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Sailing Magazine
April 2018
For Sailors, by Sailors
Sail Northwest April Offerings - New & Brokerage - Sail & Power
2011 Bestevaer 45ST
Modern design meets durable aluminum
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Her popular plumb bow design, asymetrical
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2006 J/109
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range that combine performance and comfort as
well as the J/109 does. She is at home whether
as a comfortable cruiser for offshore, Alaska and
the Salish Sea or competing in the local race
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well as local buoy races.
1986 Gulf 32
Bill Garden designed the perfect Pacific
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With her inside steerage she is ready for the
coldest, wettest days and with her rather large
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A p r i l 2018
25 Artist’s View - Secrets of the Salish Sea
Rhinoceros Auklet: Feeding young in hobbit holes.
By Larry Eifert
26 Matia Island Mishap
Who saved whom? The boat or the crew?
By Jim Farrell
29 Clipper Race Participant Profile: Lizabeth Rose
A lifetime on the water led her to this big adventure.
By Lisa Cole
32 Lessons Learned While Cruising
Panama Canal: The transit marks an unplanned milestone.
By Jamie and Behan Gifford
34 Charter Guide for the Pacific NW & BC
Get away from it all in your own backyard! Enjoy 48° North’s
annual list of charter outlets throughout the region.
38 Galley Essentials with Amanda
A guest chef, catching and cooking her first halibut.
By Amanda Swan Neal
40 Ask the Surveyor: Valuations
A spacious cruiser where ease of handling is the top priority.
By Tom Averna
42 Turning the Tide on Plastics
The VOR inspires, and personal experience motivates a solution.
By Michele Rogalin Henderson
44 How-To: Stay Inflated
Maintain and repair your dinghy this preseason.
By Alex and Jack Wilken
46 Panama Posse
Exploring a seemingly daunting coast is better with friends!
By Becca Guillote
48 48° North Race Report
Blakely Rock, Scatchet Head, Islands Race, and more!
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial 6 Books 23
Letters 8 Product News 24
Calendar 14 Classified Ads 55
Lowtide 18 Brokerage/Listings 62
Crossword 22 Index to Advertisers 70
Trivia 22
This month’s cover, “Resting with the Sun,” is by Leonid Afremov.
See more at: https://afremov.com
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Sailing Magazine
Talk about a pretty picture. John Buchan’s TP52, Glory,
makes speeds in the teens look like an afternoon stroll
on their way to Blakely Rock (story page 48).
Photo courtesy of Jan Anderson.
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Spring Trim
For most of my life, I’ve declared autumn my favorite
season. But spring in the PNW, perhaps specifically this
spring, makes me reconsider. My springtime return Volume XXXVII, Number 9 April 2018
to regular sailing has fueled my enthusiasm for this
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strongest case of the feels about sail trim.
Trimming sails is my favorite thing to do on a
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boat, whether racing or cruising. I never tire of trying Michael Collins & Richard Hazelton
to make the most of our sport’s namesake. Of course,
in a cruising context, this makes me an insufferably hyperactive sail tinkerer, Editor
afflicted with the worst case of CSTS (compulsive sail tweaking syndrome). I’m Joe Cline
sorry fellow cruising crew, the unending possibility sail trim represents is too email: joe@48north.com
confounding and motivating to sit still. Set it and forget it? Forget that! Associate Editor/Race/Current Events:
I hearken back to my summer camp days when I learned the first rule, “Let it Karen Higginson
out ‘til it luffs, then pull it back in.” Its funny how much that still applies, though email: karen@48north.com
in fairness it’s usually when trimming a spinnaker (instead of main or jib) that I
hear the echo of those words. The depth of my knowledge and understanding Advertising Sales
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progressing and still always have the same amount (infinity) to learn.
