Mariner 205

The
Issue #205
March 2020
Mariner
Our Lighthouse
MdR Cruising Couple Loses Boat in Sea of Cortez
The Importance of Safety at Sea Seminars
Ownerless Boating
Catalina Charts
Lots More!
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FROM THE EDITOR
The Mariner is B r o k e n RIB s

Editor/Publisher
Pat Reynolds I have old boats because I can’t afford anything pumped the RIB up nice and full. “Big ups lord,
else. The good news is I have a boat at all, thanks for looking out!” But it felt like it was
Columnist but the old ones break and weird things can and getting very very full, in a bad way, like they were
Bill McNeely do happen. about to pop…I pressed the button to let air out.
Something’s wrong….
For advertising rates and Exhibit A…I have a 19-foot RIB from the early
Information contact 90s that I love. It’s great for an impromptu cruise, Then, my friend, who was driving, said, “Is the
310-397-1887 whale watching and to blast over to Catalina boat leaning over?” I turned and it was listing
should the mood strike. dramatically. Uh oh…
email
editor@marinermagazine.com
A couple of weeks ago on a beautiful day with I took the wheel, still not knowing what was
flat seas a friend and I got onboard my freshly happening. I felt the tube that appeared to be
Mailing address patched little runner and headed to the Redondo sinking and it felt hard but not like the other one…
P.O. Box 9403 Canyon to try and see a gray whale or two. We more like a water balloon. I pressed the valve
Marina del Rey, CA 90295 were doing about 17-knots, eating pistachios and button on that one and water came shooting out.
loving life as we got close to buoy 2 ES. Since the Understanding and clarity rained down upon me.
The Mariner appears on the last boat had just been repaired I was monitoring the A below the waterline patch had given way and
Friday of every month. amount of air it was holding and was disappointed filled the tube with water forcing its air into the
that early in the trip it looked like it might need other chambers.
www.marinermagazine.com a topping off. I reached into one of the little
lockers and grabbed my electric pump. But when I slowed the boat down and began to wonder and
I leaned toward the valve, resting my weight on worry how this would play out. I know inflatable
This issue
the boat’s tubes they were miraculously totally boats can stay buoyant with no air in the tubes,
Feb. 28 - March 2
full of air…really full. but didn’t know what happens when they fill with
water. I felt it was a distinct possibility that the
For a very short moment, I believed that the lord weight could capsize the boat. I didn’t think any
loved me more than everyone else and fixed all true harm would come to us because the other air-
Important
the micro leaks the old boat had and, as a courtesy, filled tubes would keep the boat floating upside
WHAT’S INSIDE
Numbers Coming Events 6
at a glance:
Off the Wire 8
A Dragon Slayed 10
n Marina del Rey
MdR Cruisers Lose Boat in Sea of Cortez
Sheriff:
Our Lighthouse 12
310-482-6000 The PV Lighthouse Lights the Way for Local Mariners
n L os Angeles County
Safety at Sea Seminars 17
Lifeguard: Essential Learning
310-577-5700
Catalina Currents 18
n essel Assist:
V Top O' the Charts By BIll McNeely
800-399-1921 Racing Scene
n arine Life Rescue
M Talkin' AC 20
800-39WHALE Ownerless Boating 22
Accessing Boats in the Modern Age
Pt Vicente Lighthouse
by Patrick Reynolds Classified Section 25

down and we’d be able to hang on, however
the outboard would probably be shot. I also had
anxiety about keeping my expensive camera
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sat on the high side, hoping we could limp home.
Things seemed to stabilize, and after about five
minutes I felt pretty certain we’d be ok.
Thank God the weather and the seas were

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March 1 Level 1 Naturalist Training accomplishments, or comments and concerns,
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March 5 the top of Avalon Canyon from 8:00 a.m. -10:00 information go to beaches.lacounty.gov.
Burton Chace Park Walking Club p.m. More info at (310) 510-0954 March 28
Get some exercise while taking in the beautiful March 14 Whale Watch & Nature Cruise
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del Rey, a panel of women sailors sharing a to the City of Avalon, along the way you will basic boat handling skills using shifter/throttle
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panelists include Willie Hjorth, who with her wildflowers, incredible scenery you will only certified instructors aboard our 40’, 50’ and 55’
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O F F TH E WI R E
Recreational Boaters of California Gives Thumbs Down to San Pedro Project
Recreational Boaters of California has filed formal comments expressing concerns with the negative impact that the East San Pedro Bay Ecosystem
Restoration project would have on recreational boating. The project is the Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report pertaining to the East San Pedro Bay Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study of the City of Long Beach.
RBOC acknowledges and appreciates the objectives of this project to restore 18 square miles of the East San Pedro Bay from (approximately) the Port
of Long Beach to Alamitos Bay in a manner that restores aquatic ecosystems in a marine environment. They also acknowledge that this move increases
abundance and biodiversity of marine populations in East San Pedro Bay.
However, the concern is that elements in this project, which include additional rock habitat structure that would support kelp, eelgrass and other
sensitive species or habitat types, would have a significant, negative impact on boating.
