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DESIGNER: SPARKMAN & STEPHENS
LOA .... 29'11"
DWL.24'3"
Beam.10'
Draft.4’11"
\
Ballast. 3700 lbs.
Sail Area.449 sq. ft.
Displacement .... 8750 lbs.
Berths.5
Power. . . Universal Atomic-4
(Farymann diesel opt.)
San Juan -24
DESIGNER: BRUCE KIRBY
LOA.24'
DWL.19'6"
Beam.8'
Draft.4'
Sail Area.231 sq.ft.
Ballast. 1600 lbs.
Displacement .... 3200 lbs.
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They make you feel like racing
Paul Altman is sailing his Hawkfarm 'Predator'*
for her second season on the Bay, and has gotten
the hang of things. As a matter of fact, Paul decid¬
ed it was time to go ocean racing.
With typical unreserved elan, Paul made his
debut in the San Francisco to San Diego race; the
longest Midget Ocean Race in the world.
As things worked out, it was quite a race. One
boat got rolled and had to be rescued, some aver¬
aging knot meters showed readings of 18 knots
and more, many sails were shredded, almost every
boat ran with a jib on a pole sometime during the
race, and one of the light weights reported they
couldn't stop surfing down the waves, even under
bare poles . . .
When finally, upon arriving in San Diego, Paul
recovered from his temporary insanity (the kind
that seems to be a necessary ingredient for this
kind of ocean racing), he discovered that he had
won the race.
Later, at the dock Paul was talking to Del
Hutchinson, who's 'Banana Republics,'* the small¬
est boat in the fleet, had been first to finish.
Neither Paul nor Del were particularly unwound
yet.
Del: You've got to be insane . . .
Paul: You or me?
Del: Don't know.
Paul: Never do this again.
Del : Me neither.
Paul: Hear 'bout that midget race in September?
Del: Some rumblings, guess we better find out.
Paul: Yea, friend of mine has details.
Del: Better get on it.
Paul: Have to hustle to get ready in time.
Del: Can't miss this one.
Paul: Right.
What's so funny about all this is that when Paul
and Del are at the loft, they show no symptoms of
any derangement whatsoever. They are just Sun¬
day Sailors like most of us.
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CONTENTS
7
calendar
9
letters
13
yacht dabs
j,
22
»
sightings
26
sailing for dollars
29
chrls
33
Jim
37
long distance race
39
shortest distance
42
one hand transpac
45
more transpac
47
A Performance
Doubla-Ender
LORD
HELMSMAN
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51
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delta do's
& don't*
COVER: Mike <& Debbie Pyzei at. Hanalei Bay, Kauai
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The Northern California Sailing Sheet
page 7
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Choice of 3 instead of
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LETTERS
SEA RIO KITSET
Latitude 38,
AMEN — to your answer to Suzane Ritchie of Berkeley as
printed in the “Letters” section of the May issue. LOVED your
'answer to her!
As a female sailor, 1 found absolutely no wrong with the
article or with your attitude. On the contrary — I found it very
flattering.
PULPITS & PUSHPITS
Just what you've been looking for. Castings are marine
grade bronze, chrome plated. Tubing, 1” dia., 18 ga. 304
marine stainless steel.
I would say Suzane is a way-out feminist who is extremely
self-conscious about womanhood. I hope she awakens to the
reality of life soon!
Let’s here it for Latitude 38! Keep up the good work.
K.M.
A very female sailor
Grab Rails
K.M
You’re very flattering, perhaps you’d like to take a
crack at defending us in the ‘Torture Ship’incident unfolding in
the next letter.
—
Latitude 38,
Please do not renew my subscription to Latitude 38.
Although I have found your publication generally interesting, I
cannot stand your total lack of political sensitivity.
To make jest of the plight of Chilean political prisoners
(Torture Ship) was the final straw, the first being allowing the
“nigger work” comment to go without as much as a (sic).
A retraction/apology would make me reconsider.
Sincerely,
Robert Price
ALWAYS A BOAT SHOW
IN WALNUT CREEK!
-
Robert
There was a time not so long ago when we were
politically
sensitive.
We
marched against
wars,
we
conscientiously objected to our being drafted, we canvassed for
our favorite candidates, and we marched for this persecuted
group and that endangered species. We watched a hundred riots
and saw a thousand windows break and one bank burn to the
ground.
After awhile we seemed to discover that the majority of
leaders on any side of any issue were disreputable, profiteering,
cheating scoundrels, it was then we became politically numb.
Was our head on the Esmeralda (“a torture ship? aren’t they
all?) really that horrendous? it did lead to our observation that
some people believed the Esmeralda had been used for political
prisoners
an observation the yachting press up and down the
coast ignored. Maybe we were insensitive; maybe you were
hypersensitive — at any rate Latitude 38 is a lousy place to took
—
NEPTUNE 24
CATALINA MONTGOMERY CAPRI
LASER
TASAR
NACRA 5.2
VAGABOND BANSHEE ALCORT
—
for politics.
As to the “nigger work’’ comment, we presume that you are
refering to our printing of the words “boat nigger” as used by
one of the sailors we have interviewed. Frankly, since that
expression is such common parlance on the docks and we are
such lousy censors it never occured to us to delete it. i guess we
never really thought of the term as being derogatory since the
only people who use the expression are the folks who perform
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LETTERS
that function and they are invariably honky as hell. But you’re
right Robert, it's high time it drop dead and we'll sic ’em in the
future.
Latitude 38,
Could you possibly give me the address of someone local
who has the info, (sales blurbs, option lists, technical data, etc.)
on the EtchelIs 22. Also please include the name and address of
the manufacturer.
Steve Tockey
Pleasanton
Steve
Where were you for our December issue when we did
a feature on the Etchel Is? Since the boat is a strict one-design
we don’t know that there are any option lists, and to our
knowledge there is no dealer in northern California. The
licensed manufacturers on the west coast are Driscoll Custom
Boats in San Diego and Teitge Boat Works in Tacoma.
Since Etchells race in SYRA, you might get a lead from the
Executive Secretary, Edna Robinson at 357-1634.
—
Latitude 38,
A yearly subscription if you please! Great magazine and I
hate to miss a copy. This way I won’t!
Its hard not to read it from cover to cover — so I do. So nice
to have a good magazine with current and newsy stories and
articles.
This is my 21st year of racing my old Bear — so sailing is
obviously my thing and I truly appreciate a good sailing mag.
Thanks for your good work and best of luck.
Sincerely yours,
Scott Cauchois
Scott
—
Conducted by Jim Dewitt
in his new Point Richmond sail loft.
Jim DeWitt has sailed for over thirty years and is a well
known racing yachtsman. As a designated U.S.Y.R.U.
speaker, he has given sailing seminars across the country
and in Canada. Now he would like to help you get more out
of sailing.
Seminar for the New Boat Owner
Four weekly sessions Thursday evenings 7:30 - 10:00
starting August 10, topics include:
★ Care and handling of equipment—including sails!
★ Basic boat sense—Seamanship
★ Family fun—or—How to get the wife out of the galley
and up on the foredeck!
Three seminars for the Racer
Tuesday evenings 7:30 - 10:00
#1 The Rules
August 8, 15, 22, 29
#2 Tactics and Strategy September 5, 12, 26 October 3
#3 Boat Speed
October 24, 31 November 7, 14
Tuition for each seminar:,
$45 for one person
$40 for each additional family or crew member
Space limited to 50 people per seminar.
For more information call 234-4334.
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Point Richmond,
California 94801
We appreciate you compliments and support.
Editor,
The “capitals” lever on my goddam typewriter broke just as
I began to type this article, I then ran out of paper, the phone
range sixteen times, and my dog spit up on my white shag rug. I
am going to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge and if I survive,
I’ll write it up for Latitude 38.
As for the “Baruna & Bolere” piece, if you need it before the
weekend it’s just tough shit. If you do not even plan to use it
this month, PLEASE let me know immediately if not sooner, so
I won’t waste this full moon researching it.
Sally
Oh Nooooi how’d this slip through. Where’s that damn
prrofreader! Sorry folks.
Just another ‘38 ’ screwup.
,
page 11
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YACHT CLUBS
Make a visit to
Mitchell Sails
part of your
This is the third and supposedly final installment of Latitude
38’s “Tell Us About Your Yacht Club”
an idea dedicated to
the notion that yacht dubs and prospective members need a
vehicle by which they may get to know one another. This was
to be the last installment, but we’re softies and next month is
the final chance for yacht dubs to give their two-cents worth.
-
buying decision
coastside sailing chib
Thank you for your excellence in covering what’s happening
in the Western sailing scene. Your efforts arc gratefully received.
As
Secretary-Treasurer of the recently formed Coastside
Sailing Club, I’m sending you information about our club so
that you might
organization.
let
other
interested
sailors
know of our
Established on June 28, 1978 with 33 members, the Club
decided on a purpose to support and encourage sailing on the
San Mateo County Coast. Meetings and activities will originate
at
the
Pillar
Point Harbor,
Half Moon
/l/litchell Sails
Bay area, and the
possibility of acquiring land for a club facility is being looked
into.
2670 Bridgeway
Sausalito, California 94965
415 332-4104
At the July 11 meeting a 16’ Snipe was donated to the ciub
by a local resident and a work party set for July 22 to put the
Snipe in shipe-shape condition. A boat purchase committee is
also checking on the purchase of one or two other boats for
club seamanship training and racihg activities.
Junior membership is encouraged with several juniors already
in the club and junior activities planned for the future.
All people intersted in club membership (you don’t need to
own a boat or know how to sail) contact: Commodore, John
Powell
at
728-5761;
Vice
Commodore,
Burt
Babkes
at
728-5021; Secretary-Treasurer, Rick Grether at 726-51 84.
spinnaker yacht club
TURN YOUR BOAT ON
TO 120V AC POWER!
• OPERATE A MICROWAVE OVEN!
• USE ELECTRIC HEATERS AT ANCHOR!
• yVATCHTV UP THE DELTA!
• USE ELECTRIC DRILLS AT SEA!
Spinnaker Yacht Club is located on the South Dike in the
San Leandro Marina. Our clubhouse is a long low single story
building half on the dike and half on pilings. Views from our
clubhouse
channel,
include
the
small
boats
entering
and
leaving the
marina
boat lagoon which is a busy place on
weekends with windsurfers and small boats skittering about, and
off to the left the activities of the Sea Haven boatyard.
We feature all the activities of any good yacht club, plus
many fun evenings our clever members plan and do Tor the
benefit of all of us.
And
investment of $300.00
requirement
in
our
building fund is a
for membership in Spinnaker, yearly dues are
$65.00.
The club is scheduled to be open two Friday evenings and
every Saturday and Sunday each month.
Come and visit us, we arc certain you will like the people you
meet and the club house wc arc so proud of.
— Max Samscl, Commodore
page 13
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DECK HARDWARE
•all hardware with back-up plates
•anodized aluminum toerail
»wood laminated tiller
• double lifelines with 27" stanchions
• cowling vent on foredeck
»bow pulpit, stern pulpit
• hand bilge pump in cockpit
• 4 mooring cleats
• 5 winches with cleats at the cockpit
• teak hand rails the length of the cabin top'
• bow fitting with anchor roller • inboard genoa track
NOR’WEST 33
PERFORMANCE CRUISING YACHT
SPECIFICATIONS
• LOA - 33’ 6"
• LWL - 25' 0”
• Beam - 10' 0"
• Draft - 4' 9"
•Disp. - 11,500 lbs.
• Ballast - 5,300 lbs.
• Sail area - 517.75 sq. ft.
• Fuel - 30 gal.
• Water - 30 gal.
• Aux. pwr. - 20 hp Diesel
• Head room - 6' 2"
■V
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RIGGING
• aluminum mast, boom, and air foil spreaders
• mast stepped on the keel
• yacht braid sheets
• internal halyards (wire to rope) lead to the cockpit
• midboom sheet and traveler with control lines
• S/S chainplates, stem head fitting, turnbuckles
• 1 xJ9 standing rigging (9/32 head and backstay, 1/4
shrouds) with swedged fittings
‘jiffy reefing
ENGINE
• 20 hp diesel with alternator
• oil pan under engine
• 2/1 reduction gear
• 12 volt battery, 80 amp hrs.
•3 blade prop
• 30 gals fuel
• engine controls
*.
INTERIOR
• all interior bonded substantially to the hull and deck
• crafted teak interior
• teak and holly cabin sole
• plastic laminate on plywood headliner
• all space efficiently accessible
y
• 13 drawers
• 12 lockers
• hanging locker
• chart storage and sextant alcove among remaining
storage compartments
• wet storage bin in forepeak
• navigator station with hinged desk top at the head of
the quarter berth
• fresh water pump in head
• one double settee berth, one single
• pilot berth opposite quarter berth
• forepeak and head privacy independent
• hand rails along overhead
• companion way grabs
• upholstered 4" cushions on settees and berths
• engine hood, removable for excellent access
• 30 gal S/S water tank
• double berth in forepeak
• thru ventilation, even when boat is secured
STANDARD SAILAWAY FEATURES
HULL AND KEEL
• all hand laid with two longitudinal stringers
• rudder post and cutlass bearing housings integal part
of the hull
• choice of hull colors
• 5,300 lbs. casted lead encapsulated with woven roving
• dead keel space filled with polyurethane, closed cell
foam, and encapsulated with woven roving
• floors hand laid with woven roving
• deep bilge
•cabin sole bonded and fastened to hull and floors
•all thru-hulls below the water line are bronze and fitted
with seacocks
• gel coated cove and boottop
RUDDER
• schedule 40 S/S pipe and steel webbing surrounded
by high density polyurethane foam add fiberglass
reinforced rudder cheeks
• attached to keel with bronze gudgeons
GALLEY
v
• alcohol stove with oven
• deep S/S sink with fresh water foot pump
• large insulated ice box with controlled drain
• 2 lockers with 3 drawers above counter
DECK
v
• all hand laid with Vi" balsa
• large deep anchor well
• non-glare gelcoat
• companion way with seahood
•molded non-skid
• 8 opening ports with screens
• epoxy bonded to the hull, 6" centered thru bolts
attaching toerail
• tailbins below winch islands
• wide deck passage way
• self-bailing cockpit with IVi" drains
abridge deck
• 2 cockpit seat hatches
• 2 large cabin top hatches
SAILS
• main sail - 7% oz. with 2 reefs
Nor’West Yachts,
• 130% tapper - 6% oz.
