPREAD, LATITUDE/RICHARD; like us and do warm better than cold, you wouldn't be in a rush to head back to California either. All the Punta Mita "Glad you've discov- spots were firing ered the summer on in early July. Banderas Bay is not horrible as some people make it out to be," writes John Foy of the Alameda-based Catalina 42 Destiny, who a few weeks before had been wearing fleece at noon in San Di- ego. "Gilly and I stayed down there for the last three summers, and August and September are more or less the same as June and July. I'm emailing you from Harbor Reef, Catalina, where it's livable but cool — to say nothing of how cold the water is. On the other hand, it's our first time back in four years, and just our time here in Cherry Cove has been worth the Baja Bash it took to get here. But nothing is better than Mexico, even in the summer. I just bought a beer for $5. Ouch! I'm ready for warm weather, warm water, and 12 peso — $1.10 U.S. — Coronas on the beach." It's a bit of a late start in the season for inspirational circumnavigator-to-be Jack van Ommen of the Gig Harbor, WA- based Naja 29 Fleetwood. "I should be getting the mast back up and finishing the last 300 miles of the Danube under Big shot: 'Profligate', hauled with eight inches to spare on each side. Clockwise from above right; A sail. What awaits me — winding through machined spacer. Taping the boot stripes. A surfing break. A $4 haircut. Bucket of friend chicken? the Danube delta as it branches into How about a bucket of Flex-o-Fold props? Getting parts machined at bargain prices. the Black Sea — should be exciting. I coast of Baja. So we waited until we got mid, but usually not that warm or that In just six years of solo cruising, Jack has the issue done. And just when we were humid. We swim about five times a day, registered a very remarkable record of sailing ready to head north from Puerto Vallarta, and no matter if we're boogie-boarding achievements. And he started in his late 60s! Passage Weather forecast — six days out in the ocean 'til 9 p.m. or — a hurricane to sweep up the mainland swimming in the unheated coast, pass by Cabo, and continue darn pool at 1 am, there's never near all the way to Turtle Bay! Nothing a hint of chill. In that sense, it's dreamlike. was showing at the Unisys Hurricane LATITUDE/RICHARD site about such a storm, but we figured The fun thing about the our insurance company would appreci- summer weather here is ate our not trying to run before a named that it's constantly chang- storm. So as we write this, it's the third ing. Frequently there are week in July, and we're still in Mexico. blue skies in the morn- The good news is that nobody told ing, then a tremendous us how great Banderas Bay is in the build up of white, grey summer. Sure, it's been warm and hu- and black clouds in the afternoon, followed by spectacular lightning and CHANGES

expect to be in Istanbul in early August and will spend some time there. After more expensive than the bill from the that, I'll stop at some of the islands in emergency room — which says some- Eastern Greece and then head across LATITUDE/LADONNA thing about U.S. medical care." the Turkish archipelago. By the way, Unusually, Jim and Linda started Rousse, Bulgaria, has been one of the their Pacific Puddle Jump from Peru. most scenic stops of my long voyage." After a stop in the Galapagos, they had For those wondering what a circum- a "long but easy" 3,000-mile trip to the navigator from the Northwest might be Marquesas, which they completed in 20 doing with his boat in Bulgaria, van Om- days. They loved the anchorages of the men, who is in his mid-70s, has thrown Marquesas, and wished they hadn't had in an unusual Amsterdam-to-Black Sea to push on to the Tuamotus and Tahiti leg. Since setting sail from Alameda in so quickly. February of '05, he has sailed 34,000 It's tough times for Capt. Cactus, miles and visited 43 countries with his Betsy Bryan, and their beloved 97-ft tall little boat. According to his May and ship schooner Talofa, which has been June '10 interviews with Latitude, van based in a number of ports in California Ommen has been doing it all while still and Mexico over the last four years. "We setting aside $1,000 a month from his Jim, with Linda, as seen in Kauai after the finish were on our way to the Panama Canal meagre social security check! Could of the '08 Singlehanded TransPac. The couple and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgins when anyone be living a much richer life than are now in the South Pacific. Talofa suffered considerable damage off this former bankrupt millionaire? her toenail last night and almost ripped El Salvador. We were sailing in a light Jim Fair, a longtime Northern Cali- it off her foot. We had to make a trip to rain just after midnight when a sudden fornia sailor and vet of the '08 Single- the emergency room, where they reat- and violent storm hit us with winds to handed TransPac, and Linda Powers, tached it. Linda's stitches come out in 50 knots, blowing out the main, jib and of the Berkeley-based Outbound 46 two weeks. The taxi fare to hospital was forestay sail. For the next hour we lay Chesapeake, had a little medical emer- ahull, heeled over about 20 degrees. gency in Tahiti recently. "Linda snagged Roni, one of the crew, slipped while try-

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Page 148 • Latitude 38 • August, 2011 IN LATITUDES AUSPICE ing to help douse a sail and was hurt. Coggan of the Tiburon- When the wind abated, I was unable to based Schumacher 40 start the engine, so we spent 36 hours Auspice, which is cur- limping to the 20-mile-distant commer- rently in the South Pa- cial port of Acajutla. Two miles out we cific. "Well, allow me to deployed the dinghy to tow Talofa in. introduce the real king Roni was taken ashore on a pilot boat, and queen of stand- and was found to have a cracked hip. As up dinghying, Shelly if things couldn't get worse, I couldn't and Jane DeRidder, get the generator to start, the rest of the who have been stand- crew left this morning, and officials say ing up in the dinghy we have to leave our mooring as soon they designed and built as possible and move 50 miles down since the Wanderer the coast to Bahia del Sol. Over the last was toddling around four years, Talofa has played host to in diapers. Originally thousands of people and raised thou- from British Colum- sands of dollars for many charities. But bia, the couple have been sailing and Jane and Shelly DeRidder. Not only are they now Betsy and I need help with Talofa. living on Magic Dragon, the 40-ft flush longtime stand up dinghy riders, they built their If you can assist with mechanical skills, deck twin-keel, light wood cutter they boat around a Honda Trail 90 motorbike. money, or just as crew, please contact designed and built in the mid-'60s after a canard self-steering system, a lazarette us at www.VirginIslandsSailingCharters. doing some cruising in a 24-footer. Do designed to garage their Honda motor- com. Historic Talofa — she's nearly 100 the math and you'll see that they are cycle, and a gimbal-mounted fridge. years old — belongs to everyone, so we almost members of the 'Over 50 Club'. Shelly, who recently hit the big 8-0, and can't lose her now!" The Dragon is loaded with all kinds of Jane continue living and cruising on "I saw the Wanderer and Dona de Mal- innovative ideas and inventions, such as Magic Dragon, in New Zealand's Bay of lorca showing off stand-up dinghying on Islands. I don't know if Jane still wears page 139 of the May issue," writes Jim her thong, but she swims every day. The