Once you’ve begun to understand the concepts of how wind flows over Lisa Cole
both sides of a sail, you’ll understand what your telltales are telling you. From email: lisa@48north.com
here, you might move on to grappling with the concepts of draft (how deep and
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where); or entry angle; or sail twist. Each of those leads to next-level knowledge Benjamin Harter
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to entire chapters of books about what causes wind shear, how shear makes twist
important, in what conditions twist becomes more or less important. All of this Bookkeeper
just gives you the opportunity to start struggling with how much twist is the bookkeeper@48north.com
right amount and what settings to adjust to accomplish the “right amount” on Contributing Editors
your main or jib. Think you’ve got one of those sails about right? Now, go about Culinary Cruiser: Amanda Swan Neal
matching the leech profile on the other one with a completely different tool set! Photographer: Jan Anderson
If you love trimming sails and haven’t had the opportunity to trim a jib
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humbling day on the water since I got out on a trapeze on the 505 for the first time materials. Articles express the author’s
and proceeded to dump the boat in a breathtakingly creative variety of ways. thoughts and may not reflect the
In spite of, or more likely because of, these humbling learning experiences, opinions of the magazine.
I have a sense of springtime awakening about sailing and trimming this year. Reprinting in whole or part
While I’m the first to admit that I still have unquantifiable amounts to learn about is expressly forbidden
sail trim, it has felt just a bit more intuitive and secure to me this spring. When I except by permission
put my hands on the spinnaker sheet of the TP52 for the first time this spring, I from the editor.
called out, “Good pressure!” without even forming the thought. When I look at
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my car, renting my townhouse, and leaving Seattle for a
12-18 month offshore sailing adventure, cruising on a 45’
sailboat to New Zealand. And remarkably, I don’t even own
my own sailboat.
Over the past six years, I have been out on the Salish Sea
as a charter skipper and providing ASA sailing instruction.
In my conversations with students, I would guess fifty-
percent had Alaska, bluewater cruising, or at least bareboat
chartering in places like Croatia or the Caribbean on their
bucket lists. I have learned in life that when opportunities
arise, you sometimes have to ask yourself, “Maybe this
is meant to be?” In 2014, my first sailing student, Diana,
invited me to join her for 10 weeks of cruising round-trip
from Poulsbo to Sitka. Diana had purchased SV Arctic Loon
a 2008 Jeanneau 45DS that had been to Alaska two times
with the previous owner. It was an amazing journey. Every
day was a new experience, and I discovered that I loved the
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sail Arctic Loon to the Marquesas, how could I say no? As
a lifetime adventurer, it was very similar to when a friend
asked me to trek to Everest Base Camp. I could not resist. ®
Diana and I have had many conversations about
whether to sail straight from Seattle to the Marquesas, or go Ultrasonic Antifouling Systems
a more traditional route leaving from San Diego or Mexico.
After consulting with people like John Guzzwell, author of
Trekka, we decided not only to go the more traditional route,
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Over Christmas, I received a phone call from Colin after 12 months
Bancroft and his wife Claudia, both former sailing students in operation!
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Offshore, continued...
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Who knows where this will all lead; I am just open to see
where the wind blows. I’m excited to see how many nautical
miles and stories of adventure are added to our log book!
Captain Anne Alberg
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THE BEST Goodbye, Good Old CD Player
TIME EVER. Dear Joe,
My CD player on the boat broke! It was one of those
Update your Downwind Inventory for changers that took six CDs in a little cassette. No problem,
your Summer Cruise I thought, I will just buy another one. Previous experience
taught me that repairing electronics costs as much as
Phone: 206.234.3737 replacing, and you still end up with old equipment. I don’t
Seattle, WA | 2442 Westlake Ave N. want my old electronics to end up in the landfill, so I take
Anacortes, WA | 700 28th Street them to the recycling center—they may still end up in the
landfill, but I feel better.
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I called my son, Tim, and asked him to pick me up a
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new CD player on his way to our house for a visit with our
two granddaughters. He said, “Dad, they don’t make CD
players anymore.” He said that if I wanted a CD player, look
Blaine Harbor at Goodwill or a thrift store for a used one. He went on to
say that I needed blue teeth. Knowing that I visit the dentist
regularly, I was confused. Perhaps this involved a dental
Keep your boat close to the San Juan conspiracy.
“No Dad,” Tim said, “Everything today is Bluetooth or
and Canadian Gulf Islands this summer. USB, that’s what you need to play music.”
“OK son,” I said, “Pick me up a Bluetooth and a USB
on your way here.” He said, “Dad, you don’t understand.”
New playground & beachside walking trails. Finally he was making sense, I didn’t understand.