430 Hester St.,
San Leandro
SEE AT
SKIPPER YACHT SALES
1535 BUENA VISTA AVE. - ALAMEDA - (415) 522-6500
YACHT CLUBS
CHECKED YOUR
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metropolitan yacht club
The Metropolitan Yacht Club, located at 89 Jack London
Square, Oakland, is right in the middle of the boating and social
activity on the Oakland Estuary. The clubhouse is a modern
two-story
building
with
a commanding view of the daily
waterfront activity. The Club is open seven days a week to
members and has a full-service bar.
Activities include racing, cruising, dinner meetings, social
events, and good fellowship.
Membership count presently is at about 300 families and
includes singles, males and females, boat owners and non-boat
owners.
The current initiation fee of $85 and monthly dues of $25
per month, we feel, is the best bargain in yacht clubs. We are
presently on a membership drive and prospective members are
invited
to
drop
by
and
visit
our
facilities.
For
further
information call the office secretary at 832-6757 or Jim Forrest,
Vice Commodore at 483-821 1.
I thank you for the opportunity to boast about our club.
— Jim Forrest, Vice Commodore
palo alto yacht club
Not the oldest yacht club on the bay, but surely a senior
citizen — Palo Alto Yacht Club under Commodore Robert T.
Wheeler celebrates its golden anniversary this September. The
club was founded in 1928 and the clubhouse is located at the
Bay end of Embarcadero Road in Palo Alto. The clubhouse
includes
meeting facilities
and
bar,
with docks, hoist and
berthing facilities on the water. A county-operated launching
It's always time to check your mast, standing rigging,
turnbuckles, etc. And, regardless of what you find or
need, talk to Weather Mark/Marin Marine. We offer a
complete rigging service, standing & running rigging,
wire to rope splicing, air craft swaging and life-lines.
Forespar and Nicro Fico custom spinnaker pole assem¬
bly done at no charge.
ramp is close by.
The club’s 270 members (in all categories) are offered what
STOCKING DEALERS FOR:
may be the most active schedule on the Bay. The club itself has
26 scheduled races per year, plus a midwinter fogbite series in El
Toros. There is member participation in the YRA, SBYRA,
SYRA, SBYRA, and usually at least one TransPac racer flies a
Palo Alto burgee.
Fleets of Day Sailers, 505s, Contenders,
Thistles, 470s, and Enterprises race in local waters. Members
have 83 keel boats eligible for YRA racing out of the total of
Sampson & ITiarlow Line
Sherman Johnson Rigging Hardware
iTIerrlman-Holbrook
Universal Wire
302 boats on the club roster.
The club auxiliary sponsors an active social program for club
members, including TGIF parties at the clubhouse every week.
There are 15 scheduled cruises annually to various other
ports, including the Delta, and probably as many informal
cruises.
A year-round Junior Sailing Program is sponsored by the
club, and serves about 50 local familes, both club members and
others — whose children learn to sail in a Junior Division which
conducts a regular Saturday schedule in
El Toros.
Formal
instruction is furnished to youngsters and older during the
summer.
All this is available for an entrance fee of $150 and due of
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The
Island
enthusiast.
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memberships of only
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$15 per year, plus a one time only
initiation fee of $10 (Junior membership are also available), and
reciprocal
privileges
at
most other
bay
area yacht clubs.
Membership in the Island Sailing Club entitles the small boat
sailor to participate in Small Boat Racing Association and San
Francisco Bay Multi Hu 11 Association sponsored events. The
Club is also an affiliate of the Pacific Inter Club Yachting
Association and the United States Yacht Racing Union.
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Sea Spray, Sunfish.
Five major regattas are scheduled each
season (Splice the Mainbrace in February, Opening Day in April,
Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day). Also, a
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Trophies are awarded for all events and registration fees for
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For additional information regarding the Island Sailing Club
events and membership, contact the Membership Secretary, Bob
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I was delighted to note that your publication is fostering
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the various clubs and their activities. In my opinion no task
could be of more vital importance to the health and well-being
of sailing, and I offer, as my own small contribution to this
important work, the following descrpiton of our club — one
that you may not have heard before:
The Isle of St. Brenden Yacht Club is the oldest yacht club
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an Irish Abbot who set out in a leather curragh with his merry
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our club
on
a
palm-fringed
island
he discovered
somewhere in the North Atlantic. The actual local of the Isle
of St. Brendan has varied from century to century according to
the whim of the reigning King’s cartographer, and is today a
closely
guarded
secret
revealed
only
to
bona
fide ISBYC
members in deep and esoteric ceremonyv
I am happy to report the establishment of the first North
American chapter of the Isle of St. Brendan Yacht Club with
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headquarters on the north pier of Pelican Harbor in Sausalito. In
addition to the usual wharf and clubhouse complex, the Pelican
chapter boasts its own paddle ball courts, hot tub, jacuzzi,
sauna, and olympic-sized swimming pool. I will try to describe
some of the other features of the chapter for readers who might
be interested in joining.
Social activities of the club are not limited to the usual balls,
cotillions, black-tie clambakes and the like. The Club prides
itself in keeping alive a number of unique social traditions
reaching back into the dark dawn of Irish prehistory. Midnight
yacht relocation ceremonies, mast worship, cannabalism, —
what would yachting be without its colorful traditions?
Then there’s our extremely active Junior Program, for we do
believe in supporting Youth in its Love for the Sea. While not
many of our younger members are actually permitted in boats,
all are encouraged to prepare for the day when they will share
the responsibilities as well as the joys of adult seamanship by
attending our many instructional programs: “Nocturnal Dinghy
Procurement”, “Avoiding Coast Guard Inspection”, “Stretching
the Racing Rules,” and the ever-popular, “Offshore Transfer of
Hawaiian Agricultural Products,” to name but a few.
Yacht ownership among ISBYC members falls generally
within the four and a half foot to a hundred and seventy-eight
foot range, and while most members boats cluster within the
conventional world of wood, steel and fiberglass (there’s one
sheepskin catboat), many of our members have gone on in their
own individual ways to keep alive our Founder’s interest in
leather.
As befits our venerable tradition, membership in the Isle of
St. Brendan Yacht Club is both restrictive and exclusive. While
we naturally welcome sincere sailors of all races, creeds and
colors (not to mention the various sexes), we do have standards
to maintain, and quite frequently are forced to pick and choose
among the deluge of Third World diplomats, Swiss bankers,
cross-sex dressers, child molesters and assorted riff-raff that
daily besiege our membership committee. Quite frankly, ability
to meet the considerable financial requirements of initiation and
membership are' a primary consideration of the selection
committee. However, sincere petitioners should not be
discouraged by a lack of personal resources. There are ways. We
particularly welcome applicants with access to union pension
funds, managers of nursing home chains, and members of
former President Nixon’s White House staff. In any case, final
acceptance is always up to our Treasurer, Commodore Lansky
of Las Vegas and the Grand Bahamas, who will bend every
effort to accomodate the Re^dy and Willing. We do accept
second mortgages.
In closing, let me encourage those of you who feel sincerely
qualified for membership to contact Commodore Robinson,
Commodore Hammond, or Commodore Tony Nobalony
Crispino Mandalino. They can be found loitering on Pelican
Harbor's north pier. Don’t tell them I sent you.
For the Isle of St. Brendan
Yacht Club
✓
Commodore Matt Herron
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SIGHTINGS
while harry talks, merlin wins
Folks, it’s time for the next installment of the Merlin vs. Drifter
saga.
We join Drifter’s owner Harry Moloscho in British Columbia who is
telling the press that Drifter exists for Flarry’s ego. Flarry explains that
when he does something big in corrugated boxes (his business) nobody
gives a damn — but, when Drifter wins a race “the people I care about
impressing are all impressed”. Score one for Flarry in the refreshingly
honest column.
Harry then maintained that Drifter was a winner, and in fact had
beaten Merlin 3 out of 5 times. Well, the way we remember it Merlin
won the TransPac, the Manzanillo Race, and corrected-out ahead of
Drifter in the La Paz Race. Drifter won the Cal Cup, and wa^
first to finish, but not corrected time winner at La Paz. We figure that
comes out to 2j4 to 1 Vi score in favor of Merlin, but obviously we’re
missing one race here. Anyway things have changed.
While in Kauai covering the Singlehanded Race we heard that Merlin
had beaten Drifter by a comfortable margin in the Victoria to Maui
Race, and in the process broke the old record by 2 days. We don’t have
the exact time, but it was another good win for Merlin.
But there’s much more Merlin vs. Drifter head-on competition still
forth-coming this year. September 8th and 9th the Monterey Peninsula
will be sponsoring the 14th Veeder Cup competition and we don’t
have to tell you who will be match racing in this one. The interesting
part of this race is that Harvey Kilpatrick, who often sails on Merlin will
be skippering Drifter with its Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club crew.
Merlin will be sailed by a crew from the Santa Cruz Yacht Club and
may have gotten her coffee-grinders aboard by then.
And that is not the end, which will take place at the St. Francis Big
Boat Series, which should be an absolute gangbuster this year. People
have always wanted to see how Merlin and Drifter would fare against
the likes of Kialoa (with her new bottom), Windward Passage (now
also getting a new bottom), Ondine and others — all of whom are
expected to show for the regatta. That should be a great one,
particularly if it blows like stink for a race or two. See you there.
The Monterey Peninsula’s Veeder Cup - we must add - has been
growing in stature each year. The first challenge was in Columbia
Challengers and has since moved up through Sabres, Mercurys,
Santanas, Shields, Cal 29’s, and now to the maxi ultra-lights. That too,
will be an interesting race, seeing if Merlin can avenge her Cal Cup loss
on her home waters.
how does the guy do it?
We’ve never met the guy, but he’s got to be amazing. Everytime we
pick up something on a big Laser event the name at the top always
seems to be John Bertrand. No matter how many boats, no matter
where in the world, its John Bertrand. Now when you read about
Finns, there’s that same name again at the top. John Bertrand first in
the Finn Nationals in Mobile, Alabama out of a fleet of 45. And just
recently John Bertrand first in the Zellcrbach Finn Heavy Weather
Championship. John is apparently sailing Finns with an eye toward the
1980 Olympics. How good can one guy win so often?
In the Zellcrbach Invitational Louie Nadic was third, Ed Bennett
fourth, and Shimon Von Collie fifth.
racy stuff
The Danforth Series is over. If you
don’t remember what it is we’ll remind
you that it’s the IOR offshore racing
scries for northern California and is made
up of the Schoonmakcr-Stewart, the
Montara-Farallons, Buckner, Waterhouse,
and Farallon Island Races. In Division 1,
Dave Allen’s Imp was the winner,
followed by Bill Erkclcns’ “Lois Lane”
and Chick Lcson’s “Incredible”.
Division II was won by Louis Kruk
who was sailing Sweet Okole, second was
Don Pearl’s Santa Cruz 33 "Ajax”, and
third was James Wagenhcim’s Peterson 34
“Mage Wind”.
MORA also finished it’s five-race Pete
Smith Scries that ends the first half of the
season. Tops in the IOR Divison was Oh
SIGHTINGS
the eagle has not landed
’/
But the 295-foot Coast Guard training vessel will be trucking on
under the Golden Gate on Friday August 11 right about 9 in the
morning. The Eagle will then tie up at Pier 45 at Fisherman’s Wharf and
be open to the public at the following times: August 11th, 1 to 6 pm.;
the 1 2th, 1 to 8 pm.; the 13th, 3 to 6 pm; and 6 to 9 pm on the 14th.
lloyd ...
lloyd bridges ..
is that you?
:
You can bet your snorkel it is! Still
looks like he’s in damn good shape
doesn’t he? But we all get a little older
and Lloyds spending more time above the
surface now.
Lloyd knows how to keep busy
though, and he posed for this Coast
Guard photo that we lifted from the
“Navigator”. Lloyd and the Coast Guard
just wanted to remind you that putting
on lifejackets is not only a good idea, it
can be lots of fun too.
racy stuff
Nooo!, which is reportedly heading for
the Worlds), Sacre Bleu, and Stampede.
The PHRF section was won by The
Rubyiat, although she is being protested;
Trollop currently stands second and
Rampage third. Trollop and Rampage
were tied, but Kitty James fixed that.
The second half of the ocean racing
season gets underway in August and
there’s still time to get in the action. IOR
boats will be racing the 5-race Gulf of
Farallones Series; MORA will be doing
the 5-race Golden Hind Series; and PHRF
boats will sail approximately the same
courses as the IOR boats in their own
5-race series. Call Kitty James at /
468-0510 for details.
page 23
The arrival of the bark Eagle (which apparently is as ‘tall shippy'as
San Francisco is going to get this year) marks the first time in 1 3 years
the 1,816 ton square-rigger has been on the west coast. To make up for
her long absence she’s bringing something new this time, something
dear to the hearts of all young sailors — female cadets, 1 5 of ’em! These
women are part of the 140 cadets who joined the Eagle at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba for a 5-week training stint before being sent out to other
parts of the world.
Senior female cadets handle the functions carried out by officers.
Sophomore female cadets do the duty normally assigned to enlisted
personnel such as standing helm (there are three helms manned by six
cadets), look-out watches, working the 200 lines and 20 miles of
rigging, setting the 20,000 square feet of sail, scrubbing the decks,
painting, and you won’t believe this - working in the galley.
The Coast Guard got the Eagle as a war prize from Germany after
World War II. Prior to that time she was the “Horst Vessel”, a training
ship for German naval cadets, and during the war was converted to a
cargo ship to transfer men and supplies from East Prussia.
Eagle's best speed is reported to be 1 8 knots; best four hour run is
62.7 miles; best 24 hour run 327 miles. That’s not bad for a heavy
displacement boat, but she’d never keep up with a Moore 24.
howard jarvis - the yachtsman’s friend
For years and years various boating organizations and Assemblyman
Dixon Arnett have struggled with the legislature in an attempt to get
recreational boat taxes reduced. Invariably their struggles end up in
failure, and this year facing the opposition of Leo McCarthy and Willie
Brown was no different.
