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VOLUME 445 July 2014 WE GO WHERE THE WIND BLOWS MASTER MARINERS REGATTA

It was a day when high-tech racing gave way to the olden days, as gaff-rigged and marconi schooners, brigantines and sloops of all sizes plied San Francisco Bay waters. The annual Master Mariners Regatta, held May 24, reacquainted hundreds of regular crew and educated many newcomers as to the sheer delight that can be had sailing such vintage vessels, whose owners often shun almost anything modern or high-tech. Self- tailing winches, titanium fi ttings, Spectra line, carbon fi ber sails and lightweight plastic blocks were the exception rather than the rule. But none of this seems to be missed aboard these vessels which seem to be built strongly enough to sail in any conditions. On many MMR vessels, the wooden structural elements seem have more in common with a stoutly-framed home than with a modern fi berglass ultralight. The Master Mariners Regatta has a long and storied history on San Francisco Bay. Initially a competition between local working scows and large, fast coastal schooners, it has been an on-and-off again regatta on the Bay since 1867 — yes that's 1867. But for the past 50 years it has been an annual staple of summer racing on the Bay. If the racers of yore could have seen this year's race they'd have had big grins on their faces. The 49 boats in the 11 divisional starts made for a spectacular parade of beautiful wooden boats zig-zagging across the Bay. CLASSICS SET SAIL

'Elizabeth Muir' and 'Brigadoon' in close quarters on their way to Harding Rock. The strong westerly breeze and the building ebb were the day's hall- marks leaving most to say that this was the best Master Mariners Regattaw in recent memory. — photo Leslie Richter / www.rockskipper.com MASTER MARINERS REGATTA — ROXANNE FAIRBAIRN LATITUDE / ANDY LATITUDE

Clockwise from top left — William Stucky's 'Polly;' the 108-year-old 'Yankee;' 'Elizabeth Muir's' skipper certainly isn't looking for breeze; Tim Mullins' 'Leg- end' steaming along; 'Freda B' in the starting area; the Sea Scouts on board 'Viking Red;' Bill Belmont's 'Credit' mixes it up with Alan Olson's 'Seaward; Bears 'Renegade' and 'Magic' post-start; and the beautiful double ender, Jason Harvey's 'Argo.' Photos: Leslie Richter / www.rockskipper.com unless noted. (a very un-schoonerlike acronym) in and experiencing the building ebb as The fl eet's heavy construction came anything under 20 knots. So for many of well. This created some solid chop that in handy this year as a healthy 10-15- the bigger boats the early breeze foretold made it a particularly wet day for some knot breeze developed even before the the welcomed strong winds that were yet of the smaller competitors. fi rst gun was fi red from Sausalito YC's to come. The 25-plus-knot breeze coupled with committee boat, sitting off St. Francis The early morning breeze developed the ebb didn’t affect the larger schooners YC. Schooners such as the beloved 16- rapidly as the fog recessed toward the much. In fact, these were ideal condi- ton, 108-year-old Yankee have a tough coastline. By the time of the last start, tions for them. Without the hearty breeze time competing with their PHRF rating most competitors were well into the Slot they can't sail to their ratings, and thus

Page 84 • Latitude 38 • July, 2014 CLASSICS SET SAIL ROXANNE FAIRBAIRN ROXANNE FAIRBAIRN they can't be competitive against each when its blowing 28 knots on the close much soaked by then. other. But this year longtime schooner reach up to Harding Rock. Such was the Perhaps one of the most beautiful sailors couldn't have been happier. "This case with the stunning Kettenberg 38 boats on the Bay, the recently restored was the best Master Mariners we've had Chorus that dropped out after one of her Eros (celebrating her diamond jubilee) in years," says John 'Woody' Skoriak. "It shrouds separated. Bill Belmont's Far- had signed up for the regatta and was was just spectacular out there." allone Clipper Credit had been chasing nearing her starting sequence when It's important to remember that these Chorus for the better part of the race due owner/sailing master Bill Bodle noticed are old boats and they require a remark- to a late start, and Belmont decided drop a seam open up on the mainsail straight able amount of attention. But even the out soon after Chorus did. "It seemed the across from the leech to the luff. This was most well-maintained boats don't get better part of valor," Bill says. "We didn't a remarkably frustrating turn of events sailed as often as their skippers would see any need to break the boat in those because the same thing had happened like, and inevitably things start to break conditions." Plus everyone was pretty just two days earlier in a different spot

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Ron MacAnnan's M-Class sloop 'Pursuit' crosses the starting line off the Cityfront. Siegal's Bear Boat took line honors and the divisional win. The seven-boat-strong Bear fl eet probably wasn't the group you'd expect would excel in these conditions. "It was blowing, and there was an ebb current, which meant chop," Margie says. "Bears are built for these conditions — they sail through waves instead of on top of them. They also point as well as any modern boat, although we don't tack as fast. As a result, we had fi ve Bears crossing the fi nish line before any of the other boats in the race." Once everyone had crossed the fi nish line, just north of the new eastern span

ROXANNE FAIRBAIRN of the Bay Bridge, many continued on to the Encinal YC for a raft-up, post-regatta on the same sail. A superhuman effort was a lot more chaﬁ ng to the main than celebration and awards ceremony. The was made to take the sail off — no small we thought." Undeterred, Bill and his sunny weather, live music and collection feat as it weighs more than 500 pounds wife Grace are already looking forward of classic boats made for quite a scene. — truck it over to the sail loft, convince to the 2015 Master Mariners Regatta. Hopefully the level of excitement the sailmaker to forego his Friday night seen in this year's Master Mariners Re- plans, and then get it back to the boat by gatta will translate directly into a similar 6:45 a.m. the next morning, so it could A real standout in this year's showing next year. These boats need be rigged prior to racing that day. "Eros Master Mariners was not a schooner, to be sailed, and what better excuse to had returned to Richmond recently after nor a particularly large sloop. In fact, at take them out than for an amazing race sailing 20,000 miles to South America 23 feet in length Huck Finn was one of around the Bay? and back," Bill says. "It looks like there the smallest boats to compete. Margie — latitude/ross

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When we visited Bora Bora in early July 2013, cruising boats were rolling in as steadily as the beating of drums at the were owned by sailors our age: Canadi- • Dates: Bought boat in Guay- nearby Heiva dance festival. The weather ans, Americans, a very high number of mas, Mexico, January 2012; sold was hot and heavy and the frangipani- Swedes (5 boats), South Africans, and in Sydney, Australia, March 2014 infused air intoxicated us enough to Brits. • Blog: www.svhydroquest.com think that we might be able to shake our Granted, the majority of cruisers we This is us. Will already had hips as well as the Polynesian women, met throughout the South Pacifi c were 15,000 offshore miles under his older than we are — and we made many belt when we started, most from wonderful friends of all ages. But it was a cruising with his family at age 16. complete surprise to fi nd that the 25- to But teaching me the ropes was a 35-year-olds were out there in such full new sort of challenge. We spent force. a year cruising and preparing in Mexico before doing the 2013 Pacific Puddle Jump. From the beginning, our plan was always a "They used only 45 two-year endeavor, and although gallons of fresh water we tried to stretch it out a bit, Hy- droquest sold quickly in Sydney. and 4.5 gallons of fuel." Starship, Islander 36 (1972) • Flag: Canadian • Year Boat Built: 1972 Who's Cruising the Pacifi c? • Crew: Anne-Marie, 28, & NINITA Doing the westbound 'Cruiser Milk Chris, 30 The 40-year-old Allegro 27 'Ninita' may be small, Run' to New Zealand and Australia is • Dates: Bought boat in San but she safely carried her adventurous young a game of leap frog. With every good Francisco, 2010; Sold in Noumea, crew across much of the South Pacifi c. weather window, boats in one island New Caledonia, October 2013 or men for that matter. Yeah, right. group or country jump off for the next, • Blog: http://blog.sv-starship. Our Beneteau First 405 Hydroquest so you quickly end up seeing the same com was moored in front of the Mai Kai Ma- crowd again and again. We ended up Fellow Canadians Chris and rina and Yacht Club, which was enjoying within a group I call the 2013 Fast- Anne-Marie lived aboard for a year a solid Happy Hour business — mostly Trackers, Many of us had planned and in California while still working from cruisers. saved for only one season to cross from regular jobs before sailing Star- While chatting with some middle-aged the Americas to Australia. In 2013 this ship south to Mexico. (You may sailors, they mentioned the tough time group was a big one and, overwhelm- have read previous reports on them in they were having meeting cruisers their ingly, a young one. Changes and 'Lectronic Latitude.) own age. (Will and I are 32 and 31, re- To give you an idea, these are just a The fact that they used only 45 gal- spectively.) They were completely right. few of the Generation Y (or, should I say, lons of fresh water and 4.5 gallons of fuel Instead of the expected retired, baby- Generation ‘Y Not?’) sailors out there last during the trip from Mexico to the Mar- boomer age group, every cruiser in Bora season: quesas is hard to forget! We met a year Bora at that time seemed to be 20- or before the big jump in Bahia Candeleros 30-something. Was this normal? Maybe Hydroquest — Beneteau First 405 and quickly bonded over our similar we’d been having too good a time — or • Flag: Canadian aspirations, while enjoying barbecued too many two-for-one Hinano Ambrée • Year Boat Built: 1986 chocolate clams. beers — to step back and really notice! • The Crew: Sarah, 31, & Will, 32 Will and I counted the cruising boats Left to right: Scuba diving with sharks in Fiji; with a fresh tattoo from the Marquesas, Chris of 'Star- on moorings and in the nearby anchor- ship' suveys a Moorea lagoon; Nina and Ola at a swimming hole in Niue; another surreal sunset; age. No fewer than a dozen of them 'Ninita' lies on the hook after making landfall at Fatu Hiva, Marquesas. NINITA STARSHIP ONE-SEASON WONDERS HYDROQUEST

Are we having fun yet? Ah, yeah! We applaud fully equipped in Panama City only a • Crew: Nina, 28, & Ola, 31 these happy sailors for fi nding the means to few months before. Despite having zero • Dates: Bought boat in Sweden in get out and cruise while they're young and fi t. offshore experience, they set sail for the 2009: sold it in Sydney, Australia, Janu- Orkestern — Nicholson 32 Galapagos only a month after becoming ary 2014 • Flag: Swedish boat owners. Their initial plans were big- • Blog: www.sy-ninita.se • Year Boat Built: 1972 ger — to sail around the world in their A small, but very suffi cient and well- • Crew: Caroline, 25, & Johannes, 31 1.5-year time frame — but they decided planned boat, little red Ninita drew atten- • Dates: Bought boat in Panama, to slow down instead and actually enjoy tion everywhere she went. Captain Nina January 2013; sold in Sydney, Australia the South Pacifi c islands. I’m glad they spent the fi rst ten years of her life on February 2014 did. her parents' boat in the Caribbean. Ola • Blog: www.shipoholic.com was new to sailing, but took to it quickly We met Caroline and Johannes in Ninita, Allegro 27 and these two spent three years living Fakarava, Tuamotus, in May 2013. This • Flag: Swedish aboard full-time en route from Sweden audacious pair had purchased Orkestern • Year Boat Built: 1974 to Australia. Once listed for sale privately NINITA STARSHIP NINITA GENERATION 'Y-NOT' CRUISERS —

2012; sold in Brisbane, with the goal of reaching Australia before Australia, December November, the beginning of the cyclone 2013 season. • Blog: www.sal- Some of us arrived in the Kingdom lydylanadventures. of Tonga on a Sunday morning in late blogspot.com July. Being a bit sneaky, we decided to Armed with both anchor away from the town of Neiafu for clever wit and the abil- the night to delay our offi cial check-in to ity to make a mean Monday. G&T, Dylan and Sally In the excitement of arriving at a were anchored off Motu new place, and without doing a proper Toopua in Bora Bora’s investigative tour of the bay, Will and I lagoon when we met dropped and set our Manson Supreme them. They’d bought anchor in 80 feet of water. It was a stu- Orion in the Caribbean pid move, as we soon learned there were and enjoyed a year of much shallower sandy spots nearby. ‘shakedown cruising’ The next morning, our windlass OKESTERN before heading into the couldn’t budge the anchor; we were well Hangin' out in Tonga. As with older cruisers, Pacifi c, so Sally could learn to sail. This and truly stuck, plus our not-so-legal these friendships developed quickly and are was Dylan’s second Pacifi c crossing, the presence in the country was a bit of a likely to last well into the future. fi rst one being on his family’s boat, at the concern. in Sydney, Ninita sold in only two days. age of six. Luckily, Ola and Nina were out for a morning swim. Ola free dove the 80 feet Orion — Tartan 37 Adventures Abound (!) and surfaced with not-so-good news: • Flag: British From Bora Bora onward, the ‘One- "Your anchor is wrapped around a giant • Year Boat Built: 1979 Season Wonders’ wove together and coral head, part of which has fallen on • Crew: Sally, 27, & Dylan, 33 apart through the Cooks, Niue, Tonga, top of the chain." Oh dear. We called Jo- • Dates: Bought in Grenada, January Fiji, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia, all hannes on the radio and over he came,

SARAH’S NOTES ON AFFORDABILTY dry myself, but ended up relying on laundromats when in port (up to $15/ Without a doubt, a big question for Here are my observations related to load) out of convenience. many young would-be cruisers is not so South Pacifi c spending: • By the time we ran low on basics much Y Not, but how to afford it. Here's • Our fi rst store-bought Hinano such as pasta, rice, fl our, and canned some food for thought. beers in Nuku Hiva cost 270 French vegetables, we were able to re-provision Polynesian francs ($3 USD) each. We at a well-stocked supermarket in Pap- The Boat would’ve paid so much more! We soon eete. Prices for the basics weren’t outra- We’re on the right side of the pond. learned to buy the big returnable bot- geous and the selection was fantastic. Buying in a buyer’s market and selling tles in French Polynesia, which worked Our next big re-provisioning stop was in a balanced market with a smaller out to a very reasonable $2 per beer. in Fiji, which was cheap and had a new inventory is a no-brainer. Boats with • Having so few marinas to tempt us range of food products with Indian in- Aussie-dollar values between $30,000 was awesome for the budget. That be- fl uence that we were keen to try. and $100,000 can clearly sell quickly ing said, Hydroquest spent many more • In many places you can’t spend in Australia. Today, in Australia’s post- nights on mooring balls than we'd an- money if you try. No stores! No restau- Global Financial Crisis market, it would ticipated, often out of necessity in ar- rants! be uncommon to earn big bucks (as was eas with very deep anchorages or bad • Sailing everywhere meant that possible before 2008), but the down- holding. Between Mexico and Australia, our diesel costs were lower, compared wind cruise across the South Pacifi c is we paid to tie up in a half-dozen places, relatively to Mexico. In our fi rst four- the invaluable bonus that still makes for $10-15/night. Of the 159 nights we month season in Mexico, we covered the venture worthwhile. spent ‘near shore’, 60% were at anchor, 1,450 miles and put 120 hours on our 31% on mooring balls, and only 9% in a engine. In almost seven months in the South Pacifi c Cruising Costs marina (Vuda Point, Fiji). South Pacifi c, we covered 7,300 miles It is widely known is that French • Keeping our fridge off most of and logged only 175 engine hours, in- Polynesia is expensive, especially when the time helped us save on groceries: cluding periodic battery charging and compared to Mexico or Panama. Fiji, we rarely bought fresh meat or more watermaking. however, is cheap (roughly on a par cheese than we could eat in one sitting, • Being at sea is the best way to rein with Mexico). But cruisers travel to since we couldn’t keep it cold. in the spending. In our South Pacifi c both, and everywhere in between on a • If you’re a heavy Internet user, eat- season (from Mexico to our fi rst Aus- wide range of budgets. We knew cruising out at restaurants with free Wi-Fi tralian port), Hydroquest was offshore ers with $500 USD monthly budgets starts to make sense. At least that’s for 49 nights. That’s 24% of the 208- and others who spent up to $6,000. Ba- what we told ourselves. day journey that covered approximately sically, you spend whatever you have. • I planned to do most of our laun- 7,300 miles.

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HYDROQUEST memories and experiences in your mind, and plan life’s next grand adventure: such a trip and the deci- another long cruise perhaps? Y not? sions, risks and poten- — sarah curry tial sacrifi ces involved with ‘making it happen’ As detailed in her April 2014 Latitude at this time in our lives. feature, Sarah and Will also worked Needless to say, swimming alongside whales in along the way for the family business, Tonga was an unforgettable experience. Doing Where Are We Now? Hydrovane. so is legal nowhere else. The great news is that all of our boats If the Swedes had colonized Polynesia instead still half asleep, and performed a few sold quickly. If you’re thinking of follow- of the French, the locals might look a lot like ing a similar one- or two-season plan, underwater Swedish Scuba Superhero lovely Caroline. moves to free us up. In that moment, we rest assured that the Australian boat- were very thankful for our most capable buying market is good. friends! As I write this, we are all back to Whether it was watching passionate professional jobs and the realities of life hip-shaking dances, embarking on crazy on land: wearing shoes, having endless hikes, swimming in caves or with hump- electricity and water, and when asked back whales, witnessing volcanoes erupt, about ourselves, having to offer a bit or taking "fi k a " (coffee break), having longer of an explanation. Needless to say, good friends around certainly height- the bonds formed with people we met ened our experiences and relieved any along the way will be one of our voyage’s monotony that could potentially arise more lasting rewards. from a purely 'coupled' cruising life. How do you top cruising through the But for me, more than anything, it South Pacifi c with a pack of like-minded was the satisfaction of having peers to salty sea-pups? I think the only answer talk candidly with: Peers who really un- is: you don’t. You pinch yourself daily to make sure it really happened, re-live the derstood the wonders and challenges of ORKESTERN

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R acers participating in this year's biennial PacCup will pass under the Golden Gate Bridge between July 6 and — last but not least — Latitude 38. for our boat. While motoring is allowed, 11 and head toward Kaneohe Bay on Working in part with sponsors, Pacific we will be very happy and proud if we the island of Oahu some 2,300 miles Cup YC has created a PacCup Village never have to put the engine in gear. On into the Pacific Ocean. Staggered starts set to open at Richmond YC just before the other hand, if we get stuck too close are employed to at least make it possible this issue goes to press on June 30. to the Pacific High and there is wind 30 theoretically for each division to arrive Each night through July 5 the Village miles south, we will just get there and in Hawaii as closely as possible to the will feature either a new speaker, live enjoy the rest of the ride. others — thus making for a better party music, a dining event or an activity such "When sailing we will go as fast as we at the finish. as a Beer Can race for visitors. Speak- can without compromising the safety of This year's event has changed fun- ers include the likes of Kame Richards, damentally from those in years past — Scott Easom and Will Paxton — each well consider it an update, if you will. A great versed in his field of expertise and hugely effort has been made to make the event knowledgeable about racing to Hawaii. even more user-friendly. This experi- Sponsors will be providing a variety of ence initially centers around the event's services and/or a variety of food and revamped website (www.pacificcup.org) drink as well. where seemingly everything you'd need Competitors from the Bay Area are to manage your participation is available. ready to go, and others have made long The revamp extends beyond the web- journeys to get here. Competitors have site and has been adapted for use on arrived from the greater Pacific Coast anyone's iPhone or Android device as and as far away as Melbourne, Australia, Med Viking well. The new downloadable app brings and Lima, Peru. the crew and in the integrity of the boat," a plethora of resources within reach of continues Bernard who is apparently very good at keeping this all in perspec- You'll notice that tive. "This might be the only real differ- 'Locura' hails from Lima, Peru, and each of the divisions is ence between a racer and a cruising crew measures in at an impressive 92 feet. now either named af- like us. We do the Newport-Ensenada as ter a sponsor or given cruisers and with the same spirit!" an aptly-appointed Hawaiian name as- Alaska Airlines Division A sociation. The semi-cruising nature of the nine boats in this division shouldn't fool any- Holo Holo body. Cruising Division There are two Cal 40s racing, and they Holo Holo means were practically designed for this race, something akin to go- as many will tell you. Rodney Pimentel ing out for a leisurely raced Azure in 2012 and won this divi- ride. From the looks sion. Victoria Lessley and husband Timm of it that's what this have raced California Girl to Hawaii nu- division of five boats is merous times and may very well be the all about. This newest boat to watch this year. addition to the Pac- But don't count out the likes of Cup fleet is based on Michael Moradzadeh, who's racing his the premise that you Passport 40 Cayanne to Kaneoe Bay for aren't racing so much the third time — he placed third twice as you are enjoying before. "For me the approach is to stay the ride. One of Latitude 38's avid readers, Bernard

ERIK KRISTIANSEN Debbasch, has been putting a lot of time and effort into outfit- one's fingertips, making pre-and post- ting his Beneteau 411 for the event — race planning as easy as possible. like most other PacCup sailors. "I was There are also some new and return- going to be in the Pacific Cup in 2014 re- ing sponsors this year, including Son- gardless," he says. "But Med Viking has a nen BMW, Alaska Airlines, Quantum furling main, a big heavy arch with solar Sails, Passage Yachts, Rockskipper panels, old sails, fishing gear, etc.," His Azure Photography, Bay Marine Boatworks, expectations are realistic and well within out of the light air, make fewer mistakes, Lee Chesneau's Marine Weather, Easom the parameters of the Holo Holo's. "We and don't break stuff," Mike says matter- Rigging, Sierra Nevada Brewing, Matson can definitely sail but we would never be of-factly. "I have a great crew this year Shipping, Weems & Plath, Blue Water able to compete with racers. When the and think we will be stronger tactically Sailing, Dry Creek Vineyards, Spectra Pacific Cup decided to create a cruising and make better decisions." Michael's Watermakers, Clif Bar, West Marine and division, I thought that it was a perfect fit done this race a total of seven times and

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board the reconditioned Donovan 30 Wolfpack. was actually the tactician on board Valis Weems & Plath Division B Jim Antrim designed the Class 40 when they won in 2012 — He was PCYC's As Moradzadeh says, "Sweet Okole California Condor for these conditions, commodore in 2010 and was also kind has raced more times than I change my socks on the race course, including the inaugural race." This is Dean Treadway's fifth PacCup, and his cold molded Farr 36 is certainly a contender. Gary Troxel is racing his Beneteau 423 Tiki Blue on his fourth PacCup and "shows a great deal of tenacity in his repeat showing," according to Mike. It might be a fight for second or third this year.

