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Latitude 38 VOLUME 395 May 2010 WE GO WHERE THE WIND BLOWS MAY 2010 VOLUME 395 GRAND MARINA. FULL SERVICE. We’re more than just a first-class marina. At Grand Marina, you’ll get any boat service or repair on the spot, by craftsmen we can highly recommend. Why spend your leisure time transporting your boat away from her home? Come by and check us out, then check our rates. See you soon. • Prime deep water concrete DIRECTORY of slips in a variety of sizes GRAND MARINA • Great Estuary location at the heart of TENANTS the beautiful Alameda Island Bay Island Yachts ........................... 6 • Complete bathroom and shower facility, heated and tiled Blue Pelican Marine ................... 170 • FREE pump out station open 24/7 The Boat Yard at Grand Marina ... 13 • Full Service Marine Center and haul Lee Sails ..................................... 164 out facility Pacific Crest Canvas .................... 69 • Free parking Pacific Yacht Imports ................... 63 510-865-1200 Leasing Office Open Daily • Free WiFi on site! Rooster Sails ................................ 75 2099 Grand Street, Alameda, CA 94501 UK-Halsey Sailmakers ............... 134 And much more… www.grandmarina.com Page 2 • Latitude 38 • May, 2010 Thanks to all our customers for a great Out with the Old, Boat Show! in with the New Leave it to Gordie Nash to take an old Santana 27, literally break it apart and turn it into a mod- ern race boat – adding a longer waterline, plumb bow, open transom. And fast new sails. With their 'shoe-string budget', Gordie and his wife Ruth decided that Arcadia needed only one PHOTO: PINEAPPLE SAILS/BAMA new sail to complete the rebuild. But they were so impressed with the new jib from Pineapple Sails, they decided Arcadia needed a whole new set. So, in addition to the initial #2 jib, they now have a new #3 and #1. With the new #1, Arcadia placed first in class and first overall in the Golden Gate Midwinters to win the coveted Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Regatta trophy. Now Gordie has a new Pineapple mainsail on order. For Gordie, the connection to the designer and builder of his sails is key to his satisfaction and to Arcadia's success – and to ours at Pineapple Sails as well. To make a connection to the folks that design and build sails right here in Alameda, stop by or give us a call today. Arcadia* YOUR DEALER FOR: Musto foul weather gear, Dubarry footwear and Headfoil 2 Sails in need of repair may be dropped off at: West Marine in Oakland, Alameda, or Richmond; or Svendsen’s in Alameda. *Powered by Pineapples Phone (510) 522-2200 Fax (510) 522-7700 www.pineapplesails.com 2526 Blanding Ave., Alameda, California 94501 May, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 3 CONTENTS BOAT subscriptions 6 calendar 8 letters 20 LOANS loose lips 76 from sightings 80 Trident Funding clipper race visits s.f. 92 wind child rescue 98 california cruising 104 "a fresh approach beer cans 108 from people cuba cruising, pt. I 114 you can trust" max ebb: a wing and a kite 122 the racing sheet 126 In Northern California call world of chartering 136 JOAN BURLEIGH changes in latitudes 144 (800) 690-7770 classy classifi ed 162 advertisers' index 172 In Southern California call brokerage 175 JEFF LONG Cover: If two is company and three is a crowd, four cats are a blast in the tight quarters at this secret, shallow, bluewater anchorage in the Sea of Cortez. MARGE BROOKSHIRE Clockwise from the bottom, the boats are Bill Lily's Lagoon 470 Moontide from Newport Beach, Arjan Bok's Lidgard 43 Rotkat from San Francisco, Latitude's Surfi n' 63 Profl igate from Punta Mita, and Bob Smith's Custom 44 Pantera from (888) 883-8634 Victoria, B.C. Photo by: Latitude 38/Richard Copyright 2010 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc. Latitude 38 welcomes editorial contributions in the form of stories, anec- In San Diego call dotes, photographs – anything but poems, please; we gotta draw the line somewhere. 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For more specifi c information, request writers' guidelines from the above address or see www.latitude38.com/writers.html. Page 4 • Latitude 38 • May, 2010 Beneteau and Beneteau Oceanis 50 SELECT LISTINGS Passage Yachts are celebrating Beneteau 423, 2005 Island Packet 40, 1998 Beneteau's $239,000 $255,000 success as the #1 brand Beneteau 393, 2003 Island Packet 380, 1999 in America with Beneteau 46 $137,900 $245,000 the Invest in America Sale! 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