Year-round moorage available. Tim explained that the process was real simple, that you
now play music from your phone, an mp3 player, a USB
30 and 50-amp power. flash drive downloaded from your computer or a memory
Open slips 26’ to 60’. chip. Simple? Did not sound simple, but I was pretty sure
that I needed a memory chip of my own to understand all
Easy stroll to downtown Blaine & border. of this. I am just learning how to text on my phone and send
pictures!
When Tim arrived, I was ready for Music Technology
101. He helped me setup an account and buy songs for about
a dollar each. I wonder what we are to do with all of the CDs
we have collected over the years. We gave away our vinyl
LP albums years ago and hear they are now the latest thing.
Maybe CDs will make a “retro” recovery soon, too.
I’m still catching up on all of this, and figuring out how
Historic Blaine Harbor to make friends with Alexa, too! One way or another, I hope
there will be some music on our boat this summer!
(360) 647-6176 Happy sailing and learning!
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Cruise side-by-side with industry pros, in case you break stuff.
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Calendar Lowtide
19-20 CYC Seattle POD Regatta, www.cycseattle.org
1 Coho Seminar #7: Rigging for Offshore by Lisa and Dan of Port Townsend 19-20 CYC Tacoma Grudge Match, www.cyct.org
Rigging at CYC Seattle, www.cohohoho.com 19-20 Saltspring Island YC Round Saltspring Island Race, http://saltspringsailing.ca
1-5 Pacific Northwest TrawlerFest in Bremerton, www.passagemaker.com 20 Seattle YC Junior Leukemia Cup Regatta, www.seattleyachtclub.org
5 Opening Day Seattle YC, Port Madison YC & Bellingham YC 20 Tour of Boats, Classic Cars and Marine Swap Meet presented by the
5-6 Sloop Tavern YC Race to the Straits, www.styc.org Shipmate’s of Tacoma YC, www.tacomayachtclub.org
5-6 Oak Harbor YC Round Whidbey Regatta, www.ohyc.org 22 Coho Seminar #10: Pacific Coast Weather by Brad Baker of Swiftsure Yachts
5-6 Coho Field Trip to Port Townsend Rigging and NWMC, www.cohohoho.com at Fisheries Supply, www.cohohoho.com
6 Seattle YC Mark Meyer Race, www.seattleyachtclub.org 26-27 Royal Victoria YC Swiftsure International Yacht Race, www.swiftsure.org
8 Coho Seminar #8: Offshore First Aid by Dr Ken Fabert at Fisheries Supplies, 31-8 Royal Victoria YC Melges 24 Worlds, www.rvyc.bc.ca
www.cohohoho.com
10 Cascadia Cruising Rally Skipper/Crew Meet & Greet at the office of June
48° North, 6:30, call (206) 789-7350
10-13 Oregon Offshore International Race, www.oregonoffshore.org 1-3 Wooden Boat Foundation & Port Townsend Sailing Association Classic
12 Hobie Division 4 Hobie 101 & 102 seminars, http://hobiediv4.org Mariners’ Regatta, http://maritime.org
12 Seattle YC Vashon Island Race, www.seattleyachtclub.org 2 Seattle YC Blake Island Race, www.seattleyachtclub.org
12 Port Orchard YC Invitational WSSA #5, http://poyc.org 2 Tacoma YC Summer Vashon, www.tacomayachtclub.org
12 Bellingham YC Round Lummi Island Race, www.byc.org 2-3 Port Madison YC Fal Joslin Race, www.portmadisonyc.org
12 SSSS Spring Series #4, www.ssssclub.org 2-3 Anacortes Waterfront Festival, https://anacortes.org
12 Hobie Fleet 95 101 Class (360) 310-0038 or Hobie 102 Class (206) 992-6637 4 Race to Alaska, raceboss@r2ak.com
14-23 AMTC Captain’s License in Sequim, www.americanmarinetc.com 5 Coho Seminar #11: Electrical Communications by Ryan Spott at Fisheries
14-25 Flagship Maritime Captain’s License class, Tacoma, Supply, www.cohohoho.com
check: www.flagshipmaritimellc.com 9 Milltown Sailing Association Saratoga Sprint, www.milltownsailing.org
15 Coho Seminar #9: Digital vs Paper Charts by David Burch of Starpath at 9 Leukemia Cup, www.leukemiacup.org
Captain’s Nautical Supplies, www.cohohoho.com 9 Bremerton YC Blake Island WSSA #6, http://bremertonyachtclub.org
17-20 Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show, www.nmta.net 9-10 CYC Edmonds Mad Dash, www.cycedmonds.org
18 Puget Sound Cruising Club presents New Boater Night: Easy and interesting 11-22 Flagship Maritime Captain’s License class, Tacoma,
