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Marine Protected Areas Christmas Gift Ideas Talkin’ Ba Ha Ha Local Clean Up
A Magazine For The Marina del Rey Boating Community

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Editor/Publisher/Writer Pat Reynolds Photographs Pat Reynolds Columnist Mookie Contributors Dave Kirby Richard Schaefer Copy Editing Assistance Lisa Asahara For advertising rates and Information contact 310-397-1887 - phone email [email protected] Mailing address P.O. Box 9403 Marina del Rey, CA 90295 The Mariner appears on the 3rd Friday of every month. This issue - Nov. 20 - Dec. 18

FROM THE EDITOR Calling the Most Interesting Man in the World.
For the past seven years, it’s been pretty much a given that I am indeed the most interesting man in Marina del Rey. I’m young, stylish, charming and enormously talented. The truth is, you all don’t even know the half of it. People close to me understand vividly, that while it sounds like a pompous statement, it is really nothing but simple fact. Put it this way people: I can actually fly. Yes, that’s correct – I can flap my arms and fly for short distances. I have filmed this and it is fact. It’s also true that I am somewhat amphibious. Having explored the oceans depths with just the air supplied by my lungs alone, has taught me much and enhanced my perspective in the most expansive of ways. I’m also an excellent driver – no automatic... strictly stick. But I don’t write this to toot my own blowhole, I write this to call out another of my own kind who I have learned is living among us. His name is Jonathan Goldsmith, and he is known as the “Most Interesting Man in the World.” I have seen him on the television – in a Dos Equis commercial, and must admit he does appear pretty interesting. I’m told he owns a 47-foot boat here in Marina del Rey and am requesting an interview. I don’t want to go through an agent or publicist – it’s one powerfully interesting man asking another powerfully interesting man to talk, man to man on the phone. It’s fascinating to me that two of the most interesting people in the world would choose the same town to inhabit and I need to know more. Show yourself Mr. Goldsmith, let us compare notes and try to understand each other. We are a rare-breed and it’s important we reason together and attempt to understand this world more clearly...or we could just talk about boats, your choice.

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Coming Events Off The Wire Talkin’ Ba Ha Ha by Orlando Duran Santa’s List A List of Cool Holiday Gift Ideas Clean Up Time S & K Dive Spearheads a Clean-Up Drive Catalina Currents Garbage Then and Now by Richard Schaefer Powertails Marine Protected Areas
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Boat Parade Festively decorated boats illuminate the main channel in one of the Marina’s most visually exciting events, featuring around-the-world teen sailor Zac Sunderland as Grand Marshal. Best viewing in Burton Chace Park and Fisherman’s Village. 6 - 8 p.m. For more info call 310 670 7130 Venice Canals Holiday Boat Parade Join all the fun at the Venice Canals as this creative mirror-image of Italy expresses its holiday spirit with a brilliantly lit display of small boats, canoes, kayaks and costumes. 4pm. To publish a community event email: [email protected]

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Rey. Meeting donation is $7.00, which includes a light buffet dinner. At these meetings, skippers and crew sign up for day sails. On sailing days the Single Mariners meet at 9:30 a.m. for breakfast at the Marina del Rey Hotel on 13534 Bali Way, spend the afternoon sailing and then return to the docks for a wine and cheese social. Novices are welcome and encouraged. For more info call (310) 289-3338. Women’s Sailing Association of Santa Monica Bay Meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club, 13589 Mindanao Way, in Marina del Rey. The meeting, held at 7:30, is preceded by a social hour, and a light dinner is served. Each meeting features a guest speaker discussing their adventures and achievements. WSA invites boaters of all skill levels to join. Its programs, include day sails, seminars, parties, and cruises including destinations such as King Harbor, Catalina and the northern Channel Islands, For membership information contact Sandy Penrod. at [email protected] or on the web at www. wsasmb.org. Live music Fridays! The Waterfront Restaurant present live music every Friday night. Three different stages.Rock, blues, funk, Jazz, R&B. Full bar service, food is served untill 10:00pm, All ages welcome! The Waterfront 4211 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Ray, CA. Catalinas of Santa Monica Bay, Owners of Catalina Yachts Join us for our monthly meetings at the Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. We would like to welcome Catalina owners to join our club. We have speakers, cruises to Catalina, races and other events throughout the year. Our doors open at 6:00 for happy hour and then dinner around 7 to 7:30 and our main event after that. Join the fun and meet other owners of Catalinas. For more info email [email protected].