Then along came Howard Jarvis and Proposition 13, successfully
transcending all previous opposition to change all that. Consequently, if
you are a boat owner you can expect that your boat taxes for the 19781978-79 tax year to be reduced by over 50%.
For sometime there had been controversy as to whether or not
Proposition 13 would effect boats which are considered part of
‘unsecured’ tax rolls. But Attorney General Evelle Younger then gave
the opinion that unsecured rolls (and therefore boats) did fall under the
influence of Proposition 13. Deputy Attorney General Edward
Hollingsworth confirmed this opinion.
The irony of the entire matter is that Dixon Arnett and the various
boating groups had been struggling to achieve equity with airplanes
which arc assessed at 1.5% of their assessed value. Under Proposition 13
boats will be assessed at only 1% of their market value. Yachtsmen,
who previously suffered the most under the unsecured tax rolls are now
the greatest beneficiaries of Younger’s decision.
Charles McKesson, president of Boat Owners Associated Together
was naturally delighted with the decision. So were we.
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PROFESSIONAL SAILING
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Recently we received not one, but two copies of the
following proposal for ‘professional sailing’. We had heard that a
proposal like this was coming along, but we do not know at this
time who is behind it
Professional sailing
or at least sponsored sailing with prize
money is common in both Europe and Australia, although the
booty is not yet enough to support a boat by itself.
If, as the proposal requests, you would like to send
your comments on the matter, address them to: Professional
Yacht Racing Union, P.O. Box 468, Newport Beach, Ca. 92662.
—
$$$$$$$
Gentlemen:
This rather dramatic proposal hopes to achieve the following
goals:
1. Increase national interest and participation in the sport of
sailing and yacht racing at ALL levels.
2. Increase the sailing/yacht racing marketplace through the
results of the first goal.
The absolute purpose of any plan taken in the direction of
professional sailboat racing would be to promote the sailing
industry and encourage a greater growth of the market. This
would benefit all participants in the sport, but the main
beneficiary would be the sailing industry; i.e. designers, builders,
O.E.M.s, sailmakers, distributors, dealers, etc.
FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS IN AMATEUR CLUB RACING
1. Fleets are splintered by the several rules in effect; i.e. IOR,
MORC, MORA, MORF, PHRF, local rules, etc.
2. Prestigious races are continually dominated by custom
“one-off” boats with professional crews.
3. In an attempt to compete with Problem 2., the standard or
dual-purpose boat has an added expense of sophisticated
up-grading; i.e. hardware, electronics, sails, spars, and so forth.
Often with inconclusive results.
4. The overwhelming difficulty in predicting the direction of
Rule Modifications as they regularly occur.
A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE:
1. Develop or enhance an amateur rule that would be as strict
as any “one-design” rule with a greater provision for safety and
sea-worthiness.
2. An amateur rule that restricts racing to production
dual-purpose boats.
3. An amateur rule that favors the “week-end” sailor with
limits on equipment and sails.
4. Operation of this rule, without change or modification for
a long period of time; i.e. 5 to 10 years.
5. Variations to the rule would be banned! not penalized.
Considering the five alternative above, a manufacturer could
concentrate on building and selling his product based upon
aesthetics, construction, interior design, handling qualities,
price, etc. — NOT the rating certificate.
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If an alternative, such as this, was introduced into amateur
racing, more people would actively enter the sport and enjoy
the pleasure and fellowship derived from Club Racing. However,
this concept would destroy the “development class” and hold
back creativity in design and construction. This “development
class” has unfortunately been distorted by restricting rules that
have attempted to “Umbrella” all yachts at once. In order to
maintain this class and promote true development of ideas,
there should be a "Professional Gran Prix Circuit”.
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REASONS FOR PROFESSIONAL RACING
1. To withdraw commercialism from amateur racing.
2. To create an accelerated development class.
3. To create the means for a sailing industry public relations
program that would promote a national interest in and
attention to the sport of sailing.
4. To separate those skippers who feel the need to dominate
a prestigious racing series from the amateur club racer.
A POSSIBLE FORMAT:
1. Professional racing yachts to be governed by a simple rule,
e.g. Sail Area and L.O.A.
2. No restrictions on shape or materials of construction.
3. Strictly level racing — NO handicap ratings.
4. Provide year-long, accumulative championship with eight
separate regional series, one every month and a half, allowing
time to organize yachts between events.
5. Acceptance of sponsorship for prize money and yacht
backing as can be developed by individual owners, such as
liquor, auto, film companies.
6. Professional yachts would never race in amateur events.
7.
Professional
crewman
would
effectively
remain
professional for the duration of each year long championship
and could not, during that time, race amateur. Their status
could be changed at the end of each year.
8. Once established, additional professional classes could be
developed, e.g. TransPac maxi-boats.
This outline serves only to introduce a general concept, some
of which is not new, of course. It does, however, include
something that would benefit every facet of our industry. With
constructive ideas and criticism from you, we can issue a
September Newsletter stating a format for the concept with
regional meetings to promote and improve Corinthian club
racing, build the sport of sailing, and herald a spectacular
Professional Racing Championship.
We would greatly appreciate, at your earliest convenience,
any comments on and reactions to this concept.
Respectfully submitted,
PROFESSIONAL YACHT RACING UNION
J unc 1 5, 1978
Photo by Mike Turner
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CHRIS BOOME
People should experience sailing at all
Rheem Series; five-time winner of the
blond hair and with a trace of freckles.
levels,” says versatile racer Chris Boome.
SYRA
“Too many people stay in one type of
Chiquita as she was twice'' winning the
about people as well as his goals. For
Danforth
boat. Branching out is important.”
#
Boome, 31 year-old sales manager of
Challenge
Series.
Trophy;
Chris
has
crew
also
bn
Boome
is
a committed person, caring
raced
example, when the questionnaire for this
SORC and was upwind and downwind
series went out, Chris took the time to
tactician on this year’s Congressional Cup
wrtic a full page letter touting sailing
company,
Winner. “The experience of sailing at a
buddy Conn Findlay, whose name didn’t
practices what he preaches. A list of his
different level other than you arc used to
appear on the list.
credits reveals an impressive breadth of
is helpful, even if it’s sailing an El Toro.”
the
Peninsula-based
experience:
Barient
the Laser Worlds where he
had two 3rds in 1974; the O.K. Dinghy
Nationals; a first and two seconds in the
page 29
Boome
pretense.
is
He
bright-eyed
looks
like
Boome grew up sailing at the Palo Alto
and
without
Yacht Club. “I owe alol to their junior
Hans
Blinker
sailing program
' grown-up, the same light blue eyes and
and to Lou
Lundgren
who was running the program when I
Finish of Boome’s first marathon
started.” Chris sailed alot with his dad,
That was a great incentive!” By 17 Chris
preparing for the Laser Worlds. Running
and by the time he was eight had his own
went to the Sear’s Cup Finals and came in
helped my sailing alot. I never once felt
El Toro. “I finished my first race a half
4th
like I was tired during the entire Laser
an hour behind everyone else,” he grins a
Championship.
in
that
North
American
Sailing
campaign.
toothy grin. “My boat was full of water.
Now, almost fifteen years later, Chris
The thing that kept me going was I had
is competiting in a second sport. “I got
running
an older brother who sailed really well.
into
sport for its own sake. About a year and a
running casually
the
year
I
was
“After
the
more
Laser
Worlds
seriously,
I
began
enjoying
the
CHRIS BOOME
half ago I decided to run a marathon
(26.2 miles). It was the “Avenue of
Giants” in Garbervillc. My goal was just
to run and finish. I trained and improved
my time. The next was the San Francisco
Marathon. Chris is now within a shade of
qualifying for the Boston Marathon. I
enjoy running and find it very relaxing.”
Boome has the bony look of a
marathoner. He is 6 feet tall and weighs
163 pounds. He runs about 15 miles a
week near his Woodside home. His
girlfriend, a nurse, often runs with him.
When he's in training, Boome takes a long
serious run of about 18 miles once a
week. “The thing about 'Sunday sailors’
is they have to pay more attention to
physical conditioning. It improves your
performance. It keeps you awake and
aware.”
Boome likes to win sailboat races. If
he doesn’t win, he tries to figure out his
mistakes objectively. “But alot of the
races that stick out in my mind are just
fun regattas, like the Laser Slalom in
front of the St. Francis (in which he had
taken a. first and a second) or the
Chichester around Alameda or the 505
Marathon from Sausalito to Palo Alto.
Though Boome has never spent alot of
time in any one boat, he is enthusiastic
about the 505. “I think the ‘five-oh’ is
the greatest boat. You don’t have to be
big, but you can be. It’s like the Laser in
that there is plenty of power.”
What is his advice to novice racers?
“You’ve got to handle your boat enough
so that it becomes second nature so you
can concentrate on tactics — that’s the
fun part anyway. If ! were new to racing,
my first goal would simply be to sail an
uneventful race. My second goal would be
to use the tide tables. Use a spinnaker but
take it down early. Don’t get too fancy.
More people Ipse races from making big
mistakes than by winning with some
tricky maneuver. My third goal would be
sailing with a working knowledge of the
tides. The tidebook is only a guide.
You’ve got to observe the bouys and
watch what’s happening to other boats.
This year, I’d take into account all the
rain. There will be more ebb earlier than
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the tables show. I’d study the transition
times carefully. There’s always the same
pattern on the bay. The change occurs
inshore first. Actually, you only have to
worry about half the course because of
the tide. For example, when going to
windward in a strong flood, there’s no
need to cover someone who ventures out
into the strongest current.
“Another important area of racing is
the starts. Getting yourself positioned
relative to the fleet is more important
than getting the first start. You’ve got to
figure out where you want to be
considering the wind and tides,” explains
Boome. “The key is not to wait until
three minutes beforehand on the final
approach to set yourself up. Most keel
boat sailors don’t understand this.
“I prefer to get ahead in races and
cover the fleet. But, if you’re behind, be
more aggressive - watch for wind shifts
and look around more.”
He offers some additional advice. “If a
boat gets hard to sail, you’ve got to
change something so it can sail itself. If
there’s weather helm, the main may be
too full, the mast may be raked aft too
far, or maybe the traveller is too far to
windward. But I think most of the time
when people are going too slow on San
Francisco Bay, they’ve got too much sail
up.
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“That’s the one thing about the bay —
the wind. You can always be sure of
having plenty of it. Since there are not
many wind-shifts you can work on boat
speed,” says the expert helmsman. "The
bay teaches you to sail in heavy weather.
When it starts blowing up a storm in an
international race, that’s when our local
boys have an advantage.
“One thing that astounds me in the
Bay Area is that there is such poor
reporting in the newspapers and on TV.
Especially since sailing is such a part of
the bay area scene. In Australia sailing is
recognized as a real sport. It’s looked up
to as one of the legitimate sports to be
followed. The reception you get after one
of their regattas is amazing. It seems to
me that people here could do something
to change the situation.”
— Marilyn Yolles
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JIM DEWITT
It’s hard to know where to begin
describing the multi-faceted Jim DeWitt.
Of all San Francisco’s surperb sailors, Jim
comes the closest to being a renaissance
man. Jim is a talanted artist, a successful
sail maker,
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a self-taught engineer,
and
effective teacher. The list goes on and on.
Even in swimming — something he does
for exercise and a change of pace, Jim
comes close to holding the Master’s world
record for the 5-yard butterfly. But
/Sailmaking and art head the list of Jim’s
interests. Which comes first? “They both
do and always have,” responds the 48
year-old sailing wiz, winner of 5 Lipton
Challenge
Trophies
and
the
first
Californian ever to win the Mallory Cup
— the North American Men’s Sailing
Championship.
Jim is shorter than many other racers,
but what he lacks in height he makes up
for in wits and strength. Says employee
Jocelyn Nash Carrick, “Jim’s a tall man;
his legs are just short.”
DeWitt is divorced, the father of three.
He has kind brown eyes. He is
extrordinarily approachable — the kind
who cares about people and their
problems; he survived some pretty heavy
blows in life himself. There appears to be
a trace of sadness about Jim from time
to time, like a cloud passing through. He
is sensitive. He is vulnerable.
But in a race, watch out, DeWitt can
become a tyrant. “When Jim wants to
jibe, he wants to jibe now!” say one
racing companion. “He has not had all
the opportunities some others have had.
He wants to demonstrate that he is the
best and demands the best of his crew.
He’s a supcrsailor."
-Jim says, “In fairness to your
competition, you should be trying your
best. But I compete to know myself
better.”
Jim has been sailing for a long, long
time. He grew up around boats. His father
built one in the backyard when he was a
kid. “By 16 or 17 my thirst to own a
boat was so bad I built myself an El Toro
with money I had earned lifeguarding. I
sailed on Lake Merritt which is a good
place to learn to sail, what with those
flukey winds. You could always get some
race going.”
DeWitt
began
working
with
a
sailmaker in Oakland and attended the
California College of Arts and Crafts.
When he realized he could make a living
from his art he went into advertising and
design. Freelancing artistically wasn’t all
that profitable so Jim made sails on the
living room floor to support the art.
Eventually
sailmaking
became
lucrative and Jim opened his well-known
loft in Richmond. Just recently, DeWitt
Sails has moved into a spacious new
building near the Richmond Yacht Club
which houses an art studio as well as the
loft. Jim spends part of the day running
the business and part of the day painting
and attending art classes. His studio work
includes nautical scenes in oil and line
drawings of harbors and docks. But J im is
equally interested in figurative painting.
His recent canvasses feature nudes
painted with thick broad strokes using
lots of reds and blues. Jim enjoys painting
as much as sailing.
“They’re alike. Complete turn ons.
Like a climax in sex. I mean, you don’t
watch the clock. When I’m racing or
painting there’s a whole period of time
that’s like it’s taken out of my life.
There’s nothing else that exists.
"I just love to race. The thing I love
most is the chess game — figuring out
what your opponent is going to do and
why. How to get them to do what you
want them to do. You can have an effect
on where the competition goes.