Specifically and as clearly shown in the study materials, the project would place kelp beds in areas that are very popular for boaters throughout the
region. These routes provide for safe navigation and have been extensively utilized for several decades. This will only increase in the future as key
boating events are planned in this area that will provide both recreational opportunities and economic benefits for the region.
RBOC has therefore requested that:
1. The RBOC organization be included as a stakeholder in any process going forward.
2. T
he Tentatively Selected Plan (Alternative 4A) be revised to ensure that the negative impacts on recreational boating are eliminated as the project
moves forward.
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O F F TH E WI R E
sPeCIAL nIGHT MeeTInG For MArInA DeL r e Y B o AT e r s AT BUrTon CHACe PArk
Once a year, for the past few years, the Small Craft Harbor Commission has held a special night meeting for all of the different clubs, businesses
and organizations that operate in MdR to step up to the podium and let the commissioners and county officials know who they are and what they’re
about. The idea rotates around the notion of fostering connectivity within the community. Commissioner David Lumian, who spearheaded the idea,
has witnessed, through his many years of involvement in MdR, lots of varying activity in the marina but at the same time, a good amount of isolation.
“Everyone is sort of inside their own particular activity in Marina del Rey, whether it be a yacht club or a sailing school, a boat brokerage, a rowing club
or anything else – everyone is kind of doing their thing, but they’re not always aware of what each other are doing,” Lumian said. “I think it’s proven
to be educational and informative for the commissioners, the Staff and I believe it’s been good for the groups themselves.”
The longtime commissioner says he’s looking forward to it again this year saying he’s confident that he and his fellow commissioners, as well as
Department of Beaches and Harbors Staff, are sure to learn something relevant that will in turn help them do their jobs a bit better. He’s pleased that
people are anxious to share their concerns, offer suggestions or just make a public comment.
Judging by past turnouts, the night meeting for boaters is clearly a welcome event. Every year the meeting room in Burton Chace Park has been packed
with all sorts of different stakeholders and all past meetings have been pleasantly positive, respectful and easy going. And that’s saying something—if
anything in the free world can get a bit ugly, it’s a public meeting in a Marina del Rey meeting room. History has shown certain meetings can quickly
become a line of people with arrows and bows wanting to vent their frustrations to someone who will finally listen, but at these boater's meetings
speakers have politely spoke about who they were and what they did; then offered a statement or question regarding their particular situation. The
commission and the county encourage all of those who are in the community operating some sort of boating related organization to come and be heard.
This year’s meeting will be on March 19 at Burton Chace community room at 13650 Mindanao Way Marina del Rey. Deadline presentation materials
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A Dragon
Slayed by
the Sea
Long time Marina del Rey Racer/Cruiser
Gary Green Loses Boat in the Sea of Cortez
By Gary Green,
Southern California Yachting Association Staff Commodore
San Diego to La Paz crew departed. The compass light was re-wired and the chart plotter was
Mexico’s Sea of Cortez is a treacherous place to cruise in the wintertime. repaired and a re-mounted at the helm using a jury-rig (our original mount
The winter weather is dominated by winds known as “Northers”. These was destroyed). This was facilitated by the great hospitality shown us by
are strong north to north-west winds. They flow down the hundreds of Silver Gate Yacht Club.
miles length of the Sea of Cortez, which lies between the western Mexican
mainland and the eastern, “inside” side of the Baja peninsula. The Northers We set out for Mexico again, this time with just Rosalie and me double-
often reach 20 to 25 knots plus, with speeds at the higher end typically at handing. No longer being a part of the Ha Ha, we were required to clear
the islands that dot the Sea. Occasionally, there is a day or two of lighter Mexican customs at Ensenada, which was done quite efficiently. We
weather, but these “weather windows” are few and far between. What then had an uneventful two day and night sail to Turtle Bay, which is
makes the Northers particularly dangerous are the large, short-period about half-way down the Pacific Baja coast. That was to be our last
wind-driven waves that form from the long fetch of the Sea. Waves of 2 peaceful passage.
meters and more (6 feet plus) can form only 3 to 5 seconds apart. These
short period waves can cause a boat to be violently slammed around. As After leaving Turtle Bay, we headed directly to Cabo San Lucas. We were
a cruising guide puts it, “For larger boats this generally makes for a long by then four days behind the Baja Ha Ha fleet. As such, we were told
and rough travel day, but for smaller boats, it can be a dangerous situation” there would be plenty of slips at Cabo as the Ha Ha boats would have
(Breeding & Bansmer, “Sea of Cortez”, 2nd Ed.). While we had a “larger” left Cabo by then. Wrong. We ran into the tail end of late season tropical
boat of 44 feet LOA, this situation proved not merely uncomfortable, but storm Raymond, which came up to Cabo from the south. Due to the heavy
physically dangerous to our boat and life threatening for us. rainfall and seas from that storm, our chart plotter failed a second time due
to water intrusion. Right on cue, our auto pilot also failed. Having no auto
“Green Dragon 2” was a Beneteau First 44.7 sailboat, commissioned in pilot for a double handed crew means having to hand steer for 24 hours