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Page 154 • Latitude 38 • August, 2011 LIEN SALE, SAN MATEO, CA. Coyote 25-FT CATALINA, 1978. Vallejo. $5,000. Point Marina. Saturday, August 20. 12:00 EZ-Load trailer, swing keel, pop top, - 2:00 pm. (650) 573-2594. Honda 9.9 4-stroke, brand new main, 4 headsails, Ida balanced rudder, 2011 23-FT SANTANA 2023C, 1995. Hemet, bottom job, new depth meter, VHF, solar CA. $7,800. Roller reefi ng genoa, VHF, panel, dinette layout, Porta-Potti. Boat is CD, dual batteries, shorepower, water in great shape. Contact (707) 365-2291 or ballast, easy tow-launch, mast-raising [email protected]. system, open transom, bulkhead compass, oversized ground tackle, swim ladder, poptop, large V-berth, choice of 28-FT HUNTER 280, 1998. Tiburon. 28-FT ALERION EXPRESS, 2007. outboards, sleeps fi ve. (951) 315-5705 $29,000. Original owner, pristine, Power- Sausalito. $89,000. Lizbeth. Hull #359, or [email protected]. winch, 2 batteries and charger, autopilot, commissioned Jan. 2007. One of a kind, wind, speed, depth, Yanmar 18hp diesel active fl eet racer/winner. Factory teak and 18-FT CAPRI, 1987. Woodley Island, (150 hrs), roller furler 110, rear winches, Ultrasuede interior, Tacktick instrumenta- Eureka. $2,900. Very sound and good refurbished below, paint 2011, water tion including NEMA interface, handheld looking unsinkable, roomy day sailer heater, GPS, loaded. remote, running rigging upgrades too with all equipment. Ready to sail away. extensive to list. Pineapple sails, Kevlar With Johnson 4-stroke long-shaft, low jib, asymmetrical spinnaker, removable use, price negotiable. Contact Nick. (707) 25-FT ERICSON, 1976. Alameda. $6,000. Seldon carbon sprit, Lewmar 30 primary 442-2496 or [email protected]. Lightly sailed since ‘05. Great Bay boat. 3 and secondary winches. Custom match- headsails. New main late ‘05 crispy. Ball ing canvas including full boat cover, cock- valves 2/06. New rigging late ‘06. 15hp pit cushions, additional teak exterior trim, 4-stroke Merc. VHF, speedo. Clean and cockpit grate, more. A fully maintained dry. Contact Dirk at: (510) 316-3624 or and varnished yacht. Seeing is believing. [email protected]. www.lizbeth359.com. (415) 608-6919 or [email protected]. 26-FT CHRYSLER, 1978. Folsom Lake Marina. $4,750. Swing keel, EZ-loader. CAL 2-25 / CAL 25 MK II, 1979. Alameda, 25-FT WINTHROP WARNER, 1938. Ox- 9.9 Yamaha 4-stroke. Recent Sunbrella, CA. $11,950 w/trailer. Make us an offer. nard, CA. $27,500/obo. Wooden sailboat covers, cushions, bimini. 3 sails, CDI Fiberglass sloop w/Yanmar diesel. Ex- Hull #1. Typhoon is a beautiful example furler. Power water, with enclosed head ceptionally well maintained one-family of a Whitaker Marine built, compact, full 15-FT SNIPE, 1945. Pt. Richmond. $950. with pump out. Some spares, more. Clean boat in fresh water until 2003. New sails/ keel, bluewater yacht. Check out the Great sailing craft. Mahogany, bronze fas- boat. (916) 351-5921 or (916) 208-5921 or rigging 2004. Equipped with systems website for complete details and photos! tened. Nicely crafted. Renovated almost [email protected]. found on much larger boats. You’ll be http://signal1.com/typhoon. (818) 585- to completion by second owner. Ready hard pressed to fi nd better kept cleaner 8274 or [email protected]. for painting, canvas decking, some trim, boat. All systems work! Fixed lead fi n rigging. Down to the easy, fun work, great keel, raised cabin top. Beautiful varnished project for a wooden boat enthusiast. teak handrails, companionway rails, til- jillofi [email protected]. ler, hatch boards. Details available upon request. [email protected] or (408) 18-FT DRASCOMBE LUGGER MK5. 756-0370. 1972. Salinas, CA. $6,100/OBO. Fiber- glass hull, tanbark sails, British Seagull outboard and trailer. Very nice varnished spars, gunwales, etc. www.fl ickr.com/ photos/64734676@N07/. (831) 422-9013 25-FT CATALINA, 1986. Grass Valley. or [email protected]. $8,950. Swing keel, dinette interior, CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27, 1965. sails include main, jib genoa and spin- Alameda. $14,000. Boat cover, teak cabin naker, fresh bottom paint. Honda 7.5hp and deck, teak interior, brightwork in great 25 TO 28 FEET outboard. Lowering and standing mast shape. Head, stove, and sink w/pressure system. Very clean, fresh water boat and pump water. Yanmar diesel, bottom with trailer. Contact (916) 300-1262 or job June ‘11. In great shape. (408) 267- [email protected]. 27-FT CATALINA, 1976. Redwood City. 9262 or [email protected]. $9,000. Extensive upgrades. Wheel 28-FT NEWPORT, 1977. Delta. $9,500/ steering, GPS, depthfinder, autopilot. 28-FT PEARSON, 1977. Pt. Richmond. obo. Freshwater since 2004, Harken RF, New 135% roller furling jib, new sheets, $7,500/obo. A great Bay sailing boat. New full batten North main, oversize rig/re- excellent main. Lazyjacks and downhaul. roller furling jib, sails in excellent condi- wired 110/12v, Heart 2000w inverter/100 Custom spinnaker. Atomic 4 engine in tion, Atomic 4 gas engine. Interior clean amp three-stage battery charger, offshore A+ shape, lots of Moyer upgrades. Does and dry. Sleeps 4 comfortably. Contact dodger, Garhauer rigid vang, Hood Vek- 7.2 mph. Cockpit engine hatch. Solar (510) 215-9924 or (510) 685-0252 or tron 115 jib 2008, Lowrance chartplotter/ panel, DC inverter, CD-stereo, VHF radio, [email protected]. CATALINA C-250 , 2000. Reno, Nevada. fi sh fi nder. Contact (209) 712-3881 or holding tank, macerator pump. Hauled $22,500. Excellent fresh water Tahoe [email protected]. and bottom paint twice in 3 years. New boat. Wing keel, 9.9 Honda 4-stroke long stuffi ng box and Gortex stuffi ng. Rud- 29 TO 31 FEET shaft, Trail Rite trailer with mast raising 26-FT BALBOA, 1974. Sacramento. der upgrade. Set up for singlehanding. system, CDI furler, 2 jibs, spinnaker, 2 $8,775/obo. Extensive upgrades and Many extras, must see. (650) 320-9793 improvements within last three years. 30-FT PEARSON, $7,500. Recent anchors, canvas and cushion packages, or [email protected]. haulout, bottom paint, zincs, etc. Re- pop top w/canvas, Edson wheel steering Swing keel, tandem trailer. Great little boat for Bay or ocean but too small for me. For powered, Volvo diesel, valued at double w/open cable upgrade, Ida sailor kick this. Fresh water condition. Ready for up rudder, enclosed marine head with more info and photos, go to website and click on ‘Sailing Program’ on the home SoPac or Mexico! ALSO: Selling for friend, holding tank, shore power, ST60 Tri-Data, Catalina 25 convertible, 10hp 4-stroke. Tacktick wind system, galley sink and page. www.sacycu.com. (916) 835-1147 or [email protected]. Illness, B/O. Contact (916) 217-6908 or stove, VHF radio, life sling, custom boat [email protected]. cover. Motivated seller. (775) 329-8543 or [email protected].