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WI R E Stan Wisniewski Dies in Car Wreck

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Every once in a while things end up where they shouldn’t be. Last month in E Basin on Palawan Way, a car accidentally made its way into the drink and had to be pulled out with the help of the Fire Department and some heavy machinery. It could have been far worse. If the vehicle happened to fall in 50 yards to the right, boats, docks and possibly people would have been severely effected. Photo Bobbie Bel.

Former Director of the Department of Beaches and Harbors, Stanley Wisniewski died October 15 in a single-vehicle accident at the age of 59 near his home in Paso Robles. He was named Director of Beaches and Harbors in August of 1993, where he remained until retiring in March of 2008. As Director, Stan was instrumental in overseeing the commencement of secondgeneration development of Marina del Rey. For better or for worse, Wisniewski was instrumental in the redevelopment of the Admiralty Apartments and Esprit 1, the renovation of the Marina Harbor Apartments and Anchorage, and the renovation of the Waterside Shopping Center. He also played a part in implementing the WaterBus summer service, concerts in the park, as well as increasing the participation and scholarships of the W.A.T.E.R. Youth program. “It would be fair to say that at times we had some differences of opinion with Stan about issues in the Marina,” Tim Riley, Executive Director of the Marina del Rey Lessees Association told the Daily Breeze.. “But we respect that he had a great career with the county and was very dedicated with his work.” Wisniewski is survived by two children, Dana and Weston.

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Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland, sister of record breaking circumnavigator Zac Sunderland, has taken the most important step to becoming the youngest person to ever sail around the world unassisted and alone she bought a boat. Unlike her older brother who made the journey in an old cruising boat, Abby will be attempting the record in an Open 40 designed for high-speed short-handed sailing. She recently did a shakedown cruise with her father Laurence, and brother Zac from Rhode Island to Fort Lauderdale. From there the boat will be shipped to Mexico. On sailing with her famous brother Abby said in her blog: “He also has taken great joy in little things, like my mortification at watching him wash a cup with salt water and a dirty sock. But despite how annoying he is, it’s really good to have him with us out here.”

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WI R E J Boat Sinks in Ba Ha Ha Earthquakes Under the Channel Islands
LOS ANGELES — The Associated Press has reported that two moderate earthquakes have recently struck under the ocean near the Channel Islands off the Southern California coast. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck the sea floor about 14 miles east of San Nicolas Island at 2:45 p.m Sunday. A magnitude 3.6 quake hit three minutes later in the same spot, 56 miles west of Santa Catalina Island, in an area where the sea floor is about 2,000 feet below the surface. A sheriff’s dispatcher in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island says he did not feel the quake and there have been no reports of damage or injury. Seismologists say the quake was felt lightly on the coasts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

While most years the Ba Ha Ha cruisers rally is a relatively uneventful but fun ride from San Diego down to Cabo san Lucas Mexico, every once in a while there’s some excitement and this year was the year. Not far from Ensenada, after a scheduled check in, there were reports that a J/120, J World had been holed after the boat inadvertently sailed into a pod of whales. The first report came to Latitude 38, whose publisher created the rally, from the owner who wasn’t on board and said that, “[the skipper and crew] quickly realized that they’d sailed into a pod of whales — big whales. That’s when they felt a bang, then another and another. At least one whale was attacking J/World’s rudder!” Such a strange occurrence caused word to spread throughout the sailing community and like a bad game of “telephone” there were soon rumors and blog reports with wild speculations of what really happened to J World including theories that it had collided with a submerged submarine. After the dust settled, J World’s skipper, Eugenie Russell, explained to Lat 38 that none of the reports were accurate and what actually happened was the J boat was sailing casually down the coast when they noticed some whales in the area and soon found themselves “heading down a wave on a nearly head-on course with a humpback whale.” It was reported that they “first hit the whale with her keel, and it felt as though they had run aground.” After that, she felt the prop hit the whale, resulting in blood in the water. Then, it’s speculated that the whale made a “reactive flick of its mighty tail, jamming the rudder post up and aft, creating a roughly 8-inch by 14-inch hole in the transom area.” The boat sank to the ground in a matter of 45 minutes.