2005. We were her second owners. We raced and cruised her extensively a day for hundreds of miles, a tiring proposition.
for ten years, including numerous Newport to Ensenada races and several
Channel Islands cruises. We had both previously sailed to Cabo as crew on As a result of tropical storm Raymond, the harbor at Cabo was closed
another Baja Ha Ha boat and took our prior boat as far as Puerto Vallarta, by the Port Captain to all outbound traffic. As the Ha Ha fleet was still
all without incident. This time was to be very different. in harbor, all the slips were taken and anchoring was prohibited. We had
arrived on a Monday which was a Mexican holiday, and even the gas dock
We had left on our voyage to Mexico in November, 2019, at the usual was closed. However, they opened the pumps for us and allowed us to
end of hurricane season. But tropical storms don’t always follow the stay overnight on the gas dock if we agreed to leave by 6 am the next day,
“usual” pattern, as we were soon to learn. From the start, bad weather and which we did. We then proceeded 20 miles up the coast to the marina at
multiple, cascading equipment failures did not augur well for our voyage. San Jose del Cabo, where they honored our slip reservation even though
We had originally set out from San Diego as part of the Baja Ha Ha, we were a few days early. The helpful local boatyard repaired our auto
an annual cruising rally. Two days into our trip down the Baja’s Pacific pilot and our mainsail’s broken lazy jacks.
coast our chart plotter broke, which was our only means of receiving AIS
positions (of vessels so equipped). At the same time, our compass light Many cruising articles talk at length about the “Baja Bash” which is the
went out, making following a course in the pitch-dark night a challenge. return trip up the Pacific coast of Baja before the start of the next Hurricane
Not knowing if the chart plotter could be repaired in Mexico (it could season, in May-June. It is called a “bash” because you are sailing (usually
not), I elected to return to San Diego for repairs. Our original, Ha Ha motoring) upwind into strong winds and closely spaced large seas. What

those articles don’t usually talk about is this: virtually all passages in the Around noon the next day, New Year’s Day, January 1, 2020, a storm
Sea of Cortez in winter are a “bash”. This was amply so on the passage sprung up. The winds were initially from the Mexican mainland, east
from San Jose del Cabo to La Paz. Just like the conditions on the “outside” southeast, the very direction we were headed. The seas were also directly
(Pacific) coast of Baja, the strong northerly winds and closely spaced large breaking ahead, two to three meters high (six to nine feet) and closely
seas on the “inside” (Sea of Cortez) Baja coast made this a miserable trip. spaced. We bore off a bit, but did not want to turn beam to the seas. The
This passage is made worse by having to traverse the channel between the boat was violently pushed around, falling off the crests of the closely
Baja coast and Cerrvalo Island which creates a Venturi effect of higher spaced waves into their troughs.
wind speeds and bigger waves.
Around 1700 hours, Rosalie noticed water on the floor boards in the cabin.
We waited ten days in San Jose del Cabo for a weather window for She tasted the water and it was salty – a seawater leak. She inspected
the estimated three-day upwind passage to La Paz, via two overnight every through hull and hose and found that all were intact, with no
anchorages and a third day for a daylight run down the gauntlet of the apparent source of the water to be found. I also independently inspected
sometimes confusing La Paz channel. The three day weather window every through hull and its hose, found them all intact and closed every
never arrived. We and another boat made the upwind “bash” to La Paz in through hull as an added precaution, with the engine’s raw water intake
two days, including an overnight sail and spending an unsettling night at being closed last. Our boat had a sail drive so there was no shaft and
the windy, bumpy anchorage aptly named Muertos (“dead” in Spanish). no shaft log to possibly leak. Nor was there any visible hole in the hull,
We stayed for a month and a half at Marina de La Paz, in downtown La nor spurting of water, nor collision nor grounding, being in 340-foot-deep
Paz. The marina has its own friendly clubhouse (Club Cruceros), wired water. Soon the water rose well above the floor boards, causing the boards
internet and potable water dockside (a rarity in Mexican marinas). We and everything else not tied down to float around, like a logjam on a river.
initially had visions of doing what most cruisers dream of—using our I hailed “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday” on my VHF radio and activated the
marina as just a base, going out and anchoring at the nearby islands, boat’s EPIRB and my Personal Locator Beacon (PLB). I also repeatedly
landing our dinghy on white sandy beaches, and exploring. That quickly hailed, in Spanish, the Mexican Navy, but received no response from
proved to be a fantasy. Daily weather reports in La Paz on the cruisers net them. We were 80 miles offshore. We might as well have been 800 miles
were typically 10-15 knot northerly winds, but with the caveat that winds or even 1,800 miles offshore in terms of their limited rescue assets.
at the nearby islands were 5 knots higher and gusts could be 5 knots on top
of that, plus the usual big, short period seas. That meant that the wind most Fortunately, our Mayday hail was received by SV Hajime, a 37-foot Tartan
of the time at the islands was in the 20-25 knots, range plus big seas. On cruising sailboat. They were 24 miles south of our position, at the very
several days during our stay in La Paz, the harbor was closed by the Port edge of VHF reception. We were informed by them that the United States
Captain to outbound traffic with big fines for violators. Once during our Coast Guard (USCG) had received our EPIRB signal and had alerted the
stay at the marina, we heard of a catamaran going up on the rocks when Mexican Navy, who said they were on their way. But the Mexican Navy
a change of wind direction to the west turned a nearby anchorage into a lee never showed up nor responded to my radio hails. Making our situation
shore. We stayed the entire month and a half tied up at the marina. worse, they reported to the USCG that they were on scene, when in fact
they had responded to a different vessel elsewhere that didn’t sink, but
We originally planned to explore the Sea of Cortez in the winter. After merely wanted an escort. They left us to our own devices.