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August, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 155 LIEN SALE, SAN MATEO, CA. Coyote ERICSON 35+, 1983. Emeryville, CA. Point Marina. Saturday, August 20. From $42,000 or reasonable offers. Excellent 12:00 - 2:00 pm. (650) 573-2594. performer, good shape. Fairly new sails and electronics, new hatches, traveler. 30-FT CATALINA, 1989. Moss Landing. Has furler, spinnaker, dodger, Autohelm $34,500. Excellent condition. Universal ST6000, diesel and more. Email for info, diesel, 980 hours radar, roller furling, photos link. (925) 754-4560 or (925) 642- Dutchman fl aking system, dodger, davits, 7600. [email protected]. chartplotter, autopilot 5000, propane stove/oven, refrigerator. Hot/cold pres- 33-FT MORGAN OUT ISLAND. Pilot- sure and shower, stereo, VHF, cockpit 30-FT TAHITI KETCH, 1949. Sausalito. house. 1980. Berkeley Marina. $33,400. 35-FT J/109, 2004. Coronado Cays. cushions. Pictures available. Contact $34,500/obo. Kauri planked copper Warm and dry Bay sailing! All lines led to $198,500. Winner, comfortable cruiser; (831) 753-2001 or (831) 320-8021 or riveted to apitong. Ocean ready. Garmin pilot station. Solid fi berglass hull. Ready best-equipped and maintained J/109 [email protected]. GPSmap and HD radar, EPIRB, liferaft. for cruising. Recent survey. See details available in the West with every available Recent rig replacement. Reefer, replaced and photos on web: http://goo.gl/huYQC. option. Royal blue Ultrasuede interior, keelbolts and thru hulls/re-caulked. (510) 470-4331 or [email protected]. hot shower, dual GPS systems, Tack- Rebuilt Yanmar 3GM. (415) 272-4203 Ticks, removable radar, fi ve sails, lazy or [email protected]. (300 Napa jacks, Yanmar diesel. (858) 232-7500 or St. #17). [email protected].

32-FT JEANNEAU ATTALIA, 1984. MDR. $18,500. Racer/cruiser, all lines led aft. Yanmar FWC, folding prop, hydraulic backstay, new batteries, new RWC pump, racing sails, new spinnaker, Tuff Luff. 29-FT LANCER, 1980. Alameda. $9,900. New anchor and rode. Tillerpilot. Original 15hp Yanmar diesel engine. Roller furl- Dacron sails. www.flickr.com/photos/ ing jib, main with lazy jack, Harken main 32-FT ERICSON, 1971. Bruno’s Island, windhorze/sets/72157626168401808. traveler, and winch, dodger, cushions, Isleton. $19,500. Great cruising and Bay Call (310) 592-5701. wheel steering with compass. Cockpit boat. Well maintained, restored deck and instuments, oil temp, charging, depth and 30-FT LANCER C&C DESIGN, 1980. interior. Three headsails, spinnaker, lines, speed. Garmin GPS. Updated charging Marina Bay. $25,000. Fractional sloop self-tailing winches, Yanmar 3GF diesel, system, batteries, fuel tank. VHF radio. w/reliable Yanmar QM15 diesel engine. LectraSan sanitation. Contact (510) Fully outfi tted galley with propane stove. Redecorated cabin w/padded 6’ head 207-0111 or (510) 655-7793 ext: 2006 or All teak interior, ship clock, barometer, room, new cushion covers, tile counters, [email protected]. stereo, carpet, custom bedding. A great bamboo sole, appliances. Recently re- starter boat with dinghy and much more. placed electronics: speed, depth, VHF, (925) 372-8679 or [email protected]. GPS, chart plotter, CD stereo, 3 batteries w/trickle charger, bilge pump and instru- 31-FT CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE KETCH. ment panel. Recently replaced on deck: 1974. Richmond. $9,500. Heavy fi berglass mainsail and jib, safety lines, shrouds, 32-FT RANGER, 1974. Alameda. $14,500/ hull and top, 11,000 lb displacement. traveler, dodger w/bimini, wheel pilot obo. May 2011 New topside/bottom paint/ Bottom maintained, mast and standing and roller furling. No blisters, recently batteries. Atomic Four. Many sails, hot rig renewed ‘05 (KKMI), running rig and hauled. Life jackets, tools, parts. She is water, internal halyards. Full race gear. blocks new ‘05, tiller, large cockpit, sails a wonderful sailer and ready to go. Con- Sleeps 5. Moving, must sell. Cash or well, classic lines, bowsprit. Volvo MD23 tact (916) 487-5351 or (916) 206-7556 or trade. Email [email protected] or needs rebuild. [email protected]. [email protected]. 34-FT HUNTER, 1983. Antioch City [email protected] or call (813) 966- Marina. $34,000. Great family cruising 1334. boat w/6’ headroom and spacious tri- 32 TO 35 FEET cabin layout that sleeps 7. Westerbeke 21hp diesel, AGM batteries, 2 mains, 80/100/150 jibs, spinnaker, 3-blade prop, GPS chartplotter, H/C pressurized water/ shower, 11 gal. water heater. New propane 2-burner stove/oven, Norcal 3.6cf AC/DC refrigerator/freezer, all new interior and much more. Very clean and well maintained boat! (925) 754-7599 or (925) 30-FT WILDERNESS, 1980. Moss Land- 787-4037 or [email protected]. ing. $18,500. Original owner, Ultralite, 5 COLUMBIA 34 MKII, 1973. SF Bay. hours on new Yanmar, new standing and $42,000/land trades viable. $10,000 off running rigging, new LPU deck and hull, for cash/gold coins. 2+ decades at sea, new bottom paint. Wild One is the one. 35-FT CHEOY LEE ALDEN 32, 1971. Pelican Harbor, Sausalito, CA. $30,000. meticulously outfi tted. Yanmar diesel runs Possible sports car trade. Call Jim. (831) great. Roomy, 7’ headroom. Great cruiser, 383-1650 or [email protected]. Pilothouse ketch. Long range coastal cruiser. Heated wheelhouse. Heavy great liveaboard. Pictures, details, contact Lloyds A-1 glass hull. Lovely husky at: http://thepinkpanty.net. (415) 692- 29-FT FARALLON, 1972. Friday Harbor, 1330 or boat4sale@sapphfi re.net. Washington. $15,000. Great cruising boat lines. Sound and cared for, but needs and liveaboard in sailing condition. Volvo some interior repair. Great boat for San Francisco Bay and anchorages. Pelican 32-FT BENETEAU 311, 2003. San Carlos, power, 3-reef main, reefable working jib, Sonora, Mexico. $90,000. 3-axle trailer, genoa and drifter. All gear, dinghy and Harbor slip 67, Sausalito. See details 33-FT RANGER, 1976. Alameda. $12,500. and video at website, click on sailboats, dinghy, davits, dodger, bimini, radar, chart cradle included. One owner, documented. Atomic Four. Roller furling jib. Hauled and plotter, GPS, autopilot, wind, depth, VHF, Strong construction, 45% ballast/dis- then ‘Euxine’. http://boatvideosales.com. painted 2010. Spinnaker and poles. (415) 465-1656. AIS. (303) 898-9373 or (720) 381-1685 or placement. Picture gallery available. Email Contact [email protected] or [email protected]. [email protected]. (925) 200-1950.