Cayenne Matson Division C California Condor enough to give us a few insights into this This division may have only five boats and if the stars align, she should be year's competition. in it but they are pretty fast ones. If the very fast. Jim and Condor's owner Buzz Blackett are going to give it their best Iwi Doublehanded Division shot. The 'iwi is a land bird, according to the Mark Howe and Shana Bagley have PCYC, "whose red plumage was prized for been training hard on their Farr 36 the cloaks of Hawaiian royalty. Its curved War Pony and certainly have the drive bill is ideal for extracting the sweet nec- to make this happen — as long as the tar of many Hawaiian flowers, leading to Pony doesn't overpower them. its other name: the honeycreeper. The The second of two crews raising 'iwi commonly lays just two eggs in its charitable funds this year are Charles nest." Devanneaux and Fred Courouble on Honeycreepers or not, this division board the Beneteau First 30 Thirsty as is competitive. Jim Quanci and his wife Sweet Okole they help find a cure for ALS. Mary Lovely have raced their Cal 40 weather gods shine this year, these folks Green Buffalo to Hawaii extensively. Jim are either going to have a blast or get very Hokulea Multihull Division alone has 17 crossings under his belt. tired very quickly. Hokulea is the name of a recreated "The boat is impeccably prepared, and There are two Hobie 33 Joe Wells' Polynesian catamaran used centuries there's enough energy between them to Aero and John Denny's Por Favor. Then ago by native peoples. You've probably power a small city," according to Mo- there's Eric Devaney's J/109 Blue Crush seen these modern interpretations rac- radzadeh. and Wayne Koide's Sydney 36 CR Encore ing around the Bay doing SSS or BAMA — Gordie Nash is tactician. And Thomas events. Palmatier has entered his Custom Bar- Lawrence Olsen and crew will be doing nett Offshore 41, Shoofly. their first PacCup on the trimaran Hum- dinger. The PacCup veterans on board Rick Waltonsmith's Transit of Venus are sure to keep Humdinger on her amas.

Sonnen BMW Division D There are a lot of competitive boats in this nine-entry division. Sebastien Mirage de Halleux's Swan 45 Swazik was the corrected overall winner of the 2012 It should be interesting to watch the PacCup, bringing home a lot of hard- Santa Cruz 27s as well — they make up 50 percent of this eight-boat division. On board first-time PacCup racer Por Favor Karl Robrock's Moore 24 Snafu is Gilles Combrisson. Gilles has a lot of experi- Kolea Doublehanded Division ence going into this race and is likely an The Kolea (Pacific Golden Plover) ap- excellent co-pilot. The biggest question parently has an innate ability to navi- might be, "How are they going to fit all gate for very long distances. The faster their gear into such a small boat?" of the two doublehanded divisions will Raising awareness of and money for certainly need these skills, as the boats putting a stop to illegal sex trafficking and the crews are certainly capable. Transit of Venus are the father-daughter duo of Kerry Bill and Melinda Erkelens won their CUP PACIFIC ALL PHOTOS COURTESY Hallyburton and Stan Perkins. They have division back in 1994 and this will be ware. She's a clear favorite for this year's come all the way from Hood River, OR, Melinda's fifth race. Needless to say event. to race Mirage across the Pacific. they'll be a force to watch out for on Bob Hinden's well-known Schum-

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acher 46 Surprise should prove inter- Scarlet Runner all the way to the San esting to watch. Kame Richards is on may have a chance to show us what Francisco Bay and is now taking her board and he alone has done this race she's got. back to Australia via Hawaii by participt- 11 times. Combined with other crew's J World's Santa Cruz 50 Hula Girl, ing in the PacCup. passages, they have at least 18 trips skippered by Wayne Zittel, will have a Another international entry and the among them. mix of three coaches and three clients on biggest of the lot is Hector Velarde's Steve Stroub has been racing his board. "Given the newness of the team Nelson/Marek 92, Locura. She's come Santa Cruz 37 Tiburon extensively for a for each Hawaii race, we have learned all the way from Lima, Peru, to take part few years inshore and offshore. Although that we are usually a little slow out of in the PacCup. this is his first PacCup he's got an able the gate," Wayne says. "But as people But international status aside, Roy crew — including Will Paxton — to help figure out the boat under the watch- Disney's Andrews 68 Pyewacket is get them there. After spending a lot of ful guidance of our coaches and earn perhaps no more at home than sailing their stripes, we get better and better, to Hawaii. She's got a stellar crew that and the mighty Hula Girl usually has a includes Scott Easom and Hogan Beatty pretty good run in the second half of the among other notables, who have at least races...so I have high expectations!" 21 PacCups in their collective pockets. Frank Slootman's been doing a lot of Latitude 38 Division E work on his Reichel/Pugh 62 Invisible This is the first time ever that Latitude Hand this year. And Max Klink's Botin 38 has sponsored a division of racers 65, Caro should certainly be in the mix in the PacCup, and frankly it's pretty as well. exciting news. All you have to do is Stay tuned and be sure to follow Swazik look at the five-boat lineup and you'll the fleets online after the race begins. time and effort preparing for the race, understand why. The smallest entry Tracking will be delayed six hours after here's hoping the team can settle down (relatively speaking) is the 52-ft Reichel/ the start until the first boat has sailed and focus on sailing fast once the race Pugh-designed Scarlet Runner owned 200-miles offshore and then tracking starts. Tiburon is a lightweight boat with by Melbourne, Australia's Robert Date. goes live. only five crew. Weather permitting she Robert has literally raced and sailed — latitude / ross

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It's long been a Latitude 38 tradition to venture into Bay Area boatyards every spring or summer and check out the diehard do-it- yourselfers who choose to spend their free time laboring over their nautical mistresses. As is typical, in this report you'll meet a wide range of sailors who are upgrading or refreshing a diverse assortment of vessels. As with the DIYers proﬁ led in previous years, the future sailing plans of these boat owners also vary. Some are headed for far-ﬂ ung landfalls, while others simply look forward to lazy daysails on the Bay.

Pohutu, Endeavour 37 — Pohutu means 'handsome girl' in the Marquesan language. Paul and Jennifer Mazza aptly named their winter 2013 acquisition to honor their union. Says Paul, "Forty years ago I made a promise to my then-girlfriend, Jennifer. A promise that we would once again set sail bound for the Marquesas." The backstory is that in 1975, the newlywed couple were due to set sail from Hawaii to French Polynesia when a change of plans forced them back. Fast forward to today: the couple is renovating their 1979 En- deavour 37, Pohutu. Married, retired from two careers, fi nished with both raising a daughter and paying off a home, the couple is now almost ready to set out again. They purchased the boat after combing through various alternates. One nice thing about this Craigslist fi nd is that Pohutu came with a surprise: a ukulele. It just so happens that Jennifer is learning to play the uke, and with the new addition, Paul will learn to accompany her. Paul, who was smoothing out the keel while we talked, was prep- ping things for a fresh coat of paint to be applied the next day. He's restored more than 10 vessels previously, fi ve of which were sizable projects. Before Pohutu leaves the yard, a new prop will be installed, thru-hulls and seacocks will be replaced, and the bottom will be faired and painted. Paul will have the boatyard pull the mast and replace the rigging. And while the stick is out, he'll add a radar and new mast instruments. Once tidied up, Pohuto will be found at Alameda's Aeolian YC. But come mid-2015, the couple will set sail for the Marquesas — an inaugural cruise of at least 3,000 miles.

A' Deux, Hans Christian 36 — J. Stuart Grady and his son Miki ended up in the Bay Area several months ago after hunting for a seagoing craft. "This is a 1975 cutter-rigged Hans Christian with a full keel and canoe stern that was designed by Robert Perry," explains John. "A dealer helped me locate the boat, and I fl ew down from Alaska to give her a once-over. The engine showed only 36 hours, but she had defi nitely been left neglected. It was obvious we’d fi nd rot and damage from all the moss that clung to her mast, underside, decks and other regions." Stuart made an offer that was accepted, then he and Miki set out on their mission to ready A' Deux for a voyage to Maui, then Tahiti and beyond. Stuart walked toward the boat and picked up a remnant removed from the deck — the wood fl aked like Turkish baklava. "A little dry rot, but nothing too surprising. It was nice to learn that only two small sections of the 44- foot Sitka spruce mast needed to be replaced." Stuart and Miki have been working with a craftsman who has skill- fully removed the bad wood and is scarfi ng replacement

sections into position. ALL PHOTOS MARTHA BLANCHFIELD MARTHA PHOTOS ALL "We’ve reﬁ nished or replaced nearly every area of ex- Paul would probably agree that there's a certain satisfaction that comes from doing your own bottom job. But it's hard work.

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Sheer, Columbia 38 — At age 70, Harry James takes his time with the ladies. His most recent fascination is with Sheer, a Columbia 38 Constellation. Only 39 of these boats were built. Harry has been courting Sheer since 2012. Chancing upon an ad in Sausalito, this Alaska native purchased her, towed her to the yard, coordinated a haulout and soon thereafter began renovations with a friend, along with some help from the boatyard's experts. "The engine was trashed," he says. "We removed just about everything on and in the boat, then either cleaned it up or updated it." James himself wriggled into every corner to inspect and correct. He custom-built a fuel tank, corrected a problem with the stuffi ng box, reset the rudder, rebuilt all shelving and countertop areas, patched, sanded, faired, painted, and there’s more to come. Father-son bonding: Stuart and Miki worked side by side on a long The amount of woodwork tackled was ambitious, but the result is list of projects. By now they should be headed south. divine; no doubt courtesy of the skills Harry acquired from his father, who was a shipwright. A most impressive upgrade is the installation of ceiling boards along berth and salon walls. Harry personally mea- sured and cut each 2-inch-wide strip of yellow cedar, then precisely positioned them. He’s rearranged the salon, and removed and refi n- ished all cabin-top wood and cockpit sideboards. Other pièce de ré sistance elements: building from scratch a companionway door set, plus fashioning new cabinet enclosures with woven rattan inserts. On the exterior, he’s been working to an exact vision. With every element on the deck removed, a creamy white paint was applied and non-skid added where needed. Down below, the hull was waiting for a glorious coat of emerald green. Smiling, Harry tells the backstory to Sheer’s red sheer stripe and boot stripe. "I had a great, great, grandmother who wore a red petticoat. She donated a corner of the fabric for the star and stripe that were sewn to the fi rst bear fl ag of California, so says family legend." When Harry brought the boat into the yard in 2012, he fi gured he had about fi ve months of work to do. That estimate has obviously been revised more than a few times. His current launch target is February 2015, after which he'll sail Sheer up to Washington and on to Alaska.

posed wood up top," says Stuart. "Sanding and varnishing the teak deck, gunwale, cabin top, companionway doors, lattice fl oor sections and other areas on the boat have occupied a lot of time." All the rigging had been stripped off and lay in a clean pile. Stuart noted that the boat now has a new rudder, and that the fuel and water tank systems have been updated. At the time of our visit he was contemplating LED lighting, electronics and safety gear installations as the next tasks to tackle. When asked, this captain did not really have a hard travel agenda to follow once the boat got in the water, so we assume plans are fl exible. Stuart, who is a retired pilot, has ample background in restoring old objects, such as the vintage square-back Land Rover parked nearby. "That car is one of my completed projects." It was fi lled with lots of supplies, and also served as home base for Stuart's friendly golden lab. The last item on Stuart and Miki's DIY list was the bottom. Sanding and prep had already commenced and things were looking smooth. Both father and son have enjoyed working in the boatyard, but are anxious to set sail. After A' Deux, relaunching they'll start wending their way south. Harry's haulout of 'Sheer' took just a wee bit longer than expected. He's now hoping to launch next winter.

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Kismet, America Marine motorsailer — Cory Lancaster moved from Boston to the Bay Area for a change of pace, and to experience the West Coast lifestyle. A fan of old wooden boats, he found himself drawn to a liveaboard experience, and bought Kismet via Craigslist in 2009. Since then, she’s been in the yard twice. "While the interior was well maintained, the boat was initially unfi t for sailing. I knew this restoration would be an ongoing project," says Cory. In the fi rst round he installed nonexistent running rigging and cleats of all sorts. The mast was re-fi nished and re-stepped, and the old swim deck was installed. Kismet was reintroduced to sailing in the fall of 2012, after having been hobbled at the dock for well over a decade. Built by American Marine in 1962, her design features a mainsail that runs the length of the pilot house. During her recently completed second haulout, Cory tackled an extensive round of DIY projects that took six weeks to complete. Kismet's hull was sanded clean and all caulking was removed from the seams. With some instruction from the boatyard's shipwright, Cory re-inserted cotton into the seams and caulked them, then re-sealed the hull. Several soft frames were replaced, and some new plank sections were scarfed by the boatyard's seasoned pro. Once the woodwork was complete, Cory applied primer and two top coats of a soft cream, replacing the original hunter green. Up top, all the brightwork was freshened up, and Cory also did some electrical upgrades. Kismet has been Cory's fi rst renovation project, but he reasons that

logic, research and friendly advice have gone a long way in aiding the MARTHA BLANCHFIELD boat's progress. "The work is not that daunting, just time-consuming. It's not every sailor who knows how to recaulk a seam. Thankfully, that job is now complete. Because Kismet is an older wooden boat, so there’s always something to take care of," he says with a grin. The Aaron, Brewer 44 — For the past 28 years, Ken Byers and his family have been the keepers of Aaron, a 1980 Brewer 44. She’s a beauty. According to Ken, "The Alan Boles shipyard in Gwynn, Virginia built the boat using hand-laid glass set to Ted Brewer’s exacting design. She has copious teak and mahogany trim." The thing is, Ken did not set out to own such a resplendent boat. The way he tells it: "I was hobbling about on crutches looking to buy a rowing shell so that I could continue some form of aerobic exercise while recovering from a climbing accident. I wasn't looking to acquire a big, high-maintenance boat." After checking out the shell, he decided against buying it. But his way out of the marina he stopped to check out the postings in a yacht broker’s window. A few weeks later, he was the owner of a custom one-off sailboat that had spent its fi rst four years in the Caribbean. Later trucked to California, the boat served as Greenpeace’s West Coast campaign vessel for two years. Aaron is Ken's fi rst sailboat, and he likes to joke that, "my previous boat was a nuclear sub." The Aaron recently left the boatyard, following a week of pam- pering that included a laundry list of DIY tasks — essentially an extensive refi t of all areas below the waterline. In addition to Ken's efforts, the boatyard staff assisted on a portion of the list. "For the fi rst time ever I entrusted the bottom painting to the boatyard crew. A longer-than-usual interval between haulouts swayed me to give in to the help," smiles Ken. "That freed up at least three days for me to concentrate on my to-do list." Ken personally handled replacement of two through-hull fi ttings, blister repairs, replacement of zincs, numerous plumbing upgrades and the pulling of both shafts to refurbish the shaft logs, props and packing glands. The boat takes its name from Ken's son, who died in a tragic

MARTHA BLANCHFIELD MARTHA car accident at age 17. "This boat is thus a manifestation of his spirit, plus it has the karma earned as a Greenpeace vessel. So Yet another haulout. Having owned 'Aaron' for the past 28 years, Ken Byers has probably lost track of how many haulouts he's done with her. keeping her in the best care is important to the family." — martha blanchﬁ eld

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Where were you in ’92? If you were a personal computer user, you probably spent a lot of time listening to squeaks The room was filled with sailors systems if you can afford it.) from your modem as it connected you to preparing for the PacCup and other off- Chamberlin, who has been on the email and forums on CompuServe or a shore races. Some were new to marine SailMail board since 1998 and describes new service called AOL. If you were cruis- communications, while others who had himself as a "SailMail crash-test dum- ing, you were probably picking your mail satellite phones were there to hear how my," spent several years cruising the up at American Express offi ces or yacht they could cut — or at least cap — their South Pacifi c aboard his Schumacher 46 clubs and waiting until you got home to communications bills, by using SailMail Surprise. He said it wasn’t until he began share your photos. to keep their time and data charges delving into the less-than-friendly user down. (One boat owner said he was manual for SailMail and the companion there because his Inmarsat charges ran information company Saildocs, that $1,000 a month while he was cruising.) he discovered how much he could do At $250 a year, SailMail (www.sailmail. through his SSB. Saildocs is an email- com) deserves a new look. based document-retrieval system for Most offshore sailors are familiar with the delivery of text-based Internet docu- the service, which comes in two forms, ments either on request or by subscrip- both based upon the Winlink software tion. It can deliver web pages, including originally developed by amateur radio text weather forecasts, and provides enthusiasts. AirMail is free but restricts subscriptions for automatic delivery. any commercial usage — theoretically It can even deliver graphical images including ordering boat parts or giving through GRIB fi les. (Here’s the answer a sell order to your broker — and is re- to that question you’ve always wanted served for emergency contact through a to ask: GRIB stands for either GRIdded network of global amateur radio bases. Binary or General Regularly-distributed The SailMail association maintains its Information in Binary form.) own worldwide network of SSB-Pactor The following are a few party tricks private coast stations in the Maritime Chamberlin performed that night:

NIGHT FLIGHT NIGHT Radio Service, and a subscription gives Compared to switching on a satphone, installa- you up to 90 minutes of SailMail station Email — Check your regular email tion and setup of an SSB system is complicat- time per week, with no limit on the num- inbox. Shadoinfo returns inbox headers ed. But cruisers consider SSBs to be lifelines. ber of messages that can be handled over Satellite communication has revo- satellite or other Internet access. The lutionized options for keeping in touch SailMail system can pass email messages The SailMail association with family and the offi ce offshore But of a length of up to 10kBytes (fi ve text maintains its own world- as Steve Chamberlin and Eric Steinberg pages) and fi le attachments of up to 30 wide network of SSB-Pactor told a packed house of attendees at a kBytes. Richmond YC’s recent Pacifi c Offshore private coast stations in the Academy talk in preparation for the The downside to SSB services — Sail- Maritime Radio Service, 2014 Pacific Cup, a single sideband Mail or AirMail? SSBs can be expensive radio using SailMail can perform many to install on a boat and they take time from your online email accounts, in- modern communications functions, and to learn to operate. And you don't get cluding Gmail and Yahoo. You can then in addition, can be used to help control the 'full-fat' version of websites such as retrieve the text from specifi c messages data and time charges on new satellite Facebook to see those cute kitty videos. you select. You can’t see attachments, systems such as Iridium and Inmarsat. But Steinberg, who owns Farallon Elec- but it’s extremely useful for screening tronics, said in some conditions an SSB your messages to check for important Older SSBs are fi ne for voice communications, but you'll need a modern unit like this to inter- connection can be faster than Iridium. notices from your boss, your bank or face with a Pactor modem for email. (The answer, of course, is to have both your bookie, and others who don’t have your direct SailMail address.