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By Orlando Duran
For years, The Mariner has been keeping up with local sailor Orlando Duran who is instrumental in putting on the Marina del Rey to San Diego Race every year. This year, Duran did the Ba Ha Ha, a popular cruising rally that runs from San Diego down to Cabo san Lucas, in his 44-ft Catalina/Morgan, and kept a log along the way. Below are some excerpts taken (and slightly edited) presented to give an idea of what it’s like for those who might have a notion to make the trip sometime in the future. The Night Before Everything that has been able to be purchased at West Marine has been bought, crew was picked up at the airport on Friday afternoon, everything has been put away, the boat has been cleaned up, washed and wax, water and fuel tanks have been topped off, last minute tweakings have been tweaked, screws screwed back in and nuts tightened...Cuba Libre 3 is ready to go on the 16th Baja Ha Ha at 11 a.m. tomorrow! Went to the skipper’s meeting and heard the Grand Poobah from Latitude 38 magazine (main sponsor of this event) go over the ‘Rally Instructions’ and also attended the fun bbq and costume party at the S.D. West Marine parking lot. 10 You would think that everyone would just go back to their boats, get a good night’s sleep and get ready for the starting gun, but that is not the case, the main thing on every skipper’s mind tonight is the weather. BTW, this is a big media event here in S.D., news crews, harbor fire boats spraying water, the Mexican consulate, head of the Mexican Navy and several other local dignitaries will be at the starting committee boat, a 104’ power boat. Seems like a small weather disturbance is going to be coming down the coast from the NW on Tuesday night and they are anticipating 15-20’ swells and 25-knots of wind, can you spell q-ue-a-s-y?? (note to self, buy more Dramamine). So, the buzz is “what to do?” The current plan would be to sail from S.D. to Turtle Bay, 320-miles distant, getting there around daylight Thursday....the fly in the ointment now with this weather news is that you don’t want to be out from Tuesday evening till Wednesday afternoon when the swells and wind will be coming in, you might spill your Merlot and wreak havoc with the shrimp pate. The plan for Cuba Libre 3 is to be a part of the official start and try and be down as far as San Quintin by Tuesday afternoon - approximately 175miles. We’ll tuck into this very protected anchorage, wait for things to settle down, then head for Turtle Bay on early Wednesday evening to make the scheduled on Thursday landing. Twenty Four Hours Later Cuba Libre 3 finds its way into Bahia San Quintin, approx 150 m south of San Diego. Sailed some, but mostly motored due to a lack of wind speed and the fact that we wanted to be in a protected anchorage ahead of the coming weather disturbance - have heard reports of 20’ seas and 35 mph winds! Yikes. San Quintin is a wonderful anchorage about five miles wide and from the chatter on the VHF radio, should be full of boats by later this evening as everyone else will be trying to avoid the unpleasant conditions that are predicted. So, here I am, anchored out in the middle of nowhere, the local town is about 5miles away and I have 4-bars of Edge cell coverage...love wireless! Rough Ride to Turtle Bay What a ride!! Had gone into San Quintin to 2009