“The obvious example,is covering. If
you want your opponent to go to the
other side of the course you cover him
tightly and mess up his air. He’s forced to
tack off. The trick is to force him where
you want him to be without jeopardizing
your own position. You have to think far
enough ahead.”
DeWitt continues, “Basically I got into
sailmaking because I like good boat
speed. I figured you don’t have to be so
good if your boat goes fast. You create a
sail whenever you step on a boat. You
fool with the halyard position, play with
lead positions, the mast bend, the
headstay tension, the luff tension. There
are a myriad of tools you have to work
with to tailor a sail.”
What are the mistakes most people
make racing on the Bay? “Well, one of
the biggest- things is a lack of practice.
Sailing is full of a bunch of weekend
sailors. If you sail all week, you’ll get
better.
“Secondly,
shippers
often
make
mistakes selecting their crew. They take
friends and spend the whole day directing
them. They’re too distracted to steer well
and to watch the chess game.
JIM DEWITT
“Some people don’t understand the
mechanics of a boat. They take forever to
get a spinnaker up. When I was a kid
there was a doctor on Lake Merritt who
could not learn to dock the a boat
upwind. He destroyed the boat. Certain
aptitudes help take a person further. It
helps to have an inquisitive and analytical
mind — an ability to look at situations
and to solve problems.
“Finally you have to be flexible, to be
willing to change. Everybody on the race
course does things for a reason. A guy
comes in last but he’s hardest to convince
to change. He’s got to learn that whatever
you think you know, you’ve got to be
willing to let go of. It could be wrong.
“In other words, a person has got to
be his own coach. He’s got to figure out
what variable makes Aim come in last. It’s
hard to determine why you’re not
winning a boat race, it’s not that visible.
It’s empirical. A person’s got to examine
everything, one thing at a time.”
Like Chris Boome, Jim feels that
people who restrict themselves to one
3oat are foolish. Though he owns a 33’
CCA design, “Sandpiper”, he sails all
kinds of craft. “Most people get a boat
and they have to marry it. I like them all.
I love solving the problems each boat
presents.” As one competitor describes it,
“Jim loves confronting new situations. He
enjoys position sailing and controlling
other boats. He has a particular aptitude
or stepping into a boat, any boat, and
making it win. Frankly, he’s a f-—ing
genius.”
DeWitt has had a big influence on
improving racing on the Bay. For
example, it was DeWitt who pushed for
moving the starts to open waters. He
would like to see other changes. “I’d like
racing to be more sociable. When I first
started racing we had alot of fun staying
over, you know, two-day events where
people raft up and party. People should
lave a chance to meet each other with
ust as good racing. This long YRA series
takes you from Spring to Fall. If you miss
one or two races, you’re really out of the
series. Some areas have race weeks with a
series of races. I'd iike to see some of that
happening.”
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But in general, DeWitt is content with
sailing on San Francisco Bay. “I love the
problems that the bay presents. It’s a full
scale testing lab, right outside the door.”
No matter where Jim’s attention is
drawn, this artist-scientist is apt to find
intriguing situations: “Sometimes after a
rain, I like to watch the water in a little
stream as it flows by and as it moves
around curves.. I watch the little eddies
and note the different depths. Actually,
it’s like a miniature of what happens in
the Bay.”
DeWitt designing the new logo in the new studio in the new loft-
— Marilyn Yolles
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The 1978 MORA Long Distance Race
— “the longest midget ocean race in the
world” - started off soft. The seas were
just plain flat as the 16 boats reached out
from the Baker Beach start on July 1.
The winds were a gentle 5 to 7 knots,
which the fleet used to try and reach out
into the ocean to catch stronger offshore
breezes. Santa Cruz 27 Bloody Mary was
the first to pop her chute, others
continued farther out to sea, with
Hippoposterous the .last boat to hoist at
about 1700. The soft winds and gentle
seas made for ideal sailing that first night.
Early the next morning the fleet was
just south of Point Sur with most boats
between 15 and 30 miles out and
generally following the contour of the
coast. At this time Ankle Biter was in the
midst of the group, but unlike the others
she was heading almost due south, and
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when abeam of Arguello, Ankle Biter was
almost a hundred miles out. The winds
had been gradually freshening and by
afternoon it was blowing 25 knots and
the seas were beginning to build.
By dark, the boats, particularly the
ultra-lights, were beginning to scream.
The winds were now staying in the 30s
and the seas were 10 feet, steep, and
frequently
breaking.
Nortorious
Conception still lay ahead, but she was
not to be the worst.
From midnight on the night of terror
or pure fun — depends on your fear
threshold
—
began.
From
abeam
Conception until off San Nicolas Island
(50 miles west of Catalina) the next
morning, the whole fleet was getting
blasted with winds of 45 knots and gusts
higher than that. The seas had grown to
15 feet and were still steep and breaking.
For some boats that weather isn’t that
bad, particularly if you’re not racing. But
these boats were racing and some were
small and very light: the 24’ Loose
displaces about 2,000 lbs.; the Moore 24
Banana Republics comes in at about
2,100 lbs; the 25 foot Hippoposterous
displaces about 3,400 on her 25 feet.
In the midst of this blow all the chutes
were down but the speeds were high. At
17 knots Looses’ knotmeter would come
out of the water and the crew had to
guess at speeds up to 22 knots. Banana
Republics was down to a double-reefed
main and a 70% jib and was reportedly
averaging about 12 knots and bursting to
over 20 in spurts. Almost all of the light
boats were hitting double digits often,
the Hawkfarm Predator hitting 16 knots
for her top.
Text continued on page 40
Pictured here is a chart compiled by Kim
Dusenberg to compare the courses sailed
by four boats — Loose, Hippoposterous,
Ankle Biter, and Predator.
Kim thinks that Hippoposterous sailed
the best course, sailing a longer distance
than Predator, but getting good winds
longer by staying outside all of the
islands.
Kim thinks Predator sailed the second
best course (take a bow Kim, you were
the navigator), but lost some time by
cutting inside San Nicolas and San
Clemente. Both stuck to their previous
plans, Kim just felt that Hippoposterous
had a better plan.
It’s fun to look back and see where
you went, and where you went wrong,
and Loose and Ankle Biter both have a
lot to look at — the chart shows them
both all over southern California. Both
had very difficult times navigating, part
of the reason was the heavy weather, but
a big problem was that they were just
going too fast to know where they were
going.
Ankle Biter, for example did not want
to go inside the Channel Islands, but
that’s where they found themselves. It’s
too risky cutting between the islands at
night in a good wind, so they had to
continue on around Anacapa, where the
winds were light and they did several
360s with a Vi oz. chute and a !4oz.
breeze. Ankle Biter probably sailed the
longest of all the boats, you may recall
she had been almost 100 miles abeam of
Arguello..*
Loose was really screaming and while
she had all the equipment to navigate, it
was almost impossible. On the morning of
the heaviest seas and strongest winds they
sighted Santa Barbara Island but mistook
it for Catalina and eventually sailed inside
both of them, a move that proved to be
deadly. Far to the south Hippoposterous
was screaming along while Loose was
forced to watch the fireworks in low gear
off Avalon.
Navigation probably cost Loose and
Ankle Biter 4 to 6 hours each, and
Predator something less. But navigation is
important, it can lose races, and it can
win them too.
SHORTEST DISTANCE
ANKLE BITER —Santa Cruz 27 - Jim Belland
HIPPOPOSTEROUS — Custom- Warren Sankey
PREDATOR — Hawkfarm — Paul Altman
LOOSE —Custom - Jerry Fisher & Dick Pino
The San Francisco to San Diego race provides the
ultimate downwind sailing of any race in the Eastern Pacific.
This year s race held at least a full 24 hours of sheer terror
for every person in the race — yet that terror soon evolved
into a romantically remembered adventure."
— Kim Dusenberg
NEWPORT BEACH
OCEANSIDE
SAN DIEGO
page 39
GOOD OLE MEXICO
text continued from page 37
They tell us (you didn’t think we were'
out there, did you?) that' sleep is
impossible at these speeds. The boats are
simply glancing over the surface of the
water and the racket is deafening.
Somewhere near San Nicholas, in'the
height
of
the
blow,
Predator’s
Paul Altman was heard asking the
question “What am I doing here?” Thus
he had initiated himself into the true
ocean racing fraternity, that group that
asks that question — yet returns again and
again to the same circumstances that
give rise to the question in the first place.
Though all boats were taking a beating
at this point, with sails being torn, poles
being damaged, it was not the ultr'a-lights
but the heavy boats that seemed to suffer
the most. Ulf Werner’s Santana 30 Rapid
Transit broke her boom; Ranger 29
Kamala II had her rudeer bent so that she
revolved in eternal starboard circles; Ed
Homer was thrown off his Morgan 33
temporarily, as Trollop also suffered a
bent rudder. (The crew from Trollop
promises a full “what we should have
done” story for next issue). Are
ultra-lights better than heavier boats in
strong weather? Or are they just getting
the hottest crews right now? We sure
don’t know.
Shortly after San Nicolas Island most
boats experienced a sharp decline in both
windspeed and sea heights. This trend
continued into the evening when finally
the entire fleet parked , unable to fetch
San Diego that night.
Banana Republics was first in at
the San Diego Yacht Club, bringing with
her a fantastic new race record of 69
:
On the way to first-place on Predator — photo Mike Turner
hours, 54 minutes, and 9 hours — a nice
sail
by
Dell
Hutchinson and his
crew. Republics had almost made it in to
San Diego on the evening breeze the
previous night, but died just short. Santa
Cruz 27, Ankle Biter was second on
elapsed time, skipper Jim Belland; and
Paul
Altman’s
curiously
yellow
Hawkfarm, Predator, was third to finish.
Altman and Predator hung on to win
corrected time honors by a ridiculous 22
seconds over Hippoposterous which
unfortunatley had troubles with her
spinnaker pole and wentforover half the
race without flying it. John Paxton’s
Sassenach was the first ‘heavy’ boat with
a fourth place corrected finish.
Bloody Mary reportedly went tourist
this trip, accidently rounding Mexico’s
Coronados Islands. The J-24 also was
reported to have gone way south for a
bummer.
Like always the San Diego Yacht Club
came through as superb hosts, and the
MORA fleet is ready to go again, and
faster, next ye^r. You’re invited.
Special thanks to Kim
Mike Turner, and Franz
sending us their information
on the race.
—
Desenberg,
Klitza for
and photos
Latitude 38
A CLAIRE - IFICATION
Claire Henselyn would like to thank everyone for their
sympathy, but would like to say it wasn’t really necessary.
Claire had been at the helm of Kamala II — winner of last
years MORA Long Distance Race — at the height of nasty
nasty weather about 20 miles NW of San Nicolas Island. A
unusually large wave came along and as Claire was steering
something in the rudder bent, forcing the boat in endless circles.
The way the story reached the Awards Banquet: in San
Diego, Kamala II had done a 360, lost her mast and rudder,
Claire had been thrown overboard and was taken to the
hospital for treatment of exposure. So fond are folks of Claire
they took up a collection and got her a $50 gift certificate at
J&J, and each wrote her a note to read in the hospital.
Trouble was Claire was not and never had gone to the
hospital, nor had she been thrown overboard, nor had Kamala II
lost her mast. Kamala was out of action with a bad rudder and
after 6 hours the Coast Guard arrived to take her in tow, beam
to the seas. A very large breaking wave hit Kamala II broadside
just after the tow line had parted, throwing the Ranger 29 all
the way over until perhaps her mast was two feet under water.
Claire had been on the lee side and landed on the lifeline when
the boat righted herself, and was pulled aboard. The boat
suffered no damage, neither did Claire or the rest of the crew
save for a good scare.
The Coast Guard towed Kamala II to the lee of San Nicolas
for the night and then to Long Beach the next day. The rudder
was taken off and presented to Ranger Yachts who admitted
that it wasn’t supposed To happen - to Ranger’s credit Claire
and John Accord, who own the boat together, had a brand new
rudder in 214 days.
They continued, sailing in southern
California and have since returned home - to hear the same
crazy rumors. Claire loves her boat more than ever, and thinks
its stronger than she had ever imagined.
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13 days
02 hours
34 mins
27 sec
0
NORTON SMITH
SOLITAIRE
SANTA CRUZ 27
First On Elapsed Time
First On Corrected Time
First Small Boat To Finish
From its .inception just after the 1977
Farallones Race, the Singlehanded TransPac was
widely considered to be a hair-brained, half-assed,
pipe dream as well as an invitation to group
suicide. It turned out to be pure magic.
Counting the twov starts, 31 skippers actually
put their boats where their mouths said they
would be and set out for the 2,196 mile distant
Hanalei Bay, Kauai finish line. Twenty-two of the
starters crossed the finish line; 14 from northern
California, 3 from the Pacific Northwest, 4 from
the Santa Barbara - Ventura area, and one from
Hawaii. Two other entries dropped out of the race
but did make it to the islands; 7 others dropped
out, some just a few hours out of San Francisco,
one after sailing almost 5 days out.
Unlike the 1976 OSTAR race across the
Atlantic in which two were lost, all the TransPac
racers arrived hale and hearty without serious
injury. Without exception all the finishers could
have continued on much further with little
difficulty. Some newspapers reported that Bill
Collins, the last to arrive, was taken to the hospital
and was partially paralysed. That was a crock; he
got off the boat and went to the bar for a beer,
took a shower, had dinner^then went to the disco
well into the night.
Certainly the most stunning single aspect of the
race were the finish times, the times not only of
the top finishers but of the entire fleet. Norton
TRflNSPflC
13 days
02 hours
46 mins
50 sec
Smith of Mill Valley was first-to-finish and
corrected-time winner in his Santa Cruz 27,
Solitaire. Norton’s astounding elapsed time of 13
days, 2 hours, and 34 minutes would have stood
him well in many a crewed TransPac. No less
amazing was Jim Gannon who roared in a mere 14
minutes later on both corrected and elapsed-time
in his Freya 39, Golden Egg. Interestingly enough
these were the two boats at opposite ends of the
design spectrum - the Santa Cruz 27 small and
ultra-light, the Freya big and heavy with a full
keel. Gannon might have gotten the raw end of
the two-start deal since he could have used the
slightly stronger winds that seemed to accompany
the small boat fleet, although Norton probably
would have been better off a few times with
lighter winds — at any rate the fleet gave a clear
edict that in the future there be one start for all
boats.