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photos and group email functionality. You can upload text and photos (at low By setting up a subscription through Blog and photo updates — Cruising resolution) that link to specifi c Google SailDocs, you can get GRIB fi les show- terrorism made easy. Part of the point of Earth plots and then distribute email ing storm fronts and updates including cruising, Chamberlin said, is to torture updates through a group address. And forecasts from NOAA at any interval when you get to port, you can upload you choose. Connect your GPS, and you videos automatically. Sailblogs will also can set them specifi cally for your area. Using your satellite phone update your blog with your position re- Viewfax 5 — still in beta testing — shows effectively requires software port and send updates to blog subscrib- GRIB fi les with wind, sea state, baromet- ers – a smaller group than will probably ric pressure and rain. and services that are de- want your hourly text reports. signed to make the best use And isn’t that what cruising is really Position reports — An electronic all about? Staying safe through weather breadcrumb trail for your boat. Do you of the limited bandwidth. forecasts and torturing the friends back have loved ones who would like you to home with photos and "what I did today" check in hourly? Save your sanity and the folks back home with reports and reports? While the value of cruising ter- your crew’s time by setting up updates photos of gorgeous beaches and exotic rorism is priceless, you're keeping the that go out automatically with the posi- underwater fi sh. Sailblogs.com is an in- data costs down. You give up the kitty tion of your boat. You can do this on dependent service that charges $95 per videos, but keep your beer kitty full. It SailMail with close friends and family year for the Advanced, no-ads version seems like an exchange worth looking who want to know where you are every with automatic tracking via a transpon- into. hour. der. For that, you get a custom blog with — elisa william

EQUAL TIME FOR SATPHONES airtime costs. Unlike SSB, a satellite phone can give In the interest of keeping this discuss- provides unrestricted email access allow- you standard Internet access, allowing sion balanced, we checked in with Jeff ing you to conduct any type of business you to actually load a webpage if you Thomassen of OCENS, a satphone sales via your email and includes automatic need to. We do, however, recommend and service provider: data compression as well as customiz- utilizing web compression service that able size restrictions to While satellite phones can cost less cache and manage large than a new SSB/Pactor modem and fi les. You can post to ser- are much easier to install, they do not vices like Sailblogs.com, replace your basic SSB for ship-ship Facebook and Twitter communications. That being said, when directly via the OCENS looking at data communications for Mail client. OCENS also things like email and weather, using a provides a number of satellite phone is point-and-click — actu- tracking solutions that ally more like the older dialup connec- can be used with OCENS tions of the past — and Mail and/or your has a much shorter satellite phone learning curve than directly for auto- SSB. matic reporting or Like SSB, using your semi-automatic satellite phone effec- or manual up- tively requires software dates. and services that are One of OCENS' Programs like GRIB Explorer are designed to be user-friendly. designed to make the key products is WeatherNet. This will greatly improve performance and best use of the limited service allows you to download reduce data usage when doing this. bandwidth and takes weather on demand easily and for Having a satellite phone onboard does into account the cost of any location on earth in a variety have more ongoing costs than an SSB, airtime and reliability of of formats (text, GRIB, weather but you are also gaining quite a bit in the connection. OCENS charts, satellite imagery). This simplicity and fl exibility. You can make a (www.ocens.com) does service eliminates the need to phone call whenever you want, download this by utilizing data request weather fi les via email, whenever and whatever you want, and compression and fi re- which would require making two you have a key safety component for your wall management to The Iridium 9575 Extreme. phone calls (one call/message ditch bag should the need arise. help reduce data usage and curb unex- out to request the data and then another Bottom line, if you are going to pay to pected or runaway data charges. We do call to receive the message a few minutes have this phone on board for emergen- this with software such as OCENS Mail later). Instead, you just select the fi le you cies, then why not utilize the airtime that and WeatherNet as well as hardware want and hit download. The request is you have already purchased and put that such as the Optimizer. made and processed and returned to you asset to work for you? OCENS Mail runs $240 per year and all in the same call, thus reducing your — jeff thomassen

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Everything was going fine at the bon voyage party until the music started. What had been a room full of animated per to thank him for installing a USB port discussions about race strategy, safety and a 12-volt cigarette lighter power plug equipment, rating formulas, offshore at every berth. cooking and watch rotation systems sud- "The crew's individual music collec- denly turned into a room full of people tions are very different from the boat's shouting to be heard over bad covers of official playlist," explained the skipper. pop songs from the '80s. "Crew music tends to be escapist. They "I thought the band was supposed bring their favorite comfort songs. But to be playing soft Hawaiian background my boat playlist is designed to get them music," I yelled into Lee Helm's ear. into the game and keep them there. I "Loud is only appropriate when people have a pre-planned sequence of musical are dancing, in my humble opinion." selections that wakes up the crew for "I can ask them to turn it down," breakfast and serenades them to sleep shouted one of the crew, a member of after dinner." the host club. "Uh-oh," whispered Lee, glancing over "Let's just move to the bar," I sug- at me with a subtle roll of her eyes. gested. "You mean you predetermine which That seemed like a more polite strat- songs to play?" I asked. "Seems like you'd egy than asking a rock band to lower its want to read the mood of the boat before volume, so we picked up our plates and subjecting everyone to a track selected relocated in a quieter part of the building. weeks earlier." even on the second night some people "You can't minimize the importance "It's the music that sets the mood," he are still not feeling very well. But it's a of music to sailing," remarked the owner insisted. "I start them off on the morning song worth reviving, and gets the crew in and skipper of Lee's ride to Hawaii as we of day two, the first morning at sea, with the mood for sea stories on those moonlit settled into the chairs around a table in Life on the Ocean Wave sung by none night watches. the much-quieter bar. "I never cross an other than Thurl Ravenscroft." "Okay, that brings us to the morning ocean without a full playlist." He paused as if expecting a nod of of day three," I calculated. "What do you "For sure, everyone brings their recognition. wake them up with?" tunes," Lee confirmed. "They live on my "Who?" I said. "Well, even before day three I might phone, and, like, I have a thumb drive "The great Thurl Ravenscroft!" he put on the Pirates of the Caribbean movie for backup too. Plus, if you end up on repeated. "The voice of Tony the Tiger!" theme. It's perfect for heavy air beam watch with a 'talker,' the earbuds are the "Oh, that Thurl Ravenscroft," I said. reaching, when we first get out into the most tactful way to get some quiet time I was sure I had never heard the name, real offshore wind. If conditions are a on those long night watches." but I certainly remembered the voice of little more mild, then I play the theme Lee seemed to be looking right at Tony the Tiger. song from the Disneyland Pirates of the one particular crew as she spoke — but "Who is Tony the Tiger?" asked Lee. Caribbean ride, not the movie: A Pirate's quickly shifted her attention to the skip- "Tony the Tiger!" I repeated. "Car- Life for Me. Gotta get the crew motivated toon character in com- to get to the finish line fast so we can do mercials for Kellogg's our version of pillage, plunder, rifle and HAWAII RACE TUNE TIMING Frosted Flakes. Way loot." • First full day at sea: Life on the Ocean Wave — Thurl Ravenscroft before your time. Prob- "...kidnap and ravage and don't give • Second night at sea, with moon: A Whale of a Tale — Kirk Douglas (from ably the deepest human a hoot," added another one of the crew Disney version of 20,000 Leagues) voice ever recorded." to complete the couplet. • Beam reaching in heavy air: Pirates of the Caribbean — Klaus Badelt "Yes, and he sings of "Targeted motivational material," sug- (movie theme) the sublime joy of be- gested Lee. • Third day: ( ) — Pirates of the Caribbean Yo Ho A Pirate's Life for Me ing at sea after a long (Disney ride) "Right. And by the afternoon of day spell ashore," said the • Light air, in the ridge: Men, Men, Men, Men — Martin Mull three, they are ready for that classic of • More light air: Who Hid the Halibut on the Poop Deck? — Yogi Yorgesson skipper. "Crew who are all ocean sailing songs, Martin Mull's • Edge of trade winds: The Mermaid — Great Big Sea a little seasick find the Men, Men, Men, Men. • Finally in trade winds: Trade Winds — Sinatra song to be particularly "I knew that had to be on your list," I • First surfable waves: Surfin' USA — Beach Boys inspiring." said. • Near halfway point: Lula Rock-a-Hula — Teresa Brewer "I can imagine," "Great song, except for the sound of • Frequent surfable waves: Catch a Wave — Beach Boys; Let's Talk Dirty in I said, matching the gulls at the beginning," complained Lee. Hawaiian — John Prine; Life on the Ocean Wave (Norwegian sea chantey irony in his voice with "To a clueless record producer that's the from the movie ) Windjammer my own. "What comes sound of the sea. But to us sailors, it's, • Big squall: Wipe Out — The Surfaris; The Hawaiian Lei Song - Ruth Wallis next?" • Late night, heavy air: Loving You Is Surfing You — Rap Reiplinger like, the sound of land." • Great sunset: Hawaiian Sunset — Elvis "A Whale of a Tale "Lots of so-called deep-water nautical • More surfable waves, especially with female driver: Surfer Girl — Beach sung by Kirk Douglas music does that," observed the skipper. Boys; Hawaiian Cowboy; My Little Grass Shack — Lisa Loeb playing Ned Land in the "Bothers the heck out of me too." Which • Final approach to finish:Hawaii Five-0 theme 1954 Disney version of reminds me, I still need to use the www. • Arrival, night: Harbor Lights — Dinah Washington 20,000 Leagues Under mp3cut.net utility to trim that intro off • Arrival, day: Adventures in Paradise (TV theme) the Sea. It's more of a the file. — • Party in progress: All for Me Grog Rube Waddell placeholder, because

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the skipper explained. "I have to throw in another Beach Boys cut, Catch a Wave, if the weather is good. And I also find a more quiet time to put on an old favorite also called Life on the Ocean Wave from the 1958 movie Windjammer. But it's a different song entirely from the one mentioned earlier." "I've lost count of the days," I said. "Where are we after the Windjammer cut?" "It varies, because the playlist is adjusted to match conditions. But we're into the second half of the race, so we need more preparation for Hawaii. Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian by John Prine is perfect." "Another old Dr. Demento favorite," I noted, not sure if I should be admitting in public that I was once a fan. "What, not the Petty Booka version?" asked Lee. we can expect to be through the high "Oh, I have that too," the skipper "What's the wakeup selection for pressure ridge and into the trade winds. assured Lee. "But that's a novelty act day four?" I asked. Maybe earlier, in which case I swap covering a novelty song, so the Prine "A rare gem," the skipper boasted. things around a little. The obvious selec- version has to be heard first." "Who Hid the Halibut on the Poop Deck? tion is Trade Winds. I like the Sinatra Petty Booka, as everyone else at the by novelty artist Yogi Yorgesson." version. And that night — if the winds table learned, is a Japanese girl duo who "I know that song!," I recalled. "I think are up and the seas are starting to build play ukuleles and sing Hawaiian songs. Dr. Demento used to play it." — it's the Beach Boys with Surfin' USA. "I follow that up with a genuinely good "It's a good reflection of the onboard That cut begins the transition from sea song about Hawaiian surfing, Hawaiian sanitary conditions by day four," said the chanteys and maritime novelty to surf Roller Coaster from the Lilo and Stitch skipper, "when the water's still too cold guitar and music for fast sailing." movie. That movie also produced a great "Now wait a minute," objected Lee. version of Little Grass Shack sung by "Even I know that, like, the Beach Boys Lisa Loeb, but that comes later. First I She has a seductive voice don't play real surf guitar..." get back to the novelty genre, with The and sings a line that goes: "You're right, Lee," admitted the Hawaiian Lei Song, better known as He 'waiting for a sailor-boy owner. "But it gets the crew humming Got His Very First Lei in Hawaii by Ruth because it's a tune they know. I have a Wallis, 1950." like you.' big collection of Surfaris, Atlantics and "That sounds like it would be hard to Volcanoes. Also Gary Hoey, who does top," I said. for bucket baths." Beach Boys covers that run rings around One of the older crew had to explain Beach Boys originals." to Lee who and what Dr. Demento was. "Cool," said Lee. "Can't wait for the "Later on day four," the skipper con- first squall." tinued, "we have another novelty num- "For that," said the skipper, "We ber, The Mermaid by a modern group have..." called Great Big Sea. It has a great "Wipeout!" I answered. "Surfaris, surprise ending, much appreciated by 1963." sailors who are beginning to really miss "Of course," he confirmed. you-know-what." "Now we're up to day six by my count," "Is it, like, rude enough," asked Lee, I said. "to send the level of discourse right down "We're about halfway, so I start in- to locker room level?" troducing the Hawaiian theme. First up "That happens with or without the is Lula Rock-A-Hula by Teresa Brewer. music," volunteered another crew. She's been called 'the pop singer who "Although I've found with one or two transistorized jazz.' It's corny, like most women on board things usually stay just of those tracks from the '50s Hawaiian "Some people think He's got the Cutest a little more civilized. I like the dynam- pop music fad, but she has a seductive Little Dinghy in the Navy is better. But ics among the mixed crews much better voice and sings a line that goes: 'waiting it's not Hawaiian. For more Hawaiian- than among the all-guy teams. But if you for a sailor-boy like you.' It keeps the themed tunes I have To Love You Is to want really rude sailing music, there's a trimmers working." Surf You which is by far the best work group called the Salty Dicks that's way "I guess you build up to better Hawai- of Rap Reiplinger. It's a spoken piece, down in the gutter." ian selections from there," I said. appropriate for a squally night watch." "Day five," said the skipper, "is when "There are more surfing tunes first," "We must be getting near the finish

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by now," I said. careful with links to sites with Cyrillic "Depends on how fast the race is. characters in their URLs. I mean, like, Sometimes I have to start each watch talk about pirate waters..." with a new song to get though the play- "True, those free download sites try list before the race ends. For example, hard to install things you don't want, so we can't leave out the Elvis version of you have to be careful. Don't download Hawaiian Sunset when we're deep in the anything but the mp3 file, especially not trades, or the Beach Boys' Surfer Girl. their download utility. Another useful And Hawaiian Cowboy by Sol K. Bright site is www.listentoyoutube.com, which has to be in there too." will convert the audio part of almost "Another old Dr. Demento favorite," I any YouTube video into a downloadable thought to myself, concluding that it was mp3." better not to reveal in public how much Lights, the Dinah Washington version, of that old show I remembered. if we come into the yacht club at night. "When Hawaii is in sight I put on the If it's during the day, I have the theme By the time dinner was finished, Hawaii Five-O theme," the skipper con- from the late '50s TV show Adventures there had been a marked improvement in tinued. "Works best on Transpac as we in Paradise." the sounds coming from the dining room. approach Diamond Head, when Waikiki "Where do you find those old tracks?" No more '80s covers. Now the band was first comes into view. Did you know there I asked. "Do you digitize them from a vast kicking out some credible surf guitar. are lyrics to that tune? They're sung by collection of vinyl?" "Let's bring our dishes back to the Sammy Davis Jr! That tune is in conten- "Some are from iTunes and other dining room," I suggested. tion for worst song ever recorded, but I fee-based music stores," explained the It wasn't bad. People were filling up play the original TV intro." skipper, "but a lot of them are too old and the dance floor. "Do you have something inspirational obscure. Some can be found on a free "They're still playing a little too loud," for crossing the finish line?" I asked. mp3 download site. There's one called I shouted into Lee's ear. "Theme from Rocky or something?" www.mp3juices.com that I found useful." "No they're not," she shouted back. "If "No, I don't want to distract the crew "Yikes, make sure your shields are up it's too loud... you're too old!" at the finish. But I do like to play Harbor when you go there," warned Lee. "And be — max ebb SUMMER ON THE SOUTH BAY! TEAK SEAT COCKPIT TABLE MOUNTING SLIDING PIVOT SUPPORTS Teak seat, collapsible, fits HARDWARE KIT Racing Solar panel rail mounts, straight rail or in corner, Lightweight, anodized pivoting, adjustable slides swing-down support leg aluminum, adjustable, Beer Can Racing: Wednesday Nights collapsible, easily removable. Summer Series Extra base plate to use the table in both cockpit & • #4 Aug. 23 salon. Tabletop available • #5 Sep. 27 in StarBoard, teak or make Single/Double-handed Series your own. Solar mounting • #4 Jul. 26 Hotwire enterprises hardware available, too. • #5 (Commodore’s Cup) Sep. 13 Westpoint Regatta: Jul. 5 www.svhotwire.com Phone/Fax 727-943-0424 Moonlight Marathon: Aug. 9 e-mail: [email protected] Hannig Cup: Aug. 27 Barth Race: Sep. 20 Social

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July, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 107 THE RACING

The month of June was jam-packed with phenomenal summer racing. On the very cusp of June there was the annual Delta Ditch Run to the Stockton Sailing Club — a remarkable 'spinnaker' year, then in June the Woodies Invi- tational at St. Francis YC, the June Invitational at San Francisco YC, the El Toro North Americans were held up at Clear Lake, there was the ﬁ rst-ever San Francisco YC Multihull Regatta, an exciting IMOCA Ocean Masters Race from NY to Barcelona, and Corinthian YC's One-Design Invitational. Just down the road there are a few other events we'd like to tell you more about as well — the upcoming Victoria-Maui Race, the 106th Chicago to Mackinac Race on Lake Michigan, and what is hoped to become the largest regatta throughout the world, September's Bart's Bash, memorializing the late British Olympian Andrew "Bart" Simpson.

Delta Ditch Run Eau, LaCoste 42, Patrick Felten. (8 boats) The 153 boats that finished this HEAVY 2 — 1) Arcadia, Santana 27 Mod, year's Delta Ditch Run from the Bay to Gordie Nash; 2) Shaman, Cal 40, Steve Water- loo; 3) Stink Eye, Laser 28, Jonathan Gutoff. (8 Stockton Sailing Club enjoyed relatively boats) light but welcome conditions. "Condi- HEAVY 3 — 1) Captain Midnight, Challenger tions this year were great," says Tom 24, Adam Helms; 2) Can O'Whoopass, Cal 20, Lueck, the Delta Ditch Run's event Richard vonEhrenkrook; 3) Raven, Freedom 40, chair and skipper of the Hunter 40 Sir Evelyn Ivey. (12 boats) Leansalot. "We saw winds in the 12-15 J/70 — 1) DFZ, Eric Kownacki/Tom Jenkins; 2) knot range. In all the years of my racing 1FA, Scott Sellers; 3) Cake, Scott Deardorff. (11 the Delta Ditch this was the fi rst year boats) we carried a symmetrical spinnaker the LIGHT 1 — 1) Average White Boat, Melges 24, Kent Pierce; 2) Outsider, Azzura 310, Daniel whole race including past the barges and Alvarez; 3) Stretch, Hobie 33, Todd Bredehoft. through the S-turns. We never went to (13 boats) white sails." LIGHT 2 — 1) Majic Dragon, Turbo J/22, Mike The first multihull to finish was Hopper; 2) Navasana, Custom Mull 22, David Charles Froeb's F-18 Kaos vs. Control. Paudler; 3) Flygfi sk, Melges 20, Tom Kassberg. The fi rst monohull fi nisher was Rufus (14 boats) CRUISING — 1) Zeehond, Newport 30 Mk Sjoberg's Melges 32 Rufl es. Overall cor- MOORE 24 — 1) Morjito, Douglas Archbald; ll, Donn Guay; 2) Good Way, Sabre 34, Thomas Johnson; 3) Elli, Newport 28 Mk II, Doug McDou- rected time winner in the monohull divi- 2) White Trash, Pete Trachy; 3) Gruntled, Bart gall. (5 boats) sion was Mike Hopper's Majic Dragon, a Hackworth. (26 boats) SANTA CRUZ 27 — 1) Furthur, James Clap- MULTI TEXEL — 1) Kaos vs. Control, Hobie turboed J/22. pier; 2) Don Quixote, Craig Smith; 3) Magic, Wildcat F-18, Charles Froeb; 2) Phantom Zebra, — latitude / ross Magdalena Naef. (7 boats) Phantom F-18, Paul Galvez; 3) 20, Hobie 18sx, DELTA DITCH RUN (5/31) WABBIT — 1) Wild Bunch, Aaron Sturm; 2) Brett Peterson. (5 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Get Happy!!, Brendan Kwazy, Colin Moore; 3) Weckless, Tim Russell. Busch; 2) Motorcycle Irene, Will Paxton; 3) Mag- (6 boats) Woodies Invitational Back in the Bay there was a weekend full of healthy competition on the Cityfront where the Woodies Invitational brought Birds, IODs, Knarrs and Folk- boats together for three days of racing. Perhaps the most challenging competition was among the 16-boat-strong Knarr fl eet. After fi ve races Chris and Phil Perkins in 'Tree Boays and a Girl' won their regatta with 16 points. Just one point behind them was Jon Perkins and crew in 'Fempty-Fempty.' Despite everyone's best efforts in the Folkboat fl eet nobody managed to outpace nor outmaneuver Dave Wilson's Windansea. Their fl awless performance

CHRISTINE BRIGHTMAN SMITH earned them fi ve straight bullets. Although the Birds had seven boats A tight fl ock of Birds captured during the WBRA #3 MULTIHULL 1 — 1) Adrenaline, Custom D- signed up for the series, three appeared series at the Olympic Circle on June 21. Class, William Erkelens; 2) Liftoff, Marstrom 33, at each of the starts and the fl eet had ic Bus, Paul Deeds. (13 boats) Malcolm Gefter; 3) SmartRecruiters, Extreme also elected for a total of four races. EXPRESS 37 — 1) Golden Moon, Kame 40, Jerome Ternynck. (5 boats) Charles Wixford and crew had an im- Richards; 2) Expeditious, Bartz Schneider; 3) MULTIHULL 3 — 1) Peregrine Falcon, Cor- Loca Motion, Mark Chaffey. (7 boats) sair F-27, Bill Gardner; 2) WaterWings, Corsair pressive run of it with three bullets and HEAVY 1 — 1) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easom; F-31 RS, Jim Lawson; 3) Centurion's Ghost, 2) Marrakesh, Express 34, Craig Perez; 3) Croc Corsair F-28 R, Martin Sances. (5 boats)

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Two Express 27s and a Santa Cruz 27 head toward the Stockton Sailing Club JUNE INVITATIONAL (6/7-8; 5r, 0t) during the Delta Ditch Run. J/120 — 1) Chance, Barry Lewis, 5 points; 2) Peregrine, David Halliwill, 11; 3) Mr Magoo, Ste- phen Madeira, 17. (5 boats) J/105 — 1) Mojo, Jeff Littﬁ n, 15 points; 2) Ar- bitrage, Bruce Stone, 16; 3) Akula, Doug Bailey, 21. (19 boats) J/111 — 1) Madmen, Dorian McKelvy, 7 points; 2) Aeolus, Rob Theis, 12; 3) Big Blast, Roland Vandermeer, 12. (6 boats) Complete results at www.sfyc.org

Sequoia YC's Summer Series #3 In the South Bay, Sequoia YC's Sum- mer Series #3 participants enjoyed, "a moderate 11- to 16-knot breeze, a sunny 79 degrees and fl at water," says series captain John Draeger. "It was another one of those 'it doesn't get any better than this' days for South Bay racers. Even the water temperature in the Red- wood City turning basin was logged by WWW.ROCKSKIPPER.COM NOAA at 70 degrees!" "The sportboats dominated the lead- erboard in the spinnaker division as Tim Anto's Melges 24 Daredevil and Stan Philips' Farr 30 Frequent Flyer continued LESLIE RICHTER / their series duel and exchange for fi rst and second place." Third place went to Widgeon a third on board . with only four points. Then in the fourth Rich Butts and his J/105 Melilani. The tightest competition for a podium race a late over-early call found Shawn In the non-spinnaker division Dan fi nish came in the IOD fl eet where only and crew minutes into the race before Lockwood's Catalina 36 Ohana took fi rst one point separated each of the top turning back and added a whopping 13 place. In second place was Rick Dalton's fi nishers. Ultimately, it all went to Paul points to their total — that dropped them Hunter 380 Iowa, and coming in third One-hundred Zupan on board with nine to fourth place at the end of the weekend. was Ray Collier's Catalina 320 Linda points. With Jose Cuervo out of the immedi- Carol. — latitude / ross ate picture Bruce Stone's Arbitrage team — latitude / ross found themselves in a heated battle with WOODIES INVITATIONAL (5/30-6/1; 5r, 0t) Jeff Littfi n's Mojo, leading by four points SEQUOIA YC SUMMER SERIES #3 (6/7) BIRD — 1) Widgeon, Charles Wixford, 6 after four races. But in the fi fth race, the NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Ohana, Catalina 36 points; 2) Oriole, Jock MacLean/Hugh Harris, 9; tides turned and Littfi n pulled off a bul- Mk II, Dan Lockwood; 2) Iowa, Hunter 380, Rick 3) Cuckoo, Bill Claussen, 9. (3 boats) let, while Stone came in a disappointing Dalton; 3) Linda Carol, Catalina 320, Ray Collier. FOLKBOAT — 1) Windansea, Dave Wilson, 5 fi fth. This dramatic turnaround brought (4 boats) points; 2) Polperro, Peter Jeal, 11; 3) Freja, Tom SPINNAKER — 1) Daredevil, Melges 24, Tim Reed, 17. (9 boats) Stone up to 16 points while Littfi n held Anto; 2) Frequent Flyer, Farr 30, Stan Phillips; 3) IOD — 1) One Hundred, Paul Zupan, 9 points; on with only 15. Third place went to Melilani, J/105, Richard Butts. (8 boats) 2) Xarifa, Spencer Fulweiler,10; 3) Fjaer, Richard Akula with 21 points. Complete results at www.sequoiayc.org & Mark Pearce, 11. (4 boats) In the J/120s Barry Lewis' Chance KNARR — 1) 'Tree Boays and a Girl,' Chris & dominated the five-boat fleet. Lewis Phil Perkins, 16 points; 2) 'Fempty-Fempty,' Jon and crew took fi ve straight bullets and Perkins,17; 3) Gjendin, Graham Green, 27. (17 left the others to fi ght for scraps. David For more racing news, subscribe boats) Halliwill's Peregrine took second with 11 Complete results at www.www.stfyc.com points, and Stephen Madeira and crew to 'Lectronic Latitude online at www.latitude38.com. June Invitational took third on Mr Magoo with 17 points. At San Francisco YC's June Invi- Dorain McKelvy and crew on board June's racing stories included: the J/111 Madmen continued to keep tational on the Olympic Circle, racers Newport-Ensenada • OYRA Duxship • enjoyed winds into the mid-20s on Sat- their competitors in this fast-growing urday and somewhat lighter breeze on fl eet on their toes. Scoring three bullets Round the Rocks • Swiftsure Regatta Sunday. It was a particularly tight race and twin seconds, they totaled out with • Women's Skipper Regatta • Elite only seven points for the weekend. Rob for fi rst place in the J/105 fl eet. Leading Keel • SSS Farallones Race • the entire division through the third race Theis' Aeolus crew broke a tie for second was Shawn Bennett, driving Jose Cuervo, over Roland Vandermeer's Big Blast, Regatta Previews and much more! which came in third. — latitude / ross

