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Six weeks on a bareboat in Greece!
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My friend Aaron popped his head above water a couple hundred feet offshore from Masouri Beach, on the island of Kalymnos in the Greek Aegean Sea. The look of concentration mixed with excitement glistened on his face behind his cheap snorkel mask. “Right here!” he yelled loudly as he pointed towards the sea floor. “There’s a small patch of sand between the weeds.” I yelled from the cockpit for Aaron to move aside, and thrust our 44-foot Bavaria sailboat into gear. Anna and Tyler stood at the bow and helped direct me to the target, while Aaron and Spencer reported on our progress from the waters below. We were
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attempting to drop anchor next to a picturesque Mediterranean beach, towered by prolific walls of red limestone that made Kalymnos a climbing mecca. The only two mooring lines at the beach were already taken, and locals had informed us that the sea floor had too many weeds to hold an anchor. Nonetheless, we had decided that the idea of anchoring our boat within swimming distance of the idyllic little town of Masouri was too magical to pass up, and so Aaron and Spencer had swam the length of the beach to find the only weedfree clearing that might possibly hold our anchor. Experienced sailors might laugh at our strange method of finding a good anchor hold, but putting on the snorkel mask for this purpose was a routine practice for us. We were on our first real sailing trip as captains of our own boat, and I was still getting used to maneuvering our
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Young Sailors eleven ton floating home. After a few failed attempts, the anchor landed perfectly in the middle of the small patch of sand along the sea floor. After letting out more chain and testing our hold, we felt confident we were in an ideal position. We shouted our elations, dove into the crystal clear water, and swam the short distance to shore. This day marked the middle point in our six-week journey around the Aegean Sea, and we were out on the town to celebrate our arrival to Kalymnos. Exploration into sailing was the result of campfire fantasies that slowly took shape around our kitchen table in Lake Tahoe, where our crew of five lived together during the previous ski season along with a few others. At first the idea of sailing and climbing in the Aegean was just a random idea that sounded awesome, but after several email exchanges with various authorities and a few high energy brainstorming sessions, we realized it was more attainable than we originally envisioned. My brother, Tyler, arranged a bareboat charter with a company called Sailways (which was fantastic), and my friend Spencer and I enrolled in the required sailing classes through a sailing school in Santa Cruz, California called Pacific Sail (highly recommended). After that, we booked our flights and were ready to go.
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Six weeks on a bareboat in Greece!
Our expedition around the Aegean Sea was a voyage to explore new lands and learn another culture, but it was also a journey to explore ourselves both mentally and physically. We are a group of close friends in our twenties, which includes two sets of siblings, and we all share a fiery passion for exploration. We’ve gone on many adventures together over the years, but there was something different in establishing a goal that required us to continuously grow in so many ways. Even after taking a sailing class and hiring a climbing guide to help us learn the basics, we were continuously tested in our problem solving, decision making, communication, teamwork, and at times our tolerance to deal with hardship and uncertainty. But that was why we signed up for the challenge - we knew it would encourage us to grow in ways that would extend far beyond sailing or climbing, while offering us boundless excitement along the way. Among the activities required of us on a daily basis, none was as constantly present as the process of making decisions. Where should we sail next? Where was the best place to drop anchor? What time should we set sail in the morning? Should we call for help? And on and on ad nauseam.
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A Cruiser’s Paradise
Imagine... You awaken to the sun rising over the mountains. It brings warmth, yet there is a coolness to the air that crosses your skin. Friends arrive, one by one, bringing lunch and drinks. You untie the lines. Once past the breakwater, you lift the mainsail and motor-sail out into the bay. There is no destination. The only thought is to find wind and whales. You find both. You watch as the humpbacks move through the water. You see their backs. They wave their tails. Suddenly, one breaches, rising its entire body out of the sea, and then lands with a loud thud, creating a huge splash! At 1400 the thermal comes up as promised. With 15 knots of wind you set sail on a beam reach and glide through the flat seas at six knots.