Puget Sound boating destinations, www.pugetsoundcruisingclub.org www.flagshipmaritimellc.com
19 Milltown Sailing Assoc. Milltown Invitational, www.milltownsailing.org 12 Coho Seminar #12: Safety Equipment for Offshore by Jordan Hanssen of Oar
19 West Sound CYC Around Bainbridge Race, www.wscyc.net NW at Fisheries Supply, www.cohohoho.com
19-20 Oak Harbor YC Round Whidbey Race, www.ohyc.org 16 NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding’s Electrical class, www.nwswb.edu
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Hunter Association of Puget Sound Cruising Club
Puget Sound Event Events
April 13-15
April 20: Natalie Sears, owner of May 17-20
Port Orchard Docking School Seattle’s Deckhand Detailing, will
Rendezvous at Port Orchard Marina share the best ways to clean off that The Northwest Marine Trade
Guest Dock. If you own a Hunter or winter grime and prepare your boat A s s o c i a t i o n ( N M TA ) a n d t h e
Marlow-Hunter sailboat, your fellow for the season. Anacortes Chamber of Commerce
sailors in the Hunter Association of May 18: New boater night: Easy will co-produce the new Anacortes
Puget Sound (HAPS) invite you to join and interesting Puget Sound boating Boat & Yacht Show at the Port of
them. For more information, contact: destinations. Anacortes’ Cap Sante Marina.
John Hilton at svnewshoes@gmail.com For more information, check: The show will have in-water
or to www.hunterpugetsound.com www.pugetsoundcruisingclub.org display space for new and brokerage
boats, a shoreside tent for accessory
d i s p l a y s , s h o re s i d e s p a c e f o r
trailerable boats and more space for
boats at the the dry storage facilities
just south of the marina. In all, there
Boater’s Swap Meet will be space to display 300 plus boats
and will draw serious boat buyers
from across the region and British
It’s time again to get that box of stuff Columbia. Anacortes is conveniently
situated equidistant between Seattle
out of the garage, empty the lazarette and Vancouver B.C.
and head to the 48° North Boater’s “The Anacortes waterfront and
Swap Meet. Hundreds, even community are a perfect venue to
showcase recreational boating and
thousands, of your fellow boaters fishing outside of the hustle and
will be there selling those items bustle of Seattle,” said George Harris,
that you’ve been yearning for but President, NMTA.
Check: www.nmta.net
couldn’t find, and buying those
items you’ve stored forever. It’s a bargain
Mahina Offshore
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Cruising Seminars
Fisheries Supply April 7 & 21
Saturday, April 7, 2018
John and Amanda Neal will present
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cruising seminar. Includes eight hours
Mariner’s Square Parking Lot of detailed instruction.
(across from, but not in, Gasworks Park) On April 7 at the Anacortes Marine
1900 N. Northlake Way, Seattle WA 98103 Tech Center and April 21 at the Pacific
Boat Show in Richmond, CA.
7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. • (206) 632-3555 Contact www.mahina.com
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Massive Marine Garage Sale About Boating Safely Marine Wiring and Diesel
April 21 April 14 Engine Troubleshooting
Workshops
The Maritime Museum of BC Join us for the 8-hour About Boating
presents its annual fundraiser, Safely class, taught by members of April 14-15
the Massive Garage Sale, from the Coast Guard Auxiliary at Eagle
9:00am-1:00pm, Pier A warehouse, Harbor Congregational Church, 105 Washington Sea Grant, Washington
Ogden Point (the cruise ship terminal), Winslow Way, Bainbridge Island. State University Jefferson County and
Dallas Road in Victoria. Topics include navigation, safety the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding
There will be marine related and equipment, anchoring/docking, are co-sponsoring two workshops in
outdoor items. The Maritime Museum trailering, engines, mooring, and Port Hadlock: Marine Wiring and
accepts donations of items to sell at more. Please pre-register with Grant Diesel Engine Troubleshooting.