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This year's Delta Ditch Run was spectacular in the sense that racers could fly their chutes from the start all the way to the finish — just the way it was intended! Clockwise from top left — Charles Froeb and crew on board 'Kaos vs Control;' Santa Cruz 27s enjoying the windy condtions; the J/70s had their own division this year; high times on Bill Erkelens' 'Adreneline' slightly on edge; 'Majic Dragon' won overall on corrected time; Moore 24 and others en route to the finish; happy crewmember clearly enjoying the weather; Kathryn Meyer looking relaxed as she sails 'More Cowbell!' were sailed in moderate winds with dif- Inaugural Multihull Regatta El Toro North Americans ferent sides of the course being favored San Francisco YC hosted the two-day Idyllic conditions greeted sailors at at different times. John Pacholski, Multihull Regatta this past June 14-15. this year's El Toro North Americans on Fred Paxton, Art Lange and Patrick The F-18s and Weta fl eets sailed three Clear Lake. Former tactician for the Tara guessed it right and each won a races on the Olympic Circle Saturday, American Youth Sailing Force, David race. followed by three more on Sunday off Leibenberg took home fi rst place after Sunday morning the wind started to Knox Buoy. competing in seven races. Initially blow. We set up the course behind the In the seven-boat F-18 fl eet, Charles he was in a close battle with another point and had three moderate-wind Froeb and crew sailed Kaos vs Control youth, four-time El Toro national races in perfect El Toro sailing condi- consistently each day, save for the fi rst champion Patrick Tara. tions. David Liebenberg and Patrick race, where they took second, and a DNF Although Patrick won the fi rst race, Tara traded the lead in all three races in race three. Ultimately, they came in he stumbled in the second, scoring with David taking two fi rsts. fi rst place with only six points including tenth, and never quite recovered. "Monday morning the wind started one throwout. Gordie Nash then got into the mix and blowing early, eased a little and then In the five-boat Weta fleet, David managed to come in only two points by 12:30 was in the low 20s. The two Bernsten barely fought off Jonathan over David with a total of 17. Third scheduled races were not sailed. There Weston's Hot Donuts for a total of seven place went to Art Lange with 23 points, were even white caps where the course points to Jonathan's eight. and Patrick Tara came in fourth with was raced on Sunday." — latitude / ross 24 points. — latitude / ross Gordie Nash provides the weekend's MULTIHULL REGATTA (6/14-15, 6r, 1t) details: "Saturday morning the wind EL TORO NAS (7/14-15, 7r, 1t) F-18 — 1) Kaos vs Control, Charles Froeb, on Clear Lake started out light so we EL TORO — 1) David Liebenberg, 15 points; 15 points; 2) Water Bison, Alexander Van Brunt, set up the course in the area between 2) Gordie Nash, 17; 3) Art Lange, 23. (19 boats) 11; 3) Eclipse, Ben Brown, 11. (9 boats) Sunrise Point and the town of Lower Complete results at www.eltoroyra.org WETA — 1) 740, David Berntsen, 7 points; 2) Lake. Four windward-leeward races Hot Donuts, Jonathan Weston, 8; 3) WetaPun-

Page 110 • Latitude 38 • July, 2014 SHEETSHEET WWW.ROCKSKIPPER.COM LESLIE RICHTER / ga, Gerard Kuperus, 12. (5 boats) autopilot that caused the boat to round fi nal three-mile windward leg fi nishing Complete results at www.sfyc.org down into multiple crash jibes, breaking at Little Harding." a section of track off the mast, which Conditions for the first two races IMOCA Ocean Masters required Ryan to go aloft for a repair. ranged in the 15-18-knot department New York to Barcelona Race With several other challenges presenting with a building ebb. The third race saw After a long, hard-fought battle with themselves along the way, winning the 18-24 knots, and the ebb had built to both SAFRAN and Neutrogena, American NY-BCN required a truly Herculean effort three knots. The healthy chop sent the Ryan Breymaier and Spaniard Pepe from both Ryan and Pepe. Race Committee's support boat airborne Ribes onboard Hugo Boss have claimed Check out Breymaier's just-re- numerous times as Committee members victory in the IMOCA Ocean Masters leased promo video (www.vimeo. set off to get the fi nish pin placed. inaugural New York to Barcelona race com/98393071) where he talks about Sunday's racing was set up at South- on June 15. "being an example of getting out and ampton with two scheduled races. The Breymaier and Ribes had to overcome doing what you love, and good things fi rst race went off fl awlessly with fl at much more than just the competition coming to you because of that." water and about 17 knots breeze. Try- and Mother Nature to claim victory in — ronnie simpson ing to start the second race proved more the race. Beginning with a new-to-them challenging. Two general recalls were boat (Jean Pierre Dick’s ex-Virbac Paprec Corinthian YC One Design issued, the I Flag was raised, and the 3), the two IMOCA veterans dismasted Invitational start line was then adjusted to de-favor while delivering the boat from England Corinthian YC held the One Design the pin end. Once the race began every- to New York before the race. Limping Invitational for the J/105 fl eet June thing went according to plan until two into Newport, RI, the Hugo Boss team 21-22 in breezy conditions. A season boats retired after a collision. Nobody pulled the carbon fi ber spar, spliced it counter, the series of races attracted 17 was injured. back together and put it back in the boats. Three races were held on Satur- — latitude / ross boat just days before the start of the day just west of the Circle between E race. With a fully-crewed upwind delivery buoy and the end of the Berkeley Pier. CYC ONE-DESIGN INVITATIONAL (6/21-22, and the dismasting, the two co-skippers The fi rst two races were “your normal 5r,1t) had virtually no chance to sail the boat one-mile leg, windward-leewards, twice J/105 — 1) Godot, Philip Laby, 11 points; 2) doublehanded or downwind to learn around," says Jeff Zarwell who assisted Blackhawk, Ryan Simmons, 12; 3) Arbitrage, their sail crossovers. To make matters PRO Don Weineke with the mark sets. Bruce Stone, 16. (17 boats) worse, the duo was plagued with a faulty "And the third race was up/down and a Complete results at www.cyc.org

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San Francisco YC's June Invitational brought out a great mixture of J/Boats this year. (Clockwise from top left) — 'Big Blast' enjoying some downwind speed; Shawn Bennett and crew on 'Jose Cuervo;' 'Aeolus' in a tricky jibe; J/105s beat to windward; 'Yunona' makes an appearance going downwind; 'Kookaburra' makes a douse before the leeward mark; 'Peregrine's' crew prepares for a jibe; and 'Swift Ness' looking good on an upwind leg. the streets as tourists and lots of sailors Bart's Bash On The Horizon enjoy the fi ne weather and confections Labled as "the largest sailing race in in this small town. the world," Bart's Bash has taken trag- You can learn more about the race edy and turned it into an opportunity for Chicago Yacht Club and follow its progress here at the event's the betterment of young adults through Race to Mackinac website: www.cycracetomackinac.com sailing. This year marks the 106th in the You may recall that Andrew "Bart" event's history, making it one of the Victoria-Maui Simpson died tragically on May 9, 2013 oldest freshwater regattas in the world. International Yacht Race during a training session on board Ar- Three hundred and thirty-three boats are The Victoria-Maui International Yacht temis Racing's AC72 catamaran after it registered to start on July 18 and 19 for Race has been taking place since 1965 capsized on San Francisco Bay. the 333-mile journey to Mackinac Island. and has been run biennially since 1968, The British 36-year-old, two-time The invitation-only race has 70 new or for about the last 46 years. Olympic champion sailor is now being entrants this year bringing the total On July 3-7, 15 crewed boats between remembered during this remarkable number of sailors participating to over 30 and 50 feet in length will sail from sailing race to be held at yacht clubs 3,000. Of those, most are from the Mid- Victoria, British Columbia, through the small and large throughout the world on west save for 27 who hail from California. Strait of Juan de Fuca and southwest to- September 21. The race is one that should be on your ward the North Pacifi c High. From there Participants sign up online for as little bucket list in the years to come. There's they'll hopefully catch the tradewinds as £5 (www.bartsbash.co.uk) for the nothing quite like sailing out of Chicago's to Hawaii. Racers are expected to cover global sailing race and fundraising event. harbor, viewing the dramatic skyline and the 2,308-mile leg in approximately two Yacht clubs are asked to meet minimal then heading out to take on the great weeks. The majority of the boats are rela- requirements in order that the event can Lake Michigan. Ask people who've sailed tively large and should make good time break a Guiness Book World Record. the race and they'll tell you to expect just in reasonable comfort. Money raised will go to the Andrew about any weather condition. If you are The awards ceremony takes place Simpson Sailing Foundation. To date, lucky, you'll hit it in a "downwind" year. at Lahaina YC on July 26. The Hawai- the event's website shows participation Last year was remarkable for its lack ian Islands will have been full of racers is strongest in England with remarkable of wind, while three years ago racers from the Pacifi c Coast by the end of July. support thoughout the rest of the world. experienced everything from dead calm Along with the Vic-Maui Race, there's the There are approximately 442 sailors to over 100-mph squalls. Pacifi c Cup, whose racers should arrive signed up. Take a look and see if there's One of the most gratifying aspects to in Kaneohe YC about a week earlier, and an event near you. If not, you still have the race is fi nishing at Mackinac Island. the Singlehanded TransPac Race which time to participate. Free from cars, horses and bicycles roam ends sometime after July 9. — latitude / ross

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With reports this month on the Dealing with Inevitable Bareboat Gear Failures and A Troublesome Caribbean Charter with a Happy Ending.

Attitude Is Everything Over the years, the problems that When Mishaps Occur we or our friends have had on rented It's a familiar joke among voyaging boats have usually been similar issues sailors that the defi nition of cruising is to those you may have experienced on "doing maintenance in exotic places." your own boat: a clogged head, a dis- Depending on your luck, bareboat char- integrating impeller, torn sails, a frozen ter trips can sometimes involve equip- windlass, a shorted-out windlass con- ment challenges too. But how they troller, and a disconnected tranny link- impact your sailing vacation often de- age. pends on your attitude. During your pre-charter briefi ng at Modern charter yachts have compli- the charter base you'll probably be ad- cated systems that get lots of wear and vised that if you have gear failures you tear, week in and week out. So even should simply call the charter base and boats from highly rated companies with let the technicians deal with it. That's conscientious maintenance staffs suffer fi ne if you're sailing in a relatively small occasional breakdowns — as does every venue like the British Virgin Islands. cruising yacht and, undoubtedly, the But if you sail in more remote locations boat you sail in your home waters. such as a far corner of the Sea of Cor- We've done lots of charter trips in tez — and you're mechanically minded different places, using boats from a va- — you may want to do a little investigat- riety of companies, and on quite a few ing on your own. We're not suggesting of them there was some sort of minor that you disassemble an engine or an gear failure to deal with along the way. air conditioning unit, but if you can un- But we've always tried to roll with the clog a drain, sewage line or pump, you punches because we weren't about to might be able to keep your crew from let a minor mishap spoil a much-an- grumbling, earn an extra ration of grog, ticipated sailing getaway. With possible and keep your trip on schedule. Besides breakdowns in mind, we think it's wise that, you'll gain the personal satisfac- to build a fudge factor into your pro- tion of knowing that you self-suffi cient- posed itinerary in case you have issues to deal with or simply want to chill out for an extra day at one anchorage or another. / ANDY LATITUDE supplied in the emergency kit, along One time Wayne volunteered to climb into the with must-have elements like fl ares engine compartment and see why our transmission wouldn't shift. He fi xed it and was a hero. and bung plugs. Again, most charter companies do not encourage charter- ers to mess around with complicated gear. But if you're a handy guy or gal, we suggest you bring along a few basic ditty bag items such as a few lengths of Spectra line for lashing, a rigging knife, a Leatherman or similar, some sail repair tape, and yes, at least a few feet of duct tape. Hopefully, you'll never need any of it, but if you do you'll be real- JULIE TURPIN ly glad you brought it — and if these Then there was the time a hatch dog failed items help you solve a potentially de- and our bunk got soaked with gallons of green bilitating boat problem, your boatmates water. No worries. We dealt with it. will think you're a friggin' genius! ly dealt with the problem, just as you'd Here's a case in point: One time need to do if you were out cruising. when we were sailing on a long-haul Sometimes it's not your own charter island-hopping cruise with a fl otilla of boat that has issues, but your neigh- catamarans, the mainsheet block as- bor's in an anchorage. Lending them a sembly broke loose from the traveler hand with minor repairs can be a great car on our buddy's boat. Luckily, he'd way to earn a few cocktails, or perhaps thrown a length of Spectra cordage into even strike up a lasting friendship. his seabag. Within minutes he'd lashed On most bareboats you'll be lucky if the car assembly back together and was a screwdriver and a pair of pliers are able to use his mainsail for the rest of LATITUDE / ANDY LATITUDE

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Martinique. We often advise you to book charters in far-ﬂ ung destinations at least four to six months in ad- vance, so you'll have the widest choice of charter dates and boat types. With that in mind, we try to run Caribbean charter reports such as the following one during the summer — several months before the region's peak winter chartering season.

Our group of fi ve decided to charter a catamaran for the fi rst time with Dream Yacht Charter. The plan was to take two weeks, starting in Guadeloupe, then on to Antigua, back to Guadeloupe, followed by visits to Dominica and Martinique, where we would drop the boat off. We eagerly anticipat- ed sailing the Catana 42, which was promoted as a fast cat with carbon-infused hulls and center- boards. We had a fast 18-mile passage from Pointe a Pitre to Isle les Saintes, hitting 10 knots with a single-reefed mainsail. We picked up a mooring at the little island of Terre de Haute (no anchoring allowed) and hiked up the hill to tour Fort Napolean. The next day, we decided to When you charter in places like the BVI or the Such great memories have taught drop anchor at a nearby bay. That’s San Juan Islands help is always close by. But us to be fl exible, keep calm and always when our troubles started. We let out elsewhere you may have to get creative. look for the silver lining. about 40 meters of chain but decided to the 12-day trip. Without it, he would — latitude / andy move because of the depth. The gypsy have had to leave the fl eet for repairs or If you have to have a breakdown, the idyllic chase our wakes the whole 150 miles to Another Take on French islands call Les Saintes are a pretty the fi nish, sailing under jib alone. Eastern Caribbean Cruising sweet place to be stuck. Then there was the time the trans- Last month, fre- mission linkage went out on one of the quent charterer Art engines of our charter cat just as we Hartinger reported were trying to go stern-to the wharf at on his one-direc- Gustavia, St. Barth in a 20-knot cross- tional catamaran wind. After we fi nally got tied up, one of cruise through the our crewmen volunteered to see what he Eastern Caribbe- could do, and a local French mechanic an's Leeward Is- — who'd observed us backing and fi ll- lands, beginning at ing with one engine — dropped by to Antigua and end- see if he could lend a hand. Turned out ing at St. Martin. he was a guy we'd raced with in Anti- This month, Dean gua 20 years earlier. He and our crew- Deitrich reports man managed to reattach the linkage, on a catamaran despite having only a rudimentary tool cruise that covered kit to work with. Naturally, we all cel- some of the same ebrated their success with a spontane- territory, but also ous party, complete with French hors included the Wind- 'd'oeuvres and petit punch cocktails ward Antilles isles

made from French West Indies rum. of Dominica and / ANDY LATITUDE

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on the windlass spun but didn’t raise a single link of chain. While we tried to adjust the tension, all the chain ran out to the bitter end of the attached rope. This was a fatal trap because the gypsy only worked with chain, not rope. And the anchor was not holding. After several futile calls to the charter base and with night approaching, we had no alternative but to cut the line. We attached two fenders to mark the spot, took readings on the GPS, and motored back to the previous night’s lo- Photo memories from an ambitious, island- minutes, located the rig. But getting it cation. hopping charter. Dean and his crew had fun aboard the boat was a challenge. After But by this late hour, the bay was despite the gear failure. several hours and much trial and er- full and there was nary a mooring to the anchor and chain. We were able to ror he fi nally got the chain and anchor be had. And we didn’t have an anchor! locate the fenders but it was impossible back on board. We circled around and noticed a cata- to pull 75 meters of chain and anchor To add to our woes, the sump pump maran fl ying a Canadian fl ag. Playing by hand. In the process, we also lost the in one of the heads stopped working on the stereotype of friendly and help- fender connection to the chain. We re- and the sump, which was quite deep, ful Canadians we hailed him, told him turned to a mooring and a few hours was beginning to smell. Given the bro- we had lost our anchor and asked if we later, per the base’s instructions, we ken windlass and a broken throttle could tie up to his stern. He graciously picked up a French diver, Eric, who all handle and sump pump, the charter agreed and we invited the singlehander the girls agreed was a hottie. base agreed to try to fi nd us another to our boat for dinner. After spending several hours trying boat. By this time, our only require- The next day, we picked up two lo- to locate the precise GPS position (no ments were that it be large enough to cals sent by the charter base to recover fender marker), Eric dove and within 15 accommodate our group. To the base

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tal, followed by the passage to St. Pierre, Mar- tinique, which was destroyed in 1903 by a volca- no where 28,000 people perished. To accommodate our trun- cated schedule, Dream Yacht staff’s credit they came through with oramic view from Shirley Heights and Charter allowed us to bring the boat ﬂ ying colors: they texted us that they also drooled over the gold-platers in the to a marina in Fort du France in Mar- were sending us a brand new Oceanis harbor that were preparing for the Clas- tinique instead of their base farther 48 from Martinique to arrive the follow- sic Yacht Regatta. south at Le Marin, which was a closer ing morning. Heading south, we stopped at Pi- dropoff. The base manager who met us And she was a beauty! Four state- geon Island, which lies off the west, or there also paid for half of the hotel bill rooms, a spare crew cabin, three heads, leeward, side of Guadeloupe. Thanks for our group and, after I signed a re- electric toilets, a watermaker, genera- to the Cousteau family, it is now a na- lease in his favor, gave us cash for the tor, power winches, bow thruster, TV ture preserve called Réserve Cousteau two days we'd lost at the beginning of screen, a hydraulically lowered stern where the snorkeling was great, the trip. platform — and a functioning windlass. The next day we made the 40-mile In hindsight we should have short- Our charter was ﬁ nally ready to restart! passage to Dominica. We were met there ened our itinerary, but the islands will We sailed to Antigua's English Har- by Pancho, who arranged for a guided still be there for a second look in the fu- bour where an Oyster Rally/Regatta tour of the rain forest and waterfalls. ture. was taking place. We took in the pan- Later we sailed on to Roseau, the capi- — dean dietrich

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With reports this month from Hana Hou in New Zealand and waiting out a low at Minerva Reef; from Moonshadow in the Sea of Cortez; from En Pointe, a rare cruising trimaran, in Vanuatu; from Tamasha in the Eastern Caribbean after a circumnavigation; from Cirque on cruising the Caribbean side of Panama; from Shindig in the Sea of Cortez; and Cruise Notes.