JIM GANNON
>,
Of the 22 finishers, only 5 did not make
Hanalei Bay in under 17 days, and two of those 5
missed that goal by less than onejiour. The ‘slow’
boats were Phil Cushing’s Santana 22 “Able
Sugar” which averaged a mere 5.2 knots for the
2,000 miles and “Shivoo” a Fantasia 35 sailed by
63 year-old Robert Coleman. Bill Collins overshot
Kauai and then lost his main beating back in 25 to
35 knot winds with 12 to 15 foot seas to finish in
23 days.
Besides Norton Smith and Jim Gannon, Alan
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GOLDEN EGG
FREYA 39
First Big Boat To Finish
Second On Elapsed Time
Second On Corrected Time
John Carson was the skipper of Taylor’s Landing, one of two new
Crealock 37s in the race. John was popular when he came into the bar
because he had a fine way of telling sea stories and dirty jokes.
Carson was the only one we talked to who thought Lahaina might have
been a better place to finish. He loved Hanalei Bay but citied the lack of
various facilities for reprovisioning and getting fuel and water. He also said he
thought the entrance to the bay was potentially dangerous and had he not
been in seven times before, he would have hove to and waited for daylight.
John did not get much support on moving the finish line to Lahaina.
Carson has spent most of the last 6 or 7 years cruising and says that a good
turn of speed is becoming very important to his concept of a good cruising
V
boat.
Rutherford of 'Seattle in the Cal 40 “Quest” was
the only other skipper to turn in a 13 day run.
Alan was a mere 3 hours off Norton and Gannon’s
pace. Skip Allan of Capitola sailed “Wildflower”
his Wylie Hawfarm prototype to a 14 day, 3 hour
finish, a sensational tivme for a 28-foot boat. David
White was the only other 14-day. man, making a
fine run in the new Crealock 37 “Intention”.
Robert Wohleb in a second Freya 39, “Espial”
would have made it in under 15 days had he not
inadvertently been sent past the finish and down
the Na Pali coast; 1 5 days, 5 minutes was his time.
Of the first 11 finishers only Wohleb had not made
the Hawaii trip before, and even more amazing was
the fact that this is only his second year sailing.
John Carson was next in “Taylor’s Landing” the
second Crealock 37 to put in a fine showing.
Carson was followed by Larry Stewart of Mill
Valley who sailed the only wood boat in the race.
Two and a half days out of San Francisco Stewart
popped the chute on his 36-foot Peterson
schooner, and except to replace a chaffed halyard
never took it down for the next 13 days.
Hans Vielhauer was 9th on elapsed time in his
Scampi “Mach Schnell” and Jay Varner of
Alameda
was
10th
in
his
full-keeled
Halberg-Rasscy, “Tatooed Lady”.
Blue-water experience was not* common among
those who finished in the second half of the fleet.
Eight of the last 11 had never made the trip to
Before some sailors had a change to meet Harold Upham they thought he
might be a sympathy entry’ because of his two heart operations. Nothing
could have been further from the truth, and Harold had an attitude that was
just too much.
When asked if he considered turning around when he encountered what he
judged to be Force 7 winds, Harold had the following to say: “I was moving
so fast and that sea was so big there was no way I was going to turn around. I
didn t dare try and turn around, I would have been too scared to try.”
Was he nervous? “No, I was too sick.” Just as according to his plan, Harold
hit the sack at 6:00 the first night out, and always made sure he got plenty of
rest. He and Kent Rupp sailed the last week in radio contact and picked up
Honolulu on the VHF 150 miles out.
Hawaii before, and 5 of them had been sailing for
less than two years. Michael Lintner of Reno in
the Westsail “My Star” was one of those who is
relatively new to sailing. Westsail, often accused of
making ‘tubs’ wilf be thrilled with Linfner’s
superb time of 16 days, 3 hours. Sam Vahey of
Sausalito and Harold “two heart-bypass” Upham
of Hayward were two who are both fairly new to
sailing and offshore. Sam, in his Ranger 37
“Odysseus” played it safe on his navigation
and headed for the center of the Hawaiian chain, a
precaution that eventually added an extra 150
miles to his trip. Sam was followed by Upham in
his brand new “Joshua H” who was making his
first ocean passage in his two years of sailing.
Upham was looking for comfort and a respectable
time — he got both in his Columbia 8.7.
Naturally these superb times could not have
been achieved without strong and favorable winds
and that, for the most part, is what both fleets got.
Both fleets had to punch through two days of
heavy weather off San Francisco, and here some of
the smaller boats simply hove to for the night and
most of the skippers got sick. Two days out most
1 boats got wind on the beam at about 20 knots, a
wind strength that held as the wind came more
and more from aft. The big boats did not have
quite as much wind, but only one boat reported to
approach any drifting conditions.
Lest you think it was an easy sprint over, it was
page 45
Don Keenan of Santa Cruz never would have made the start without the
help of his friends. Only hours before the starting gun was to be fired Don’s
Vega 27 was overloaded with unpacked gear. Noticing that he needed help a
few of his friends dragged him up to the St. Francis bar. His other friends
began unloading what they considered unnecessary gear. They brought him
out of the bar, stuck him on the boat, told him everything he needed was in
the boat somewhere and shoved him off. Don hit the starting area just as the
gun sounded.
Like some of the others this trip certainly did not give Don his fill of
sailing. Last time we heard he was going to be bringing three of the race boats
back to the mainland.
not. Michael ^intner remembers an old military
ditty that seemed to apply to the race: “Though I
be wounded, I be not killed. I’ll lay me down and
bleed awhile, and rise to fight again.” A little
overly dramatic, but it was the rare skipper who
did not have serious problems to overcome.
Norton Smith for example had his self-steering
and Omega conk out one day out of San
Francisco. The next day he lost the main halyard
to the top of the mast and with twins not steering
well by themselves was faced with the decision of
having to steer 14 to 16 hours a day or turn back.
He steered. Jim Gannon had problems too, but
most were of a different nature. Harried by
customers who decided they wanted extra last minute work done on the Freyas he builds, he
didn’t have adequate time to prepare and
shakedown his boat. Race morning he hooked up
the propane tank and it leaked all over the cabin
forcing him to run out and buy a single-burner Sea
Swing. The mast he got from Spar Craft was
wrong, the halyards arrived the day before the
start, and gear just wasn’t getting to him on time.
Burned out at the start, he assembled the Aries for
the first time out by the Lightbucket and began to
study navigation three days out of San Francisco.
Unlike Norton who fought to control and direct
the forces he had to power his boat, Gannon
labored to get all the speed he could out of his
much heavier boat. About half the fleet flew
Kent Rupp demonstrating just one of the many reasons he was the
embarassment of the fleet. Originally many thought Kent was a marathon
runner what with the way he kept chasing girls - only later did they find out
Kent had sailed over.
Well he sort of sailed over, if you can call reading books at hull speed with
your chute up, well yeah then he sailed over. In fact Kent had such an easy
trip that a number of racers have vowed that if Kent tries to sail back in the
Gate they II be waiting on the bridge with rocks.
In a rare moment of sincerity and honesty Rupp admitted that in sailing
alone you get to know yourself better; “I discovered I was a real asshole of a
captain was the way he put it, “no wonder my girlfriend refused to sail with
me anymore.”
Before he d left on the race Kent had boned up on clever sayings and was
giving his reasons for going on the race as “life hangs by a gossamer thread”
and other such trash. They don’t have books at Club Med, so Kent had to
tell the real reasons why he wanted to sail alone, down to earth things like
“you don’t have to leave the cabin when you fart”.
Kent said he enjoyed the trip over so much that he decided to sail back
alone. Actually nobody would go with him.
This was Kent s first ocean crossing, and he was 4th on corrected time in
his Triton Neried; he’s also a funny guy.
Here the skippers are playing craps for boat titles.
Actually, they’re just comparing courses taken
on the way over.
chutes, Gannon was the only one to throw up a
blooper too — which if you stop and consider that
he’s on a 39 foot boat is really one hell of an
insane thing to do.
Several skippers did have lesser hardships to
overcome. Robert Wohleb did bend a spinnaker
pole but his greatest problem was with the time it
took his refrigerator to cool each new case of
Heinekens. Tom Lindholm did run out of his
water supply except for the emergency jugs - that
sounds bad, but he had plenty of juices left and
had used the water taking hot showers. Kent Rupp
on the Triton “Nereid” and Larry Stewart on the
schooner “Thales” both had fairly easy trips, each
catching up on their reading while doing hull speed
under spinnakers.
The most common severe problem — faced by
maybe half the fleet — was the loss or breakdown
of windvanes. Skip Allan decided that three
separate systems were necessary and he was
probably right. Some, like Sam Vahcy started
cutting up bunks on his Ranger 37 for raw
materials, David White on the Crcalock started
scandalizing the eingine for hose clamps and such.
Rather surprising to us, there seemed to be more
breakdowns of vanes than auto-pilots, and a
couple of boats that had both went with the auto¬
pilot by choice.
Although there were others that worked well
too, the Aries vanes seemed to have a good if not
page 47
Club
Medette
inspects the
rigging while everyone else inspects
hers. Individuals at Club Med were
friendly and courteous — the
management was not.
63 year-old Robert Coleman was the oldest skipper in the race, having
been born in Honolulu in 1915. This was Coleman’s first long ocean passage
and he found it to be a much easier trip than his singlehanded sail from L.A.
to San Francisco. That trip, he said, left him dizzy for days.
Robert mentioned that the start and the finish were a little difficult, but
the rest wasn’t bad at all. He had always heard that the ocean was blue, but
had never realized how blue it could get until he was 300 miles offshore.
After returning to Portland, Bob and his wife plan to sail on to the
Mediterranean.
flawless record, although it may be significant they
were on full keel boats. In fairness to the vane
manufacturers, these were brutal conditions on
vanes: there were swells from three distinct
directions, the winds were strong, and the skippers
were driving the boats at or above hull speed as
often as they could, and most destructive they
were sailing almost downwind. Gannon, whose
Aries held up for the entire trip, saw it whipping
back and forth from lock to lock and figured it
would self-destruct in an hour. It didn’t, but the
race certainly was not easy on vanes.
One item in particular that seemed to be a
disappointment was the Ra-Alert radar detectors
that were supposed to sound off in the presence of
freighters. Many in the fleet had Ra-Alerts and
they all seemed to sound off when radios and
lights were turned on, but didn’t let out a peep in
the presence of freighters. Ra-Alerts cost close to
$200 and need to go back to the drawing board or
to the bottom of the ocean.
“Spinnaker Sallys” also drew fire from those
who used them. One racer remarked that a normal
spinnaker wrap required hours to undue and
tremendous energy. A ‘Spinnaker Sally’ wrap on
the otherhand might take all day to undo and
just about kill you. When Jay Varner got his down
for the last time he tossed it in a pile by the
companionway steps — that way each time he
passed it he could swear and stomp at the mess in
Sweet Baby James’ Gannon is only two, but he’s already taking after his
old man. Notice the casual dress, the penchant for good beer as well as an
inclination to crank on the winches.
James will be four in 1980 and is expected to be the youngest entry in the
next TransPac.
frustration. When they worked they were
reportedly super; when they didn’t they were pure
hell.
Spinnaker poles bent like straws, often the
result of being dipped deep into a swell. Alan
Rutherford who carred 2 huge 23’ poles to wing
out big twins, bent both of his after dipping them.
Harold Upham had the bridles break on his
Forespar pole from being insufficiently put on.
Kent Rupp had bought a new pole and the end
fitting just dropped off.
Many spinnaker halyards came down as the
result of chafe. Among the fleet there were at least
9 sobering trips to the top of masts to replace
halyard. Many were lucky and had steps going up;
Larry Stewart didn’t and after a long long time of
thought hoisted himself to the top in a chair.
Both Michael Lintner and Tom Lindholm went
overboard voluntarily albeit without enthusiasm.
Lintner bad to fix a minor problem on his vane
and said the experience “made him pucker”.
Lindholm had a halyard fouled jn his rudder and
found the water so pleasant he stayed in for a long
swim and planned to take another but the weather
did not permit it. Bill Collins twice went over
trying to bring the spinnaker down but both times
was able to pull himself back onboard.
There was a great debate over the use of safety
harnesses. Some like Don Keenan and Robert
Coleman always hooked on whenever they came
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page 49
When Robert Coleman crossed
the starting line, he vowed that if
he made it across the Pacific he
would worship the mountains of
Kauai - wait, no, no - we just
made that up. Actually what is
happening here is that Coleman is
trying to get half the racers to come
up to the bar while they are trying
to get him to bring the others
down. After half an hour of arguing
in arm language Coleman lost and
everyone went down to the park.
This is “Thales”, Larry Stewart’s ‘only’ boat. The only wood boat in the
race, the only schooner in the race, the only freighter in the race. Freighter?
Well the way Larry tells it he just bought a condominium near Hanalei Bay
and he needed to move some stuff over. So into the boat with the provisions
came dining rooms chairs, linen, wine glasses, case of wine, and god knows
what all.
Larry wasn’t too hot about anyone seeing him do this, so he would get up
early each morning and row the stuff ashore. It’s a funny world.
Larry had a fairly comfortable trip across, flying the chute day and night
for 12/2 days. Like Kent Rupp, he was able to catch up on his reading.
out of the cabin. Others like Skip Allan and Tom
Lindholm had planned to wear them but decided
that except under certain conditions they were
possibly more dangerous than being without. More
than a few decided not to wear them at all,
knowing full well if they ‘took a walk’ it was
beyond a doubt all over.
Whether or not to use running lights was also
the source of differing opinions. Some ran running
lights every night, other’s ran dark except when
near land. Skip Allan and Don Keenan opted to
attach a strobe light to their backstays, a system
that required new batteries every two days.
Personal emotions naturally ran very high
before during and after the race. A few had been
slightly sick to their stomachs for several months
prior to the start, and began to feel better only as
they approached the island. Most left with knots
in their stomachs but fortunately too busy and too
high on the prospects of the voyage to dwell on
their apprehensions.