their own tables. Winther, (206) 842-5862, email: These two workshops will
Contact (250) 385-4222 ext 102 or gawsail@sounddsl.com or Loretta complement each other, providing
email: ajones@mmbc.bc.ca Rindal (360) 779-1657. the background in the Marine Wiring
workshop on April 14 followed by
the Diesel Engine Troubleshooting
Northwest Maritime America’s Boating Course, workshop on April 15. Both will be
Speaker Series April 7 & 14 from 9:00am-4:00pm, at the Hammond
Boat Shop Mezzanine, NW School of
April 19 Presented by Deception Pass Sailing Wooden Boatbuilding, 42 N. Water
& Power Squadron in partnership with St., Port Hadlock.
NWM presents Ernie Baird and the Oak Harbor Yacht Club. This is a Registration is required: contact
Martin Musson, of Race to Alaska. two-day, introductory boating class. Sarah Fisken, call (206) 543-1225 or
Presentations are free to the public, in Class will be held at St. Stephens email: sfisken@u.washington.edu
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NW Multihull Association Tour of Boats, Classic Cars TrawlerFest
Presents Tom Speer and Marine Swap Meet May 1-5
April 3 May 20
The Pacific Northwest TrawlerFest
The Shipmates, the women’s has moved from Anacortes to
Tom Speer, “America’s Cup:
auxiliary of Tacoma Yacht Club, will Bremerton, this year. Picturesque
Past and Future,” will speak at the
present the 2018 Tour of Boats, Classic Bremerton is located on the protected
Northwest Multihull Association
Cars and Marine Swap Meet from harbors of Puget Sound. The ferry
meeting at 7:00pm at Puget Sound
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. All proceeds from Seattle takes an hour and docks
Yacht Club on Lake Union, 2321 N.
benefit local charities in the Tacoma a short walk from Bremerton Marina.
Northlake Way, Seattle. Potluck starts
area. The public is invited. Please no Seminars: May 1-5
at 6:30 pm, then club meeting, then
pets and wear soft soled shoes. In-Water Boat Show: May 3-5
presentation will start around 8:00.
This event is located at the Open 10:00am– 5:00pm
Non-Members are always welcome.
Tacoma Yacht Club, 5401 Yacht Check: www.passagemaker.com
For information call (206) 795-2111
or check www.nwmultihull.org Club Rd. Tacoma. The boats for
viewing will be in the water at PNW Jeanneau Rendezvous
First Aid Workshop the Guest Dock. Please visit: June 22-24
April 27 www.tacomayachtclub.org
Join Marine Servicenter & Jeanneau
Washington Sea Grant and America for the 18th annual event. This
Kingston Cove Yacht Club are co- TWSA Spring Sailing Class ultra-exciting party for all Jeanneau
sponsoring a Coast Guard-Approved April 10 owners will be held at Cap Sante
First Aid at Sea Course in Kingston, Marina in Anacortes. A welcome party,
from 9:00am-5:00pm. Check: www.TWSA.org or contact seminars, fantastic catered dinner, door-
Registration is required: contact Nini Tayet at norsebynw@gmail.com prize extravaganza and more. Contact:
sfisken@u.washington.edu or (253) 686-3282. (206) 323-2405 or info@marinesc.com
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The Biz
Signature Yachts is proud to have Doyle Sails Seattle is excited to Schooner Creek Boat Works
been recently appointed as agents for announce the purchase of Puget Sound announced that Nicholas Orr has
the Chantiers Amel, of La Rochelle, Sail Repair in Lynnwood, WA. Owner been named Lead Mechanic. General
France. AMEL Sailing Yachts presently of Puget Sound Sail Repair, Jim Kitchen, Manager Pascal Le Guilly said, “I am
builds 55’ and 64’ ketch models and has been the local representative of very excited to have Nic on board. Nic
has just introduced their new Berret Doyle Sails up until now. Josh Butler, has a lot of experience and he enjoys
Raccoupeau designed AMEL 50 Sloop the new owner, had been working for explaining to customers what he did
rig to critical acclaim. Jim Kitchen for the last couple years. to fix the problem. On top of things,
Signature Yachts is also a Beneteau Josh’s belief in the quality of Doyle Sails he smiles all the time.”
