Copyright

September/October 2003

On the cover:
Earthling was built in NZ, using the latest technology. For her 57 feet overall length, the less than17,636 lbs is extremely light, almost half the weight of production cats this size.

News Briefs:
• BOATU.S. Foundation Rental EPIRB Saves Three Off Florida Coast
• Green Technology, Turning Point in the Yacht industry
• ABYC taking over Westlawn, hires Gerr
• West Marine Now Offers BOATU.S. Membership
• Robards Promoted to Marketing Director at Confluence Watersports
• Multiplast Expands its Premises in the Port of Vannes

Featured Products:
• LIFERAFTRENTAL.COM LLC Equipment Deployed
• CathelcoProviding a Solution When Mussels Cause Big Problems for Smaller Luxury Yachts
• X-LIGHT: New Carbon Toilet
• Single Use Pouches of Holding Tank Treatment Now Available
• Complete Anchor-in-a-Bag SportKit
• Maptech introduces New Charts & Books

Letters:
• Misstatements and Misconceptions, by Blair Grinols
• Interesting, but Incorrect, by Richard Roscoe
• Gregor Tarjan’s Reply to Critics, by Gregor Tarjan
• What About a Pivoting Daggerboard? by Luiz Schechter
• Scoping Out Anchoring Article... by Roy Mills
• Holding Hope, by D H Coers
• Nice Rigger! by Linc Spaulding
• Periodical Praise, by Dan Swanson

Electrics:
Electric Propulsion - Part III Balance of System Components
by Kevin Jeffrey
In this article, Kevin Jeffrey reviews the balance of system components, including the ‘house’ power system and the distribution, control and monitoring equipment.

Corinne’s Culinary Corner: Make Quick Mixes into Desserts...
by Corinne Kanter
• Cake Mix Bars
• Cranberry Upside-down Cake
• White Chocolate Tarts
• Pumpkin Bundt Cake
• Soft Raisin Cookies
• Rootbeer Float Cookies

All It Takes is One Spark
by Wayne Spivak
Every year some mariners fail to follow proper fueling procedures, and their vessels explode.

Despite Hardship & Tragedy, Katrine is Sailing
by Jeanne Pickers
It wasn’t difficult to find the yacht design we wanted. It had to be a multihull of sorts, as the stability factor was most important.

Jam Today
Paul van Gysen and Ingrid Craul have solved the problem of being weighed down with charts while cruising.

Dances with Cockroaches
by Jim Howard
Even fastidious sailors are amazed at how easy it is to get roaches on board – and how difficult to get them off.

Cruising to Codrington
by Chris Doyle
Sailing my newly built 42-foot cat, Ti Kanot, which has mini keels and draws 3 feet, has made anchorages possible that were completely unthinkable before.

Cruising on an F-28R
by Ron Butler
Can you cruise on an F-28R? Of course!

England to Australia, Part IV
by Alix Pearce
After a great time in the BVI, we began cruising along in the Caribbean Sea.

S. Africa to Seychelles
by Capt. Ian Engelbrecht
Delivery on an Island Spirit 40

The Cold and Icy Delivery of Wicked Good
by Ralph Drahos
The pictures tell the story!

Design:

Sunreef 74
The 74 was designed for the comfort of her passengers. Her flybridge, and the cockpit, broad sundecks, relaxation area with a table surrounded by comfortable leather seats, offer a spacious intelligent layout.

Dazcat Designs
The 10m Sports Cruiser, the D12 Sports Cruiser, and the Dazure.

Grin Design Introduces New Spritsail Rig & Scull-fin
Though focused mainly on the inflatable sector, the products are finding their way into other areas such as: adaptive boating, the charter boat and dive boating industries, and rental boats.

Factory Profile of Outremer
by François Richard
If you plan to spend a good part of your personal life at sea then you need a boat that is fast, solid, reliable, easy to fix, easy to handle and also neat looking.

Earthling
by Charles K. Chiodi
Earthling has speedy, effortless operation with high-tech design and constuction. It will keep even champagne-guzzling, diamond-studded guests in awe.

The New Telstar
by Charles K. Chiodi
She is 28' long, 18' wide, folds to 8’6”, draws 14”, weighs 2,800 lbs, motors at 20 knots, sails 70-75% of wind speed, sleeps 4, has the most room in any of this size trimarans. Can you beat that?

Down Under’s Sanctuary Cove Boat Show
The Show has broken all previous records reporting more exhibitors, strong sales, and bigger crowds!

Schroder's London Boat Show Celebrates 50 Years
The anniversary will be held in style at ExCel, Europe’s premier exhibition center.

Racing:
Just Another Race Odyssey
by Bill Gibbs
Hot tip, don’t try out new things before a big race.

Challenge Mondial Assistance
by Kate Jennings
The 2nd edition of the challenge was greeted with a south-southwesterly wind blowing between 15 and 20 knots, the multis all crossed the line together on a port tack to make the following marker on a single tack.

5th Mats Nyberg Trophy and 2003 Tornado European Championship
A total of 75 competitors from 23 countries, spanning 5 continents, contested the regatta which was held in light-to-moderate breezes of 5-12 knots on the open waters off Cagliari.

Tornado Euro Championship
by Jill Nickerson
To add a level of difficulty, many of the teams just starting in the Tornado class also come to this event, resulting in a starting line of close to 80 boats.

Buzzards Bay Regatta
by Charles K. Chiodi
Wildly varying weather dogged this year’s annual BBR, the 31st since its inception in 1972.

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