Hana Hou — Norseman 447 Reef Radio Net the next morning, but George Deane and JoAnne Clarke none of the boats in this experienced Cruisers Gather At Minerva Reef group dragged or suffered any damage. (Nawiliwili, Hawaii) Bob McDavitt, the New Zealand weather By May 1, the official end of the guru, thought that 29 boats at one time tropical cyclone season in the South- was a record for Minerva. ern Hemisphere, We were later joined by a Tonga Navy a large fleet of patrol boat, probably to protect us from cruising yachts those pesky Fijians, who also claim

HANA HOU HANA had assembled Minerva. In addition, a New Zealand Air at Opua, north- Force Orion did a flyover and roll call for ern New Zealand, Customs and Search & Rescue purposes. ready for the It was an amazing amount of activity for sometimes-rough one of the more remote anchorages. 1,100-mile trip The highlight of our stay in Minerva back to the South was a Reef Party at low tide on the af- Pacific Islands. ternoon of the 19th. Virtually all of the The fleet included crews showed up with beverages in hand. two groups from The reef, which is about a quarter of a New Zealand's mile wide, completely submerges at high Island Cruising tide. At low tide, the inner lagoon is about Cruisers standing on Association, one three feet below the reef, which results Minerva Reef waiting for headed for Ton- in a 'waterfall' all along the reef, as the a low to pass. ga, the other for tradewinds keep pushing water over the Fiji. Initially the weather didn't cooper- windward side of the reef. So everybody ate, much to the benefit of the Opua nosed their dinghy up to the 'waterfall', Cruising Club bar, which had become threw an anchor onto the reef, then the yachtie gathering point. climbed up. Weird. Folks stood around in Most of the fleet, ourselves included, their reef walkers with incredibly warm departed on May 9 or 10. A week later ankle-deep water flowing over the reef. we, along with 29 other boats, stopped at As always, it was good to put faces to Minerva Reef to wait out a low. The reef, some new names we had come to know which is all but awash at high water, is over the radio. 800 miles along the 1,100-mile path to There was a mass exodus on the 20th gear and several layers of fleece. Then Fiji or Tonga from New Zealand. It is the following a favorable weather report from you peel a layer or two off every couple only protection along the way. Gulf Harbor Radio, which provides a of days until it's trunks and t-shirts. The wind in the lagoon blew up to 50 comprehensive report covering the trop- We have to admit that our bodies have knots, so we had our entire anchor chain ics every morning at 7:30 a.m. It was come to appreciate tropical air and warm and rode deployed. Anchor watches on fascinating to watch the boats diverge, as water. all of the boats made for a sleepy Minerva some headed to Fiji and others to Tonga. Our year in New Zealand had flown After a leisurely sail north, we arrived by. We spent two months traveling Cruiser dinks tied up at the 'waterfall' on the leeward side of the lagoon at Minerva Reef — in Nuku’alofa on the 23rd, and dropped around the North and South Islands in about 300 miles from solid land. Surreal. the hook at Mama’s YC across from our Toyota camper van. The bottom of the main harbor. Mama’s the South Island stays pretty chilly, but is a mile away — and a I guess that’s why you get to see glaciers world apart — from the and penguins. The scenic beauty was

HANA HOU HANA commercial wharf, and is over the top. the only place to hang in We spent December — summer in Tongatapu. Upon arrival, these parts — cruising the Bay of Is- it was time to throw our lands, one of the world's premier cruising kayaks into the water, do grounds. A lot of cruisers either return some snorkeling, and be- home or settle into Opua and don’t take gin taking deck showers. the time to explore what’s right next door. The trip from New Zea- We spent New Years out at Great Barrier land to Tonga is a lot like Island with what seemed like every boat San Francisco to Hawaii from Auckland. It made Fourth of July in that you start off wearing all of your foul weather IN LATITUDES

Deb Monnie Rogers took these shots in the Sea of Cortez. Spread: A stunning sunrise from Agua results in photographs where the land is Verde. Insets right to left: A full moon rises over the Sea. The contrasting colors of the mountains mirrored so perfectly in the water that and the sand. The mangroves of Isla San Jose. A vulture's white wings turned green by the sea. you don't know which side of the photo at Catalina seem tranquil. thus no Internet, thus no Facebook, and is up. We’ll stay here for a week or so, then thus pretty much nada of contact with It's hot in the summer desert climate head north through the Ha’apai Group the outside world. While that is certainly of the Sea. One problem with the heat is of Islands, and then on to Vava’u, where some of the charm of the place, it is also that it starts to melt the wax in the bee we’ll spend about a month exploring the why we were unable to post on our blog hives. That's when bees frantically seek anchorages and reefs. I suspect we’ll be for long periods of time. The Deerfoot 2-62 'Moonshadow' as seen in off to Fiji before this year’s Milk Run fleet The wind in the Sea, which is usu- the British Virgins a little more than a year ago. catches us, and stay through September. ally out of the north in the winter and She previously did a 16-year circumnavigation. At that time we'll begin heading back up- out of the south in hill to Western Samoa and Palmyra, and the summer, is of- should arrive in Honolulu by November. ten impacted by the — george 06/15/2014 local surroundings. So it's not uncom- Moonshadow — Deerfoot 2-62 mon to see boats John and Debbie Rogers anchored relatively The Sea of Cortez close together point-

(San Diego) ing in opposite direc- MOONSHADOW COURTESY One thing we discovered about the tions. There is an- Sea of Cortez is evident in all of the pic- other common type tures we took — there are no cell towers, of weather phenom- enon in the Sea — no wind at all. This CHANGES

water. Once they get it, they return to the hive, put the water on the honeycomb, and fan their wings to cool it down. quite like it. Where do bees find water in a desert One of the common topics among environment? Anywhere they can — cruising couples is 'How did you two get including on together?' In our case it was 1973, 40 the decks of years ago. We were just dating when we Moonshad- entered the Second Annual San Diego ow at Puerto Parade of Lights with a sailboat we'd Ballandra, rented from Jack Dorsee. We also rented where we a gas generator so we could illuminate a unwittingly string of Christmas lights we put on the washed the lifelines. Then we made reindeer antlers

COURTESY MOOOSHADOW COURTESY salty decks out of wire coat hangers and brown paper off with fresh grocery bags, and wore the antlers on our water. Word heads. Don't tell anyone, as the statute spreads of limitations may not have run out, but Deb and John quickly in it was so cold that we drank whiskey to the bee community, because six bees keep warm. Whenever we saw a judge turned into dozens, then into a few hun- on the parade route, we broke out of dred. Cowering down below and looking the line, got as close to the judge as we out through the bug screens, we could could, and sang Christmas carols at the see that the bees were determined to top of our lungs. We took first place for see if there was still any water down our sailboats, and have pretty much been cockpit scuppers. We sprayed DEET and together ever since. Windex, and lit some mosquito coils. The After our time in the Sea was up, we bees laughed at us and took off to get were eager to get back to San Diego, as it reinforcements. would be the first time in our home port Finally John climbed out through a with the boat we are so proud of. But it forward hatch and armed himself with wasn't going to be a quick trip, as after the salt water washdown hose. He prob- getting just 90 of 750 miles north, we ably killed a hundred bees, but then discovered a leak in the engine exhaust. there were maybe three hundred. That As much as all sailors hate to backtrack, got his attention. Keeping the salt water we turned back to Cabo, thinking the hose handy for defense, he started the problem could be best repaired there. engine and raised the anchor. We then That turned out not to be true, so we motored about a quarter mile out of the still had an exhaust leak while Bash- cove, keeping up the salt water defense. ing, but only when heeled far enough to Before long most of the bees were gone. starboard to put the exhaust under. The We didn't get stung, but we were sure engine room was a sooty disaster, but we in San Francisco while apprenticing to glad when it was over. made it to San Diego on June 16. Arthur Piver. The bees notwithstanding, we found — john and deb 06/20/2014 One reason I came to Vanuatu from the Sea to be amazing. Having started Fiji — rather than the more direct our cruise in Florida and gone through En Pointe — Brown Searunner 31 route and shorter legs to Australia via the Caribbean, we hadn't seen anything Tom Van Dyke New Caledonia — was the idea I might Santa Cruz Tri in Vanuatu schmooze my way into the Island Cruis- After backtracking 90 miles to Cabo because of an engine exhaust leak, John and Deb gutted it (Santa Cruz) ing Association's feeder rally to their Sail out to the San Diego YC. There was an unexpected gale upon 2 Indonesia Rally. The feeder left from my arrival at Port New Zealand, and was to terminate at Vila, Vanuatu a Mackay on the Queensland coast of couple of weeks Australia. At least there was supposed back, but it was to be a feeder rally to Mackay. Only four no problem for my boats turned up, and apparently it was MOONSHADOW boat. The more I poorly organized. People I've heard from sail my little Jim report that they weren't getting promised Brown Searun- discounts on marina stays and such. ner, the more im- The Sail 2 Indonesia Rally, which has pressed I am. En been around for many years and itself Pointe was built in subject to complaints, has been a bit up- Alviso in 1982, and set with the Island Cruising Association rebuilt in Moss for having picked a name for their event Landing in 2011- that was so similar to Sail Indonesia. 2012. Jim Brown In any event, there are a handful of drew the plans a half century ago IN LATITUDES

handing his Trismus 37, says Malakula is as close to paradise as he has seen. That dugongs, sea cow-like mammals, proliferate there is another attraction. After that, I'll likely continue on to Cairns. I've been reading up on Papua New Guinea, and I'm EN POINTE ALL PHOTOS COURTESY EN POINTE COURTESY PHOTOS ALL afraid I'd short change it with a quick visit or have to compro- mise the time I have to spend at the Great Barrier Reef. This is my sophomore year cruising E n On the hook at Moorea. Pointe, as I left Santa Cruz for the 2012 Ha-Ha in Octo- ber that year. I was also part of the Pacific Puddle Jump class of 2013. There is much I've learned on this trip, but I still learn something new every day. One lesson that stands out is there is just too much to see. Last year when I was pondering the options upon departing Bora Bora — Suwarrow and Raratonga, or just head west — Santa Cruz-based circumnavigator Anna Tench gave me the best advice: "You're going to have a great time wherever you go." Tench went around on the elegant Santa Cruz-based Redwood Coast II with her husband, Don Taber. He commissioned the John Marples trimaran design and built the first hull. Spread: Tom Van Dyke on a broad reach away from Bora Bora. Top left to right. Tulia, a medical Some future cruisers may wonder researcher who crewed with Tom from Mexico to Fiji, rides bareback in the Marquesas. The restored whom I've gotten to crew with me. Natalie 'En Pointe' just before leaving California. Another female crewmember trims the spinnaker. Boerger, a Swiss woman, found me on cruising boats, and a powerboat, that I'm not upset, as they generously offered the Latitude 38 Crew List and joined me have stopped here. The crews have been to upgrade the two dead units for the from Santa Barbara to San Diego. The good company while I await a new auto- superior model. We'll see how it turns F-31 sailor had only so much time before pilot upgrade courtesy of Raymarine. out, but it sounds like a good deal to me. she had to return to Lausanne and sail- I can't thank Raymarine enough for But I might buy another ST2000 to back Van Dyke's first crew was Natalie Boerger from customer service above and beyond, the up the new improved unit. Switzerland, who found him on the 'Latitude 38' likes of which puts Apple Computer to Before leaving Vanuatu, I'm head- Crew List. She's an F-31 sailor.' shame. My iPad was diagnosed as having to Tanna Island to see ing hardware faults during my visit to the famous erupting vol- New Zealand, but Apple said I can only cano and the members of

get it fixed under warranty in the United the John Frum Society. EN POINTE States! That's food for thought for anyone The JFS is a cargo cult relying on their iPad and Navionics apps whose members worship for navigation. their eponymous idol to this While waiting for parts is a drag, I'm day, expecting to suddenly not leaving without my new EV100 au- find they have been left all topilot, which supplements my Autohelm kinds of material things by windvane in my self-steering program. I departing Westerners. burned up two ST2000s, and was sur- I might also make a trip prised when Raymarine told me they to Malakula, just north of weren't designed for bluewater cruising. Efate. My friend Jacques, a retired architecture profes- sor from Paris who is single- CHANGES

ing on Lake Geneva. For the Ha-Ha, I got Mike and Linda Gilman, a couple from La Paz who usu- customized parts such as the hardtop ally do deliveries but who wanted to try that supports my solar panels, collects the Ha-Ha for fun. They had sailed up rain, and provides shade. I could write and down the Baja Coast many times, a book about it, but the point is when and were thus great for the peace you're bouncing off confused seas in a of mind of this gale thousands of miles from nowhere, first-time cruis- you appreciate knowing how your boat er. Mike showed is put together. me how to land — tom 06/08/2014 and clean a tuna while sailing un- Tamasha — 59-ft Herreshoff Bounty der spinnaker. Peter and Cathy Weaver I was joined Eastern Caribbean by Tulia in La (Santa Barbara) Cruz, and we Santa Barbara is one of the more at- sailed together tractive harbor cities in the world, bear- Tom, right, with crew until Fiji. She ing a vague resemblance to Beaulieu sur and friends in Fiji. found another Mer in the South of France. Although the ride there, as she needed to get to New Weavers have a home and some rental Zealand to meet a friend. properties in Santa Barbara, they don't Tulia is a brilliant medical researcher do much sailing out of their home port, from Irapuato, Mexico, who fell in love preferring to spend six months a year on with the idea of sailing when she lived their boat in more exotic locations. in San Francisco and studied at UC "Tamasha is one of eight or nine SF. She went on to work for the World Herreshoff Bountys that were built by Health Organization in Geneva before Alan Oram's Sea Glass Marine in New quitting to travel the world. Tulia means Zealand," Peter told us during a chance a "flower that brings happiness", and visit with him at the Columbie anchorage is a fitting name. Her personality and in St. Barth. "What makes her different charm made an impression on many from the other Bountys is her interior, people during our travels through the and the fact that she has a center cockpit South Pacific. She was also a brilliant and a solid dodger." cook in all weather, and put up with my Having professionally driven sailboats idiosyncrasies, which is a testament to around the world since the 1970s, Peter her perseverance. knew exactly what he wanted in a per- Funny that the publisher of Latitude sonal boat: "An extremely strong, high- and across the top of the country. We had should ask about cruising trimarans, be- quality boat with a ketch rig. Tamasha a very fast trip across the Indian Ocean, cause just the other night at the cruisers' has proven to be just that, as we've had and were shown excellent hospitality at gab fest, I met someone who pointed out her in some big seas when going around Cape Town for Christmas. We then had a that mine was the only cruising trima- the world and she's been just fine." pleasant crossing of the South Atlantic." ran he'd seen so far. There are plenty of After buying the ketch in the Pacific It was after they crossed the equator catamarans around, but not a lot of tris. Northwest in 2005, the Weavers sailed that they ran into some trouble. "We were As for En Pointe, I invested many down the coast, and after a brief stop in doing about 10 knots in the middle of a hours doing my own work on her, and Santa Barbara, took off for the Canal and pitch-black night about 200 miles off the also spent a lot of money — including the Caribbean. But it was premature. Amazon River when we hit something. some to hire some very talented pro- "After we got to Mexico, I said "No, no, God what a bang! I thought the mast fessionals — to fabricate and install no, this boat needs too much work to be had come down. Seeing it was still up, cruised quite so soon," Peter remembers. I quickly opened up all the floorboards, Cruising in the dinghy with Tulia at French Polynesia. Her personality and charm made a "So we brought the boat back to Santa but there was no water coming in. We positive impression on everyone she met. Barbara, where I worked on her for a couldn't figure out what happened." year. By the time I got "A couple of days later, I went to start done, I decided we'd go the engine. When I put it in gear, the to the South Pacific in- engine stopped. So I put it in reverse. It

EN POINTE stead of the Caribbean. stopped again. Obviously the bang from We just love the South a few days before was something slam- Pacific." ming into the prop. We no longer could The Weavers departed use the engine for propulsion, so it was Santa Barbara in 2007. lucky that we had the current with us "We left Tamasha in and a good wind. New Zealand for two "After anchoring at Carlisle Bay, or three off-seasons," Barbados, I jumped over the side to see remembers Peter, "then sailed her to Australia IN LATITUDES

Mick Jessop of Grenada, who has spent the last 45 years living aboard his 110- year old 55-ft cutter Lily Maid. Mick, who must be 75, and a couple of sons and friends of the sons, just weighed anchor and sailed up to Antigua for the Classic. When they got in the lee of Martinique, Mick, who only has one tooth as a result of playing lots of hockey in his youth, turned on the engine, but the boat didn't move. The prop had fallen off, so they had to sail to Falmouth Harbor. PHOT "Mick managed to find a replacement propeller,TAMASHA COURTESY TIM WRIGHT O BY but had to have the shaft pulled to be machined. Alas, it fell to the bottom when they pulled it out. Mick doesn't like to go in the water, so I dove down and got it for him, and later put it back in. Anyway, Mick and Lily Maid went on to win their class. I love classic sailing guys like him who have been around the Caribbean forever. Mick is a hell of a shipwright, and did a lot of work on Don Street's boat." Although there have been a couple of incidents Down Island where locals boarded cruising boats and violently at- tacked cruisers, Weaver says he feels safe in the area they sail between St. Lucia and Grenada. "Yes, there have been a couple of incidents, and it seems Down Island incidents are more violent, but no matter where you go there are people with problems. I feel safe down there. Grenada is especially peace-loving, and Bequia is great. On the other hand, no way would The mighty 'Tamasha', with her thick, solid Classic as last year when The Blue Peter I ever go to Venezuela." fiberglass hull, revels in the challenging condi- and some other boats lost spars, it was Peter points out that it's not always tions of this year's Classic Regatta in Antigua. windy enough that we passed on the final locals who are the problem. what the problem was. I discovered that race. By today's standard's Tamasha "Consider the story of this little my two-inch bronze prop shaft had been isn't that fast, but she held her own. French guy with rasta hair on Poseidon, bent 30 degrees! I can only assume that The great thing is that everybody was a converted North Sea trawler with tow- something big and strong had collided so welcoming and we saw many great ering masts. We first saw him at Rich- with one blade of the shaft. When I yachts. We were anchored alongside an- ard's Bay, South Africa when he came started the engine and put it in forward, other California boat, Ira Epstein's Clark into the harbor, drove his boat right up a second blade was bent. When I put 65 Lone Fox, which had taken overall Even though this is Peter's fifth decade driv- the engine in reverse, the third of three honors in the Classic twice. The great ing yachts, he's still spry and knowledgeable blades was bent. In addition, the stern Herreshoff 72 Ticonderoga was nearby, enough to work the bow in a breeze. tube was pulled out a bit." as were boats such as For the last three years, the Weavers the 100-ft Bruce King- have spent the high season cruising the designed Whitehawk, lower Caribbean. "We spend most of our which looks like a big TIM WRIGHT time between St. Lucia and Grenada, and sister to Ticonderoga. we do a few one- or two-week charters Having sailed around for friends. For example, there were some the world rather quickly, older members of the Santa Barbara YC we were sort of the ugly who had never sailed in the Caribbean. duckling in terms of cos- So we picked them up in Grenada, spent metic work, but we were a week sailing the boat up to Antigua, warmly welcomed." and entered Tamasha in the Classic One of the things Pe- Regatta. ter likes best about the "Although it wasn't quite as breezy a Caribbean is the boat characters. "The guy who really surprised me was CHANGES

on the beach, dropped the anchor, and went below! The next day the harbor people came around and told him he no other boats. I don't even recognize it couldn't keep his boat on the beach. now. Similarly, I remember coming in They made him move to the commercial on the only boat in the Tobago Cays in harbor, where his boat got covered in 1975. There wasn't another boat." coal dust. He was so pissed. But he was — latitude 05/03/2014 one of those guys who was always either drunk or on drugs. Cirque — Beneteau First 42s7 "When he got to the Caribbean, there Louis Kruk was a big stink because, according to The Caribbean Coast of Panama the French guy, a West Indian who had (San Leandro) come onto his boat drowned. Authorities Three Northern California friends and later determined the two were having I left Shelter Bay Marina on the Carib- a dispute over a woman, and that the bean side of steamy Panama on April French guy hit the West Indian over the 17 for a bit of local cruising. Thanks to head, then threw him overboard. So you nice northeasterly trades, we made the never know." 20 miles to Portobello's lovely natural The one thing the Weavers know is harbor by that afternoon. A sleepy town they like the South Pacific best. of 3,000, Portobello is a UNESCO World "We like to get off the beaten track. Heritage Site because it was the booming French Polynesia is nice, but Bora Bora, transportation center for getting silver in our opinion, has been ruined. If you from Panama to Spain — until its forti- go to Maupiti, which is right next door, fications were destroyed in the mid-18th it's perfect, like it used to be. Mopelia century during the War of Jenkins' Ear. is even better. If you look at the pass at Portobello is also home to the Black Mopelia, you'd be terrified. But if you Jesus of Portobello. It's a mystery how pick your time and put somebody up the the life-size figure of a black Christ ap- mast, you can get in. peared in the village in the 1600s, and "Generally speaking, we think the legend has it the statute has "refused" further west you go, the better it gets. to leave on several occasions. The Black We like New Guinea, Vanuatu, and the Jesus is now venerated, as many Pana- Solomons, the latter being home to my manians consider it to be responsible for favorite island in the world. Fiji is still numerous miracles. The big celebration great, but I'm not so happy about Tonga. is on October 21, during which time tens I'd been there in the 1980s, and was not of thousands of devotees make a pilgrim- pleased with what I saw when I returned age. Some walk 53 miles from Panama 20 years later." City, thousands walk the last 22 miles Peter is fully aware of how quickly from Sabanitas, and many crawl the last places can change. "I remember coming mile on their hands and knees. Ouch! extended a hand to shake. While two of to sleepy St. Barth in the 1970s. We just Portobello is home to Captain Jack's the monkeys stood around and diverted dropped the hook in the middle of the Restaurant, which bills itself as a "little our attention, the third got into the harbor at Gustavia because there were bit of the First World in the Third World". dinghy and began to rummage through 'Tamasha' off tropical Antigua. Peter declines I have to agree with that self-evaluation. our stuff. Spider and howler monkeys offers to sail on Santa Barbara Wet Wednesday An incredibly friendly and gracious host, normally stay high in the jungle canopy beer can races. "It's too cold!" he insists. Captain Jack, who is originally from and don't interact with humans. New Jersey and who has Our next stop, lovely Isla Grande, was cruised extensively, keeps only three miles away. It's a popular va- his boat on the hook in the cation spot with Panamanians, so it was harbor. lucky we got there the day after Easter, TIM WRIGHT The Portobello forti- Since Eric Bauhaus' definitive Panama fications provided for a Cruising Guide recommended Pupi's Bar wonderful afternoon of ex- for its Rastafari decoration, constant ploration. There were lots slow reggae, and complete "arsenal of of cannons pointed at the drinks" with lots of people, we went in boats in the harbor, but I search of it. The only hangout we could was assured they weren't find was an establishment painted in the loaded. Jamaican color scheme of red, yellow, Our next stop was green and black. I guessed we'd found seven-mile-distant Isla Pupi's, but there was no reggae music, Linton, home to three rela- no arsenal of drinks, and no people. Just tively domesticated spider one lonely man sitting at a table in the monkeys. They charged middle of a bundle of empty tables. up to us, stood tall on their hind legs, and one IN LATITUDES