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Page 156 • Latitude 38 • August, 2011 33-FT YORKTOWN, 1968. Grand Marina, 35-FT GRAND BANKS. (Magellan) sailing 39-FT FOLKES CUTTER, 1986. South 37-FT TAYANA MKII, 1987. Alameda. Alameda. HELP! I have a bad owner who yacht, 1964. $8,900. Strip-planked ma- San Francisco. $38,000. Cutter-rigged $110,000. Excellent example of Bob has abandoned me! Buy me, I’m sure hogany with teak cabin sides, aft cabin, steel bluewater cruiser/liveaboard. S. Perry’s classic blue water double ender. he doesn’t want much, $6,000 will do. 80hp Ford Lehman diesel. New deck. panels, refrig/freezer, radar, depth sound- Great sails, recent rigging, upgraded I need some work, not much has been SRYH covered berth-good liveaboard. er, Yanmar 3-cyl., dinghy, SSB and VHF, electrics, modern instruments, compre- done recently. Contact (510) 501-4855 Bronze fastened, lead keel. 18,000 lbs. mahogany/teak factory interior. Rewired hensively equipped. Ready to go cruising or [email protected]. 6’4” headroom. (562) 899-0774 (eve). and plumbing redone 6 years ago. (510) now. Currently in Alameda, California. 290-8436 or [email protected]. www.andysignolyachting.com/drumad3. Contact [email protected] 36 TO 39 FEET or (408) 858-2639.

34-FT CORONADO, 1970. Antioch. $12,000. Ready to sail on the Bay or ISLANDER I-36, 1974. Berkeley, CA. Delta. First $12K takes her. New bot- $27,500. Survey Jan. 2011. Bottom tom paint, head, and dodger in 2010. 36-FT CATALINA, 1993. Berkeley. paint, zincs, cutlass bearing - May 2011. 37-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT. Crealock de- Rebuilt Atomic 4 installed in 2009. Easy $63,000. Excellently maintained, equipped New full cockpit enclosure. New bronze sign, 1980. Moss Landing, CA. $99,000. to singlehand. Sold as is, where is. Call cruiser. Radar, GPS, Autohelm. New tint windows, UV protection added to 2 World class blue water performance (510) 676-4444. roller furling, anchor, safety lines, stainless headsails, 2 Harken #46 2-speed winches cruiser. 6-foot plus headroom. This boat is steel bow pulpit and stern rails. Bottom set to rear position for easy, singlehanded cruise ready with GPS, radar, solar panel, paint 2011. Three racing headsails, two sailing. Farymann R30 engine. Radar wind generator, liferaft, cruising spinnaker, spinnakers. Low engine hours. Contact and GPS. Contact (503) 481-9769 or Raymarine wind instruments and more. [email protected] or (408) 476- [email protected]. Very well maintained. Recent haulout 8080 or (925) 417-7321. included LPU on spars, new standing rigging, bottom paint and thru-hulls. Also 37-FT ERICSON SLOOP, 1974. Alameda new external canvas and internal cush- Marina Village. Best offer subject to ac- ions throughout. Sailboat Hall of Fame ceptance. Many upgrades. Yanmar diesel. inductee for outstanding design, comfort, Less than 300 hours. Regularly serviced. performance and seaworthiness. (831) Restepped mast. Bottom plate replaced 588-8502 or [email protected]. 32-FT DREADNOUGHT, 1976. Port by Svendsen’s with space age materials. Townsend, WA. $32,000. Cruise ready, Standing and running rigging replaced. CATALINA 36 MK II, 1995. Alameda, CA. 2011 Baja Ha-Ha enrolled, South Pacifi c New roller furling. Life lines replaced. $81,000. Excellent condition, includes veteran (2006 - 2010), Raymarine elec- Wheel, wind knot meter and depth meter. windlass, hot/cold pressurized water, tronics 2005 (radar, depth, autopilot, wind) All records of purchase and service. Up- 37-FT RAFIKI, HULL #12, 1977. San inverter, VHF, electronics, low engine the BEST self-steering, Achilles w/3.5 wind berth. Boat has been sailed as a day Blas, Panama. $26,000/obo. Western hours, 15hp Johnson motor and Zodiac Merc, new main (2010) and furling genoa sailer. (408) 354-6960 or (408 ) 981-3779 Pacifi c Yacht Builders. New RF main and inflatable. Contact (510) 523-4081 or (2011) SC Sails, the most economical or [email protected]. genoa. New cushions, bimini. Located [email protected]. Saab diesel; 100 miles/day on 4 gallons, in paradise. Much cruising gear, panels, Waeco 50 chest reefer, KISS wind gen- Yanmar 30hp. Needs TLC, I’m your boat 39-FT CAL, 1980. Morro Bay. $60,000. erator, 85 watt Kyocera solar panel. I am slave for 1 free week. More at website Cruise equipped. Autopilot, Monitor, ra- hauling in Port Townsend about 7/20/11. http://freshaircharters.vpweb.com. Email dar, SSB, roller furling, extra sails, galley Contact [email protected] or (808) [email protected]. update, 3 anchors, etc. (805) 674-1944. 554-0705. HANS CHRISTIAN 38T, 1977. Morro Bay, 32-FT WESTSAIL, $40,000. Hull #417. CA. $75,000. Beautiful black-hulled Hans Teak/mahogany interior: center table/ Christian 38T, new engine/transmission, fwd locker layout. 3 headsails, 1 stay bottom paint 5/11, new dodger, solar sail, 1 drifter. Perkins 4-108. Needs new panels, structurally sound, very “stock”. mainsail and boom. As is, where is. (650) 36-FT CATALINA, 1983. Benicia. $39,900. (805) 595-7896 or (805) 544-5779 or 303-3901. This 1983 Catalina is special. She is an im- [email protected]. maculate, fully loaded, upgraded coastal cruiser. It is the perfect family cruiser and/ or liveaboard boat for a couple or single person wanting to experience the joys 38-FT COLIN ARCHER, 1950. San Di- and freedom that sailing can provide - at ego. $35,000. Marion D. Norwegian built, a reasonable price! Also a respectable pitch pine planking on pitch pine frames, competitor around the buoys. We have white oak backbone, trunnel fastened, had a ball on this boat. She is ready for Ford Lehman diesel. For history, speci- cruising TODAY! She also makes a great fi cations, more information and contact: home away from home even if you never http://mariond.squarespace.com. leave the harbor. Fully set up for single- 32-FT PEARSON VANGUARD, 1963. handing. Come see for yourself. Price is 36-FT HUNTER, 2004. South Beach, 36-FT CATALINA, 1984. Ventura. $29,300. Vava’u, Tonga, South Pacifi c. $15,000. reduced. She’s worth more, but we have San Francisco. $110,000. Dark blue hull Nice, clean boat with low engine hours. Yanmar 3GMF diesel engine, Aries wind to sell. Email us for complete description which I believe is the only one on the Bay. New batteries. Includes a kayak, paddle, vane, roller furling, Autohelm tiller au- and more pictures. (775) 450-6229 or Furling jib and main, dodger, nice interior, kayak holder, BBQ, and dock steps. topilot, dodger, all lines led to cockpit. [email protected]. well maintained. She is a real beauty. (408) Email for photos and full description. Sistership nearing circumnavigation. (925) 375-4120 or [email protected]. [email protected]. 829-5256 or [email protected].