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This is just one of the advantages you’ll find when cruising Banderas Bay. There are many marinas and several anchorages in the area from which to choose. After several weeks on the hook, Jay and I chose Marina Riviera Nayarit as our first stop, more commonly known as La Cruz because of its location. It lies in the northeast corner of the bay in a small Mexican town, La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. La Cruz is home to both the marina (with a fuel dock and full-service shipyard) and an anchorage, and is very popular with the cruisers. Once we arrived we could see why, as the staff was warm and welcoming. Walking around the marina, it was abuzz
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with sailors from all over the world. The energy and excitement was palpable, for this is not only a destination, but a mecca for those traveling to Central and South America or across the ocean to the South Pacific. Almost any day of the week one can find an educational seminar, exercise class, or a casual get-together and potluck. Families traveling with children benefit greatly from the Kid’s Club. In La Cruz, the Kid’s Club brings together cruising children; teaching them to explore their natural
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surroundings, encouraging them to intermingle within the local community and, at the same time, celebrate the joy of being children. There is more to La Cruz than just the offerings of the marina. Cruisers come here not only to gather and share information and to prepare for the next leg of their journey, but to enjoy the town of La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. Funky, fun, a great hang; this is how I would describe the music scene in La Cruz.
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An Almost Darwin Award
A 29-year-old Washington man wanted to “punish the rich white people for the death of the whales and the depletion of the rain forests,” so he attempted to saw through a 69,000-volt power line... using a tree saw on a long metal pole while wearing dishwashing gloves for insulation. He was found lying on his back with the gloves partially melted on his hands and his pants burned away. He did succeed in causing a temporary power outage for thousands of households and was expected to survive.
Wonder What B Will Look Like?
This is Sailing Yacht A, the tallest yacht in the world and also one of the top 10 most expensive. Her masts are about 295 feet high and reportedly are the tallest and most highly loaded freestanding composite structures in the world. She was built by Nobiskrug in Kiel, Germany and designed by Philippe Starck. She is now the largest private sail-assisted motor yacht (via hybrid diesel-electric propulsion) in the world and sold for an estimated $450 million to Andrey Melnichenko, a Russian billionaire.
Nautical Trivia Many words in the English vocabulary have nautical origins. One such word is “offing.” Anyone know what that means? And no, death or dismemberment are not involved. (Wanna cheat? The answer is on page 42)
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Funny Thoughts About Provisioning By Lea Ann Rock
David and I have been cruising for many years; first on our Island Packet 40, S/V Faith and, now on our Tayana 48, S/V Nomad. Today we just made the final provisioning run for our cruise to the Bahamas. I am a geeky numbers girl, so it figures that I love the provisioning job. I enjoy thinking of everything we might need for months and the challenge of purchasing quantities which leave the customers in line wondering what evil is about to devastate their town. Buying so much beer, you have to sign “the book” stating you are not in
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the beer selling business. I think you might need a license for that little enterprise. With dock carts full, the wheels groan in complaint as you stagger down the docks. You find yourself filling every available space with that special something you will want over the next month, two, three or year. Finally, you must devise a location system so you can remember where you put that box of dark chocolates. It’s terrible to empty every locker looking for a candy bar at midnight while you are supposed to be sailing the boat.
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Provisioning can be a very tedious job. I can already feel the heads nodding up and down. Over the years I have encountered various methods of solving the provisioning dilemma. The “I’ll Get it There” Person: On, the joy of being a new cruiser and believing all is available on remote islands. This cruiser can’t figure out why everyone is getting so stressed before leaving on a cruise. They don’t understand the need to pay your credit card more than once a month to keep the balance within a reasonable range. No, they laugh, drink and party on the docks as you push another cart of supplies to the old mother ship. They are forever asking, “Do you really need all of that toilet paper?” I must always remind myself these souls are sentient beings and deserve to continue living. I have yet to hit one with a roll of paper towels, but I have enjoyed the delightful thought. The “I Have Two Weeks Worth” Person: This cruiser is easy to identify in the first liquor store. They have this stunned look. They turn and say slowly, “Is that really the price for a case of Bud?” Their feet are cemented to the ground and their hands cannot reach their pocket. “I could have bought three or four cases for that price in the States.” Yep, they are a sad spectacle. The “I Buy Only as Much as We Need” Person: We were having drinks on a boat one night and the conversation turned to provisioning. One wife said her husband insisted she buy exactly the right quantity of everything. Their boat would leave on a cruise loaded and with perfection would return empty. Now, I had to admire this idea. I mean, perfection and provisioning in the same sentence. I gave this system some thought, but just could not imagine it working. You really need some wiggle room. Take wine; you sit in port and say, “I will only drink one glass of wine a day.” If you don’t give yourself a little wiggle room, aka surplus, you aren’t going to be enjoying your favorite California wine in the islands.