facing the reality of the weather situation, and with the concurrence of
experienced local cruisers, we decided to head south to the Mexican Fortunately, SV Hajime continued toward us. They needed five hours
mainland and return to the Sea of Cortez in the Spring, when better weather to reach us in the big seas from their position far to our south. Just as
in the Sea was expected. However, the passage to the Mexican mainland fortunately, the water in our cabin hadn’t yet shorted out our batteries
required crossing the southern end of the Sea of Cortez. Our decision to do so we still had navigation and deck lights to display when they arrived.
so proved to be our boat’s undoing and nearly our own demise. While we were waiting to be rescued both Rosalie and I went down into
our flooded cabin, now four feet deep, multiple times to retrieve the ship’s
In late December, we began planning our passage from La Paz to papers, our passports and whatever valuables we could salvage. The scene
Mazatlán, Mexico. We studied the online weather maps and also hired below was surreal, with dark water and floating debris violently sloshing
a professional weather forecaster. Although the estimated time for the 220 around as the boat rolled in the big seas as we fought for every step while
nautical mile (nm) passage was only 40 hours, we needed three full days moving about the now flooded cabin.
of clear weather in order to be able to depart and arrive in daylight, as
required by the tricky La Paz channel and Mazatlán’s difficult entrance. We initially put our papers and personal items in our large, heavy ditch
In winter, it is pitch black from about 1730 hours to around 0630 the next bag which contained survival supplies for use in our life raft. We then
morning. realized that heaving that heavy bag up to a rescuing boat in big seas
would be impossible. So, we put most of our papers and valuables into a
We were told not to leave on December 30 and stayed that day. But the second, lighter bag for the expected transfer to the rescue vessel.
next day, New Year’s Eve, December 31, we were given the forecaster’s
clearance to leave. Our own weather data concurred. We left La Paz at I then deployed our life raft. Before doing so, I took care to wrap its
1600 hours, proceeded out the channel and headed north of Isla Cerravlo, painter several turns around a sheet winch. This was essential in order to
not wanting to go down its inside “slot.” All was calm for the first 24 keep the raft from drifting too far away. Using a winch, we were able to
hours, just as forecasted. We were motoring due to the light winds. pull the now-deployed raft close to our transom, to make boarding in the
Despite the initially calm conditions, our auto pilot promptly failed for six-foot seas easier.
the second time, requiring one of us to constantly hand steer for the 220
nautical mile passage. The rescuing vessel, SV Hajime, reached us around midnight. Due to the
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Our Lighthouse
Like a reliable old friend the Pt. Vicente lighthouse is always there
F
or those of us that some reason in 1933, that got changed
make the pocket to Vicente.
journey to Catalina
Island and back, Right around the turn of the century
a landmark that in the early 1900s the Bureau of
is never missed is Lighthouses petitioned that mariners
the stately white in this area needed some help. The
Point Vicente lighthouse that stands point stuck out and sailors needed both
high upon the cliffs of Palos Verdes, a light that would prevent them from
presiding over a gorgeous stretch of colliding with it that could also be used
Southern California coastline. as a point of reference. The argument
was that this particular place on the
There’s something about lighthouses… map was located perfectly for such
a navigational aid.
According to the United States
Lighthouse Society, these odd domicile/navigational aids had about The petition read: “The currents here are changeable, and heavy fogs
a 300-year run that is all but over. The days of a “keeper” living in what occasionally prevail. This improvement is requested by petitions dated
is essentially a vertical tube that shines an enormous light out onto the September 21, 1907, September 3, 1909, and October 28, 1909, signed
ocean have been thwarted by technology’s strong arm. Today the U.S. by masters and shipowners. A light and fog signal is probably needed
Coast Guard has mostly turned to rotating aero-beacons on monopoles to more at Point Vincente than at any other unlighted point on the coast of
serve the purpose of lighthouses for obvious cost cutting reasoning, and California. Vessels bound from the north have a stretch of 45 miles from
with that change, the eccentric peculiar charm of this area of maritime the nearest aid, Hueneme, to Point Vincente; the currents between are
history goes away. uncertain and variable, and the soundings off Point Vincente are of little
assistance and give little warning. There have been many narrow escapes
Of course lighthouses couldn’t sustain. They have very little in common off Point Vincente, and even since the gas and whistling buoy has been
with what is modern, but what they lack in efficiency they make (made?) established several large passenger vessels have passed inside the buoy in
up for in grace and elegant simplicity. To see a lighthouse today is to fog, narrowly escaping going ashore. It is proposed to establish a flashing
subconsciously (or consciously) marvel at the specific architecture and light, with a height of about 140 feet, and a first-class compressed-air
purpose of these buildings – they resemble houses enough and not enough fog signal.”
to make us smile. These strange buildings/lamps are all distinct one-offs.
