July/August 2005

On the Cover:
Cover Shot makes its way to Trinidad for Carnival.

Featured Products:
• New Color LCD Furuno GP7000F/NT is Advanced All-In-One GPS/WAAS, Chart Plotter & Fish Finder
• The Incredible LightCap Waterbottle
• Mantis Bimini Provides Boaters and Anglers with Sun & Heat Protection
• Johnson Pump AquaJet 5.0 Washdown Kit Has It All
• Capt. Chomp Hull Cleaner Sprays off Dirt and Stains
• Dive N Dog Ladder Makes Waves
• New BMS Jack Plates Handle 300-HP Engines with Ease

News Briefs:
• Free Guides Available from BoatUS Consumer Protection Bureau for Buying, Selling, or Owning a Boat
• Skippers May be Liable if Drunken Guests End Up in the Drink
• Four Mariners Rescued in High Seas Off Bermuda Thanks to Their Survival Equipment
• SP Expands Quebec Facility
• Boaters: Don’t Be Left High and Dry - Minuteman Support Services Offer Remote Computer Support
• BoatUS Founder Richard Schwartz Honored by Coast Guard
• Landing School to Offer Part-Time Programs
• The Moorings Adds Five New Cruise Destinations in Italy
• CE Certification for New FastCat 435 Vector-K
• California Youth Authority Director Honors Marina del Rey Youth Sailing Program

Design a Better Life Jacket and Win $5,000
In an effort to get more people to wear PDFs, the PFDMA is sponsoring the “Innovation in life jacket design competition” and is looking for ‘out-of-the-box’ entries.


Oh, What a Wonderful Woman!
by Per Mørch
Miss your boat in the winter? I’ve got the perfect solution!

Letters:
• Multihulls Capsizing, by Ian Farrier
• How Can One Find Old Multihullers? by Roger Loving

Shearwater Inspiration,
by Dan Golledge
Having spent the previous full summer in the tropics, feeling the weight of that belligerent sun invading every aspect of life aboard an open bridge-deck catamaran, it wasn’t a hard decision to sail south for the next one.

Corinne’s Culinary Corner:
Let’s Ham it Up!
by Corinne Kanter
• Ham Lasagna
• Sugar-Glazed Ham
• Ham Primavera
• Ham Pinwheels
• Ham & Stewed Tomatoes
• Sweet Potato Ham Bake

Electrics: Bluewater Power Systems for Multihulls – Part III
by Kevin Jeffrey
Now that we’ve given fair treatment to the renewable power sources, it’s time to review the engine-driven options.

Coming Back to America
by Glenn & Debbie Braddon
Like many land sailors, I had spent several years planning my dream while day-sailing in club rentals and juggling career and family. Like most, I had doubts along the way as to whether I would ever see those dreams fulfilled.

If It’s Brown, You’re Aground
by Barb Hansen
Many books are available about how to be better boaters, but they place a distant second to learning on the vessel with the help of an experienced captain.


A Room in the Louisiades - Part II
by Dave Jeans & Jo Djubal
From Pana Numara to Cairns – almost via Vanuatu!


Post Tsunami in Malaysia - Part II
by Jeanne Pickers
How extraordinary, that all in the space of a day, we had been part of either ends of the scale in the diversity that surrounds those of us who are citizens of the sea… both the fury of the elements and at the other end, the gentility and wonder of nature.

The Rhythm of the Sea
by Seymour Friedel
During the Miami Boat Show, I was approached by several club members and lecture attendees, who came to see African Innovation and encouraged me to write a continuing series of articles about the ocean crossing aboard the African FastCat 435.

La Ceiba
by Charles E. Kanter
I was impressed by what I found. The Shipyard and its facilities were first rate, the country was beautiful, the natives accommodating, and the weather better than it was in Florida. The airlines were actually on time and hospitable. Food was reasonable and palatable. Opportunities for pleasurable cruising and sailing abound.

Auckland Int’l Boat Show
by Tim Clissold
There were extensive numbers of exhibitors on land, either in large marquees or in the old Alinghi base, but the real highlight of the show was the 150 plus yachts on display in the water.


Trinny Carnival
by Roger Webb
All I had heard about the Trinny Carnival was that it was the best in all the Caribbean and a MUST SEE if I ever made it there.


Designer’s Boat
by Jim Brown
Scrimshaw’s original design parameter was to create the smallest seagoing tri that could accommodate a family of four with two teenage boys – our family – and which I could build myself.

Designing Swallow
by David Laux
Three years ago I had my first daysail on a trimaran and like many others before, immediately I began to figure out how best to acquire one for myself.


Adria Cat 40
The Adria Cat is a good cruising catamaran with wide beam, good buoyancy, a short bridge deck high above the water to avoid slamming, minimum windage with streamlined superstructures for windward ability.

Review of Hill’s 14m Cat – Sailing Rehab
by Rebecca Hayter & Mike Hunter
Rehab is the vessel that will take Margo, a tetraplegic, and Steve to enjoy New Zealand’s fantastic cruising opportunities, including the Marlborough Sounds and Fiordland.

PDQ Yachts Announces The PDQ Challenge
PDQ invites all manufacturers of 40- to 45-foot cruising catamarans to a 3-race regatta in the Bay of Biscayne after the Miami Strictly Sail Boat Show in February of 2006.


The BMW Royal Langkawi Regatta 2005
by Bob Mott
Altogether, nine multihulls turned up at the BMW Langkawi Regatta, allowing formation of two divisions – racing and cruising.

Newport to Ensenada 2005
by Pat Reynolds
This year, the ORCA class would crown a new and unlikely champion for this storied 125-mile race from Newport, California to Ensenada, Mexico.

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