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August, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 157 We are always 39-FT FREYA IN STEEL, 1974. Oxnard, 45-FT HUNTER LEGEND, 1987. CA. $29,000/obo. Freya Halvorsen 39 Monterey, California. $125,000. By Hunter looking out for you! steel sloop. Insulated, rebuilt 85hp Ford Marine. She is safe, strong, comfortable, diesel. Autopilot, radar, GPS, fridge, and very fast. Offshore cruise ready with American Yacht Insurance for boats over shower, hot water. Hood roller furling, new sails, electronics, refrigeration, and 26 feet. We provide cover for any ﬂ ag Germany • Great Britain • Monaco hydraulic windlass, sounder, dodger, computer controlled steering. All systems registration or Denmark • Austria • Spain • Croatia refurbished aluminum mast/boom. 8-ft are in perfect working order including navigation. Sweden • USA* dinghy. Contact (805) 200-6089 or the 55hp Yanmar diesel. Monterey slip [email protected]. available. Contact (305) 394-5174 or 500 Mamaroneck Avenue Suite 318 [email protected]. Harrison, NY 10528 Phone (914) 381-2066 40-FT BABA CUTTER, 1984. San Newport Shipyard Francisco. $155,000. Classic Robert One Washington Street Perry design “reincarnation of the Valiant Newport, RI 02840 40” with one of his best interiors. Two Phone (401) 619-1499 cabins, separate shower stall, Webasto central heating system w/thermostat, www.pantaenius.com centerline queen berth w/Tempurpedic *Pantaenius America Ltd. is a licensed insurance agent licensed mattress, new 3-burner Force 10 range in all 50 states. It is an independent corporation incorporated under the laws of New York and is a separate and distinct entity and cockpit cushions. Sails beautifully from any entity of the Pantaenius Group. USA09037 www.hqhh.de 36-FT MAGELLAN, 1978. Long Beach, in all wind conditions of SF Bay. Classic CA. $42,500. Beautiful ketch, full keel dinghy and ﬂ oating dock included. More cruiser. Fiberglass, Angelman Seawitch at http://bluewaterboats.org/baba-40. design. Reefer, autopilot, chartplotter, [email protected] or (415) speed, depth, 150-amp alternator with 533-3752. smart regulator. Roller furling, electric windlass with 300-ft chain and three anchors. Lots of canvas. Call Mark for more info at (562) 453-8801 or email [email protected].

Efﬁ cient. Powerful. 38-FT FARALLONE CLIPPER #14. Unsurpassed Customer Service. Tiburon. $45,000. Ouessant. Built 1957, Stephens Bros. in Stockton. Excellent www.spectrawatermakers.com condition, well maintained. One owner since 1974. Many good sails, Volvo die- Check out our website! sel engine. Full boat cover, loaded with 41-FT BARNETT CUSTOM SLOOP. equipment for Bay racing and cruising. $149,500. 1986-2011. Around world vet. Contact: [email protected] or (415) Singlehanded, glass composite, fast 435-0936. cruiser, 2 cabins, light and strong. Keel up Scan with your Smart Phone reﬁ t. New: rod rigging, sails, rudder, engine, vac panel refrig, pilot, electrical, etc. 40 TO 50 FEET For complete specs contact R. Humphrey or go to website http://yachtsoffered.com and search #1291703. (510) 834-3261 or [email protected].

42-FT CATALINA, 1990. South Beach M c Smr Svngs Harbor, San Francisco. $96,000. Great condition. Extensive upgrades. Full specs at: http://leluya.blogspot.com. (650) 241- ENJOY MARINA EL CID at just $.30/ft. day 1440 or [email protected]. Complete, modern amenities in the heart of Mexico's lush HOLLMAN 50 CUTTER, 1989. Rich- mond. $149,900. Fast, cruising cutter tropical coastline. rig, all sails furl from cockpit, all self-tail winches. Large galley, reefer/freezer, radar, nav station, autopilot, SSB, dinghy www.elcid.com w/OB, full width master, guest stateroom, 011-52 (669) 916-3468 2 heads, stern scoop, strong FRP cored hull and deck. 280gal water/100 diesel. [email protected] Major reﬁ t 2003, including new LPU and barrier coat. Possible liveaboard slip. BENETEAU OCEANIS 411, 2001. Medi- Arizona owner aboard for most of sum- terranean. $139,000. The perfect couple’s mer. Call for more info. (520) 906-4351 or cruising boat with offshore capabilities. Cr's Hm M c [email protected]. Two-cabin owner’s version. Designed by Groupe Finot and built by Beneteau in 41-FT MORGAN CLASSIC MODEL. France. Well-equipped and meticulously 1991. San Carlos, Mexico. $93,000. maintained. Never chartered. Stored on Cruiser, in primo condition, ready to the hard at least six months per year since new. Only 1,100 hours on Volvo 59hp Fully insured go. Spacious interior - must see to ap- Local & long distance preciate. Recent survey. Go to link for engine. No sales tax, personal property current photos, complete equipment list: tax, or value added tax for USA buyers. http://sailboatvagari.blogspot.com. (520) USCG Registered. Lying in the Med. (415) Riverside Marine 825-7551 or [email protected]. 269-4901 or [email protected].

Transport Inc. 40-FT DUTCH KETCH STEEL, 1985. ICCMC# 624516 Florida. $47,500/obo. Ocean cruiser, Westerbeke 1200 hours, new sails, fridge/freezer, solar wind, 24 Furuno, new Contact Wayne Harris for efﬁ cient, safe yacht transport: windlass, new dodger, stand-in shower, davits. Needs bottom paint. Too much to (941) 713-4134 list, must see. Contact (239) 898-9768 or www.largeboathaulers.com [email protected]. wayneharrisﬂ [email protected] 6150 State Road 70 E., Bradenton, FL 34203

Page 158 • Latitude 38 • August, 2011 41-FT CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE KETCH. 46-FT KELLY PETERSON, 1982. Morro 1978. Puerto Escondido, Baja Sur, Mex- Bay. $189,000. Cruise ready with long list ico. $60,000. Siddartha. Great, beautiful of equipment. 2 staterooms, 2 heads with yacht. Ray Richards design, bullet proof new electric toilets, reefer and freezer, fi berglass hull, fast, strong, reliable, all large center cockpit, etc. Comfortable and electronic upgrades, all gear, ready to go, great sailing boat that’s ready to go any- email specs. (775) 527-6111 or (775) 852- where! www.facebook.com/pages/Kelly- 2131 or [email protected]. Peterson-46-sailboat/172704439424234. Contact [email protected] or (805) 459-1909. 40-FT JEANNEAU SO, 2000. Great 36-FT DANISH DOUBLE ENDER. 1926. Lakes. $145,000. Two cabins, one head, Sausalito. $35,000. Custom built in Nak- roomy galley, huge lazarette. Located in skov, Denmark in 1926, Tehani is a classic one of the most beautiful sailing areas example of a Danish double ender. 36’ in the world (June to September) in the on deck, 9.5’ beam, 5.5 draft. Full iron center of a thousand-mile arc across the keel. Cutter rigged. 4-yr-old 29hp Yanmar northern Great Lakes. Countless intimate with low hours, new main, gennaker, and anchorages, islands, charming small staysail. Rebuilt bronze Baby Blake head towns harbors, clear drinkable water. Cur- and refi nished interior. 4-yr-old standing rently in the North Channel of Lake Huron. MORGAN 462, 1981. Vallejo Marina. rigging. Full boat cover and bronze life- A noncorrosive environment. Original $153,000/obo. Bulletproof center-cockpit lines. Garmin chartplotter with integrated zincs still look new. The boat has been in cruising ketch, keel-stepped masts, inte- 40-FT O’DAY, 1986. Redwood City, CA. AIS receiver. Boat is ready to go. http:// the water for only 20 months. Well cared gral ballast, skeg-hung rudder, external $60,000. Great condition/great price. picasaweb.google.com/pgaetani/Tehan for, lightly used, nicely equipped. We chainplates, two cabins/heads, many Very clean. New Yanmar and Wabasto i?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ3btuK3k7LhEg&fe believe the space allocation and overall new systems, immaculate. http://s766. heater. Live aboard possibility for qualifi ed at=directlink. Contact (415) 246-7712 or design of this boat to be better than any photobucket.com/albums/xx309/tmess- owner. (650) 743-3422 or (650) 363-1390 [email protected]. 40-footer and even the newer Jeanneau. er/Morgan%20462%20Cruising%20 or [email protected]. Email Lynn to request an information Sailboat/?albumview=slideshow&tr. (707) 43-FT JOHN ALDEN #309N, 1930. package. Contact (707) 823-3309 or 334-3670 or [email protected]. Marina. $85,000. Beautiful staysail schoo- [email protected]. ner. Must sell, not living in Cali anymore. Recent hull, deck, wood spars upgrades. New rigging. 43hp diesel. Hull is cold- molded with Awlgrip paint. Documenta- tion of all work, surveys available. Dry- dock. Email [email protected].