No one is the same and they’re built to the specs of a given geography. And so it was. The structure was completed and the fog signal was
One could be built on a cliff or a giant rock. activated on June 20, 1925, but the light atop the sixty-seven-foot-tall
cylindrical Point Vicente Lighthouse was not ready until April 14, 1926.
For sailors, the coolest thing about lighthouses, beyond the keeper and From there George W. L’Hommedieu moved in and began his tenure as
his soon to be divorced wife or the salary negotiations or the heat that is keeper. There were others that followed until the 1950s when the last
broken or the step that’s cracked or whatever other land-based drama that keeper occupied the building in such a capacity. By the 1970s the PV
exists, is that the lighthouse is the house upon the hill. It says, “Come this lighthouse was completely automated as it is to this day.
way, you know me.” The lighthouse symbolizes hope; maybe the end of
the nightmare or at the very least, evidence that you will be soon be home Today, the Coast Guard operates the facility and treats it like a dignified
or in a safe harbor. It is stability incarnate—a friend in the dark. and important member of the family. It still serves a day-to-day vital
purpose but also is a beautiful reminder of days gone by. Days that perhaps
So it is when the light of Point Vicente shines out onto the Santa Monica moved slower but with no less importance than that of today…
Bay, we know that PV 10 is there and soon 2 ES and then the American flag
in the middle of those rocks. It’s our lighthouse. But what is its history? For Marina del Rey boaters returning from a Catalina Island adventure,
this simple stoic solid little lighthouse tells us we are almost home—to
Originally that area, according to the organization Lighthouse Friends, keep it to starboard and know that once the light becomes small and
was named Point Vincente because a prominent seaman named Captain distant, we are safe, in one piece, until the next crossing…
George Vancouver named the zone after his friend Friar Vincente. For

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Safety at Sea Seminars
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t’s interesting…as I began to write this story about a number of safety at sea seminars that have been going on in this area lately, I checked the
email and longtime Marina del Rey sailor Gary Green sent a story about losing his beloved sailboat Green Dragon II, while cruising in Mexico.
I’ve shot photos of Gary’s former Green Dragon in a bunch of races and I knew he was an avid cruiser as well. It was shocking to hear someone
as experienced as Gary, with a very solid boat, had to face a deadly situation in a place that is usually associated with safe enjoyable cruising.
The boat sunk somewhere between La Paz and mainland Mexico—he and his wife were quite lucky there was another cruiser relatively close
to perform a rescue in big seas.
Hearing the story was yet another reminder that sailing and cruising are wonderful pastimes, but not without true risks. The sea doesn’t care if you’re
there or you’re not, so being prepared for emergencies is something we all need to address.
In the past few months there have been a few safety at sea events held both at the Del Rey Yacht Club and the California Yacht Club. I visited the one
at CYC and got a fairly good impression of what goes on and why they are very worth the price of admission.
This seminar was typical in that there were two facets – classroom/theoretical and hands-on. The classroom portion of this particular event included
the care and maintenance of safety equipment, storm sails, damage control and repair, heavy weather – crew routines, giving assistance to other craft,
hypothermia, SAR organization and methods, weather forecasting, boat handling, drogues and man overboard prevention and recovery. And for
the hands-on portion, attendees went outside the classroom and had simulated experiences that will, without question, help prepare them, in a more
indelible way, should a real life emergency happen. They heard experts discuss fire precautions and demonstrate the use of fire extinguishers and fire
blankets. Assorted flares were lit so sailors could see the difference in quality that is offered in the chandleries and Amazon. Communication equipment
(VHF, GMDSS, SatComms, etc.) were talked about as were EPIRBs and lifejackets.
For many, the most illuminating demonstration of the two-day seminar was jumping in the pool and going through a life raft practice. It was clear to
anyone watching that even in a pool, getting into a life raft with wet clothes and a bulky PFD can be exhausting. Instructors informed them that even
though this was a very controlled setting, just having the experience of pulling or being pulled into an unstable life-raft is a very good thing to have had
done. Everyone wishes and even assumes that they will never find themselves up to their neck in water and have to climb into a life raft, but doing it
a few times, even if it’s in a heated swimming pool provides some applicable experience.
“I have to say, as I was organizing this event, as a part of my job at Naos,” said Vadim Mantelzak, SailTime/Sailing School Manager at NAOS Yachts,
a sponsor of this event. "I was happy to be part of making at least a few more sailors safer out on the ocean. But, actually seeing the participants
practicing life-raft drills and putting out fires and getting hands-on experience in all of these different scenarios made me realize how extremely
important is it for everyone to find the time to do one of these events. Honestly, for anyone that goes boating in the ocean, they should sign up, but for
anyone that is doing bluewater cruising, it would be borderline irresponsible not to be involved in a safety at sea seminar.”
CATA LIN A C UR R E N T S
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Top O' the Charts!
V
isiting Two Harbors in the winter is one of life’s most sublime pleasures. Everything is open and ready to serve you, and there are no
crowds. You might well be arriving after dark, since the sun sets early, but that’s fine if you know what you’re doing. I’m reminded
of some friends of mine who were heading that way a few Decembers ago.