Platinum Service Dealer as well as led to the purchase of the Seattle area Nicholas Orr was born in New
a Dealer for Fountaine Pajot Sailing loft, and re-branding it as Doyle Sails Zealand and grew up in Newport
Catamarans and Motor Yachts and Seattle. Josh and Jim will continue to Beach, California. His mechanical
Brokerage boats. Signature Yachts is work together to grow the Doyle brand. background has come full circle. It
located at 2476 Westlake Ave. N, #101, Josh has over 20 years working in the started in the marine industry years
Seattle, phone (206) 284-9004. marine industry, including selling and ago at a small shipyard in Newport
making Doyle sails, coaching beginner Beach, California. He moved on to the
and racing sailors, boat maintenance, automotive trades, which progressed
Missed Sailing School racing professionally all across the US to teaching automotive engineering
and Mexico, including offshore racing. at a Polytechnic in New Zealand. It
Bellingham Yacht Club Doyle Sails Seattle is excited was during this time, he discovered
2625 South Harbor Loop, to serve the local community and yachting in South Florida.
Bellingham WA 98225 grow the sport of Sailing in Puget Orr states “Wishing to stay here
(360) 733-7390 Sound. Contact us at (425) 877-6543 or in the PNW full-time, I was happy
email: byc.junior.sailing@gmail.com info@doyleseattle.com to accept a position here at Schooner
www.learntosail.byc.org Creek Boat Works and continue to work
L/24s, FJs, Optis, Lasers, 29ers, and within the marine industry.”
Etchells For additional information, call
Certification: US Sailing (503) 735-0569.
Overnight
Flotillas!
Join the membership here at Seattle
Sailing Club and jump in on the year-
round fun!
Several times a year we send a few boats
from our fleet out on an overnight flotilla
around the Sound.
April 20-22nd- Around Bainbridge
Island Flotilla
September 28-30th- Around Whidbey
Island Flotilla
Contact us for more information about
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www.seattlesailing.com 206-782-5100
www.48North.com April 2018 21Lowtide Nautical Crossword
Across 4 Type of bulbous shaped sail
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Flooded with water used as a spinnaker
9 10
4 Light oars 5 Class of small racing sailboats
9 Mobile state, abbr. 11 12 6 Pops
10 Sun beam 7 Situated
11 Atlantic or Pacific 8 A flag might be one at sea
13 14 15 16 17
12 Indication of status provided 14 Marker letters, abbr.
by an instrument 15 Naval rank, for short
13 Ocean's rise and fall 18 19 20 21 18 In a ship, 2 words
16 E in radio speak 19 Vessel designed to push
22
17 Student score (abbr.) barges
23 24 25
18 Ins and __ 20 Wrongdoing
20 The top of the sea 26 21 Moors a boat in shallow
22 Physically sound 27 28 29
waters so when the tide
23 Sailor's knot goes out the bottom can be
30
24 Horizontal timbers in the cleaned
rigging of sails 31 32 22 Very dirty
27 Skyward 25 Help cry, at sea
28 Kitchens on ships Down 26 Move quickly
30 Expert 1 In a new direction 28 Modern navigation aid
31 Simple little song 2 Forward 29 Mauna ___ (volcano in Hawaii)
32 Sea dog's ropes 3 “All ___s on deck!” Solution on page 61
Among provisions carried on
Maritime Trivia The clownfish is also known as the
Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition, the by B ryan H enry anemonefish.
first to circumnavigate the world, were
10,000 fishhooks. Florida’s walking catfish can stay
out of water for 80 days.
The largest fish in the world, the Because of its aggressiveness, the
whale shark, was first discovered when Jack Dempsey, a freshwater cichlid of Remoras sometimes attach to divers,
a specimen was harpooned in Table Bay South America, is the only fish named leaving painful wounds.
in South Africa in 1828. after a boxer.
Salmon comes from the Latin word
A full-grown pygmy shark is only Eighty percent of the world’s salmo, meaning “leaper”.
about eight inches long—smallar than freshwater fish species live in the
a whale shark embryo. Amazon River. The Moorish idol, a reef fish about
eight inches long, feeds on sponges.