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You need to get ready for jugs of stuff you wouldn’t have touched in college, let alone elementary school. Now that is saying something! The Spreadsheet Person: I have only met this type of provisioner once and it was scary. She told me she bought groceries one time a year. Honest! She had a spreadsheet that had all items on the boat and it was coordinated to the lockers. Every time, now imagine this, every time she used an item it was removed from the inventory. I have to take my hat off to this person. As much as I love numbers, I could never keep up this system. I like to walk the beach, find shells, kayak, meet people, go to beach parties and, of course, play dominoes. No, this was truly too much like work. The Nomad System: So what system do we use on Nomad? First, I do an inventory of everything on the boat. Next, I make a list of everything we need based on years of experience and subtract the things we already have. I love coffee and you only have to pay $20 for a can of Folgers once and you learn to add a little wiggle to your estimates. Next, I put a note by the items indicating which store we need to procure the items from to create my shopping list. When we get down to the final days before we leave, I usually have a couple of index cards with the stragglers I have not been able to find anywhere. This cruise it was fast rising pizza yeast. I finally had to give up on locating this product. Sometimes I have a very methodical way of storing goods. This year we are running late and I just put everything wherever I could find space. Needless to say, I will be looking for that chocolate around midnight when I should be sailing the boat. No matter your provisioning style, I have yet to hear of a cruiser starving. You will find what you need. It might not be exactly what you want and it might be very expensive. The good news is, the next cruise you will know more about your needs and how to provision better for your vessel.
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ONE YEAR LATER... SEQUOIA... LAKE MEAD By Dana Gordon From Big Red to Little Red... From Sail Power to Diesel Power
Last winter, after deciding to put our sailboat, Audacious, on the market for sale, we researched different trailerable power tugs and trawlers and decided on a Ranger Tug. Late spring we headed up to their boat building factory in Kent, WA and there she was, a red 2012 Ranger Tug 25 SC trade-in, our imagined dream boat!! No-brainer, no second thoughts, we bought her. We quickly sold our 29.9 Bristol in Moss Landing and dropped the price of Audacious in Mexico. Then in November, now owners of a one ton diesel truck, we drove up to Washington, received our one-day sea trial in the freezing rain, and headed home to Big Sur, still in the rain, with our tug in tow. In January we trailered Sequoia 1200 miles to San Carlos, Sonora, MX, where we stayed in Marina Real while we sold Audacious (that’s a whole other story). Over the next two months we outfitted Sequoia, originally set up as a basic weekender, for extended cruising: SSB/Ham
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radio and antenna, additional solar panel, stern anchor system, composting head, manual fresh water hand pump with filter, two raw water foot pumps, teak galley wear holders, Engel freezer, dinghy davits, outboard motor brackets, and a barbecue. On Easter Sunday we headed back to the U.S. to a family wedding, the Alameda Boat Show and Lake Mead for the month of April. But wait! First, a side excursion to the Arizona Organ Pipe National Monument, five miles across the border, to boat camp in the middle of the desert. Surrounded by huge saguaro and organ pipe cacti, carpets of spring wildflowers and star-studded night skies, we hiked during the day and sat high and dry in our cockpit each happy hour watching the sunset over the desert mountains... in between many questions and conversations with other fellow campers. Obviously, we were the talk of the park... a boat camped out in the desert .. what a sight and what fun!!!