“We should see this flashing red light,” said the skipper. “I bought this boat because it had everything on it – even charts,” he told his
crew. “The red light is right here on the chart.”
This was his first voyage to Catalina with the boat. To make things more interesting, it was his first trip away from home with the woman in his life.
She’d never crossed the mighty ocean or stayed overnight on a boat. Another couple, good friends and sailors, were also on the boat.
“I don’t see the red light,” said one of the crew, “and I don’t know if it’s really there. I was just in a seminar on Catalina cruising, and got this book,
Cruising Catalina Island – it has some good hints.”
The book did point out that the red light on the chart on board was removed in 1992, and the book’s advice got these folks in safely and on their mooring.
My guess is that about a third of the charts onboard boats right now are out of date—dangerously so. How can you stay up to date at Catalina—and
elsewhere—without spending a fortune on charts every month?
By the way, all of what I say is for planning and information only, and NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Sue me knot!
First, a word about printed charts. You may hear, “There are no paper charts anymore,” but that is not true. New paper charts from NOAA are
individually printed on demand, one at a time, and each is current with all revisions at the time it is printed. Plan a few days ahead if you want one, and
order online. And remember, you can still buy books of charts, like the Maptech series, which may or may not be as up to date.
NOAA has put a lot of chart-power on line for us, and I suggest you use it often. These on-line charts are fully up-to-date, too. You can access it by
going to www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov, the NOAA-Office of Coast Survey website. Once there, click on the NOAA Chart Locator link mid-screen. In
the screen that opens, for now, I suggest you click on the Paper Charts (RNC and PDF) tab. You’ll see a map of the United States, with lots of lines
around the coasts.
Click on the map in the place where you want to find a chart, and each click will take you in closer. Several nice things happen. First, wherever you
move your cursor, you will see the latitude and longitude coordinates of that spot in the window. If you were just picking off a waypoint to enter in your
GPS, this would give you all you need. Note that these lat/long coordinates include seconds instead of decimal minutes, so you must convert: 21’ 30”

= 21.50’ for instance. This is one of the few places you will see seconds used today.
Next, click in until you find the chart you want – chart 18757 covers Catalina Island. Click on the 18757 number on the map, and in the right side panel,
you will see that chart number and info appear. Below it, you’ll see Available Products. I suggest you try both View and PDF.
In View mode, you get a screen of the chart, and you can move around on it and in and out all you want. I often take a clip of the screen to put on paper
or in a presentation. It works great, and the tool has proven very popular since NOAA introduced it.
In PDF mode, you can download the whole chart, see it at any scale on the screen, and again print any part of it you want. It’s really easy to focus in
on that entrance to Isthmus Cove, either in the little detail screen in the upper right corner of the chart, or on the main chart of the whole island, and
identify exactly what you need to know.
This is all true, of course, for all NOAA charts. Our friends at the Office of Coast Survey have done us a big service by making all of their charts so
readily, easily, and quickly available for planning our boating. And they got rid of all the out-of date charts at the same time. That’s a nice advantage.
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T
hese days, just a mention of the words “America’s Cup” to any group of racers and it’s likely that in no more than a few minutes they’ll
all be arguing. Gone are the times when this same contingent would wait with bated breath, unified by their love for sailing, to see
what beauty would be created for this very special gentleman’s match race around the buoys – a race that only happens every three or
four years.
Gorgeous monohulls would be designed especially for this occasion—the oldest and most dignified major sporting event in existence. Common sailors
would await the unveiling of the world’s most foremost yacht designers’ creations only to be sailed by the world’s most decorated and respected sailors.
What could be better? What could ever corrupt such bliss? The answer: foiling...
All was well in 2007 when sailing fans from around the world tuned in to see the shiny new graceful and sexy 24-meter monohulls compete in the
waters of Valencia in good breezes and sunny skies. Eleven teams from all over the world grinded winches, called tactics and changed sails, not unlike
most racing sailors did on their own boats, albeit with some distinct differences. Alinghy beat New Zealand in some very exciting racing and everyone
was thrilled, but then it got weird…
Money, animosity, ego, politics and greed became the major players in the 33rd Cup and it all devolved into one of the strangest most public displays
of billionaire bizarro world anyone had ever seen. It was compelling for all the wrong reasons, coming down to two very, very wealthy middle-aged
men spending ungodly sums of money to build one-off boats that were built for sheer drag-race style speed – an other-worldly 90 x 90 trimaran with
a hard wing built by the American team and a 90-foot catamaran with soft sails built by team Alinghi. They hired the best sailors in the world and tried
to crush each other. The American’s won the somewhat sad contest and the America’s Cup would never look the same going forward – it was hard wings
and multihulls from here on in. Although some loved this sexy, Formula One style speed driven focus, traditionalists lamented. The writing was now
on the wall…the relate-ability would soon be gone.
In the 34th Cup the world saw 72-foot foiling catamarans with wings that literally looked like they just came off of a jet airliner. The boats could reach
velocities that would triple the wind speed with the two feather-light carbon fiber hulls popping out of the water and truly flying around the marks with
nothing but an L-shaped foil in the water. Armchair sailors were left with less to say. These races were more about the efficiency of hydraulic systems
and airplane wing design then sail trim and racing prowess. Modifications were made in the 35th – the cats were downsized to 50-feet and some other
changes happened including a nationality rule, but it was still flying.