44-FT TARTAN 4400, 2003. Channel Island Harbor. $419,000, or trade?. Dark BENETEAU 473, 2004. Beautifully main- green hull, low hours, bow thruster, elec- 44-FT KELLY PETERSON. Cutter rigged tained, lavishly equipped, lightly used, tric winches, VacuFlush heads, spinnaker, sloop, 1977. South Coast/Turkey, Kemer three staterooms. Elite upgrades: electric new batteries, recent bottom paint, nu- Turkiz Marina. $110,000. New: rigging, winches, bow thruster, air conditioning, merous other options/upgrades. See test diesel tank, water tank, stove, water heating, generator, MaxProp, Yanmar sail at YouTube.com, search Tartan 4400, heater, thruhulls, dinghy engine, E120 engine, epoxy barrier, forward scanning our actual boat! www.youtube.com. (530) radar, SSB radio, VHF radio, 300 ft gal- sonar. Best 473 buy. Possible tax advan- 318-0730 or [email protected]. 45-FT SPARKMAN & STEPHENS, 1960. vanized chain. 1993 Perkins diesel rebuilt tages! For complete info and photos visit: Ballena Isle Marina. $40,000. Argentine 2009, Maxwell windlass/washdown, http://yachtamicus.com. built; copper riveted hardwood hull. 110/220 wiring, solar panels, KISS wind CLASSIC BOATS Aluminum spars. 35hp BMW diesel. generator, PUR watermaker 5 sails includ- 41-FT NEWPORT, 1984. Bruno’s Island Recent decks and rigging. Tiller steering. ing beautiful chute, 18tons, uncountable Marina. $55,000. Mexico vet, radar, GPS, Autohelm. Weatherly with an easily driven tools and spare parts. We have out-aged autopilot, 40hp Universal diesel, solid hull. Hauling at Svendsen’s soon; come her. (702) 767-8322 or (90) 535-088-0389 rod rigging, 38 gal. fuel, 60 gal. water, see. Contact [email protected] or or [email protected]. sleeps 6, 8-ft dinghy with 9.9hp Nissan. (510) 864-7925. Contact (707) 688-0814 or (707) 290-9535 or [email protected]. (1200 Brannan Island Road). MULTIHULLS

44-FT CATANA, 1993. West Coast. Mys- tic Rhythms is a proven circumnavigator 32-FT FAR EAST MOD H-28 KETCH. (just ﬁ nished a 7-year circumnavigation). 1965. Richmond. $12,000 Negotiable. She is a solid, fast, comfortable cruising Classic wood family sailboat, everything boat. See website for more details includ- works, sails comfortably and is beautiful. ing email address. Currently in Canada All equipment included. Was a great project heading for California by October. www. 43-FT TASWELL, 1995. Bainbridge for Dad and sons. (510) 708-9731 or (707) mysticrhythmsadventure.com. Island, WA. $299,000. Pristine, center 339-0855 or [email protected]. cockpit full enclosure, Leisure Furl main, electric winch, RF genoa, low hours on 45-FT GARDEN YAWL. One off, double 19-FT LYMAN, 1965. SoCal. $4,500. main and 5kw genset, watermaker, chart end, 3 years in restoration, 98% com- Classic woodie, good condition, beautiful plotter, radar, ESPAR heat, much more. pleted, cold-molded over original strip wood. No rot, trailer. Pictures available. http://nxtues.wordpress.com. (206) 295- planked, new electric motor. $60K as is, (818) 865-1720. 1024 or [email protected]. or $? to ﬁ nish. Contact (916) 847-9064 or [email protected].

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August, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 159 GEMINI 105MC, 2005. Redwood City, California. $149,500. Great family or race boat. Perfect for San Francisco Bay, coast, Mexico, and beyond. Fast; easy to sail without heeling. Spacious deck and interior. Elegant and comfortable. See website ENGINES • PARTS • SERVICE details. Go to http://loonasea.gibbons. web.stanford.edu. Contact (650) 380-3343 or [email protected]. We Ship 1-800-326-5135 Anywhere 41-FT LAGOON 410 S2, 2004. San (415) 453-1001 Diego. $319,000. Owner’s version (3 FAX: (415) 453-8460 cabins, 2 heads). Just completed third Call us for www.helmutsmarine.com Mexico season and ready to go again. 619 Canal Street Completely equipped with solar panels, your nearest San Rafael, CA 94901 watermaker, radar, chart plotter, Icom 802, Volvo Penta dealer Achilles RIB, and more. This is the best 1-800-326-5135 boat you could have for Mexico or the world. Always level with an abundance AUTHORIZED POWER CENTER of room for relaxing and entertaining. New custom cushions (cockpit and salon) 50-FT CATAMARAN, 2001. Whangarei, and new Corian counter top. Impeccably New Zealand. $510,000. An exceptional maintained. [email protected]. 15.3-meter offshore cruising catamaran. Configured during construction as a 24-FT SEAWIND CATAMARAN. Sleeps comfortable and safe liveaboard, capable 4, carries 15, 1983. Lake Almanor, CA. of singlehanded passagemaking. Ron The Complex $13,900. Huge beach cat, 16’ beam, Given-designed, NZ built, launched in sistership sailed SF to the South Pacifi c. December 2001. Well known in Vanuatu, Simplifi ed Best sailing cat ever built, tacks on a New Caledonia and New Zealand. Pro- dime, my 8-year old sailed to 15 knots. fessionally maintained, fully refi tted, in Trailer. Demo available. (775) 745-2184 or excellent condition. Lying Whangarei, NZ. [email protected]. More details at website, then search listing #134528. www.theyachtmarket.com. (504) 201-3888 or [email protected].