day tourists by panga. If you've never heard of some of these islands, don't worry, as there are over 7,000 of them in the 28 countries that front the Caribbean Sea. My goal is to avoid the heavily marketed ones. As far as I'm concerned, the attraction of the Caribbean is the tropical climate, the sailing winds, the water clarity, the ALL beauty of the sparsely populated islands, and LOUIS KRUK COURTESY PHOTOS the locals who haven't been jaded by years of tourism. If an island has a Domino's or Taco Bell or KFC, it's not very appealing to me. Red Frog Marina at Isla Bastimentos, Bocas de Toro is Cirque's new home, and the nearby waters will be her new San Francisco Bay. An archipelago of islands in the west of Panama, Bocas del Toro is recognized as Panama’s Caribbean jewel, and is a prime tourist destination. The Bocas region boasts clean, calm waters, and has huge tracts of virgin hardwood and rain forests. It is a last refuge for many endangered species. The diversity of birds, coral and aquatic life is rivaled by few places in the world. The sea, the beaches, the architecture, and the people with their relaxed pace is Caribbean with a Latin flavor. Also setting Bocas apart from the rest of Panama is the climate, which is wettest during Panama’s dry season (Dec.-Apr.). and drier during Panama’s rainy season. I'll fly to Cirque at her new home as the spirit moves me and/or at the interest of guests. There are bundles of anchorages here without having to go into the Caribbean Sea. On the other hand, Isla Scenes from a mini cruise on the Caribbean side of Panama, clockwise from top left: The Red Frog Providencia and Isla San Andreas are Marina at Bocas; Louis Kruk; 'Optical Illusions' being lifted onto a ship; the now quiet cannons at only 200 miles away. Portobello; Guillem, Kruk's crew; a red frog; Pupi; and center, the colors of the Caribbean. — louis 05/15/2014 When I asked the man about the on the way to Vancouver, the stands were promised slow reggae music, he sprang welded to the deck! Shindig — Oyster 485 into action. He opened the fortified Guillem proved to be a capable crew Rob and Nancy Novak door that hid the liquor behind the bar, for Cirque's 130-mile trip to Red Frog Ma- A Sea Monster and a Raft-Up plugged in the music machine, and be- rina in the Bocas del Toro archipelago. (Sausalito) fore long Pupi was making piña coladas Since Bauhaus described Escudo de We're vets of the 2012 Baja Ha-Ha and with fresh pineapple and a mixture of Veraguas as the "most beautiful island Nancy started the season catching water bal- special ingredients. It was another of in Panama", we had to stop. Parts of the loons from on high during the Banderas Bay those unexpected but great interactions island are reminiscent of the mushroom Blast activities in December. with a local that makes cruising special. islands of Palau. The water was After returning to Shelter Island, my so clear that we watched the guests left and I had the opportunity to anchor meander to the bot- take Bill and Janet Jackson's Optical tom. It was very calm despite Illusion to the waiting ship Pac Acrux the waves breaking on the reef, for loading and shipping to Canada. My and the snorkeling was fantas- pickup crew Guillem and I spent most tic. The only inhabitants are a LATITUDE/RICHARD of the day in the Canal Zone anchorage couple of indigenous families. finessing the boat into position to be We also stopped at Isla Za- lifted by the ship's cranes. It was quite patilla. Actually, there are two a process. Once the boat was placed on adjacent islands known as Za- the jack stands that would support her patilla One and Zapatilla Two. One has the more comfortable anchorage and receives a few CHANGES

wanted to give readers an update on the fun we've had in the Sea of Cortez. where JD hopped a flight back to the Bay After a month of 'March Madness' Area. Rob continued north, singlehand- on Banderas Bay, which included a ing Shindig in northerlies, southerlies, continuous stream of visitors from the and other interesting weather patterns. Bay Area, a visit from son Bryan on col- He was later met by Nancy, who took an lege break, and a spectacular win at the Aguila bus from La Paz to meet Rob and Banderas Bay Regatta, we sailed north to Shindig in Santa Rosalia. "The 10-hour Mazatlan and then to the splendid town bus ride might sound daunting," says of La Paz over on Baja. Nancy, "but it felt like cheating, as there In order to were comfortable assigned seats, AC, fully enjoy the continuous movies and Wi-Fi. Riding the many musical bus was easier than passage making." and cultural We found the beautiful mountains opportuni- and remote islands to be picturesque ties at La Paz, backdrops to our sailing and motoring to Nancy rented new and favorite anchorages. By May we an apartment mostly had mild winds out of the south, for a month. an occaisional boisterous northerly, and A classical many opportunities to motor. cellist and In mid-May we were getting reports pianist, she that it was 100 degrees in La Paz, while found a wel- the air temps were in the high 80s a coming place couple of hundred miles north where we at the Es- were. The water temperature had slowly cuela de Mu- warmed from the mid-70s to 80 degrees, sica, and also and was no doubt going to get warmer. played with With so few people in the middle to other gringos northern part of the Sea of Cortez, there and local mu- was instant camaraderie with other sicians. cruisers who were either on the same Meanwhile, path north from La Paz or who were Rob and headed north toward San Carlos. Shindig brother-in- hosted several notable onboard shindigs law JD Star- with other cruisers. Rob, with weird looking ling set off for One of the best cruiser get-togethers 20-ft-long oar fish. a slow three- was the dinghy raft-up at Isla Coronado, week trip north into the Sea of Cortez. northeast of Loreto. We had eight din- While at Isla Montserrat, 12 miles north ghies and a kayak. Boats represented of Agua Verde, they found two oar fish were Interlude, Traveler, True Love, Lehmann, 59, of Germany, having washed up on the rocks. Oar fish are Kanga, Scott Free, Moonshadow, Matowi, sailed his 47-ft boat across the Pacific spooky looking sea monsters of the deep. Moon Drifter and our Shindig. Sorry, but from Mexico, sought a berth at Honoko- Rob paced one off at 20 feet and the other we didn't get the names of the skippers hau Small Boat Harbor on the lee side at 16 feet. and mates. of the Big Island. The harbormaster told The 'boys' trip' ended with Loreto Fest, With the heat of summer starting to him all the slips were reserved for local hit with full force, we'll be visiting family boats, and directed him to Kailua Bay. "And on keyboards . . ." Nancy, an accom- Hawaiian Cruising Guide plished cellist and pianist, took a month off and friends back home, including visits Charts and the from cruising to enjoy the culture of La Paz. to New England and a fun house-/dog- confirmed that the bay was a designated gie-sitting stay in West anchorage. As there were no mooring Vancouver for another buoys in the bay except for local boats, cruising couple. Then Lehmann anchored in sand. But the SHINDIG it's back to La Paz in winds shifted, as they often do in the October for more ad- lee of the Big Island, which resulted in ventures and shindigs. about half of the chain coming to rest Shindig is in what we'd over some coral. call the 'wash, rinse, It just so happened that a local law repeat cycle' of cruising had been passed the day before that Mexico. We think we'll amended penalties for maliciously dam- be cruising Mexico for aging coral. Before May 1 the maximum another two years be- fine was $1,000 per incident. As of May fore Puddle Jumping. 1 the maximum fine was $1,000 per — rob 05/29/2014 square meter of damaged coral. (The original law was $1,000 per square inch!) Cruise Notes: On May 2, Hurst IN LATITUDES

Lehmann came up with $130 and took off for Alaska. Mahalo. What, you might wonder, about the case of John Berg, the legally blind sailor whose Nordic 40 Seaquel ran aground

PHOTOS COURTESY SHINDIG COURTESY PHOTOS near Kailua-Kona on May 18? Investiga- tors didn't find any damage to the reef. Berg had some luck going for him: the reef there is in deep water, there was relatively big surf, and the boat went aground at high tide just a few days after a full moon. Despite Berg's disability and the loss of his boat, it's our understand- ing that he has no plans to stop sailing. Controversial and garrulous Norm Goldie passed away in May in San Blas, Mexico, reports Neil Multack. Originally from Brooklyn, Goldie was an outsized waterfront presence in San Blas for close to 40 years. There is no doubt that he helped save a couple of lives and that he provided assistance to some cruisers. On the other hand, he was also notorious for driving cruisers crazy by making up phony harbor rules, dominating the net in San Blas, and falsely claiming that he had some sort of official status in Mexi- can law enforcement. Norm perpetually threatened to sue Latitude, but we'll still miss him. RIP. The good and the bad luck of Bashing from Cabo to Portland. "I had a beautiful 5½ day Bash from Cabo to San Diego," reports Craig Shaw of the Portland-based Columbia 43 Adios. "My wonderful crew up from Cabo was John Colby from Port- land YC, who last summer finished a seven-year circumnavigation with his Hylas 42 Iris. I then spent a couple of days at Spread; Fun in the Sea of Cortez, as eight dinghies and one kayak got together for a raft-up at Isla the San Diego YC, a couple more on Bill Colorado. Inset left, Rob with one of the many large cacti on the Baja peninsula. Inset top: 'Shindig' Lily and Judy Lang's mooring in Newport showing her winning form at the Banderas Bay Blast. She repeated in the BBR. Beach, and then had an easy run up to It also just so happened that swimmer anchored in sand; and, 3) The Division San Francisco, arriving two weeks to Pam Miller and friends noticed Lehm- of Boating & Ocean Recreation was neg- the day from leaving Cabo. I had picked ann's chain lying on a bed of coral. ligent in not providing moorings in the perfect weather windows using Passage Most coincidentally of all, Miller had bay for transient vessels. For Lehmann, Weather, and mostly motorsailed at six an underwater camera with her. She the downside of going to trial was that it Watching a full moon rise over the East Bay took photos of the alleged crime, which would have been very expensive, as he span is enthralling — unless you're stuck in somehow ended up in the possession of probably would need an interpreter as Sausalito waiting to head north to Portland. DOCARE, a division of Hawaii's Depart- well as a lawyer, and that ment of Land and Natural Resources. it would take up to three They investigated and charged Lehmann. months. Reports of what happened next are The other version is conflicting. One report says that Deputy that Fujioka-Lilly recom-

Prosecuting Attorney Terri Fujioka-Lilley mended Florendo impose ADIOS COURTESY asked for a $1,000 fine. District Court only the minimum fine Judge Joseph P. Florendo then offered because "Lehmann was Lehmann the option of going to a full trial very apologetic" and it was so he could plead not guilty on one or his first offense. Judge more of the following grounds: 1) He had Florendo offered Lehmann been directed to that location by the har- the opportunity to pay bormaster; 2) He'd taken all reasonable the $100 fine, plus $30 in precautions to make sure his boat was court costs. With his crew already arriving for a long- planned trip to Alaska, CHANGES

knots, burning 200 gallons from La Paz to San Francisco. and neither of us could go more than "When I did the rest of the Bash two knots, so we decided to hang from San Francisco to Portland in Turtle Bay. Wanting to make the last summer with my dad's Hunter most of it, I gave Rogelio, owner of 54 Camelot," Shaw continues, "I the beer depository and adjacent had to wait 12 days on the hook restaurant on the beach, $100 to off Sausalito for good weather. But buy tequila to make 50-peso mango then I had an easy three-day run to margaritas for our group. There were the mouth of the Columbia River. about 25 of us cruisers stuck there I'm really enjoying Sausalito, but and we had a great party, with lots the accompanying photo shows the of volleyball, too." second full moon I've seen here. So Hendryx, who plans to sail the Bay while I've been visiting old friends this summer before doing another CAPRICORN CAT and getting projects done on the Ha-Ha this fall, then leaving the cat boat, and Sausalito is a cool place to be Turtle Bay respite: Cruisers from several in Mexico for good, says the tricky part stuck, I'm ready to be home on the beau- northbound boats took a respite from the Baja north of Turtle Bay is getting away from tiful Columbia River. This is not normal Bash to relax and play some volleyball. Cedros Island. "The first four or five weather for May and June! Wayne Hendryx of the Brisbane-based miles north of the island features a lot While Shaw was waiting, a Pacific Hughes 45 Capricorn Cat. "There were of compression of the adverse wind and Northwest entrant in the Singlehanded about four boats when we arrived, and current. If I were to do it again, I'd head TransPac — sorry, we can't remember 15 by the time we left. The problem was off toward the mainland at a 45-degree which one — reported 40 knots of wind that if the wind got to over 17 knots, the angle to find relief from the current on from the northwest, with 14-ft seas at seas were so steep and close together the beach. It would add some miles, but eight seconds on the way down. Ugly. that you pounded yourself to death. We getting out of the current was the differ- There was also a Baja Bash group were alongside a DeFever 42 motoryacht ence between our doing 8.5 to 9 knots that got stuck at Turtle Bay in June. "We and just six knots. But we always stayed couldn't leave for five or six days," reports in more than 200 feet of water to avoid

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Page 128 • Latitude 38 • July, 2014 IN LATITUDES JOHN NEAL the kelp." and smells of Ensenada. So I Hendryx wants to give a big shout-out say do it right." to Mark Schneider of the Portland-based We can't remember where Norseman 447 Wendaway, who started we read this, but somewhere a 9 a.m. Bash Net when he took off from Paul West and Pamela Stone of Cabo. "He had 15 boats on his roster, the Long Beach-based Irwin 43 and it was very helpful to the trailing Tug Tub wrote, "It is interest- boats to get live weather reports from ing that all our 'land friends' the leading boats. Mark also asked for think that El Salvador is a my opinion about sneaking out of Mexico crime mecca and that Costa by not doing an international checkout, Rica is very safe. Our experi- something that was common in year's ence has been the opposite. In past. I agreed with Mark that this was El Salvador, no one ever tried not something people should do, as it to take our stuff. In fact, one night my Bill Edinger, the big Kahuna of Spectra Wa- would be insulting to Mexico — which wallet fell on the floor in a restaurant, termakers, with crew aboard the 45-ft Cross had been so good to me in the 40 years and a local ran up and handed it to me trimaran 'Defiance' at Moorea. of cruising there — and because Mexico as I was leaving. In Costa Rica, however, It's not that it's the worst place in the now uses computers extensively, and attempts were made to rip us off on a world, because it is a great place, but it not checking out could result in big daily basis. Cabbies, stores, Immigration does have warts it doesn't seem to want trouble if you or somebody else came — everyone seemed to be on the take. to acknowledge. What do you think? back to Mexico with the same boat. For We'll take El Salvador over Costa Rica "We just survived a rough passage $20 Marina Coral walked us through any day." from Auckland to Tahiti, and were an- the checking-out process at the 'one We at Latitude have had the same im- chored in Opunohu Bay, Moorea when window' paperwork center. The folks at pression: Costa Rica isn't the progressive this racy-looking 45' Cross tri named De- Cruiseport Marina do the same. We had a paradise that it often portrays itself to be. fiance sailed in," report John and Aman- great time resting up around the marina da Swan Neal of the Friday Harbor-based pool, and enjoying the sights, sounds Hallberg-Rassy 46 Mahina Tiare III.

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we thought it was either one of Spectra's LATITUDE/RICHARD While in La Cruz last month, we ran roving tech cruisers — or maybe the big into Ed and Connie Quesada of the New- Kahuna himself, Bill Edinger. Turns out port Beach-based Cardinal 46 Sirena, it was Bill on his first-ever four-month which was dismasted in mild winds early mini cruise, from San Francisco to the in the year. The cause? Marquesas, Tuamotus, Tahiti, Hawaii "A chainplate had pulled out of the boat and back home by late August. Every because the yard in Taiwan had used berth was taken with crew, including 3/8-inch bolts in 1/2-inch holes!" Get- Bill's wife Sandy, their lovely daughter ting a mast in Mexico proved to be dif- Annie, Bay Area marine surveyor Fran- ficult. "We sent emails asking for quotes coise Ramsay, and boatbuilder Michael to every mast maker in the States. The Lael. Bill said Defiance was a somewhat only reply we got was from a company tired and forgotten ex-race boat when he trying to sell us a carbon mast. Finally, bought her about 10 years ago, and that Ballenger Spars in Watsonville said they he's enjoyed fixing her up. One of the Sea-Tek workers gets to work on top could do the mast for us, but it would "As for us, "Neal continued, "Amanda of the section sent south by Ballenger Spars. take 16 weeks. We didn't want to wait and I are headed to Rarotonga with stu- It's not easy replacing a mast in Mexico. that long. Fortunately, we dismasted dents, then Hawaii, Alaska, and home to Rassy 46, which oddly enough is 48 feet near the La Cruz Shipyard, home to Pe- Roche Harbor." long. When they ordered the bigger boat, ter Vargas and Sea Tek. When he lived Neal has done over 313,000 ocean they opted not to go with a genset, but in California, Vargas built many of the miles, been around Cape Horn six times, rather use their main engine to gener- masts and booms for racing boats. So and done 170 open-ocean sail training ate electrical power. After 19 years and we got Ballenger to send the aluminum expeditions with six students per trip. 12,500 hours on the Volvo diesel, Neal sections to La Cruz, and Peter — our From 1983 to 1995, John had a Hall- says it still runs great. It's another 'use hero! — is almost done with the mast." berg-Rassy 42, and from 1995 until now, If you're a 'six and six' cruiser, who John and Amanda have had a Hallberg- likes to cruise for six months then go

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home for six months, we encourage you out the least expensive way of to use your satphone a couple of times getting a new card to Mexico — before you restart cruising each season. the shipping along with startup If you don't, there can be problems. fees were going to come to many The first type of problem is that you hundreds of dollars — their crew ran out of minutes or time in which to Anthony discovered that the use your minutes, and didn't realize it SIM card simply hadn't been or weren't alerted. This was the cause of making proper contact with the several Puddle Jump boats discovering phone. Corrosion? If you don't mid-Pacific that their old SIM cards were use it, you're going to lose it. no longer good. So a couple of weeks It's hurricane season in both before you're going to use your phone in the Eastern Pacific and Atlan- Bongo Bongo, check how many minutes tic/Caribbean. The graphic at you have left by making a call, and check right shows the paths of hurricanes in This graphic makes the hurricane situation with your provider when the time to use the Atlantic since 1851 and in the East- look bleak. In reality, thanks to better weather the minutes will run out. If you don't add ern Pacific since 1948. We publish it as forecasting, it's not so bad. minutes in a timely fashion, your SIM a public service showing places you can couple that aren't) every three months for cards become no good, and if you need hide from hurrianes in those areas. three months? Jim and Debbie Gregory a new one sent to Bongo Bongo, it can How are American cruisers dealing of the Pt. Richmond-based Schumacher be very expensive. with the Schengen Area visa regula- 50 Morpheus report they have applied The second satphone problem is of tions, which require all Americans — as for 'Non-Lucrative Visas' from Spain, a 'use it or lose it' nature. Kevin and well as Australians, South Africans, which will get them around the coun- Marcie Millet of the Kauai-based custom Kiwis and Canadians — to leave the terproductive restriction. "It was a long, 50 cat Kalewa came to La Cruz to sail Schengen Area (which is most of the pain-in-the-ass process," reports Jim, their cat home when they discovered countries in the European Union, plus a "but we've just been approved. All we their SIM was apparently no longer good. have to do now is return to the States After frustrating days of trying to figure to get our passports stamped, Can you

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believe that we have to go all the way Blah, blah, blah. We don't know about back to the United States to get our the rest of you, but the more we travel, passports stamped?" While anchored LOUISE ANGEL the less respect we have for most govern- at Mahon, Menorca, the Gregorys were ment regulations, which only apply to treated to the sight of the magnificent J those who obey the law anyway. Enough Class yachts racing inside the harbor. red tape, here is more from the Kellys: Then there are Ed and Sue Kelly of "We are now in Saint Malo, France, the Iowa-based Catalac 37 Angel Louise. moored next to the old walled city, which "Thanks to Latitude from all of us cruis- was internally rebuilt after being bombed ers who have to worry about complying just short of rubble after the Normandy with Schengen in Europe," they write. Invasion 70 years ago. We sailed down "We are keeping a low profile because of after our second winter moored in Lon- it. (We'll let everyone decide what they don. The spring is much colder here on mean by "keeping a low profile".) the Atlantic Coast of France than at our "But to show you how Kafkaesque the home in Des Moines, but the wine is visa restrictions can be," they continue, much better. Previously we were hang- "according to the Kiwi Embassy, New ing around the Channel Islands, which Zealand has bilateral visa waiver agree- Capt. Sue Kelly in front of the Tour Solidor, three are within 25 miles of the French Coast, ments with many — Austria, Belgium, towers arranged to look like the ace of clubs. It's but are British Crown Dependencies. The Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, at Saint-Servan and was built in 1392! Channel Islands consist of two separate Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The can therefore move visa-free among the bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Jersey and Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, above countries for periods of up to three the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The Channel Sweden — of the individual countries in months in each country. If, however, you Islands are friendly to American and the Schengen Area. These visa-waiver move to other countries in the Schengen other foreign cruisers in that they are not agreements allow New Zealanders to Area, the restriction of no more than part of the European Union and they are spend up to three months in the relevant three months out of a six-month . . . ." not part of the Schnegen Area. We plan country, without reference to time spent to continue down to the Cape Verdes and in other Schengen Area countries. Kiwis across to the Caribbean this winter."