Shark-liver oil is one of the ingredients Fish and reptiles have something
in some hemorrhoid ointments. in common with certain dinosaurs as A sea bunny is a type of sea slug.
far as their food is concerned. They’re
The thresher shark’s eyes are five gastroliths---they swallow stones to Of all sealife, eels have the most
inches in diameter. aid their systems in breaking up and acute sense of smell.
digesting food.
Zebra sharks have black and white The electric eel, exceeding six feet
stripes when juveniles but lose them a The popular aquarium fish known as long, is widely consumed in South
develop spots as adults. the guppy was named for the naturalist America.
who discovered it in Trinidad in the
South Africa became the first country Caribbean in 1876. A telegram was sent to Eleanor
to put the great white shark on its no- Roosevelt from the 1939 World’s Fair
take list in 1991. The United States More than 1,500 species of fish have in New York using only the current of
followed in 1997. been recorded on the Great Barrier Reef. electric eels.
22 April 2018 www.48North.comBooks Lowtide
One night when their highs, the lows and the wishing they could do the same; it's
children were still in diapers, seemingly adventure- a practical guide to show you just
Caspar and Nichola Craven stopping obstacles - led how you can make it happen; it's a
hatched a plan to sail around to two wonderful years of motivational story of leadership and
the world as a family. Most living their dream of sailing teamwork within a family; and it's a
people thought they were the world - full of moments funny, heart-warming tale of slightly
crazy. But in the years that both magical and scary - unconventional family life.
followed they embraced every enjoying life and learning Where the Magic Happens, How a
moment of this transformative and growing as a family. Young Family Changed Their Lives and
chapter of their lives. Five This is one family's Sailed Around the World, by Caspar
years of planning - the vision, story. It's also a story of a Craven, $25. 00.
the values, the practicalities, fabulous sailing adventure
the realities, the excitement, the and an inspirational tale for all those
Captain Liz Clark spent her youth I n t ru e s t o r i e s o v e r- and commitment to living
dreaming of traveling the world by flowing with wild waves in harmony with it. She
sailboat and surfing remote waves. and constant challenges, at witnesses how her dream
When she was 22, she met a mentor the whim of the weather, leads her to understanding
who helped turn her desire into of relationships sweet and the unity of all things.
reality. Embarking on an adventure sour, of nature’s marvels and More than ten years,
that most only fantasize about, she set colorful cultures, Liz captures 20,000 miles, countless
sail from Santa Barbara, California, as her voyage in gripping detail adventures, and one cat
captain of her 40-foot sailboat, Swell, in this memoir, sharing tales later, she’s still out there.
headed south in search of surf, self, of sailing in high seas, of Swell, A Surfing Sailor’s
and the wonder and learning that solitude and surprises, of Vo y a g e o f A w a k e n i n g ,
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24 April 2018 www.48North.comThe Artist’s View – Secrets of the Salish Sea
Sketches and story by Larry Eifert
Tolkien began his tale, “In a hole in the ground ‘Rhinos’ nest in island burrows 10’ to 20’ long that have
there lived an auklet.” Well, that’s almost what he said. side passages like true Tolkien homes. Some are used for
You get the idea, and I like the comparison. Salish Sea many generations. Courtship involves a male taking over
rhinoceros auklets are usually seen diving around tidal an existing burrow that’s hidden under grass, shrubs and
currents, and in some places they’re fairly common. So, even trees. He then advertises ownership outside the front
you’re off Point Wilson on the way to the San Juans, and door - wings parted, bill pointing down and hissing! Once
as your boat approaches, a pair of auklets are waiting the pair gets it together, they have one white egg, probably
until the very last death-defying moment to move out of explaining why there aren’t large numbers of these birds.
your way. They won’t fly, but calmly dive as your bow They spend days fishing, but evening and at night, they
appears to crush them. Underwater, they use powerful come to their burrows in secrecy to feed and tend to their
flying and paddling strokes to catch fish or swim out of chick. It takes about two months for the egg to hatch, fledge
the way (or at least I hope so). They’re more common on and leave the nest. Secrecy and darkness, it’s a security
the outer coast, from California to Alaska and Japan, but thing with predators like gulls lurking about. Oh and that
in the Salish Sea, look for them around Whidbey, Port “horn” that’s responsible for the bird’s name? It grows
Townsend, and off the San Juan Islands. each year in early spring and falls off in later summer.