For about half the fleet the emotional high
faded to a letdown as they got into a tradewind
routine about 8 or 9 days out. Some got a little
lonely and depressed, others got a little bored.
Halfway across Kent Rupp buried the ashes of his
godson and the emotional impact knocked him
flat. Harold Upham also got hit with an emotional
ton of bricks when he played a tape from his sonin-law who is a Scmanarian. Upham also reached a
Jay Varner was really pushing it. Like almost everyone in the race he was
there to race. His Rasmus 35’ however is more of a cruiser than a racer, so Jay
had to push harder than most to get results. He didn’t do bad though, once he
got the Spinnaker Sally down and stomped it around a bit.
Sharp looking Hawaiian shirts were Jay’s trademark on the island.
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stage where he felt tremendous love for everyone.
Alone on the ocean can tend to amplify emotions.
Other people had hidden emotions float to the
surface. Norton Smith found an unusual sense of
freedom mid-ocean. He felt he could run about,
hollering, screaming and crying - and he did. He
was not the only one who felt free of the normal
behavioral restrictions.
Noel
Rosen, who sailed the farthest of the
boats that didn’t finish, was twice terrified when
he looked out to the cockpit and saw nobody was
at the helm. Reportedly he would become frantic
and search wildly for his wife before he would
remember that he was alone. Apparently it scared
the hell out of him. One or two of the finishers
thought at times they might be hallucinating or
hearing
things,
but later discovered they were
just hearing various boat noises. Darrell Davcy did
hear voices and that gave him a fright until he
looked out the port and saw that a freighter had
suddenly appeared next to his Pearson Vanguard.
David White, who has done the Singlchandcd Race
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Japan
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well
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OSTAR, mentioned that at times he was horribly
lonely and crestfallen. Jim Gannon in contrast
said it was the first time he had never been bored
in a race.
The greatest common apprehension was over
navigation. A good percentage of the fleet felVvcry
confident of what they were doing and had no
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Norton Smith heading out the
Gate with only a couple of
thousand miles to the finish. He
later said that his boat was as wet
inside as it was outside.
Sometimes Skip Allan “would just find myself at the shrouds hollering and
screaming, watching the boat cream along on her own.”
Skip has sailed on at least 6 crewed TransPacs. He sailed on Kialoa,
Ticonderoga twice including the record-breaking run when a 350 lb.
spinnaker pole was shot through the mainsail. Skip then sailed his father’s Cal
40 to an overall TransPac victory, and later was on Windward Passage during
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her boring but record breaking run.
Skip said next time he’d like to try sailing the race in a 4o-foot trimaran.
Next month Latitude 38 will be publishing the transcprit of a 90-minute
tape made by Skip as he sailed across the Pacific. It’s a wave by wave account
(well not really), but it’s different and we think you’ll like it.
trouble with the ‘problem’ noon sight as they
approached Kauai. There were however, a good
number of skippers who were navigating for the
first time and they all had the willies as they began
to approach land, or hope they were approaching
land. After the race was over almost all agreed
that there should be greater checks of navigation
proficiency before entries are cleared for the race.
Even an experienced navigator like Jay Varner
almost scooted right by Kauai.
The reception Norton Smith got at Club Med
after finishing first was just underwhelming. He
was escorted to the bar by Paul Boemke of the
race committee and Club Med’s nurse Carol. Were
there leis, champagne, and people to greet him?
No. There was however a bartender who informed
him that he would have to get his cash exchanged
for ‘beads’ before he could buy a drink. That folks
was the welcome you can expect from Club Med
when they co-sponsor a race and you have just
sailed 2,000 miles averaging nearly 7 knots in a 27
foot boat. Fortunately Paul. Boemke jumped in
and bought a victory beer-.
If there was any consolation, it was that
nobody got any better .reception. Frankly most
didn’t care although one or two regretted that the
expected horde of lascivious 18 year-olds did not
materialize. Most skippers shyed away from
crowds just after arriving, and hiking, and going
back out sailing were popular activities.
Robert Wohleb had one of the more pleasant passages over in his Freya,
Espial. Wohlebs philosophy was simply: get plenty of sleep, at least 8 hours;
have plenty of cold beer; take it easy. He never flew a chute but still made it
in 15 days, 5 minutes.
Bob is going on an extended voyage, eventaully ending in Singapore and
will be departing Kauai as soon as a new shipment of knee-pads arrives. We’ll
hear more from Bob in the future.
MM
Club Med’s treatment of the racers was and
remains a monumental embarassment to their
organization. The management at Hanalei was
inhospitable, unfriendly, and downright cheap.
Entrants who wanted rooms were charged $50 a
day per person and those who stayed on their
boats had to pay $8 for lunch and $15 for dinner,
breakfast was not available at any price. As a result
of this attitude there was a great gathering of
racers and friends at the Dolfin Restaurant, a way
to have dinner without Club Med profiting.
Although individual Club Medettes were friendly
and the ‘what are you doing here’ attitudes
eventually subsided, it will take years for Club
Med to live down their disgraceful hospitality in
the minds of those who were there.
When Club Med finally did put on their ‘awards
banquet’ it consisted of opening up a few bottles
of champagne and then fleeing. The few bottles
apparently to serve the 75 to 100 people that had
come all the way to Hanalei Bay for this specific
event. Ironically these same people had been
putting away countless numbers of Heinckens at
Club Med’s bargain price of $2.60 a bottle. Kauai
is possibly the most beautiful of the Hawaiian
Islands, and there is a good chance that Hanalei
Bay is as lovciy an anchorage as can be found, but
without a doubt Club Med was the most lame host
you’ve ever seen.
/
The sorry behavior on part of the race
page 55
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Bill Collins became the object of some of the most original fiction of the
decade as he was sailing in the last few miles. Reports circulated that he had a
broken arm, then two broken arms; a short while later a leg was broken, then
paralysis set in. Even as he was with his very lovely lady in the Club Med
disco the night he arrived, the Honolulu papers were setting stories that had
him seriously injured and in the hospital.
Collins aspect of the race was all blown out of proportion. For
inexplicable reasons some people kept trying to draw Amy Boyer into the
fact that Collins took a little longer than expected.
Collins was never in serious difficulty, originally he was a little too far
north and got becalmed and then due to overcast skies the last days
approaching the island and couldn’t get a good shot. Having sailed past the
island he mainsail ripped out as he began beating back into the now very stiff
trades and developed seas.
Worried that the race committee might start a rescue opration, Collins set
offanEPIRB and eventually was contacted by the Coast Guard: Given a '
correct position, he continued beating back into the very stiff trades with
only a genoa, finally arriving at Hanalei Bay. There were no serious problems,
there were no injuries, and Bill is ready to go again next time.
The last boat in, the Robert
Quinn crosses the finish line with
her main having been blown off.
There had been concern about
the whereabouts of the Robert
Quinn — the biggest being that the
skipper might have fallen over.
Everyone was relieved when the
Quinn crossed the finish line.
co-sponsor however could in no way diminish the
soaring spirits of the racers as they finished, spirits
that transcended the pettiness and even some of
the more common carnal pleasures. Good-hearted
and good-natured drinking with fellow racers
seemed to be one of the most important and
enjoyable things that; could possibly be done. And
some took to drinking with more enthusiasm than
others.
Jim Gannon, who had sailed over dry, was
probably the most thirsty arrival of all. He pulled
in at noon and in two hours he was dead drunk.
They tried to put him to sleep but he awoke to get
drunk for the second time that day. It eventually
took five sailors to ‘pour’ Gannon back into the
cockpit of his boat that night. Gannon sobered up
to drink again the next day, startling those who
know him by entertaining the group with Aussie
sea stories.
Gannon
certainly
was
not
alone.
Michael
Lintner was stumbled over one dawn when
mistaken for a rock. Another skipper headed out
for his boat in an Avon one night; he never made
it and was spotted the next morning still in his
Avon washing up on shore with the wavelets.
Others drank themselves into friendships and
‘romances’ at Club Mod’s late night ‘disco’
purgatory’ and early morning ‘disco Hades’.
However, there invariably is always a man
among men when it comes to celebrating a good sil
This photograph is of the lovely protected anchorage at Hanalei Bay. The
greenery is fantastic, the water is clear, and the temperature is perfect.
According to those who have been around, the amount of boats in this
picture is about as many as have ever been at Hanalei at one time.
In the background is Mt. something or the other, and it the wettest spot
on earth, getting over 40 feet of rain per year. This picture was taken from
the Club Med bar, which, despite the cost of good beer, is the second wettest
spot in the world.
and this time that man was Phd in chemistry
Robert Wohleb. Upon leaving San Francisco Bob
had been given a plaque from some of the crew at
Gannon Yachts who built his boat. The plaque
featured a pair of knee-pads and the inscription
“good luck and bon apetite’. Not wanting to
disappoint those back home who gave the gift,
Bob donned the knee-pads, threw down a few
beers and rambled about Club Med on all fours
‘meeting’ some of the Club Medettes. Wohleb
didn’t remember any of it the next day, but a
number of the women did. Like all the drinking,
Bob’s little performance was nothing but a
friendly nuisance. The behavior of all those
associated with the race was joyful and exhuberant
as well as above reproach.
When the fleets left San Francico both of the
local dailies ran headlines labeling the racers as
“crazies”, which is about the local dailies speed
and completely inaccurate. The group that arrived
on Kauai was made up of achievers: a physician,
several lawyers, engineers, a city councilman, a
commercial pilot, a number of investors, several
professors, two who were retired, and a strong
nucleus of professional and semi-professional
sailors. There were no crazies, and interestingly
enough, neither were there any under age 30 who
finished the race.
It is common to mention that there was great;
camaraderie among such a group, and for once this,
page 57
Two Crealock 37s were entered
in the race and did quite well, being
the 3rd and 5th big boats across the
line. Crealocks will reportedly be
manufactured
in
northern
California in the near future.
v
Alan Rutherford is an IOR measurer and raced over on his Cal 40 Quest.
Alan believes his boat could have benefited from either lighter or stronger
winds — the race conditions had been just wrong for the Cal.
Alan was one of three entrants from the Pacific Northwest.
Like several other entries, Alan didn’t talk alot, but he was a man of
action. When the report came in that the Coast Guard was in contact with the(
Robert Quinn, Rutherford quickly got a crew together and sailed out'
immediately to take over from the Coast Guard.
was not a bunch of bull. A mutual feeling existed;
among the racers that they had participated in
something special, this having been the first race.
All seemed to have suddenly taken a keen interest
in the future of the Singlehanded Sailing Society
and of this TransPac Race in particular. Strong
opinions were voiced to the effect that there be
only one start, that the number of entries be
quite limited, that boats be limited in size, and
that financial sponsorship be limited or prohibited.
Whether any of these things will gain support at
the future meetings of the Society remains to be
seen.
There were others with suggestions to modify
the race. Some suggested that it be a ‘one-two’
race, with two men racing the boats back to the
mainland. Others who enjoy sex recommended
that there be a couples division. Jim Gannon was
among a group who thought that just a downwind
race was not a good test of man or boats and
wanted the race to continue back to the mainland.
Last seen, Gannon and Alan Rutherford were
heading off for Honolulu, both wanting further
racing.
There were some mixed feelings about the
organization of the race. Most felt that the
Society’s Commodore George Siegler had done a
great job in getting the first race going and
breathing life into the event. Some were indignant
however that George seemed to bend some of the
I
Thomas Lindholm started out seriouly racing, but after catching a halyard
in his rudder he decided to enjoy his passage. Fie flew just a 150 genoa for
most of the trip and said “it was 10% crappy and 90% beautiful.”
A city councilman in Hidden Hills, Lindholm began to take his creature
comforts so seriously that he ran out of water taking hot showers. His first
sign of approaching land was not in the saltiest traditions of the sea - he
picked up Star Trek ’ on his color TV 150 miles out.
Lindholm was very hesitant before jumping in the water to unfoul his
rudder, giving some thought to sharks. But, finally he did it. “I thought to
myself, well maybe there is a shark down there, and maybe there isn’t; but
he s got his problems and I’ve got mine - and right now mine are greater than
his. With that rationalization Lindholm jumped in. It turned out that the
water felt so great he stayed in for a long swim. Only continued strong
breezes kept him from stopping to take other swim breaks.
rules to get another Freya, for which he is a dealer,
in the race. A few felt that George had not been
responsive to skippers wishes with regard to sealing
props. Yet there was not one who dare deny the
race had been fantastic and George had got it
going. All seemed content to wait until the next
meeting of the Society to vent their opinions —
something George had encouraged for a long time
but seemed to get few takers. That next meeting
should be a dilly.
The bottom line however of any race is how
many would be willing to do it again. We talked to
most of the racers and everyone said they’d be
game again. Sam Vahey, who got horribly seasick
the first few days and lost more than a few pounds
commented that he’s sending his money in as soon
as the applications come out - many feel this race
is going to explode in popularity and don’t want
to get left out. A surprising number of skippers
seemed to find that sailing singlehanded was
enjoyable, perhaps more so than with a crew, and
at least a couple have decided to ^inglehand back.
Kent Rupp explained one of the advantages of
singlehanding in his unique way by observing ‘“if
you’re alone you don’t have to leave the cabin if
you’re going to fart.’’ Well put, Kent.
For the rest of their lives the participants of
this TransPac wiil be saying “it was great in 78’’.
It sure was.
— Latitude 38
page 59
THE WINNER
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SINGLEHANDED TRANSPACIFIC RACE RESULTS:
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SINQLEHANDED
TRflNSPflC RESULTS
ELAPSED TIME
CORRECTED
SKIPPER
TIME
BOAT NAME
TYPE OF BOAT
STANDING
13 02 34 27
NORTON SMITH
(1)
SOLITAIRE
13 02 46 40
JIM GANNON
(2)
GOLDEN EGG
13 05 03 01
ALAN RUTHERFORD
(7)
QUEST
14 03 19 17
SKIP ALLAN
(3)
WILDFLOWER
14 16 25 21
DAVID WHITE
(5)
INTENTION
SANTA CRUZ 27
FREYA39
CAL 40.