“There is a lot of similarity between this boat and an aircraft,” said Xaviar Pol, one of the engineers working on the current America’s Cup 50-foot cats,
in a CNN report. “The foil on this boat is exactly like the wing of an aircraft.”
Pol went on to say that if you don’t have a proper control system you “can’t have a stable flight.” You read that correctly – designers referred to sailing
around the buoys as a “flight.”
This time around AC organizers decided to continue flying but this time on monohulls. It is going to be seriously high-octane racing with seventy-five
foot long speed machines that are indisputably sexy and capable of 50-knots. The America’s Cup is officially a different animal – these sailors wear
helmets…
But let us not forget – the America’s Cup has always been a design contest first. This fact is often lost on sailing fans that love the on-water competitive
aspect of the event. With personalities like Dennis Conner, Russell Coutts and Jimmy Spithill it’s easy to think of the America’s Cup as any other
high-level sporting event – a race with teams of athletes that win or lose. The AC is not exactly this. Much of the battle and competition happens on the
drafting table. Generally speaking, a box rule is in place and design teams are battling away day and night. You can bet they are at it now, tweaking foil
designs and control systems that will squeak out another sixteenth of a knot.
So where does that leave the yacht racing fan? Perhaps not in a place we once called home. We no longer look at the America’s Cup boats as gorgeous
designs with cutting edge innovations that will one day trickle down to the very boat we sail. And these days, racers don’t really watch and take notes
like they once did because none of us are trying to round a mark at 30-knots on carbon fiber foils.
The AC is a high-speed spectacle full of NASA style innovation. It’s a trapeze act that began as a sailboat race, but still has sailing as it’s beating heart.
Perhaps that’s the way to see it and enjoy it.
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imes have changed and boating has indeed felt half or thirds and now we’re talking. With so many ways to keep track
technology’s presence in many ways. Technological and communicate, via the smart phone, informal fractional ownership
advancement has given us great tools like colorful is something very alluring these days. The key is to really define the
chart plotters and EPIRBs, but it has also fostered expectations of the multiple owners before everyone signs the dotted
a mentality and attention span that runs averse to the line. Will there be a topside cleaner? Will there be a maintenance service
time and patience this pastime sometimes requires. for engines, repairs, boat prep etc? What is the protocol for replacement/
The double-edged blade of phones giveth and taketh upgrades of sails, rigging, outdrives and things like that? And importantly,
away and these days it seem to be taketh-ing away the ancestral element who gets the job of contracting these people – that can be an area rife
of boating – in any event, it has substantially affected the dynamic of how for disagreement and argument. If these types of questions are mostly
we do what we do. answered in the beginning, this is a really cost effective way to sail often
and in style.
However, to be sure, there are other factors, perhaps even challenges, that
need to be considered when we think about how to get out on the water on However, here in Marina del Rey, this can be a little more complicated
a regular basis in this day and age. On the top of the list are the economic since many anchorages are hamstrung with mandates that don’t allow
realities. Thirty years ago boating was frankly, a cheaper activity to more than one parking spot per boat. If you were to split a boat with
pursue. Boats were generally smaller, slips were less expensive, systems three of four friends to reduce costs, there would likely be an issue of all
and accoutrements were more basic albeit slightly less comfortable. All of meeting up and parking where the boat lives. Uber to the rescue?
this added up to something more accessible, but fear not, many modern
boaters have moved with the times and figured out other ways to make it To move away from the pure “friends model” there are companies that
all happen. Here’s a few ways to hit the ocean without the intimidating provide the same kind of architecture for a fee. They still allow for the
burdens of flat-out ownership. equity and freedoms of the aforementioned model but the company helps
with the logistics and also the partners. People can sell their shares to
Fractional ownership (formal and informal): other interested parties that the company makes arrangements with. West
More and more people are coming to the realization that partnering with Coast Multihulls in California is an example of such a company.
another person (or people) makes all the sense in the world. Buying
a used boat for $70,000 and then staring down the barrel of repairs and Chartering
maintenance costs is a complete deal breaker for many, but cut that in Putting a boat into charter is another way to own a boat without having to
incur the costs. Companies like The Moorings (and others) will sell you boat owners an opportunity to rent out their boats to the general public
a boat and immediately put it to work for you. In addition to the company and in turn the public to access the water for a reasonable cost. As a for-
covering all of the slip fees and maintenance expenses, they offer an instance, a well-equipped 41-foot Hunter is on Boatbound right now
actual monthly income from the boat in exchange for the investment and for $475 a day. For six people that’s about $80 each for an entire day of
your own limited access. You are allotted a certain amount of time that sailing with friends. Peer to peer is certainly an affordable alternative to
you can use the boat and some privileges but they charter it most of the boat ownership and also a way for an owner to subsidize costs. There
time. However, you can use your allotted time either on your own boat or are obvious x-factors – you’re dealing with some unknown entities and
use that time to sail somewhere else on another boat – essentially a time wildcards, but if you find an owner/boat that you can work with and trust,
share. It sounds really great and for some it is, but when the timed contract it can be a great affordable way to sail. That said, once again, Marina del
has expired (often five years) you will still owe money on the boat and it Rey might not be the right place to engage in peer to peer renting, if your
will have depreciated. Do the math and see if it’s right for you. For those boat is in a slip.