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Lake Mead, a Nevada/Arizona reservoir from the Colorado River, once the largest man-made lake in the U.S., is now second to Lake Powell. We thought, oh boy, easy, no stress, inland fresh water lakeside boating compared to the big bad ocean stuff. Well, were we ever surprised; shocked at how it actually was. We arrived at our marina on the north shore of the Nevada side, miles up from Hoover Dam, on a late Friday afternoon and checked in. Getting a slip for April, we left Sequoia to go back to CA for a wedding and the boat show. Upon our arrival back to the boat, we readied her for an off-the-dock birthday week cruise around the lake. First, we discovered there were no marine charts available. I asked the houseboat rental dockhand about that and he gave me a cartoon like map he gives the renters and pointed out, somewhat, places to go and not due to
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the low water level. Okay! Got it! Then we found out most of the marinas do not carry diesel fuel, so we had to plan accordingly and we learned you were not allowed to carry extra portable fuel tanks either because of pouring and spillage. Before leaving the dock where wifi was available, Micah checked out Passage Weather and other various sites to get the latest weather patterns for the coming week. There was one wind system coming to the area in five days, so we planned on being at a particular marina up the lake on that day, which happened to be Micah’s birthday too, so protection, diesel fill-up and a birthday dinner out! Finally, off we went on our big adventure, a relaxing inland lake birthday week cruise. Heading east up the lake toward the Colorado River, we decided to go all the way out the first day, then slowly work our way back towards the marina
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Tech Tips
from Capt’n Pauley’s Workshop There are a lot of little things that can make your boat easier to use and more enjoyable. Here are some tips from Paul Esterle, the author of Capt’n Pauley’s Workshop. More can be found at www.captnpauley.com.
Installing Flexible Tanks Installing an extra fuel or water tank for storage is a good idea on cruising boats, both power and sail. In most boats there are areas perfect for this. Here’s how to do the job easily, and permanently... First, buy the right tank for the purpose: the right size and the right material. They are available online from five gallons to hundreds of gallons. They are inexpensive, so don’t cheapout. Be sure to get good quality, rubberized fabric bladder tanks. Be sure to pick the right location, as they will need plenty of support and good access.
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Always verify there is nothing sharp in the installation area. Then apply a layer of neoprene foam or similar as a tank protector after you have decided on the best location for fill, drain and vent lines Install fittings in the tank if not already installed, and test fittings for leaks. Install eyebolts to locate tank and place the tank. Run your fill, drain and vent lines. Be sure to protect hoses from chafe if they pass through bulkheads on the way to the tank. Fill up and check for leaks. That’s it, you are done!
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Tech Tips from Capt’n Pauley’s Workshop
Save Your Wiring with Drip Loops If you live or cruise on a boat, there is one thing I can guarantee: it will leak. We don’t know where, and we don’t know how it happens, but every boat seems to have at least one “permanent leak.” These leaks are annoying when they are dripping on your pillow or your bunk, but when they get to your wiring you can have some real adult fun! Captain Pauly has a simple trick you should do on your boat to eliminate problems inherent with water following your wiring. This is something that always seems to happen no matter how hard you try to keep all your wires dry. Drip loops are used with wiring devices like bus bars and terminal strips. The wire simply loops down below the device and then back up to make the connection. The idea is that any water running down the wire will drip off the bottom of the loop instead of running down into the bus bar or terminal block. Oh, yeah, be sure there is nothing under the loop that might be damaged by water! Or, you could fix the leak! (Yeah, right. Like that’s gonna happen!)
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Bubba Whartz One Never Knows
Right Guard, the 27-foot ferro-cement sloop helmed by Capt. Bubba Whartz, imperious owner of a Coast Guard “six pac” license, and a rock-solid belief in his own personal rectitude concerning maritime proficiency, slipped along the ICW on a broad reach so comfortable it could rightly make one imagine pushing one’s very own platinum bar across an expanse of navy blue velvet whilst Melania Trump lightly scratched one’s back. It’s true that such occurrences may be uncommon, when they happen. Capt. Whartz has reminded mariners of widely diverse proficiencies that there’s an upside to being sufficiently aware so as to perceive and appreciate the completely unbelievable when it arrives. Holding a multimillion-dollar winning lottery ticket counts as an example of such a splendid moment, as well. Right Guard was making four knots over the bottom, but the particular part of the Intracoastal we were in was not wide—75 yards, maybe—and on holiday weekends’ Saturday afternoons the narrow slot was also a passage for motor yachts that transited this slot at what Bubba referred to as max wake dispersal speed. He explained that MWD speed was not as fast as full speed, but oncoming power boat skippers, Bubba allowed, had an inkling they should slow down for sailboats. They didn’t know how much, though. So they slowed down to where their vessels put out bigger wakes. Bubba postulated that the concept of no wake has not taken hold yet among yachtsmen operating power craft wherein horsepower available exceeds the IQ of the skipper by a factor of 10. The tobacco-chewing, live-aboard, live-alone skipper, buoyed up by the quiet of the day, the lack of maritime traffic, the perfect breeze and chamber-of-commerce weather launched into a soliloquy concerning the extra measures of safety and comfort that automatically append themselves to any voyage captained by a professional mariner. “It all comes for a price, does it not?” I asked the skipper. He was unable to answer immediately because he was finishing a Siberian Mimosa. Sybarites the world over know a Mimosa is a combination of fresh squeezed orange juice and champagne. A Siberian Mimosa has two ounces of solidly frozen vodka added. Such an anomaly is achieved by the use of liquid nitrogen. Should one be unable to imagine the downside of a Siberian Mimosa—both in the prep and consumption— then gaining proficiency in an activity like sailing that involves constant risk assessment is out of the question.