HAWKFARM
CREALOCK 37
15 00 05 15
ROBERTWOHLEB
(16)
ESPIAL
15 10 47 00
JOHN CARSON
(11)
TAYLOR'S LANDING
15 13 42 15
LAWRENCE STEWART
(6)
THALES
15 16 05 00
HANS VIELHAUER
(12)
MACHSCHNELL
SCAMPI
15 18 05 20
JAY VARNER
(13)
TATOOED LADY
RASMUS 35
16 01 53 20
MICHAEL HARTING
(19)
CHALLENGE
16 03 54 13
MICHAEL LINTNER
(8)
MY STAR
16 04 58 20
MIKE PYZEL
(10)
CABALLO BLANCO
16 05 50 20
SAM VAHEY
(20)
ODYSSEUS
RANGER 37
16 08 59 40
HAROLD UPHAM
(14)
JOSHUA H.
COLUMBIA 8.7
16 11 54 27
KENT RUPP
(4)
NEREID
TRITON
16 15 46 50
DARRELL DAVEY
(15)
UHURU
VANGUARD
ERICSON 41
FREYA39
CREALOCK37
PETERSON SCHOONER
CUSTOM
WESTSAIL 32
CAL 28
1
—
17 00 32 15
THOMAS LINDHOLM
(21)
DRIFTWOOD
17 00 53 49
DON KEENAN
(9)
LANI KAI
17 14 58 00
PHIL CUSHING
(17)
ABLE SUGAR
SANTANA 22
FANTASIA 35
VEGA 27
0
18 05 02 49 '
ROBERT COLEMAN
(18)
SHIVOO
23 04 05 27
BILL COLLINS
(22)
ROBERT QUINN
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FREYA39
C CUTS
For the sailor who treasures his
freedom and enjoys saying “I did it my
way”, International ‘C’ Class Catamarans
are just the thing. A developmental class,
the rules are but three: less than 25 feet
in length; beam under 14 feet; 300 sq.
feet of sail area. Given this amount of
design latitude, the ‘C’ Cat owner is
frequently the designer-builder-modifer chief tinkerer.
Actually tinkering with the cats is a
common and enjoyable pastime for many
of the owners having engineering back¬
grounds. Regattas are rare, with speed
trials and match racing held only intermitently. The last proper ‘C’ Cat regatta
was the Little America’s Cup Challenge in
late 1977 at Cabrillo Beach where the
U.S.’s “Patient Lady” defeated the
Australian challenger in the 14th running.
Charles Beyor of Tiburon, National
Class President, decided to change all that
and persuaded the San Francisco Yacht
Club to sponsor the Pacific Coast
Championships last month. Seven ‘C’ Cats
participated in the 5-race, 2-day event, an
impressive turnout considering there are
only about 12 of the cats operational in
the country.
The
freedom
of
thought
was
immediately evident. “Coyote” had a
wing which looked as though it might
have been lifted from a DC-3. Most others
were ‘una’ rigged with ‘soft sail’ and a
‘deck-seal’ which is sort of a decksweeper main. Bob Kettenhoffen sailed
“Hawk” as a sloop on Saturday, and
changed to an una rig the next day with
better results.
The wing versus the soft sail is perhaps
the biggest controversy in ‘C’ Cat
competition. Alex Kozloff and Robie
Harvey first brought the Little America’s
Cup to the United States when their soft
sail “Aquarius V” defeated the Aussie’s
winged “Miss Nylex”. If the wind blew
“Nylex” won, if it was light “Aquarius”
won. The wings have the unusual
quality that nobody seems to know how
to ‘read’ the darn things. During the
Championships. “Coyote” would be
ripping along at 18 knots and suddenly
slow to a crawl. Inexplicably she would
suddenly take off again like a bullet.
Alex Kozloff, on the wire and winning at 54
PHOTOS BY DIANE BEESTON
Coyote — all wing
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PACIFIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS
Crazy, eh?
54 year-old Alex Kozloff, who is
considered the Bill Lee of ‘C’ Cats for his
ultra-light designs, and helmsman Robie
Harvey won the Championship by taking
all three firsts in the lighter airs on
Saturday and a second and fourth in
Sundays fresher breezes. Coyote’s wing
relished the stronger winds of Sundays
. first race for a first, Taku IV won a first
also.
The winds' for the Pacific Coast
Championships were between 10 and 22
knots which is ideal because class rules
prohibit racing below 4 knots or above 25
knots. In high winds the cats don’t ‘go
over — they cartwheel which sounds even
more breathtaking. All five races had the
same course over by Richmond, an 11
mile standard Olympic course. The quick
cats took all of about 40 minutes to
finish — we don’t know how to figure it
out, but that is darn fast.
Breakdowns are frequent in ‘C’ Cat
racing, and only 4 of the 7 boats were
able to complete all 5 races. But to ‘C’
Cat owners, going back to the drawing
board is almost as much fun as being out
on the wire.
C Cats point to weather surprisingly
well — about 32 to 34 degrees off the
wind. Much of this is due to the skill of
the man on the wire — most often an
owner in his 40s or 50s who ought to
know better than be out there.
The Little America’s Cup will be held
in Conneticut this August.
— Latitude 38
Aquarius V - Jim Davies
Taku III
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When I ran into my friend Norma the
other day, she said “I see you’ve been up
the Delta again.” How could she be so
sure? There were several clues:
First of all, weren’t my thumb and
index finger stained permanently purple
from picking blackberries? (I never eat
them, I just pick them because everybody
else does.)
Norma’s second clue was the angle of
my left arm, paralyzed into the cocktail
holding position that one assumes on the
stern of one’s sailboat for two solid
weeks.
The third clue was, of course, my
bathing suit tan which I revealed by
wearing shots and a halter. For the rest of
the year I conceal my body because the
only tan parts are my face and the back
of my hands — the unmistakable mark of
a San Francisco Bay sailor.
While our yearly sojourn is still fresh
in my mind, I’ll list for you a few of the
‘do’s and don’ts’ of a trip to the Delta.
Only a kid can get dirty in a river
DO NOT wrap you anchor line around
another sailboat’s keel.
DO NOT try to clean a catfish with a
pair of pliers and a crescent wrench.
DO NOT leave $5 worth of pork chops
hidden in a corner of the ice box for a
week and a half.
DO NOT pour your dirty laundry
water into the river until all the laundry is
out of it.
. DO NOT take Dixie ‘riddle cups’ along
if your children can read.
DO NOT wash your hair in the river
until after you have removed your glasses.
DO, however, take an extra of
anything vital to your happiness v- if you
don’t, you’ll lose it overboard for sure.
(On the Delta, a flyswatter can be vital to
your happiness.)
DO take twice as much beer, toilet
papbr, lettuce, clothespins, trash bags,
cash, and wine as you think you will
need.
DO inform everyone who boards your
boat that you have wrapped your loaf of
bread in that orange beach towel on the
cockpit seat.
DO
takes
lots of photographs,
•particularly of the men trying to tie the
bow to the tules or when they are hard
aground.
Getting to the Delta is a breeze (if you
have one with a flood tide.) Getting home
again, however, can be sheer agony. Not
the sunburn, not the mosquito bites, but
Suisun Bay which crouches cunningly
under the deceptively blue sky. Suddenly
it leaps at you, testing your endurance,
your hangover, and your hull’s integrity.
Then, just as you think you have won,
you are confronted with San Pablo Bay’s
bubbling cauldron of crashing, foaming,
nasty little waves that soak you to the
skin before you have the sense to get
your ‘foulies’ on. Making it all the worse
are the grinning hordes of pale sailors,
just beginning the leisure run up the river,
basking in their bathing suits as their
boats lightly skim the clop.
We made a common blunder this year.
When we reached San Pablo Bay on our
return it was placid and the tide with us,
and we should have pushed on. Dummies
that we are, vwe chose to spend the night
in Vallejo and make the final leg the next
day. We should have known San Pablo is
never never placid for two days in a row,
and sure enough the next morning we
received the full dose of its fury. And
then, just as typically, as we reached the
Brothers, the wind began to drop and
eventually we were forced to motor
through the flat calm between the
Richmond Bridge and Raccoon Straits.
Why do we insist on submitting to this
two weeks of torture year after year?
What is so great about doing your laundry
in a bucket, boiling water for dishes,
paying double for groceries, standing on
your head to reach that item in the
bottom of your ice box, catching the
same four-inch long striper on your line
hour after hour, telling the kids to get
their lifejackets on'73 times a day, trying
to come up with 42 unique ancf exciting
meals on a one-burner stove, getting stuck
in the mud three time a week, paying 50c
to dump your trash, and watching your
DELTA DON'TS
husband’s new mustache grow up his
nose?
“It’s a fun, relaxing vacation,” says my
husband who never touched a bucket of
laundry.
“I love the swimming,” says my seven
year-old son who did not hang bathing
suits and towels from the lifelines 17
times a day.
Jaws III
“I love sleeping on the boat”, grings
my five year-old daughter who has not
yet learned how to roll up a sleeping bag
and who snores like a grown man.
What do I like about going to the
Delta? I’ll think of something in a
minute. Ah yes, I got to read a book, I
swam, I got a great tan, I did not have to
hear Yogi Bear on TV, I met some nice
new friends and lots of old ones, I had a
welcome rest from racing, and I learned
that dinghy sailing is fun and not insane
as I had always thought. But I must
confess that my main reason for
accompanying my family for two weeks
on the Delta is that in return, I have
earned a weekend at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel
complete
with
luxurious
accomodations, clean sheets and room
service!
Epilog: some rumors we heard—
That peaceful kidney bean shaped lake
on Georgiana Slough is full of heavy
equipment building a marina.
Hogback Island on Steamboat Slough
has been closed to overnighters due to a
reported recent invasion by the Hell’s
Angles.
Lost Slough is the greatest, but
difficult to enter at low tide if your boat
draws over 5 feet or if your mast rises
more than 44 feet (power lines). Proceed
with caution and mosquito netting.
“The Meadows”, long inacessible
because of a bridge can now be added to
your itinerary due to the permanent
opening of said bridge — except during a
train passage once a month.
— Sue Rowley
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30 Hanna Tahiti ketch, 1961, rec. sailed from Hawaii. .
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30' Atkin schooner. Little Maid of Kent, 1962 .$26 000
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31' S & S, Stone built sloop "CORAL," loaded.$29 500
32 Lapworth Dasher, 1961, large interior.$20 000
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send for our current
33' Heavy Norweg. motorsailer, 1957, beautiful
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34' Angleman Sea Spirit ketch, 1968, ready to go.$37*500
34, S & S diesel yawl, 1931, great sailer.$27 000
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35, Garden ketch, 1963, vane & much new gear.$44 000
cruising sails at
37, Hanna Carol ketch, 1964, cruising veteran.$60 000
38' Murray Peterson gaff ketch, "LITTLE DANSKER" ’ ’ ’$50,000
bargain prices.
^"ee ^'^shipman ketch, 1975, immaculate . . . .$79,950
0, Heavy cruising yawl, diesel, well maintained.$30 000
40, Concordia motorsailer, 1946, in beautiful shape.$44 000
43, ' Custom S & S cruising sloop, 1970, great.$79,000
Industrial Center Building No. 105
Gate 5 Road
Sausalito, CA 94965 (415) 332-9515
44, Custom Lapworth FG cruising sloop, 1974 .$80 000
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32' Pearson Vanguard:
2 listed - heavy full
keel Alberg design, both very well equipped
& sharp. The one with wheel steering might
be bought for , , ..$22,500
50' Calkins - radar, etc., A-1.$95,000
45' New Zeeland Cutter.asking 120,000
45' F&S Cruising Sloop.only 27,500
41 Rhodes Diesel Glass Sloop. . . . try 45 000
41' Rhodes Diesel "Bounty" . . . only 36 00Q
41' Morgan Out Island '74.try 68,000
41' Columbia Tri Cabin Diesel. 55,000
40' Newporter Ketch.
57 500
36' Ericson Cruising Diesel Cutter . . . 67,500
36' Islander, 2 boat owner.try 39 500
36' Atkin D.E. Schooner.15,000
35' Diesel Seagoer Yawl, A-1 . 25,000
32'Aries, glass, diesel.31,500
32' Westsail, cruise ready.53 goo
32' Vanguard, wheel, etc.try 22 500
32’ Coronado, center cockpit. 27 500
32' Alden Cruising Sloop. 26 000
32' Mower 14 Classic, mint.11 500
31' Casey Diesel Cutter, vane, etc. . . . 21,500
30' Rodgers Cruising Sloop . . a bargain 23,000
30' Knarr by Borreson.on|y 9 750
30 Dragon, all varnished, showboat . .
5,900
30 Glass S&S 12,0001b. Motorsailer. . 22,500
28' Morgan Out Island, very roomy, try 18,500
26' Pearson Commander:
full keel Alberg
design with 3,000 lb. ballast and 5320 dis¬
placement. Has a 9' cockpit, sleeps 4, 4 sails.
Priced at ... ..a low $7,950
28' Hanna Gulfweed Cruising Sloop . . 15,000
28 Gardner Double Ender.try 4 000
27' Bugeye Ketch, with inboard. . . offer 3 000
26'Pearson Ariel.11,500
26' Pearson Commander .... super buy 7,950
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36 Atkin:
built 1975. Beamy double ender
with a Colvin lug rig. Very nice interior
owner just lowered the price $10,000 for a
quick sale..only $15,000
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28' Hanna Gulfweed:
built by Willard as
a fast, very strong cruising sloop. Well equip¬
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FIREBALL
Rondar No. 7616 - Complete with two sets of sails plus extra main;
Harken blocks and Magic Box, Proctor spars and trailer. Asking
$1400. Call (415) 326-6484.
1977 RANGER 23
3 North sails. Signet knotmeter, Honda 7'A HP, Ritchie compass,
V.H.F. masthead antenna, brass lamp, teak rack, ground tackle
and more. Fine condition — never raced! $12,950. Call 865-4406.
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CATALINA 30
Excellent cruising or live-aboard. VHF, RDF, WS/WD, fathometer.
Diesel, 120 lapper, club sail, deluxe teak interior, fabric cushions,
many more extras. Bristol condition. $29,000. (408) 475-3060 or
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cover. AjJ in very good condition. If new $1700. My price $800 for
all. (415) 522-0562 Ray Hutton, 3038 Marina Dr., Alameda 94501.