who had thoughts of putting their own boat into charter here in town, that
might get a little weird. “My concern with peer-to-peer rentals, is that no one thinks of reading
their dock lease or consulting their dockmaster,” said a former Marina
“The situation in Marina del Rey for bareboat rentals is such that they del Rey dockmaster who asked not to be named. “We are faced with
are effectively impossible to do legally because L.A. County DBH and enforcing county laws and maintaining safety and security on the land-
every anchorage in MdR prohibit any commercial activities from the slips side of our properties. Peer-to-peer generally means strangers with
and there is absolutely no way to obtain approval,” said Bob Atkins who a credit card parking, partying, and disrupting someone else's residential
struggled with the political challenges of making his boat legally available neighborhood. These are the reasons that any such sub-leasing activity
for bareboat charter. “Whether a boat is boarded by a bareboat charterer at results in eviction.”
the owner's slip or moved from an owner's slip to Burton Chase - that boat
is still being used/hired for a commercial activity and it is the use of the Sailing clubs/Co-ops
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On the other side of the coin there is being the charterer. According to your choosing that will be relatively new and impeccably kept up within
Richard Waite who owns and operates Yachts 4 Fun in Marina del Rey a system that is tried and tested. There is no equity, but for usually less
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anytime they want. For less cost, some areas have co-op sail clubs like
“Based on national surveys, boat ownership can cost $30,000 to $50,000 Fairwind Yacht Club that buy boats and charge a monthly, quarterly or
a year,” Waite says. "On average boaters go out about 17 days a year. yearly fee for access to the various boats. There are usually educational
In fact, average boat use is about 60 hours a year so renting a boat for requirements but once checked out, it’s a very inexpensive way to get your
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rentals make sense, because many of us don’t use a boat enough to justify required, which keeps the costs down even further. Many like this option
the cost.” because they get their hands dirty as if they owned their own boat but
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big seas they could not come along side us. I realized that we would need 1. Do not even think about sailing in the Sea of Cortez in the winter. The
to get into our life raft to make the transfer. I also realized that once in weather is treacherous and potentially boat and life threatening. If leaving
the raft I would have no way to let out its painter as it was on a winch ten for Mexico in the winter, after reaching Cabo San Lucas head directly to
feet forward of the life raft. So, I rigged a second, longer line between our the Mexican mainland. Wait until spring to explore the Sea.
boat and the raft. I also threw a heaving rope into the raft. I then tumbled
into the raft, bouncing on its floor but unhurt. Rosalie threw in the second, 2. Do not count on any help from the Mexican Navy for a rescue. An
lighter ditch bag and jumped into the raft. I then cut the raft’s painter EPIRB was useless in our case for getting rescued in Mexico. This is
using the knife I carried around my neck. The raft drifted backwards, but because of the limited assets and capabilities (search distance limited to
still under control of the second, longer line that I had rigged. We were 50 nm offshore) of the Mexican Navy’s search and rescue unit.
still short of the rescue vessel standing off our vessel’s stern. I threw the
heaving line to the rescue boat. 3. Crossing the Sea of Cortez to the Mexican mainland is a blue water
passage that should be treated with the same respect and preparation as
After several tries, they caught the line and we both pulled on it to bring crossing an ocean. Fortunately, we had all the required safety equipment,
the raft alongside SV Hajime. The raft’s opening was oriented 90 degrees including a readily deployable life raft.
to their vessel’s mid ship mounted ladder. But with great difficulty, I was
able to climb the ladder and ended up on their deck. Rosalie threw up the 4. Before launching a life raft, it is essential to put several wraps of
smaller ditch bag but somehow the heaving line keeping the raft next to the painter around a winch so the distance of the raft to your boat can
their boat came loose. James, the skipper of Hajime, came to the rescue, be controlled.
motoring back around and throwing his own heaving line to the raft which
Rosalie caught. She had trouble getting her foot on the ladder, but Jessica, 5. In a boat to boat transfer via a life raft as I have described, bring
Hajime’s navigator, used her skills to flip Rosalie up the ladder, landing on a heaving line or throw rope into the raft to help make contact with the
her back unhurt and safely aboard. rescuing vessel.
We were given hot drinks, dry clothes and something to eat and then 6. While waiting to be rescued, plan ahead to be shipwrecked—gather
kindly invited to go below and sleep in Hajime’s V-berth. It was now past up your ship’s papers, passports and personal effects and place them in
0100 hours on January 2. SV Hajime continued on to Mazatlán, which a smaller ditch bag for easier transfer to the rescuing boat.
was also their intended destination. We arrived the afternoon of January 2.
After a night ashore, and briefly speaking with the Mazatlán Port Captain, I hope none of you have to experience what we did in order to learn these
we flew back home to Los Angeles. Per the USCG, the last “ping” of our lessons.
EPIRB was received late on January 2. They “assume the boat was sunk”.
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The Importance of Safety at Sea Seminars

A MAGAZINE FOR THE MARINA DEL REY BOATER

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