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WHAT’S IN A DEADLINE? Our Classy 24 FEET & UNDER 19-FT WEST WIGHT POTTER, 1998. SANTANA 22, 2001. San Francisco. Classiﬁ eds Deadline is the 15th of the Sunnyvale. $17,000. Trailer, motor, new $12,000. Latest production model (2001). month, and as always, it’s still pretty sails, furling genoa. Marine radio, depth Rigged for singlehanding. New Harken much a brick wall if you want to get your sounder, knotmeter. Sails and lines con- roller furling, Mercury Sailpower 4-stroke ad into the magazine. But it’s not so trolled from cockpit. Fitted boat cover. motor (<30 hours), autopilot, reef points, important anymore when it comes to Need to see. Ask for pictures and list etc. Top condition. SF berth available. getting exposure for your ad. With our of extras. Contact (408) 245-3218 or (415) 845-5393. online system, your ad gets posted to our [email protected]. website within a day or so of submission. Then it appears in the next issue of the 24-FT J/24, 1978. $5,500. TP built, magazine. So you’re much better off if vermiculite job, main bulkhead replaced, you submit or renew your ad early in the Dyform standing rigging, calibrated month. That way your ad begins to work turnbuckles, windward sheeting, roller 23-FT RANGER, 1974. Marina Bay, Rich- stations all at minimum height, 8:1 boom- for you immediately. There’s no reason to mond. $3,000. Clean, tight boat. New: wait for the last minute. vang, Ullman class sails and two-axle outboard, bottom paint, running rigging, trailer with gear box. Fun fast boat. (209) fathometer. Perfect cabin cushions. Jib, 603-7991 or [email protected]. main good, genoa and tri-radial excellent. DINGHIES, LIFERAFTS Everything works as it should. Contact 24-FT NEPTUNE, 1981. Napa. $4,000. 16-FT LOFTLAND SNIPE, 1968. Capi- (510) 235-7770 or (510) 863-1135 or Excellent condition inside and out. Shoal tola, CA. $1,500. Cash only. With trailer, AND ROWBOATS [email protected]. keel. Two main and two jib sails. 9.9 all in good or better than good condition. Yamaha outboard. Sleeps 5 comfortably. New centerboard. Pineapple sails with 8-FT EL TORO. East Bay. $2,200/obo. Tandem-axle trailer with brand new tires. original sails as backup. Call and I will Caballero/Nash with centerboard in (707) 290-3662 or [email protected]. email more pictures. (831) 345-5246. same position as current boats. Carbon mast/blades and tiller. Compass, extra wood rudder, centerboard and more. 25 TO 28 FEET Great trainer boat or more. Turnkey boat. Contact [email protected] or (510) 25-FT COM-PAC, 1997. San Jose. 220-7245. $9,000. Formerly berthed in Redwood City, now on trailer in SJ. Well cared for 10-FT WALKER BAY, 2010. Alameda. until recently. Needs a little TLC to restore $2,500/obo. Includes wooden oars, tube 22-FT BAYLINER US YACHT, 1983. Modesto. $7,500. Fresh water sailed only, to former condition. Yamaha 8 outboard kit, sail kit and custom Sunbrella cover, with hydraulic lift and remote control. Wa- all in great condition with very light use. dry stored, new rigging, fresh bottom paint, 7.5hp Honda motor newly serviced, ter heater, marine head, GPS, VHF radio, 19-FT OPEN 5.70, 2011. San Jose. spacious main cabin, furled jib and main custom double-axle trailer, good condi- $27,500. Ready to race Open 5.70 (USA tion, registrations current, sails, covers both in good condition. Trailer completely 305) one-design with trailer. Fast, stable, reworked, brakes, new wheels and tires. and many other extras. (209) 534-3346 and really fun to sail. Twenty-boat ﬂ eet in or [email protected]. (408) 264-9221 or (408) 768-4992 or San Francisco Bay. See www.facebook. [email protected]. com/groups/128447353893746. Contact (408) 406-9209 or [email protected].

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30-FT CAPE DORY, 1982. San Carlos, Mexico. $30,000. Full batten main, Furlex, Lewmar ST30s, diesel, wheel, dodger, Autohelm, EPIRB, radios, CQR, 50’ chain, propane stove, solar panel, gel batteries, dinghy, gooseneck trailer, more. U.S. delivery possible. Contact (575) 758-8366 or [email protected]. 25-FT CAL, 1983. Sausalito. $4,200/obo. 27-FT SEA ISLANDER, 1954. Oakland 26-FT RANGER, 1969. Brickyard Cove, Beautifully restored, teak rails, mahogany Yacht Club, Alameda, CA. $5,500. Wood- Richmond. $3,900. Ranger 26, #11, in cabin sleeps 4 with head. Great for SF Bay en sloop built in Japan, 1954. She is built great shape. Ready to sail. Newer Quan- in light wind or strong! Easy to handle. of mahogany on oak, with oversized rig- tum main and jib, older 115%, and .5oz Inexpensive to maintain. Engine recently ging, nearly-new diesel engine (Yanmar), spinnaker. 9.8 Nissan 4-stroke OB. Great tuned. Great shape, extra sails, ready to bronze fastenings, lead keel and recently slip transferable. Reluctantly selling. sail! Slip available in Sausalito. (510) 655- hauled (November 2013) for her yearly 1845 or [email protected]. “bottom job” at Svendsen’s boatyard. She was exquisitely cared for by her 27-FT NOR’SEA, 1977. Santa Cruz. owner for 40 years, recently deceased. All $29,000. Aft cabin. Restored and partially surveys are up to date. (510) 506-8578 or refi t. See web site: http://sites.google. [email protected]. 30-FT CATALINA, 1978. Berkeley Marina com/site/norsea27forsale. Contact (831) O-Dock. $18,500. Very clean Catalina 345-9384 or [email protected]. 30. Please see details at: http://sfbay. craigslist.org/eby/boa/4456337231.html. 28-FT PEARSON TRITON 28.5, 1976. Contact [email protected] or Marin. $1,500. Help me save this classic. (415) 725-1868. Major refi t ‘09: hull, topsides, rudder, run- 27-FT CATALINA, 1986. Santa Cruz. ning gear. Very sound, but needs rig and $10,500. Excellent condition boat-show 30-FT SANTANA 30/30, 1983. Emery TLC. Atomic 4. With little work, you will model Catalina 27 sailboat #6261 has all Cove. $14,000. Fast fun boat set up to have a world cruiser. For more information the updates Catalina put into the C27 over race or day sail. Volvo diesel, rod rigging, email: [email protected]. time, further upgrades for NorCal ocean new Profurl system four headsails, spin- use. Details and email contact on website. naker, autopilot, CNG stove, dinghy and 26-FT MACGREGOR, 1996. Auburn. http://harker.biz. Call (831) 566-7730. 4hp outboard. (925) 376-1081 or (925) $16,000. Engine 60hp E-TEC, Tahoe-legal 212-6080 (cell). 2-stroke, Raymarine C-80 chartplotter, autopilot, radar, AIS, VHF radio and a CD radio, dual group 27 AGMs. Lots of extras, 2 mainsails, 1 jib, 1 genoa, upgraded rudders and brackets, dodger, bimini. Trailer has 2 axles, disc brakes and double spare tires. This is the boat to trailer to Bellingham and head north, 25-FT NORDIC FOLKBOAT, 1961. San has been there 3 times and never had a Francisco. $40,000. Complete profes- problem, go see the San Juans, Desola- sional restoration. New full cover and tion, Princess Louisa, Inside Passage to 25-FT OLSON, 1984. Tiburon. $11,000. perfect racing sails. SF West Harbor Alaska. Or hang out in the Bay or Tahoe. Ready to race one-design/PHRF or day 30-FT ERICSON 30+, 1983. Emeryville. berth. Filur is a fully varnished show piece, Reason I’m selling: bought a bigger boat. sail. Clean, fast, fun, easy. 2013 Pineapple $25,000. Great Bay boat, excellent con- actively racing on the Bay. More photos Email: [email protected]. Sails main, 155% genoa, 95% jib. 2 older dition. New sails, roller furling jib, new on website: www.folkboatsforsale.com. chutes. New Dyneema lifelines and new bottom paint, diesel, new stove, oven, Call (415) 577-1148. 26-FT PEARSON COMMANDER, 1965. bottom paint 2013. 4 winches, 2 self- pressure water. Infl atable dinghy with new Richmond Yacht Club. $16,000. Classic tailing primaries. Clean seat cushions outboard. Sleeps 6. Ready for summer. beauty, excellent condition, fi berglass and gimballed stove. (415) 686-2603 or (510) 390-6581 or [email protected]. hull, gleaming teak brightwork, new [email protected]. Pineapple main and jib, new Harken roller furler/forestay, some new shrouds, new bottom, RYC upwind slip. (415) 686-4686 or [email protected].

25-FT CAPE FOULWEATHER BAHAMA. 1973. Alameda, CA. $2,500/obo. Epoxy bottom, all lines led aft, electronic out- 31-FT RUSTLER, 1967. Napa. $35,000. board. Custom interior needs completion. 28-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT ORION. Total refit, ready to go cruising, well Good main, jib and genoa. Sails well. 1980. Sausalito. $34,500. Acknowledged almost. Beta Marine 20hp, new mast, More at www.bastress.com/bahama25. as one of the best built, full keel, seawor- boom, sails. Dodger, Raymarine speed, Contact [email protected] or thy designs. 31-ft LOA. Excellent Yanmar depth, Lewmar self-tailers. Monitor wind- (510) 457-8982. 25-FT HELMS, 1975. Burson, CA. $3,999. diesel, Profurl, new standing rigging, sail vane. For complete inventory email. (707) Catalina of the South, pop top, sleeps 4, cover, and much more. Very good condi- 292-2596 or [email protected]. new rigging, paint, sails in good condition, tion. Email: [email protected]. main, jib and genoa, motor mount, and nice interior. Sold with excellent trailer. Contact [email protected] or (209) 981-2449.

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July, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 135 30-FT BAVARIA, 2006. Empuriabrava, 30-FT WYLIECAT, 1997. Pt. Richmond. Spain. $33,000. Sloop, lying Spain, USCG $89,500. Dazzler. Major refi t 2007-08, doc, ideal for Med. cruising, bought new, Pineapple carbon sail, Icom VHF, Garmin lightly used, 100 hrs plus on engine, sails GPS color plotter, Raymarine speed/ like a dream! Fully equipped for cruis- depth, XP5 and ST2000 autopilots + re- ing, roller furling, in-mast main furling, mote. Fusion iPod stereo. AGM batteries, 2 anchors, electric windlass, VHF, GPS, shore power, charger. Yanmar diesel. (510) dodger, bimini, wheel steering with au- 526-2216 or [email protected]. topilot, too many extras to list. Available after June 25. (510) 237-9959 or (510) 30-FT TARTAN, 1971. Sausalito. Spark- 30-FT CATALINA, 1982. Pt. Richmond. 230-3814 or [email protected]. 31-FT ALLMAND, 1984. Rio Vista, CA. man & Stephens design. Dependable $18,000/obo. Updated with Yanmar 20hp $15,000/obo. 31-ft cruising sloop. Roomy A-4, Awlgrip paint, slab reef, lazy jacks, diesel, steering wheel, furling jib. 6’2” 11’3” beam. Draws 3’9” with shoal keel. lines aft. Strong, stiff and fast Bay sailer. headroom. Sleeps 7. Comfortable family Hood furling headsail. FX fully bat- Contact [email protected] or boat, also rigged for racing. No blisters. tened mainsail. 12’ boom. Lewmar rope (415) 459-7210. For more info contact (510) 339-9369 or clutches. 2-speed self-tailing winches. [email protected]. GybEasy jibe device. Wheel steering with teak-lined seats in cockpit. Crystal 1000 watt windlass with 120’ 5/16” chain. 3 anchors, 12 volt electric fridge, EtOH stove. New upholstery. Teak/holly sole, teak and mahogany interior. Force 10 31-FT PEARSON SLOOP, 1978. Bris- cabin warmer. 24-mile radar. Navman bane. $18,500. Excellent Bay boat. Volvo instruments and chartplotter. Raytheon diesel, new Hogin sails, new standing/ autopilot. Contact (209) 479-4752 or running rigging. All manuals, most re- [email protected]. ceipts, two surveys, more pics available. OLSON 30, 1981. Long Beach, CA. Brisbane berth. Contact Tom. (408) 316- $20,000. For sale is a pristine Olson 30. 30-FT RHODES ANNAPOLIS, 1964. 3744 or [email protected]. Too much gear to list. Racing and cruis- San Diego. $10,000/obo. A rare, full keel ing sails included. 7 bags total. Contact pocket world cruiser, stoutly built fi ber- [email protected] or (310) 925-9386. glass throughout. This Phillip Rhodes design is an inexpensive cruiser perfect for Mexico and beyond. Well equipped with 32 TO 35 FEET near-new autopilot, chartplotter, windlass, VHF, solar panels, near-new North sails. Four golf cart batts, separate starting batt (new 2014). Refrigeration, propane stove, 30-FT WYLIECAT, 2008. Monterey. stereo. Upgraded LED throughout. Roller $119,000. Yanmar YSM8 2-cyl diesel, 12 furling, jiffy reefi ng, all lines led aft - great gal aluminum tank, Racor fi lter, ducted fi re singlehanded. Upgraded standing rigging 30-FT CAPO, 1984. SFYC. $31,000/obo. retardant engine box with automatic fi re and well decorated interior. Marine head, Toy Box is for sale! Designed by Carl suppression, dripless prop shaft seal, new holding tank, large V-berth forward, quar- Schumacher and similar to the Olson sail, Blue Sea commercial electric system, ter berth portside aft. Amazing storage. 911S, the Capo 30 is a very fast, racer/ 4 batteries, battery charger. VHF, Auto- Live the dream now with this inexpensive cruiser with a 120 PHRF Rating. (415) helm ST2000, Raymarine fathometer/ world cruiser that is ready to go today! 488-3317 or pjcampfi [email protected]. speedometer, holding tank, macerator ISLANDER 32 MK II, 1978. South Lake Ready for Ha-Ha. (415) 710-3161 or (415) pump, fi xed prop installed, comes with Tahoe. $16,500/obo. Tahoe boat since 331-1178 or [email protected]. folding prop, watertight crash bulkhead new. Diesel, main, 135% jib, 3/4oz. in bow, grill, recent haul. Will deliver spinnaker, w/sheets and pole. BBQ, new within 250 nm Monterey, CA, at seller CD w/speakers in/out, alcohol 3-burner expense. See http://monterey.craigslist. stove/oven enclosed head, cockpit org/boa/4506401941.html. Contact (831) cushions, bimini, 2-speed winches, 2 372-7245 or [email protected]. anchors w/line, life jackets, etc. Dry, safe, fast boat. Great for Bay. Price includes newer galvanized triple-axle trailer. Con- tact (530) 541-7725 or (530) 545-1423 or [email protected]. 31-FT BENETEAU 310, 1992. San Diego. $39,500. Lanterne Rouge has been set up 29-FT ERICSON, 1975. Napa Valley. to be easily singlehanded.This is a turn- $5,000. Finish recommission — not proj- key boat, ready to take you to your next ect boat. Bruce King. Hull and deck good adventure. The First 310 is a complete shape, LPU mast and boom; mast rewired racer/cruiser providing speed and safety 2013. One season Pineapple main, 120, racing around the buoys and providing spinnaker, extra jib, genoa. Newer rig. Re- elegance and comfort at the marina or to 29-FT KNARR, 1980. San Francisco. built Yanmar. Water, stove, custom joinery. Catalina Island with family and friends. $42,000. US 133 for sale. Fiberglass, Gear and extras. Needs batteries, interior Email: [email protected]. teak deck Knarr completely refurbished cushions, minor electrical and mechani- during the last 18 months, including all cal. US doc, lying Napa Valley dry store. 30-FT WYLIECAT, 1998. Oxford, MD. new standing and running rigging; new 35-FT ISLAND PACKET, 1991. Em- Motivated! Email: [email protected]. $75,000. Diesel inboard, custom tandem- long-boarded bottom, new main and 2 eryville. $117,000. Very clean IP set up axle trailer. Raymarine instruments, 4 new jibs, plus cruising set of sails. The to cruise Mexico, which she has twice sails, dodger, autopilot, installed battery list is comprehensive. Completely ready done. Autopilot, solar, water maker, fridge, charger. Used seasonally and dry stored, to race. Built 1980. Hull #893. Cityfront asymmetrical. (760) 616-4203 or (760) or on lift. (727) 641-5688 or (727) 502- slip. See photo. Contact (415) 710-2021 616-4130 or [email protected]. 0186 or [email protected]. or [email protected].

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Page 136 • Latitude 38 • July, 2014 32-FT GULF PILOTHOUSE, 1985. Fort- man Marina, Alameda. $39,000/offer. Cruise the world in spacious comfort! Radar, GPS, davits, fridge, microwave, hot water. Includes 9-ft Achilles and 2hp motor. Contact [email protected] or (510) 303-9533.

33-FT HOBIE, 1983. Healdsburg, CA. 33-FT JEANNEAU SUNFAST 3200. 35-FT ALBERG, 1965. St. Croix Yacht $18,500. Hobie 33: Ballenger double 2009. San Diego. $139,500. Veteran of Club. $19,900. Solid FRP hull, classic spreader mast, recent high-tech running Pacifi c Cup doublehanded, TransPac and lines, great sailer, Yanmar 3GM. Sail rigging as well as lifelines and standing Cabo. Turnkey ready for 2014 Pacifi c Cup around the world, have the prettiest boat rigging. Halyards led aft for single-/double doublehand or SHTP. Excellent condition at the club. Points with racers. (340) 332- handing. Large sail inventory including with many extras. Full details and photos 2472 or [email protected]. new asymmetric jibs in fi ne condition. on website: www.mechdesign.com/3200. Many upgrades including galvanized Contact [email protected] or (435) steel trailer with new SS brake rotors, 35-FT J/105, 1998. Sausalito. $80,000. 640-0587. 36 TO 39 FEET removable bowsprit, oversized rudder Easy to handle, fun to sail, Yanmar diesel, by Foss, Honda powered 12hp sail drive, main, jib, 135%, kite, new Raymarine i50/ 32-FT GULF PILOTHOUSE, 1986. Coy- Raymarine instruments. The Hobie 33 is i60 instruments, autopilot, Fortress an- ote Point, San Mateo. $35,000. Great for an enduring legacy of Hobie Alter, about chor, dodger, stereo, Full set of cushions, year-round cruising, radar, microwave, the biggest bang for your racing buck. professionally maintained. (415) 637-4851 fridge, many extras. Email for photos and (707) 433-3692 or [email protected]. or [email protected]. more info: [email protected].

33-FT FREEDOM, 1980. Oxnard, CA. 33-FT CAL, 1972. Emery Cove Yacht $15,000. Cat ketch, Yanmar 2QM15 runs Harbor. $15,500. Modifi ed stern. Skeg great, oil analysis good, new fuel tank, rudder. Tiller. Volvo diesel under 400 hrs. new running rigging, no electronics. Re- Harken Mk II. Newer rigging. Surveyed cent survey. See Yacht World for pics and in December. Priced to sell. Buy it with a 37-FT ZEELAND YAWL, 1956. San specs. Contact: katakun at mac dot com. slip for extra discount. (626) 410-5918 or Diego. $60,000. Cyrene is gorgeous, [email protected]. Dutch-built, with classic lines of a wood boat but done in steel; round bilge. Warm 35-FT J/105, 1998. Berkeley Marina. interior of African mahogany and leaded $70,000. #181, Wianno. Top 10 Fleet #1 glass accents. Lovingly restored bow SANTANA 35, 1979. Fortman Marina, fi nisher 2011 and 2012. Excellent condi- Alameda. $12,000/obo. Very good shape, to stern. New engine, all new electron- tion. Two full sets racing sails, 1 set cruising ics, radar, autopilot. Full sail inventory, Alameda berth. For pictures and more info sails. Race ready. Photos at http://picasa- see website below, call or email. More at SSB, 12v fridge/freezer, 2-burner stove/ web.google.com/Gnuggat/J105181Wian- oven, lots more. Dry and comfortable, http://lexingtoninc.com/fabarchitects/ noForSale#. Email: [email protected]. Rocket/index.html. Contact (415) 515- immaculate, well-maintained. A pleasure 3524 or [email protected]. to sail! Surveyed good/excellent in 2013. 32-FT WESTSAIL, 1975. Pillar Point Har- Check out the website! www.sailcyrene. 35-FT J/105 SOPHIA (USA 511), 2002. bor, Half Moon Bay. Best offer. Launched 32-FT WESTSAIL, 1972. Portland, OR. weebly.com. Contact (858) 752-3198 or South Beach Harbor. $89,000. Super in 1980. Original owner. 3 headsails, one [email protected]. clean J/105. Raced competitively past 4 $37,000. Factory finished with many drifter, Perkins 4-108, propane stove with upgrades, including teak deck removal. seasons in Fleet #1. Great boat for rac- oven. Recent haulout, June 2013. Come 36-FT CHEOY LEE CLIPPER KETCH. ing/cruising on SF Bay. For more photos: New jib and roller furler, fuel tanks, propel- see, make an offer. (650) 303-3901, (650) ler and 110v water heater. Perkins 4-108, 1969. Alameda. $10,000. A very sought- http://tinyurl.com/na9ddzs. Contact (408) 712-1425 or [email protected]. after Luders design. World cruiser. Needs 685-7070 or [email protected]. high-output alternator, smart charger, many electronics, diesel heater. Recent TLC and elbow grease. Full keel, Perkins 4-107 diesel. Too much equipment and CATALINA 34 MK I, 1986. Alameda. Mexico and Hawaii traveler wants to go again. Moored in fresh water for the cruising gear to list. Contact Joe. (510) $24,000/obo. Asking. New forestay. 368-6523. New pulpit. New Racor 500 fuel fi lter. past fi ve years. Hauled out and redone New TRUECharge2 battery charger. two years ago. Delivery options may be New batteries. New head. Autostream included. Contact Jerry for complete self-feathering prop. Needs some work. details and photos. (541) 556-1113 or (510) 504-0565 or [email protected]. [email protected]. 33-FT HOBIE, 1983. San Diego. $23,000. H-33 in great shape, newer 3DL sails, kelp 35-FT J/105, 1999. SFYC. $75,000. Race cutter, LED nav lights, Dyneema running in the largest one-design fl eet on the Bay rigging. Fun day sailer, race winner. Plan with this proven wInner. Meticulously your assault on TransPac 2015 now! Many maintained. Large sail inventory. Priced pictures on blog: http://hobie33forsale. to sell. Contact [email protected] or 37-FT TARTAN, 1979. Brisbane Marina. blogspot.com. Contact (619) 405-9349 (415) 999-9526. or [email protected]. $42,000. Beautiful, classic Sparkman & Stephens sloop. Ocean cruising deep 34-FT HUNTER, 1985. Alameda. 34-FT CATALINA, 1987. Emeryville. keel, 4 spinnakers, 1 storm sail, roller $25,000/obo. New sail cover and head furling jib, EPIRB, refrigerator, good die- 35-FT BABA, 1979. King Harbor Marina, $35,000. Nice clean boat, engine profes- 2014. Bottom repainted 2013. New sionally maintained, Hood sails 5 years sel. New $20,000 refi tting, bottom paint Redondo Beach. $59,000. Bob Perry Doyle mainsail 2008. Yanmar 23hp diesel and survey. Set up to race. Tartan strong design. Roller furling, Volvo Penta engine, old, have all receipts for maintenance engine. Includes West Marine 2-person and repairs. Please serious only. Email: and ready to sail. (650) 728-5605 or (650) Honda generator, wind generator, canvas inflatable dinghy with motor mount. 296-8558 or [email protected]. cover, etc. Have to visit! (310) 528-2196 [email protected]. Pictures forwarded upon request. (510) or (310) 374-4058. 432-1191 or [email protected].