www.easomrigging.com (510) 232-SAIL (7245) 24-FT FARRIER 720. Folding trimaran, 1998. Almanor CA. $10,900. $16k in parts alone,Yamaha 9.9, sails excellent 27-FT STILETTO CATAMARAN, 1982. QUALITY CRUISING SAILS FOR LESS! condition, heavy duty trailer/mast, launch Seattle, WA. $19,000/obo. Fast, fun, in minutes, epoxy/marine grade wood racer, cruiser and great daysailer. High construction. Sail with the Corsairs for tech main, jibs, screechers and spinna- MAINSAILS a fraction of the price. (775) 745-2184 or kers; B&G instruments; includes galley and head. Nearly new 9.8hp Tohatsu has MIZZENS [email protected]. SUMMER both electric and manual start. (206) 937- STAYSAILS 7454 or [email protected]. SPECIAL HEADSAILS 10% POWER & HOUSEBOATS OFF SPINNAKERS SAILCOVERS STRONGTRACK [email protected] 2021 Alaska Packer Pl. • Grand Marina • Alameda, CA 94501 55-FT CUSTOM-BUILT CAT, 1997. $260,000. A world-class, U.S.-built and documented, charter/cruising cat built SAILMAKER TO THE WORLD of FRP, with twin 50hp Yanmars, GPS, autopilot, radar, VHF, SSB, and two steering stations. Sleeps 10, full galley, 41-FT ROUGHWATER, 1982. Los An- heads and showers, great ventilation, geles. $65,000. All fiberglass exterior, and extremely comfortable. Has ﬂ otation Perkins diesel, fast pilothouse trawler. equipment for up to 50 people. For more All wood interior, typical RW41 in good information, contact Dave. (808) 443-6282 condition. Anchor out for continuous or [email protected]. sunny weeks, solar panels, on demand propane water heater without generator. 35-FT CROSS TRIMARAN, 1978. Morro [email protected]. Bay, California. $22,500 or trade. Cutter PARTS rigged. Cold molded. Double diagonally 43.5-FT LABELLE TRAWLER, 1983. YANMAR • UNIVERSAL • WESTERBEKE planked. Resin coated. Newer Honda out- Sausalito. $125,000/obo. 360 view side PERKINS • ISUZU • PATHFINDER • ATOMIC 4 board. Full galley and head. Numerous tie adjacent to open space. Diesels w/500 sails. Extra ground tackle. Sleeps 6. Excel- hours, 7.5 Onan. Roomy glass-enclosed SERVICE lent liveaboard. (808) 255-7618 or (805) sundeck. Full canvas. X-large custom DIESEL ENGINES 801-1083 or [email protected]. galley. Master has walkaround queen, tub + private guest stateroom with large bed, head. Outstanding workmanship/ Barbara Campbell condition. May ﬁ nance or trade. (415) 999-5626 . 351 EMBARCADERO OAKLAND, CA 94606 (510) 465-1093

Page 160 • Latitude 38 • August, 2011 35-FT CHRIS CRAFT CATALINA. Sun- 45-FT BAYLINER & SLIP, 1987. Pier WANTED. Canadian or U.S. built center deck, 1981. Sausalito berth. $28,000/ 39. $259,950. Think outside the box. 2 cockpit fi berglass sailboat $55,000 or asking. Totally remodeled, clean, large bedroom, 2 bath boat and slip at Pier 39 less. Must be a clean and well-equipped salon and master w/large closet, separate G Dock. Panoramic views of the Bay and boat for cruising. No projects. We have all shower in head. Great for home, fl oating City, front row seat for America’s Cup from cash for the right boat in any location. Let offi ce, cruiser. Good Chevy V-8’s. Secure Sky Lounge. Contact (925) 628-9700 or us know what you have. (310) 272-9278 Sausalito berth, close to parking and tiled [email protected]. or [email protected]. showers. May fi nance, lease option, or trade. (415) 999-5626. GEAR FOR BAHAMA 25. 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Flawless throughout! www.puntamitabeachfrontcondos.com. battery and box); $1,400. 45lb Manson 300 gal fuel, 200 gal water. Great vessel, 6 days access/month. (415) 425-4362 or anchor; $300. Will deliver to your boat always under cover. (503) 260-6872 or To reserve, call: Dona de Mallorca (415) [email protected]. 599-5012. in So Cal. Contact (626) 353-3858 or [email protected]. [email protected]. SAGA 409 PARTNERSHIP. SFYC. Equity 36-FT UNIFLITE. Double cabin diesel, ownership in new Saga 409. Semi-custom WANTED ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS. 1983. Sausalito, CA. $68,000/obo. Large Tony Castro design built by Westerly $25,000. Two new, complete OSSA salon, 2 staterooms, elec. heads and Marine. VacuFlush, fl at screen TV, mi- Powerlite systems. Each system includes showers, galley w/lg fridge, stove and crowave, wine cellar. Electric halyard/ CONSCIOUS, MINDFUL. fl oating house 25kw generator, 27hp motor, touch- micro. Wonderful liveaboard, weekend mainsheet winch. Fast, easy to sail. 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August, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 161 MAINSAIL EAST BAY. $1,200. Hood main. Very little use. Approx. dimensions CLUBS & MEMBERSHIPS 57’ x 19’. Full batten, Harken battslide set up on luff. (510) 599-1216. SINGLE SKIPPERS AND CREW. of all abilities are invited to join the Single 74-FT MAST. Designed for catamaran. Sailors Association. Membership includes Best offer. (415) 269-5165. daysailing, raft-ups, invaluable onboard training, social events. Meetings held TWO WINCHES FOR SALE. Sau- 2nd Thursday, Ballena Bay Yacht Club, NEW & USED BOAT GEAR salito. $1,500 each. Harken Quattro 45 www.bbyc.org. Social; 6:30 pm. Meeting; Open Tues.-Sat. 10 to 5 p.m. A45STRQ. Excellent condition. (415) 7:30 pm. Guests welcome. More info at 332-1234. www.singlesailors.org. (312) 402-3663.