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Additionally, such adversely encumbered souls must consider lifetime avoidance of the possibility of getting overserved in business establishments dispensing alcohol, stay away from members of the opposite sex whose attractiveness makes one light headed, eschew smoking materials that come with the guarantee: “this won’t hurt you,” and forget real estate deals in which many pesky and vaporous details will be “taken care of at closing.” Several moments had elapsed since I had asked Capt. Whartz about professionalism coming with price tags attached and the answer he ultimately offered. It would please me greatly to think that he had considered my query of such importance and depth that he stopped to consider all the ramifications before answering. But no. “Jesus!” Whartz gasped. “That drink froze my vocal cords. You asked me something, but I cannot recall what it was.” “It had to do with professionalism on the water and if mariners who carry a captain’s license may charge a higher fee for their services because they have enough experience to warrant doing so,” I summarized. Whartz was not impressed with the thoroughness of the inquiry. “You sound like one off those White Houses press wackos,” he grumbled. “Their questions are so long and involved that by the time the person who is to answer it begins to do so no one in the room can remember what the point of the question was, not even the reporter who asked it. The best response to such complex questions is verbal fog. Maybe. Maybe not. That’s perfect. “Professionals—licensed captains like me—operating watercraft and have the necessary experience to ensure a lovely voyage, know what rules keep people from getting hurt and can get things done easily by using diplomacy,” Bubba explained. “Is there another option, Bubba?” I asked. “Brute force is an option. It never works,” Bubba replied. “The only people out on the water who carry the equipment to apply brute force are police…Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission officers, municipal marine units, county marine units. When those guys get involved, often times, what remains is an oil slick of ill will.” “Why?” “Bad judgment and embarrassment. The people the cops bust knew better from the get-go. But when they get called for an infraction, they think the police are being brutal, and sometimes they are right. Police officers have short fuses, www.cruisingoutpost.com
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effective unions and free legal help…all they need. The prosecutors, it’s my guess, know the drill. Many of the cases against cops for wayward behavior never get at what the issue was in the first place. In short, operating a vessel after taking drugs or drinking too much is real dumb. Still, it happens every day. People die. Kids get limbs traumatically amputated. Property is destroyed, families torn asunder. Professional captains can save the day,” offered Bubba. He went on to explain in elaborate detail that individuals whose livelihoods are intertwined with transportation of human beings and materiel worldwide carry a heavy load of responsibility, both morally and financially. And, Captain Whartz emphasized, mariners who have earned the right to be referred to as Captain by their peers do not make petty blunders. Years of training and experience have shunted stupidity to an unused siding of transport memories so seldom recalled that the memory tracks they lay upon had long ago gained a familiar ochre patina, rust. Capt. Whartz was winning me over. The relentless drumbeat of logic I could understand quite easily drummed on. And on. And on. It eventually became Barney’s Song. I could snap. However, something flashed in a dark corner of my brain, a firefly flicker of recall, the only point of light on a moonless night. And I asked a question that I’m not sure I should have. “Bubba, do the names Jacob Van Zanten or