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July, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 137 37-FT JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY. 36-FT JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 36.2. 38-FT BENETEAU M38, 1990. SF 37-FT TAYANA PILOTHOUSE, 1978. 2002. Long Beach. $79,000. With Rayma- 1998. San Rafael. $79,000. Beautiful in- Marina, West Basin. $69,000. Beautiful Sausalito, CA. $85,000. Original owner, rine autopilot. Bimini, dinghy w/Yamaha side and out, just waxed, ready to cruise. condition. Sailed Baja Ha-Ha in 2011 and mechanical engineer, Perkins 4-108 3.5, Volvo 29hp. Original owner. (760) Fast sailer re-rigged for singlehanding. 2012. Transfer of berth possible! Call for 2,900 hrs., heavy-duty hydraulic steering, 980-0204 or [email protected]. Kevlar-reinforced hull. More at http:// complete specs. (209) 988-4884 or (510) autopilot, forward scanning sonar, 12v hitchcraft.net/Zingara. Contact (415) 299- 703-2484 or email: [email protected]. refrigeration, teak interior, no teak decks, 0263 or [email protected]. excellent condition, many extras. (775) 345-0170 or [email protected].

39-FT JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY. 2007. Sausalito. $161,900. Boat’s in great shape and includes the following features: furling mainsail, furling genoa, inverter, VHF radio, teak cockpit, E80w/GPS, Tridata & wind, electric winch, autopilot, spinnaker pole, and three sails. (415) 36-FT CATALINA, 1984. Alameda. 505-9614 or [email protected]. $54,500. Gitane has gone through an 38-FT CONTEST 38S, 1986. Marines extensive $25,000 retrofi t and is by far 37-FT PEARSON 365 SLOOP/CUTTER. de Cogolin, S. France. $99,000/VAT 37-FT PEARSON 365 KETCH, 1978. the best older Catalina 36 on the Bay. 1978. Sausalito. $ 40,000. Price reduced. paid. A premium center-cockpit sloop SoCal. $29,000/obo. Many new sys- New sails and running rigging. See Well maintained, upgraded, sailed, and by Cony-Plex Yachts Holland, USCG tems: Garmin color radar/plotter, fuel more at http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/ lived on for 22+ yrs. Recent LPU topsides, doc. Professionally maintained with tens tank, batteries, electronics, low hours boa/4517459668.html. Contact (925) Mainsail, much more... Come see. (415) of thousands of $ in upgrades past 12 on rebuilt Westerbeke. Liveaboard slip 922-2305 or [email protected]. 297-4080 or [email protected]. years. New teak decks and Selden roller or cruise anywhere. Great boat! Photos furl mast 2002. Volvo 2003T 47hp turbo and details at http://yachtsoffered. and SS tankage for 400+ NM. Rod steer- com/listing.php?yacht_id=246. Email: ing. Custom electric system with 75-amp [email protected]. Balmar alternator. Recent Raymarine instruments w/direct drive Raymarine autopilot. Radar, Navtex, liferaft, EPIRB, Icom. Custom cabinetry. This comfortable ocean cruiser is sitting in beautiful Ma- rines de Cogolin, walking distance to St. Tropez. Berth available with 5-year lease. (650) 637-7791 or [email protected]. 36-FT ISLANDER, 1977. Brickyard Cove. 39-FT YORKTOWN, 1977. Vallejo. $47,500. Perkins 50hp diesel, dodger, $29,999. Turnkey 39-ft Yorktown sailboat 39-FT FREYA, 1978. Berkeley Marina. MOB pole, VHF, Harken Mk II roller furling, with many upgrades. Well maintained. $68,000. Very clean. Professionally built newer 135% jib, two Harken ST44s, two Very seaworthy. New paint, Harken trav- and maintained, beautiful. Custom light 38-FT CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE, 1979. Barlow ST 26s, new 35# Delta anchor eler, Barlow winches, and more. Ready to interior, maple sole, ash bulkheads, Berkeley. $28,000/obo. Fiberglass hull is with chain and rode. H/C pressure water. sail NOW! Reduced price. Very motivated rigged for singlehanding, loaded with in good shape. Exterior teak and spruce Contact (415) 999-6751 or (415) 383-9180 seller. Call for details. (925) 324-4226 or equipment. Don’t miss this opportunity to mast and boom need to be sanded and or [email protected]. daltonm@scrantonlawfi rm.com. own a legend. Contact (510) 917-5229 or redone and either stained, varnished or [email protected]. fi nished as the new owner sees fi t. Pur- chased new mainsail from North Sails. Purchased used furling jib from Pineapple sails. New fuel pump. New fuel tank. Rewired engine. Complete rebuild of the entire exhaust system, new bilge pump and signifi cant work on the diesel engine and alignment. Rebuilt starter motor. Purchased new sun awning for cockpit for $815. Still in factory box unused. Re- placed water pump. All in the past 5 years. TAYANA 37 MK II, 1983. Caribbean 36-FT CASCADE, 1974. Stockton Sailing 38hp Isuzu diesel engine with 900 hours. Panama. $79,000. Price reduced! On her Club, Stockton, CA. $36,000. Solid cruiser 36-FT NY, 1981. Boat Haven, Port (510) 435-5575 or [email protected]. own mooring in tropical paradise, just a with all the extras. Hard dodger, solar Townsend, WA. $30,000. Race/cruise day sail to the fabled San Blas Islands of panels and full electronics. Extra sails ready. Sleeps 6. Refrigeration, 2-cylinder Caribbean Panama. Well maintained and and much more. Needs some TLC. One- Yanmar diesel. Call to get a list of equip- cruise ready. Details, photos at website: owner boat with custom teak woodwork ment, too extensive to include here. www.sailboatlistings.com/view/23215. throughout. Contact (530) 409-9101 or Contact (360) 379-1330 or (951) 255-3955 [email protected]. or [email protected].

OFFSHORE PASSAGEMAKING INSTRUCTION IN THE PACIFIC & ATLANTIC Guide to Navigation & Tourism John & Amanda Neal are dedicated to providing hands-on, in French Polynesia documented instruction aboard their Hallberg-Rassy 46 Mahina Tiare III, Best Fr Poly guide but out of print. We imported all remaining copies from drawing on their combined 584,000 miles and 73 years of experience. authors. Excellent aerial photos of many anchorage entrances; great chartlets. www.mahina.com • (360) 378-6131 $69 plus shipping. Email: [email protected] Going Somewhere? Mexico South Paciﬁ c Latitude 38 Mexico Crew Party Stop by our ofﬁ ce and take a bundle of magazines along with you. Wednesday, September 10 • 6-9 pm • Encinal Yacht Club • Alameda We promise you’ll be a hero for sharing them with other cruisers! $7 entry fee • Munchies • No-Host Bar • Door Prizes • Demonstrations Latitude 38 • 15 Locust Ave • Mill Valley, CA • (415) 383-8200 • Open M-F 9-5 www.latitude38.com • Crew List/Crew Party • (415) 383-8200

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47-FT CATALINA, $239,500. Customized bluewater ready. Extra fuel capacity, 110 or 240v, watermaker, chartplotter, radar, AIS, coldplate refridge/freezer. Custom cabinets and workshop, dive compressor, in-boom furler, staysail, autopilot, wind vane, new hard dodger, heat-air, Auto- prop. Much more. See http://adream2sail. EXPRESS 37, 1985. Long Beach, CA. publishpath.com. Call (916) 607-9026. 47-FT BENETEAU 473, 2006. Marina 44-FT CUSTOM ALUMINUM CUTTER. $68,000. BrownSugar, Pac Cup-ready. Village, Alameda, CA. $215,000. Cruise 1988. Russell, NZ. $170,000/obo-NZ$, 2x TransPac vet. 2008 complete renova- ready. White hull. Deep keel. Teak decks, $146,000/obo-US$. Bluewater cruiser. tion, new standing, fresh running rigging. 3-cabin. 75hp Yanmar, 7.9 Westerbeke Professionally maintained. Comprehen- 3-year-old Yanmar 3GM Balmar alterna- generator, Spectra Newport watermaker, sive communications. Additional generat- tor, AGM batteries, new Martec propeller. air conditioning, custom upholstery, ing capacity. Lots of gear. Ready for South 2013 bottom fairing, new Schumacher cherry wood interior, bow thruster. Much Pacifi c Islands or Antarctica. For access rudder. Autopilot, complete electronics. more. Contact [email protected] or to the boat, email: [email protected]. Sideband. One-season carbon 150 ge- (530) 545-9540. For more information, go to blog: http:// noa, watermaker. Trailer available, loaded. zuluboat.blogspot.com. Or contact via No brokers please. (714) 973-2878, (714) email: [email protected]. 425-9788 (cell) or fi [email protected]. 48-FT SPARKMAN & STEPHENS, 1970. Marina del Rey, CA. $298,000. Beautiful steel circumnavigator. Recent 18-month total refi t 2010-2012! Dutch-built S&S/ Koopman’s design, completed by Royal Huisman. Lola is a beautiful, fast, seaworthy, circumnavigating machine! No expense was spared in bringing her back to “new” condition from top to bottom! 40-FT CAL, 1966. Alameda. $88,000. Electronics, rigging, sails, mechanicals, Price reduced! Cal 40 Shaman. Best Cal electrical, and paint. All NEW! She is 40 on West Coast. 3DL sails (new main), 48-FT PERRY-DESIGNED CUTTER. 39-FT BAVARIA, 1994. Everett, WA. very unique, sails like a dream, and must B&G instruments and autopilot, carbon 1994. Seattle, WA. $89,000/obo. Beautiful $129,000. Offshore-unique. Volvo be seen to be fully appreciated! More spin pole, Ballenger mast/boom. Full custom center cockpit, lightly used and MD2040A w/2200 hrs. Radar, auto, 2 at www.sailinglola.com. Contact (707) specs/pics at: www.sailblogs.com/mem- well cared for. Excellent sails and rigging. GPS, SSB, digital barometer, EPIRB, 509-9096 or [email protected]. ber/cal40shaman. Call (415) 725-9581. Bow and stern thrusters and much more! liferaft, RIB, 4 solar panels. Hydro-wind MUST SELL. Photos/specs at: www. generator. New winter cover and cock- yachtsoffered.com/listing.php?yacht_ pit cushions. New upholstery! More at id=223. Contact [email protected] http://1drv.ms/1lKnc13. Contact (509) or (206) 352-6453. 370-4222 or [email protected].

47-FT VAGABOND, 1984. San Diego. 41-FT BIANCA 414, 1980. Coeur d’Alene, $165,000. This Vagabond’s latest up- ID. $59,000. Fast, fun Danish-built sloop grade: all new tankage, fuel, water, hold- with self-tacking jib. Yanmar with folding ing. Many previous upgrades. If interested prop. The boom vang, backstay and run- contact Len at: [email protected] ning backs are hydraulic. Newer epoxy 48-FT MAYFLOWER KETCH, 1985. 36-FT CAPE GEORGE, 1976. Moss or (310) 357-9673. bottom and Treadmaster decking. (509) Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. $139,500 USD. Landing. $27,000. Junk rig schooner. 879-3640 or [email protected]. Sleek and graceful bluewater cruiser Solid cruising boat. Hawaii, AK, West properly equipped can fl y up to fi ve sails Coast vet. North Sails, Aircraft aluminum with a crew of two. Designed by third- masts, 4 anchors, Monitor vane, Taylor generation naval architect George Stadel kerosene cookstove, 10-ft dinghy. Vetus III, the Oriana has proven performance, diesel. Lots more gear. Contact (831) 682- good construction, and detailed appoint- 1620 or [email protected]. ments. The deck, hull, and spars were repainted in 2013. With its ample captain’s cabin, attractive, roomy salon, and fully- equipped galley, the boat is a comfortable liveaboard in any of the world’s ports. 44-FT CATALINA MORGAN 440, 2005. Powered by the proven Perkins 92M, the San Francisco, CA. $259,000. Cruise 43-FT BENETEAU 423, 2005. Redwood craft cruises comfortably at 7.5 knots. fast in safety and comfort. Electric boom City, CA. $149,000. Immaculate bluewater Equipment includes roller furling on all furling, generator, arch, davits and solar. 43-ft sloop, with cutter rig. Dual chart masts, self-tailing winches, 300 ft. chain A/C and heat, bow thruster, washer and plotters, radar, and belowdeck autopilot. anchor rode, three sturdy anchors, wa- dryer. Autopilot, C-120, Satellite weather, 150% furling jib, staysail, and like-new termaker, and more. See more at http:// radar, SSB, AIS. Excellent condition. (408) mainsail. Cherry interior with white leather. TheOriana.com. Contact (480) 447-7316 985-2107 or [email protected]. Boat looks brand new. Two-cabin con- or [email protected]. fi guration. See www.sail7seas.us/photos. html. Contact [email protected] or (650) 533-7732.

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July, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 139 45-FT FASTNET 45, 1974. Portland, OR. 44-FT KELLY PETERSON, 1977. Alam- 46-FT KRISTEN, 2000. Sidney, BC, 45-FT GARDEN YAWL. One-off double $67,000. Price reduced! Beautiful boat, eda. $119,000. NEW: 150% jib, mainsail Canada. $375,000 cdn. Proven offshore ender, 3 years in restoration, 98% com- many compliments on her lines. Recently with StackPack, dodger, 4-person sur- deck saloon cutter-rigged sailboat. Lei- pleted, cold-molded over original strip sailed to Australia and back. Very sea- vival raft, 12 V refrigeration. 475 hrs on sure Furl boom, hydronic heat, 2 Harken planking. $30K as is, or $? to fi nish reno- worthy, comes with a lot of equipment. Perkins engine and transmission, asym- furlers, watermaker, liferaft, EPIRB, steel vation. For more info, contact (916) 847- Considerable locker space and storage metrical spinnaker in sock, dinghy with hull, center cockpit. See more at www. 9064 or [email protected]. for extended cruising. (503) 327-6750 or 4hp, 3 CNG bottles, electric windlass, 60# pamelabendall.com/sv-precious-metal. [email protected]. CRQ with 300’ chain, 45# CQR w/250’ html. Email [email protected]. rope, LED lights, symmetrical spinnaker, 51 FEET & OVER 115 jib, storm sails, new clutches, big Lewmar winches, etc. The cleanest, tightest KP you will fi nd. Outfi tted for cruising. (209) 304-0444 or [email protected].

46-FT HYLAS, 2000. Coronado, CA. 41-FT HUNTER, 2003. Ventura Harbor. $380,000. Ready to bluewater cruise. $135,000. Well equipped with wind 62-FT AL MASON. Custom design/built Superb condition, boat interior recondi- generator, Spectra watermaker, asym- Salthouse NZ, 1985. Virginia, Chesapeake tioned in 2013. New hull and bottom paint. metric chute, davits, Achilles RIB and Bay. Spirit of Tradition ketch, extremely 2 cabins, 2 heads, A/C, heating, washer/ 8hp Yamaha. Inverter, microwave, fridge, able yacht with pedigree and a history of dryer, full canvas, in-mast furling, dinghy 42-FT CASCADE, 1972. Alameda, CA. freezer. Two staterooms each with a head. continuous maintenance and upgrades by with 6hp outboard, 6-man liferaft. More at $40,000. New sails, watermaker, Auto- New bottom paint 8/13, surveyed hull, knowledgeable owners. Recent circum- www.seasilk.us. Contact (619) 995-9085 helm, new rigging, ice maker, marinized rigging, and engine analysis. Up-to-date navigation and reﬁ t. www.sailmarnie.com. or [email protected]. Westerbeke and more. Needs work on maintenance. Chartplotter and radar. 50 (757) 971-1811 or [email protected]. deck. Spent a lot, asking for less. (650) gal fuel, 3 jerry cans mounted and can- 704-2302 or [email protected]. vased cover, 143 water. Baja Ha-Ha vet. (805) 320-5600 or [email protected].

42-FT BAVARIA OCEAN, 1998. Port- 55-FT TAYANA, 1984. San Pedro, CA. land, OR. $165,000. The Ocean 42 is a $285,000. The Max Grody II has been center cockpit design with two cabins 43-FT J/133, 2005. Redwood City. continuously upgraded by circumnaviga- and ensuite heads, one forward and one $320,000/obo. Excellent condition, fi xed 44-FT CATALINA MORGAN, 2007. tor owner. Extensive refi t 2001. Returned aft, providing complete privacy for two carbon sprit and emergency rudder, B&G Seattle, WA area. $265,000/obo. Mint from Baja 2013. New bottom. This is a couples or a family with two children. instruments/pilot, Raymarine radar/GPS/ condition. Captain-maintained. Beautiful turnkey boat: ARPA radar, AIS, SSB and The interior cabinetry is fi nely crafted AIS, Icom SSB/VHF, liferaft, EPIRB, 3DL deck salon, light and airy. 75hp Yanmar, Pactor 3. Watermaker, scuba compressor, mahogany. This vessel has had three sails, new faired bottom, etc. (408) 234- low hours. Batteries recently replaced. 2 autopilots, 8-person liferaft, 2 outboards owners and is lightly used. (971) 404-6441 4402 or [email protected]. Two large solar panels, cruising spinnaker, etc., etc. Time is the currency of life. or [email protected]. power winches, hydronic heat, Raymarine Spend it wisely. Go cruising now! See C120, radar, autopilot, bow thruster. LLC http://yachtmaxgrody2.com. (626) 321- available. Contact [email protected] or 7237 or [email protected]. (408) 666-3261.

40-FT COLUMBIA, 1965. Paradise Cay 42-FT WHITBY KETCH, 1981. Tiburon. Yacht Harbor, Tiburon. $27,000. Libra. $45,000. The Whitby 42 is known for Beautiful boat. 2nd owner. 1994 25hp its high build quality (made in Canada), Universal 4-cylinder M4-30 414hrs. Runs 52-FT TP52 LUCKY. IRC offshore racer, seaworthiness and good sailing man- great. 4’6” draft perfect for the Bay. 7 42-FT ISLAND PACKET 38, 1986. Sau- 2004. Subic Bay, Philippines. $339,000 ners. This Whitby is in good condition, sleeping berths. See www.dropbox. salito, San Francisco Bay, CA. $129,000. US. Price reduced. Farr-designed, Goetz- ready to sail the Bay, ready for blue water com/sh/gxjjf56ktnxuvsa/4REqpVCvoj. Cutter rig. Yanmar diesel, main, stay- built, is a very successful offshore racer. with some upgrades. Has a good sail Contact [email protected] or sail, jib and drifter. 2 staterooms, one Winner of the 2010 Rolex Middle Sea inventory, healthy Ford Lehman diesel, (415) 948-9801. forward, one aft, and 2 heads. Roomy Race, 2013 Hong Kong to Vietnam Race GPS, radar, electric windlass, below salon, spacious galley. Very spacious and and runner up in the 2014 Rolex China deck Autohelm, refrigeration, ﬂ at screen comfortable cockpit. Currently day sailed Sea Race. Constantly upgraded and and DVD player, marine stereo, lots of on the San Francisco Bay. Excellently professionally maintained to very high miscellaneous equipment. Would make maintained by lifelong sailor. Lots of new standards. Upgrades include standing an excellent liveaboard. For more, email: upgrades. See website for more photos rigging, electronics, computers, sails and [email protected]. and information: http://sites.google.com/ appendages. If you are looking to get site/cutterjonesislandpacket38. Email: into a winning offshore program, Lucky is [email protected]. for you. Detailed list of sails and photos on request. Contact (510) 910-7847 or [email protected].

Page 140 • Latitude 38 • July, 2014 55-FT HORSTMAN TRIMARAN. Half CLASSIC BOATS Moon Bay, CA. $100,000 . Glass over ply, 125hp Yanmar, 5000 watt generator. BIG, fat liveaboard, mooring, HMB. Sleeps 12. Big pilothouse, live almost free. More at http://RockyPointRealEstateGirl.com. Contact susan_ﬂ [email protected] or (702) 448-8723.

28-FT CARVER MARINER, 1978. Ballena SAIL SHARE IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ. Isle Marina. $10,000/obo. Single engine, Marina Real/Puerto Escondido. Best offer. 58-FT STAYSAIL SCHOONER, 1925. hot and cold running water. Sleeps 6. 40-ft sloop in bristol condition. 2 double Port Townsend, WA. Make offer. Great liveaboard. Call, ask for Robin. berths, 2 heads, all amenities (TV, stereo, Suva,1925 staysail schooner designed (510) 581-4720. Sirius) and safety equipment. Learn to by Ted Geary. A gorgeous and sound sail, winter getaway (in slip), honeymoon, classic yacht that sails wonderfully! Teak. fi shing, diving, sailing, exploring, adven- Financing available. See www.schooner- ture or swim with the whale sharks? Bare or crewed (USCG licensed). Will deliver to forsale.com. Contact (360) 643-3840 or 20-FT 6.2 TOMCAT. Sailing catamaran, [email protected]. Baja fully provisioned. Terms fl exible. For 2001. Birch Bay, WA. $9,999. 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Pier 39, San peaceful liveaboard mooring. $37,000 or Francisco. $300 + utilities. Slip C6. Close EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. Pas- trade for property, motor home or sail- in. Available now. Prefer long term. Con- sage Yachts Inc. San Francisco Bay boat. Contact: [email protected]. tact [email protected] or (650) Area. We are adding a position for an 274-1468. experienced sales professional to join our MARINE REPAIR BUSINESS. Fort BOUTIQUE ISLAND BEACH RESORT. progressive and growing Yacht Dealership Bragg, CA. $25,000/asking. Marine repair Tonga. $850,000. Beautiful island resort 50-FOOT SLIP FOR SALE. Emery Company. Company support, leads and business in busy marina in Fort Bragg, for sale because of illness. Property in Cove Marina. $57,500. 50-ft by 15-ft an excellent work environment are of- CA. Some tools, lots of parts, manuals, excellent condition and high-class fur- downwind slip for sale. G-25. Cheap- fered. High-income sales professionals microfiche. 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