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avoid huge seas and high winds on Tuesday afternoon...well, should have kept going instead, because the @$%t hit the fan Tuesday evening and Tuesday night on the way to Turtle Bay. From 1:00 p.m. Tuesday thru 4:00 a.m. Wednesday, sustained winds of 30 mph - gusts to 35 and swells in the 15 - 20’ range with a couple that looked to be about 25’ - everything right on the back-end! Cuba Libre 3 surfed and plowed her way down the course, with a reefed genoa and a reefed mainsail still hitting speeds of 11 knots with a couple of 13’s thrown in just to increase my pucker-factor. I would have to swallow lots of air to simply release the vacuum effect on my ass whenever I had to get up from my spot in the cockpit - averaged about 8-knots during that entire time. At about 3:00 a.m. things settled down a bit and the E-ticket ride portion was mostly over. After that, it was sloppy, lumpy seas until about 8:00 a.m. then we got into the lee of Cedros Island and enjoyed a beautiful day getting into Turtle Bay at about 3:30 p.m....icy cold beers were hoisted to celebrate the happy completion of this first leg of the rally. Hot showers and my famous baked cheese-onion chicken breasts brought the day to a satisfying end - all crew was asleep by 8:30 p.m. Enrique the Entrepreneur Today was spent calling ‘Enrique’ on the VHF radio. Enrique, being quite the entrepreneur, has outfitted a couple of pangas with big fuel tanks that are dispensed using a Honda 2000 generator and his boys come out to your boat and fill you up with diesel for $2.50 U.S. per gal (although it’s sold by the liter so all of us gringos have to figure the conversion as it’s going into your tank). They also bring you bags of ice for $2 and take away your trash for $1 or sell you a kilo (2.2 lb.) of large shrimp for $10. It’s a great operation and worthy of a Harvard Business School study. Turtle Bay is a lovely place to anchor but the stay is short, leg two starts tomorrow at noon Turtle Bay to Bahia Santa Maria. It’s about 225 miles away, and will be a two-night passage. Ten to fifteen-knot winds are expected. Cruising at its Best A boring, uneventful, ho-hum two-days of sailing. After the hell ride from San Quintin to Turtle Bay, this was an absolutely wonderful 2009

leg of this rally--cruise sailing at it’s best and the reason people fall in love with this lifestyle. Ten to fifteen-knot winds on the aft-quarter, calm seas with just a hint of a following swell gently pushing you and give you some extra speed down your course, boat speed at about 6.5 - 7 knots, autopilot doing all of the steering work. It was sunny and the breeze was cooling and gentle all at the same time - it was relaxing, giving me a chance to catch up on past issues of sailing magazines, naps or simply taking it all in as you search the horizon for other boats in the fleet - about 150 are still in it. We would see the sunrise and moonset at the same time also got to see the ‘green flash’ at sunset on Saturday. Evening watches are spectacular, owing to a bright full moon and the tremendous amounts of stars that are visible, including numerous meteorites streaking across the sky. Motored the last few hours during the night because the winds died down quite a bit, turned a corner around this pretty point of land and lo and behold, Bahia Santa Maria was right there. We changed course and went into the anchorage area and dropped anchor here at 8:30 a.m. Anchorage is calm, ocean temp at 82-degrees and so clear you can see 30-feet down to the bottom with no problem. Kinda of interesting location here. It’s a few miles from Magdalena Bay, which is famous because whales come to calf here during the year, sometimes, up to 50 - 75 whales will be in the bay having their baby whales. It’s a small bay, mountainous all around the shore - a small fishing village with no services whatsoever - no fuel, water, etc. But tomorrow on the beach there will be a beach party where locals will truck in cases and cases of beer, water and sodas along with enough food to feed 500 folks while a rock band entertains. Tomorrow is the beach bbq then the fleet takes off on Leg 3 for Cabo San Lucas. Cabo Left Bahia Santa Maria early Tuesday morning and had 12 hours of fantastic downwind sailing, the spinnaker was popped open and Cuba Libre 3 sprang to life as it sailed fast over flat seas. Although wind speeds were up and down most of the day, the sailing was excellent. Another beautiful sunset was witnessed over a tasty cabbage salad and penne pasta dinner was enjoyed by all. Moonrise was quite late that

night so it was a pitch black sky until 11:00 p.m. - spooky sight what with 170 boats all going down the coast together. Since many of the participants in this rally have never night sailed, their theory on nav lights is ‘more is better’, consequently, you will see boats under sail with a mast head tri-color, deck nav lights, anchor light and an occasional steaming light, perhaps their spreader lights just for good measure, all on, AT THE SAME TIME! Also, they get so nervous that if you come by them within a mile, they go to the VHF and ask who you are and ‘what are your intentions because I see you on radar about a mile away’. There was one guy who upon noticing that his green starboard lens had fallen off, replaced it with a red one, so there he was, crossing other boat’s paths with two red nav lights--port and starboard. Not good. After 750 miles of great sailing, you turn the corner looking for an idyllic paradise you’ve imagined many times before, but instead you’re met with the sight of thousands of timeshare condos all over the hillsides and in the harbor entrance are three mega-cruise ships disgorging 10,000 pasty-skinned tourists right in the spot you want to stop and fuel. Boat tenders from the cruise ships are zipping in and out, dodging banana and parasailing boats, a million mosquito-like jet-skis...ahhhh yes, paradise--I wouldn’t want it any other way! Distance from Bahia Santa Maria: 172nm Total distance sailed: 753nm