Edward Smith mean a thing to you?” “No. Should they?” “I think so. Jacob Van Zanten was the captain of the KLM flight 4805, a 747 that hit a Pan Am 747, while KLM 4805 was in the middle of an unauthorized takeoff from Tenerife, Canary Islands, on March 27, 1977. Five hundred eighty-three people died. Edward Smith was the skipper of the Titanic and more than 1,500 souls were lost when the unsinkable ship went down on April 15, 1912. The men in charge were licensed professionals at the pinnacle of their callings. They were also human. Humans make mistakes,” I stated. Ten seconds of total silence followed my mistakes comment. On the 11th second we hit an ICW marker. Right Guard pivoted around the marker, the vessel’s shrouds hooking onto the day board as the boat was spun by tidal current. We were going nowhere. Captain Whartz had not been paying attention. But as we assessed the immediate situation together we also saw the emergency lights from a Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission patrol vessel that we had not previously noted switch on. It was no more than 50 feet on the other side of the ICW marker. Out in the sweet Florida fresh air that occasionally—when the wind blows from land at a low speed—smells of orange blossoms, warmed by the free Florida sunshine, Right Guard was center stage in its very own Blue Light Special. WWW.CRUISINGOUTPOST.COM
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Active Duty Subs 126 Annapolis Hybrid Marine 123 113 Aqua Marine Artisan Mattress 86 117 ATN Bacon Sails 126 Balmar 40 Bellhaven Yachts/Charters 146-147 Beta Marine 115 Beta Marine J-Prop 101 Blue Water Sailing School 10-11 Bob Bitchin Books 112 Bocas Marina 107 Celestaire 32 38 Clamptite CO Coffee Cups 165 CO Cruising Guides 88 CO Products 163 CO Subscriptions 82-83 & Back Issue CO Winch Wench 164 Complete Yacht Service 126 Conch Charters 63 Coppercoat 99 Cruising Solutions 127 CS Johnson 103 Curtis Stokes & Assoc. 144-145 Distinctive Sails 122 Eastern Yacht Sales 153 Edson Marine 29 El Cid Marinas 34 Elan Yachts 2-3 eMarine Systems 44 eMarine Systems 105 eMarine Systems 127 Emerald Bay Audio Book 114 Fortress Anchor 89
Froli Sleep Systems 125 Garhauer Marine 6/7 Gill North America 18 Great Lakes Scuttlebutt 104 Hagerty.com 122 42 Hamilton Ferris Handcraft Mattress/HMC 39 IMIS / Gowie 112 115 Indiantown Marina Infinity Fabrics 26-27 9 Island Packet Kadey-Krogen Yachts 125 Kadey-Krogen Yachts 127 Kadey-Krogen Yachts 155 Kanberra Gel 121 Key Lime Sailing Club 121 Kitsap Maritime Heritage Foundation 114 KSY Global Yacht Brokers 150 KTI FilterBoss 31 L&A TV 162 Lats&Atts Store 157 Leopard Brokerage 154 Little Yacht Sales 151 Mainsheet-Manson 114 Mantus Anchors 117 Marmara Imports Turkish Towels 93 Martek Davits 125 Moorings Yacht Sales 152 111 Mystic Knotwork New England Ropes 123 Newport International Boat Show 49 Next Gen 125 NV Charts 86 OCENS 113 Pacific NW Boater 104 Polyplanar 95
Port Ludlow Marina 95 36 Profurl Pure Water+ by Forespar 105 111 PYI Pyrate Radio 85 Rainman 87 45 Ranger Tug Rocna Anchor AKA CMP 99 33 Ronstan US Royal Cape Catamarans 107 Sailcare 109 180 Sailrite Sailtime 56 SeaFrost 43 Shade Tree Fabric Shelters 91 Share the Sail San Juans 161 South Coast Yachts 149 Southeast Marine 109 Suncoast Yachts 148 Swi-Tech America 101 Switlik 35 Tea Tree Power by Forespar 103 The Airline 179 Two Can Sail 91 Ultralight Solar 127 WATT 41 Wichard 37
Boat Brokers Bellhaven Yachts/Charters 146-147 Curtis Stokes & Assoc. 144-145 Eastern Yacht Sales 153 Kadey-Krogen 155 KSY Global Yacht Brokers 150 Leopard Brokerage 154 Little Yacht Sales 151 Moorings Yacht Sales 152 South Coast Yachts 149 Suncoast Yachts 148
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Non-Marine Advertisers
None! Why would we want that? This is a boating magazine. Ya wanna see fancy watches, pick-up trucks and highpriced cars, read the other mags!
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