Larry Eifert paints and writes about the Pacific Northwest from Port Townsend. His large-scale murals can be seen in
many national parks across America, and at larryeifert.com.
www.48North.com April 2018 25The tempting, quiet
little bay on the east
side of Matia.
A year later and they boat was trying to find
were back to the scene a way through the
of the almost-tragedy: rocks by herself. She
the same island group, turned first to port
the same island, then spun around to
even two of the same starboard when the
greeters met them rudder caught on
at the dock, which rocks, jerking the helm
surprised everyone. away from the captain
Those San Juan who had betrayed her.
Island Park Rangers More grinding of the
attempted to help keel, as she started to
out some very foolish list to starboard. Her
sailors last year. OK, it
was one very foolish
Matia Island Mishap rudder then became
stuck amidships,
sailor. The first mate By Jim Farrell unable to move by the
tried to tell him to hand of the captain.
go to port. The experienced skipper As sometimes happens while By now, the first mate had flown
decided to go to starboard instead. sailing, what had looked like a quick up on deck and tried to make out what
Why, you ask? Well, that’s the story. sail with fantastic anchorage at the end had happened and what the captain
It was 4th of July weekend. Sailing of it, suddenly became a downward was doing about it. The boat was sitting
in the San Juan Islands was just the spiral of things going wrong! on top of the flat rocks as if placed there
right start of their two-month summer The ever-faithful first mate was by a giant playmate. The push of water
cruise. Great winds, nice weather down below watching the real time hitting her port side forced her over to
(or what counts as nice in the Pacific chart on the computer, while the captain starboard against her will. She still was
Northwest), life was good. They had was at the helm with the paper chart. trying to free herself as she sat there;
stopped at the Matia Island State Park The first mate yelled at the captain to rising up as each wave or wake came
dock for a couple of days to let the July go to port, but the captain was looking from Orcas Island.
4th crowds dissipate and to do a little at fast water that direction and was The captain was reacting to the
photography while stretching their legs concerned that it looked like it was situation and made preparations for
on land. Walking the trail through the flowing around rocks. To his starboard the survival of the boat and crew. On
tall old growth forest that goes around looked like more rocks. Straight ahead went life jackets, over went fenders
the island, the captain happened to looked like the channel that he was on the starboard side, and the dinghy
see another sailboat leaving a quiet seeing on the paper chart. launched as well. Into the dinghy
bay on Matia, just off Puffin Island. He The current was a fast running ebb, went the 45 pound extra anchor with
thought to himself, ‘Now that looks an adding five knots of speed over ground chain rode spliced into rope rode,
excellent place to anchor tonight.’ Since to the one knot the boat was moving accompanied by the worried captain.
they were looking for more peace and through the water. The first mate rose to the challenge
solitude, they decided to move. The first mate now screamed at in spite of the fear that was gripping
A look at the chart showed some the top of her lungs, “Go to port!” The her stomach. She played the rode out
rocks just off both islands, but a path captain had finally seen the problem to as the captain rowed hard away from
into the little bay looked navigable the starboard where there was water the boat with the kedge anchor. He
between them. Eager to get to the cascading over the flat rocks he had dropped it into thirty feet of water off
quiet bay, they let loose the mooring seen on the chart. He franticly threw the starboard side. Using the windlass,
buoy and headed around the island. It the transmission into reverse applying the first mate took a strain on the kedge,
couldn’t have been a more perfect day full power. The propeller tore into the trying to keep the boat from bouncing
for a short sail. Winds to 12 knots with water as it tried to slow the boat, but much on the rocks, while the captain
just a little wind wave, clear skies and it was to no avail. The ebbing current worked his way back to the boat in the
warming. Now, why would anyone forced the boat not only into the rocks, strong current.
even think of checking into the tidal but up onto them! Once aboard, the captain attached
current when you’re just going around First there was a huge crash, two full seven-gallon water jugs to
a small island to duck into another followed by the screeching and tearing the end of the boom, attached the
little cove? sound of steel on rock. It was as if the preventer to it, and pulled the boom
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