ERICSON 27
1973.Inboard Atomic 4 like new. Excellent condition, super strong,
super clean. Loaded: 7 sails, EPIRB, 2 anchors with chains and
ropes 300', knotmeter compass, 2 batteries, Penta portable toilet,
4 person dinghy, etc., etc. $19,800 by owner 728-5046.
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415/453-3969 805/644-4011
34' Maas Teak Yawl, Dutch, 1959, Vdlvo diesel, 10 sails, (new
working set), teak decks, spruce spars, sleeps 5, electronics,
windlass, beautiful mahogany trim and interior, full keel, fast
cruising yacht. Excellent condition. $31,000. 285-3066 evenings.
Kathy or Steve
BUCCANEER 28' (Nichols)
YRA one-design. See Yachting Yearbook. Full-keel fiberglass over
plywood. Good condition. Jib, genoa, club jib, and spinnaker.
Atomic 4, recently refurbished. Price $11,500. Call 408-245-1533
evenings on weekdays and mornings and evenings on weekends.
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45' boat slip in Sausalito from end of August to mid October. Will
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Atomic 4, Spinn., Drifter, '3 jibs, VHF, RDF, Knotmeter, Compass,
Fathometer, Custom interior. Enclosed head, 8-track stereo.
Alameda berth. Asking $13,995.00. Call 408-984-6139 or
408-257-7000 Ext. 2154 for inventory or appointment to see.
RANGER 23
1977 nearly nfew 6 HP Evinrude, Silva compass, stove, 4 sails includ¬
ing Hood main. North 125% genoa, J and J self-tending jib, spin¬
naker. Hauled April. $12,800. Call (415) 444-4093 after 5. Despera¬
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ROBB 37' YAWL
Custom built by R & W Clark, mahogany planking on oak, bronze
centerboard, Westerbeke diesel, six sails, two anchors, merriman
winches, fiberglass dinghy, V.H.F., fathometer. Classic construction
with great comfort. $41,500. (415) 673-2749.
(4i 5) 332-41 is
24' WOODEN SLOOP
Full keel. Classic Construction. Sturdy Bay Cruiser. Recently hauled
in 6/78 with new bottom paint. Well Maintained. 7% H.P. Mercury
Outboard. Coyote Point Berth. Only $4,000. Call 349-3863, eves.
ALBERG "35"
This well maintained Alberg 35 has the heavier and huskier
western built hull and the S.F. Bay rig.
Many improvements below — many added lockers, more usable
galley, extra storage, etc.
Two mains, 4 jibs, spinnaker - 8 winches - dodger, FM & 8-track
stereo - Zenith Transoceanic - Konel radiophone, Apelco depth
sounder, plus many other goodies to help make cruising more com¬
fortable and racing more fun.
$38,500
Berthed in San Rafael. Phone 453-2016 eves, for appointment
to inspect.
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SPINNAKER POLE
Laminated hollow core spruce, varnished. 14'9" long x 4" dia.
tapered to 3” dia. at ends. Standard lanyard release fittings. Never
used. $275. See at berth 289 Ballena Bay Harbor. 786-6287 days,
865-6683 eves.
”38' KETTENBERG"
Fast sailing classic sloop of mahogany and oak. Six sails, Jim Buoy,
VHF, etc. Fresh water cooled engine. Excellent condition through¬
out. Current Survey. Must be seen. Asking $25,000. Call Warren at
989-4380 days, or 435-9495 eves.
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"RANGER 23"
1976 — Blue Hull — fully equipped and ready to race or cruise.
Good record and just hauled. Must sell. $14,000/offer. Also sell
half interest. Call Rich 327-8656 eves., 837-7201 ex. 280 days.
Bill
ERICSON 27
Excellent condition — 1972 outboard
Full Race
5 bags, 7 winches, complete gear
New LP hull, painted spars.
$18,950
938-3287
Leslie
DECK HATCHES
GEORGE GIAN0U l SONS
Offshore construction, modern design, quality materials used. We
have a few hatches used for demos and boat shows. We will sell
them at substantial savings! ! !
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SOUTHWIND 32 SAILBOAT
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Fiberglass hull with deck, cabin and cockpit attached. 7500 lb.
ballast, cabin sole and rudder installed. Heavy-duty building cradle
and construction plans. Asking $14,950. Days (415) 365-7874,
eves (415) 366-6974 or (408) 732-0708.
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CATALINA 22
Excellent condition with good main and jib, depth sounder, over¬
sized winches. Jiffy reefing, bow pulpit, compass, anchors, Wisker
pole, trailer, 6 HP Mercury outboard. Asking $5,000. Please call
(415) 278-8025.
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47'ENGLISH KETCH, diesel engine.$55,000
44' STEPHENS BUILT. 44,000
41' FLUSH DECK KETCH, Lister diesel. 45,000
41' RHODES-KETTENBEFSG. 39,500
36' AFT CABIN OLSEN, wood. 45,900
35' MAGELLAN AFT CAB. 44,000
33' SPAULDING. 28,000
32' VANGUARD. 29,000
32' BLOCK ISLAND CUTTER, diesel, aft cab. 29,000
32' STEEL SLOOP, aft cabin. 39,000
30'TARTAN.. . 33,950
30' PACIFIC.14,000
30' ISLANDER.low price 23,500
29' ERICKSON . . ..21,900
28' RANGER. 24,000
28'CAL INBOARD.16,000
28' NICHOLS BUCCANEER.11,400
27'TARTAN INBOARD, good inventory.19,000
27'CATALINA.13,500
26'COLUMBIA Mk llx.10,500
26' FOLKBOAT .......7,700
26' ELDRIGE-McGINNIS.19,500
26' EXCALIBUR ..2 @ 10,500 and 8,900
26' PACIFIC CLIPPER.
9,500
26'RANGER.11,850
26'THUNDERBIRD.2 @ 6,200 and 4,900
25' CAL.2 @ 9,500 and 8,500
25' PETERSON 225, 1975, loaded.
20,000
24' YANKEE DOLPHIN, gorgeous.12,900
24' COLUMBIA CONTENDER.4,000
24' COLUMBIA CHALLENGER.6,500
23' BEAR.7,300
22'GARDEN "DISCOVERY" GAFF CUTTER.8,800
21' ISLANDER.3,950
19' ACO'RN.2,300
19' RHODES 19.! .
.2,200
33' VANGUARD by Pearson, This lovely has
been owned by one fastidious owner since new.
Extensive inventory. Asking $29,000
22' GARDEN "DISCOVERY" CUTTER. One
of the finest little yachts in captivity. Owner
buying larger yacht soon. $8,800
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24' YANKEE DOLPHIN. Certainly the bestmaintained Dolphin we have seen. Brand new
Hood, main and jib. Spinnaker and 1st Class
instruments. $12,900 (Photo Sistership)
36' NORWEGIAN BUILT center cockpit
double-ender not by Atkins, but by William
Lapworth. 2 heads. Diesel engine, diesel gener¬
ator. An impeccably cared-for yacht. $45,000
RHODES 43'. This classic Rhodes sloop has
loads of sails and recent equipment. Impressive
recent race record. 7' headroom in main cabin
and 6' headroom forward. Only $24,900
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ROAD, VALLEJO.
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or Mi5)
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HAVE BUYERS
Martinei
NEED GOOD LISTINGS!
i32 CHALLENGER 1974. 5 winches, l
sails, Palmer I.B., D.S., compass, whee
steering w/emergency tiller, cockpit
steering w/emergency tiller, cockpit cush
ions, shower, refer, pressure water, din
ette, etc. Entire boat is in top condition
Ideal live-aboard. $43,800
UULUIVIBIA, 1972. Atomic 4, Balsa
Core F.G., 3 sails. Spinnaker gear, microphor sanitation, cockpit cushions, man
overboard pole, lots more. $24,950
ou
26' S-2 1976
n sloop, Volvoi
diesel, D.S., \
charger, built-in heater, elec. & manual
bildge pumps, unifridge, AM/FM, stereo,
chronometer,
horseshoe life device,
boarding ladder, vang, etc. Strong com¬
fortable boat and can be trailered.
BROKERAGE BOATS
18' '37 TEAK LADY, hull No. 1 .... $ 2.50C
21''68 VENTURE w/trailer.2,20C
22' '73 TANZER, 4 sails.5,50C
23' '47 BEAR BOAT, full cover, o.b.. . . 7,30C
24' '76 NIGHTINGALE, strng. win. . . 14.90C
24' '65 TRIUMPH TRIMIRAN.5*500
25' '67 CORONADO.7,80C
28’ '59 SAMORAI, nds. work.15^000
29' '72 CAL, ex. condition. 25,500
30' '73 CORONADO I.B. Lectra-san . . 24 50C
32' STEEL SLOOP . . . .
35 900
33' SPAULDING.
' Inquire
35’ '29 SCHOONER.offer
35' NEW HORSTMAN TRI. 23,50C
35’ '73 PIVER TRI, diesel. 22,000
35''75 CORONADO, aft cabin. 35 000
37' '71 GAFF RIGGED CUTTER . . . 16.50C
37' '76 GULFSTAR. 63,000
45' '73 CRUIS. CUT., spec, con.120 000
60"47 CHAPPELLE KETCH. 55,000
40' '68 GARD. KTCH., qual. cr, eqp, . 77,850
GARDEN KETCH 1968. Perkins 4236, 125 gal. fuel & water, Wood Free¬
man A.P., D.S., ADF, VHF, twin down¬
wind poles, Aries vane, dodger, Boston
whaler sailing dinghy. Set up for longrange cruising. Has over three pages of
additional equipment and custom fit¬
tings. $77,850
40
center cockpit sloop.
1974 Perkins diesel, excellent live-aboard
[cruiser. Quality U.S. construction by
JGulfstar. She also has a very good inven¬
tory of electronics and boat equipment.
|41'
TRICABIN,
$75,000
page 71
45 COLUMBIA, 1973. Aft cabin, 4 sails,|
furling gear on headstay & stay SL stay.
3.5 KW Onan, VHF, D.S., RDF, autol
pilot, refer, C.B., Winlass, sailing dinghy,!
'amps, clock, barometer, W.S.I., portable!
heaters, micro-wave plus standard stove/I
oven, much more cruising gear. $86,000l
wave traders
i
1702 BRIDGEWAY BLVD -SAUSALITO CALIFORNIA 94965-415-332-3661
STILETTO
^fjohnson outboards
We are IMew Dealers! Save on our Introductory Prices!
2 HP.$ 236.00
4 HP Long Shaft. 380.00
6 HP .... ^. 504.00
6 HP Long Shaft.516.00
9.9 SAILBOAT. 848.00
HOT CATAMARAN
Above are in stock, others may be ordered at equivalent savings.
trailerable without permit
ENKES WINCHES
SEE IT AT WAVE TRADERS DOCK
We have a new deal with the importers of Enkes
fine line of winches & can offer some super discounts!
BASE PRICE:
$12,990
SINGLE SPEED
No. 8
No. 12
CPB $67.50
SS $102.00
TWO SPEED
No. 18
No. 20
No. 22
No. 26
No. 28
SS
SS
SS
SS
SS
$144.00
$168.00
$235.00
$340.00
$549.00
Alum $1 26.00
Alum
Alum
Alum
Alum
$143.00
$193.00
$287.00
$469.00
This offer expires on August 31, 1978 - so order now & save!
BOAT ELECTRICAL
MARINETICS PANELS
Master DC Power Control.$ 160.00
Accessory DC Control.69.00
AC Load Center.95.00
LPG Stove Control.70.00
Individual Magnetic Circuit Breakers .... 7.50
PERKO
20% Off
GUEST
20% Off
MARINCO
20% Off
F.O.B. Sarasota. Fla.
Alum $63.00
Alum $88.00
VETUS
20% Off
COLE HERSHY
20% Off
30 Amp, 3 wire Shore Power cable,
in bulk, any length.65c/ft.
SPECIAL VALUES - New & Used
20 x 20 PLEXI HATCH.$100
19' NEW SPINNAKER POLE, List $240 .only $150
RARITAN COMPACT HEAD (not used).$70
POWER WINDLASS.$200
NEW LUNENBERG WINDLASS.$530
ASSORTED USED KEROSENE HEATERS.from $50
9.5 HP EVINRUDE, LONG SHAFT (used).$400
5.5 HP SEAGULL (used)..$250
FAMET ROLLER FURLING FOR 41' BOAT.$500
NEW PASSPORT HATCH.$125
COMPLETE 12V SIGNAL LAMP.$68
2 BURNER OPTIMUS KERO STOVE.$100
WALKER EXCELSIOR Mk IV LOG.$175
3/8 HP 12V MOTOR.$50
MORROW AUTOMATIC LORAN.$1300
1 - 600' SPOOL %'' NYLON.$200
MONOMATIC HEAD.$100
SMALL SEAGULL - NEEDS HELP.$40
SELECTED YACHTS
SAIL
22' CATALINA.$ 5,900
25' DEBUTANTE..8,000
25' FOLKBOAT.6,400
26' INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT.13,900
27' TARTAN.19,250
28' WYLIE HALF TON.30,000
29' CAL 2-29.t.26,900
30' SAN JUAN. 31,500
30' ISLANDER Mk II.25^600
.30' HURRICANE.15*000
30' WINSLOW KETCH.19,500
32' WESTSAIL.50^000
33'CARTER.37,500
33' ALDEN-DUNNIGAN.26,000
33' MOTORSAILER.18*000
34' ISLANDER.32*500
35'OHLSON.33^000
36' ATKINS ERIN SCHOONER.15,000
37' PIVER LODESTAR.22^000
38' KETTENBERG.25^000
40' RHODES RELIANT.55^000
41' GULFSTAR.71^000
45'KETCH MOTORSAILER.35^000
46'PIVER TRIDENT.72,500
50' LAPWORTH.
75^000
POWER
26'DIESEL CRUISER.$ 3,850
26' DELTA CRUISER.7*500
32' SEDAN FISHER.8^900
37' SEDAN CRUISER. 15*000
43' RICHARDSON.49*000