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX

AB Marine...... 46 Blue Pelican ...... 162 Dept. of Boating & Grand Marina...... 2 Lee Sails...... 160 Afterguard Sailing Academy Blue Water Yacht Waterways...... 35 Hansen Rigging...... 92 Leukemia Cup...... 23 ...... 163 Insurance...... 54 DeWitt Studio...... 165 Helms Yacht & Ship Lewmar Marine...... 24 Almar Marinas...... 45 Boat U.S...... 61 Diesel Fuel Filtering...... 150 Brokers ...... 166 Lifeline Batteries...... 60 Alpenglow Marine Lights... 134 Boat Yard at Grand Marina, Downwind Marine...... 51 Helmut’s Marine Service..... 160 List Marine Enterprises...... 64 The...... 9 American Battery...... 148 Doyle Sails...... 21 Heritage Marine Insurance... 72 Loch Lomond Marina...... 71 Bottom Siders...... 162 Antares Yachts...... 51 Easom Rigging...... 160 Heritage Yacht Sales...... 167 Lowrie Yacht Harbor...... 61 Brisbane Marina...... 53 Bacon Sails & Marine Embarcadero Cove...... 53 Hogin Sails...... 22 Makela Boatworks...... 152 Supplies...... 60 BVI Yacht Charters...... 132 Emery Cove Yacht Hood Sails...... 31 Marchal Sailmakers...... 62 Bainbridge...... 37 California Yacht Sales...... 166 Harbor...... 55 Hotwire Enterprises...... 163 Marin Convention & Baja Ha-Ha Beach Party/ CDI/Cruising Design...... 65 Emeryville Marina...... 153 Hydrovane...... 75 Visitors Bureau...... 61 La Paz Hotel...... 109 City Yachts...... 11 Equipment Parts Sales...... 153 Interlux Yacht Finishes...... 33 Marina Bay Yacht Harbor.... 39 Baja Ha-Ha Sponsors Clipper Yacht Harbor...... 105 Essex Credit Corp...... 50 ...... 135,136,137 Interphase Technologies...... 73 Marina de la Paz...... 163 Club Nautique...... 36 Farallone Yacht Sales...... 13 Ballenger Spars...... 63 JK3 Nautical Enterprises...... 27 Marina El Cid...... 158 Conch Charters...... 133 Flex-O-Fold Propellers...... 52 Bay Island Yachts...... 6 Key West Race Week...... 19 Marina Puesta Del Sol...... 70 Cover Craft...... 58 Flying Cloud Yachts...... 166 Bay Marine Boatworks...... 29 Kissinger Canvas...... 64 Marina Riviera Nayarit...... 28 Coyote Point Marina...... 120 Fortman Marina...... 73 Bay Marine Diesel...... 162 KKMI - Brokerage...... 167 Marina Village...... 32 Cruise RO Water...... 148 Gentry’s Kona Marina...... 150 Berkeley Marina...... 25 KKMI - Boatyard...... 172 Marine Outboard Co...... 26 Cruising Yachts...... 7 Gianola Canvas Berkeley Marine Center...... 65 Landing School, The ...... 57 Mariner’s General CYOA Yacht Charters...... 133 Products...... 71 Insurance...... 114 Beta Marine Engines...... 18 Larry R. Mayne Yacht & Ship Defender Industries...... 65 Golden State Diesel Broker...... 20 Maritime Institute...... 58 Blue Eagle Products...... 55 Marine...... 160

Page 164 • Latitude 38 • August, 2011 Jim DeWitt has been painting his entire life. And since he turned 81 this year, he has had plenty of practice! Contact Pam in Point Richmond for details on commissioning Jim to paint anything you treasure!

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX – cont'd

Marotta Yachts...... 170 Opequimar Marine Raiatea Carenage South Beach Harbor...... 44 Vessel Electric...... 153 Martyr Anodes...... 53 Center...... 74 Services...... 115 South Beach Riggers...... 49 Weatherguy.com...... 163 Mathiesen Marine...... 150 Outboard Motor Shop...... 70 Ramp Restaurant, The...... 153 South Beach Yacht Club..... 129 Wedlock, Ramsay & Whiting Mazatlan Marine Center/ Outbound Yacht Services... 108 Richardson Bay Marina...... 67 Southwest Windpower...... 69 Marine Surveyors...... 152 La Paz Yachts...... 8 Owl Harbor Marina...... 63 Richmond Yacht Club...... 93 Spectra Watermakers...... 158 West Marine...... 16, 47 McDermott Costa Oyster Cove Marina...... 57 Riverside Marine Transport, Start Line Strategies...... 152 West Marine - Rigging...... 56 Insurance...... 108 Inc...... 158 Pacific Crest Canvas...... 51 Stem to Stern...... 66 Westwind Precision McGinnis Insurance...... 55 Sail California...... 14, 15 Details...... 49 Pacific Cup Yacht Club...... 101 Svendsen’s Boat Works...... 10 Michael Wiest Yacht Sales..168 Pacific Rigging...... 68 Sail Warehouse, The...... 153 Whale Point Marine Svendsen’s Marine...... 48 Supply...... 40 Milltech Marine Inc...... 30 Pacific Yacht Imports...... 12 Sailrite Kits...... 38 Swedish Marine...... 59 White, Chris Designs...... 150 Minney’s Yacht Surplus...... 152 Pantaenius America, Inc.... 158 Sal’s Inflatable Services...... 59 TMM Yacht Charters...... 132 Yacht: 'Orient Star'...... 169 Modern Sailing School & Park Presidio Marine...... 69 San Francisco Boat Club...... 67 Works...... 75 Tohatsu Outboard...... 121 Yachtfinders/Windseakers..... 8 Passage Yachts...... 5 Multihull Company, The..... 168 San Juan Sailing...... 134 Tradewinds Sailing Pier 32 Marina...... 149 School...... 66 Napa Valley Marina...... 62 Scanmar International...... 71 Pineapple Sails...... 3 Trident Funding...... 4 Don't forget New Era Yachts...... 168 Schaefer Marine...... 63 to tell 'em… Latitude Pittsburg Marina...... 151 Twin Rivers Marine sent you! Norpac Yachts...... 171 Schoonmaker Point Insurance...... 57 Port of San Diego...... 41 Marina...... 34 North Beach Marine Ullman Sails...... 59 Canvas...... 49 Punta Mita Beachfront Seacoast Marine Finance..... 72 Condos...... 164 US Sailing...... 69 North Direct Sails...... 68 Seashine...... 92 Quantum Pacific...... 17 Vallejo Marina...... 75 North Sails...... 42, 43 Seatech...... 162 Quickline...... 67 Ventura Harbor Boatyard..... 73 Ocean Breeze Tours...... 134 Shadetree Fabric Shelter...... 74

August, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 165 Sail · BROKERS · Power 6400 Marina Drive www.yachtworld.com/fcyachts Phone (562) 594-9716 Long Beach, CA 90803 [email protected] Fax (562) 594-0710

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Page 166 • Latitude 38 • August, 2011 (510) 236-6633 www.kkmi.com fax: (510) 231-2355 [email protected] Nelson Marek Custom A 92-ft aluminum world cruiser. Recently repowered. Immaculate throughout 530 West Cutting Blvd. Pt. Richmond, CA 94804 and in perfect condition. $1,500,000

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Page 168 • Latitude 38 • August, 2011 FOR SALE ~ ORIENT STAR Alden-designed Cheoy Lee Offshore 50

$299,000 obo

Interior and exterior cabin and cockpit woodwork replaced in New Zealand. Teak deck and varnish in excellent condition. Bowsprit added for double headsails. Harken roller furling on all four sails. Two pallets of spares, sails, covers, and equipment. Everything possible for extended shorthanded cruising has been installed. Partial list of equipment includes: Benmar gear and chain autopilot, Robertson hydraulic AP, if one fails, flip a switch and use the other one. Classic Aries windvane, dual refrigeration, 110v hermetic, vee belt driven compressor from main engine, 1,000 hours on main Perkins motor, 200 hours on Kubota 4kw generator. Spectra watermaker, five anchors, 330 feet of 3/8th chain, 'Orient Star' scuds along easily under just 600 feet plus of anchor line, Achilles dinghy and 8 hp motor, less a little bit of sail. Few her size can do so. than 20 hours of use. West Marine life raft, Raritan LectraSan waste treatment, single sideband + ham radio, radar, dual depth finders with separate transponders, paper charts for Mexico, South Pacific and Chile. Rigid, but easily removable cockpit canopy, etc.

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The pleasure of owning and enjoying 'Orient Star' for 39 years is not enough – but that is all I am going to get. For more info or pictures contact Ernie Copp • [email protected]

August, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 169 Marotta Yachts of Sausalito Brokers of Fine Sail and Motor Yachts 415-331-6200 • [email protected] • www.marottayachts.com