Short note on equipment that I’m glad I installed: 1. Solar Panels--making about 90amps per day, can run all of the navigation stuff plus the autopilot and the fridges and it’s break-even on power consumption, in other words I have no net loss of battery power during the day 2. Spectra watermaker--don’t leave home without it! Run it 3 hours (17gals per hour) every-other day, keeps water tanks topped off...love the showers! 3 .Air conditioner--once in the slip here in Cabo, the AC was fired up and it’s been heaven inside the boat. Decadent, yes, but way nice...

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Santa’s List
The Mariner asked Captain Richard Schaefer, Captain Dave Kirby and Captain Joel Eve what they thought were some good gifts for the boater in the family. 1. West Marine Gift Certificate. 2. Fuel dock Gift Certificate 3. Rigging knife made somewhere other than “China”. 4. Personal strobe light and whistle. 5. Gift Certificate to Salty Schaefer’s sailing program (contact info on page 17). 6. Arcane books on sailors and the sea. Just read two, “Endurance” (about Shackleton) and “In the Heart of the Sea - The Tragedy of the Essex”. Or, of course, “Wanderer” or “Voyage” by Sterling Hayden. 7. DVD’s; “The Bounty”, “Billy Budd”, “Treasure Island”, “Master and Commander”, “Captain Blood”, “The Sea Hawk”, “White Squall”, “The Three Stooges Join the Navy”, “Captain Ron”, “Moby Dick”, “The Horn Blower Series” (great) “Reap the Wild Wind”, “Wake of the Red Witch”, “Dead Calm” - on and on... 8. How-to books. 9. Smuggle in some bottom paint from Mexico that actually works.

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Clean Up Time
S & K Dive Spearhead a Local Clean Up Drive
Anyone who has walked around the marina after a storm or after a Santa Ana wind event might have noticed the abundance of garbage that accumulates on the leeward side of the marina, closest to Lincoln Blvd. This is the storm runoff coming from Ballona Creek. For years, this garbage has simply washed back out to sea as the tides change, presumably to join the other trash in the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” Now, in an effort to stem the amount of garbage that ends up floating out of the marina and to help keep the oceans blue, S & K Dive Service is starting a new public service, free of charge, to clean the marina waters. The Coastal Cleanups and Kayak Cleanups are great traditions that make an enormous impact on the amount of garbage on our beaches and in our oceans. But with the amount of trash that comes down Ballona Creek from across the Los Angeles basin, these yearly efforts only make a dent in the problem. There still continues to be floating garbage that accumulates in the marina throughout the year, and particularly when there is a storm. S & K Dive has been servicing boats since 1974, with divers continually in the water, and has seen the problem grow. Now in the winter, when the rains and winds make the amount of garbage really pile up, they want to address this problem. “We want to help keep the water clean, because we’re diving in it every day,” said S & K’s Paul Skipper. Starting this winter in November and continuing into the New Year, S & K will be sending a crew twice a month to remove the surface garbage that is floating in the marina. This will be in addition to the current efforts by the County and will be done as a free service to enhance the public’s enjoyment of the marina. Any recyclable items will be given to the Chrysalis Foundation in Venice Beach. Look for crews and banners at the end of F and G basin, as well as banners on the main channel at Burton Chase Park and The Marina del Rey Marina whenever the cleanup is in progress and give the divers a big “Thank You!” You can watch the free cleanup by S & K Dive Service on the following Saturdays; November 21, December 5 and 19, January 9 and 23. If you see them, give them a shout and they might throw you a prize! And you can always stop by S & K Dive for your free water bottle to reduce plastic waste. If you own a boat, ask for the boater gift package including many free services and prizes. 14

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Prominent MDR Developer Dies Suddenly
Doug Ring, a prominent and somewhat controversial Marina del Rey developer, has died in what is being investigated as a possible suicide. Ring was the owner of Bar Harbor on Panay Way and was in the spotlight for quite some time as the builder/owner for the Esprit Apartment and slips development overlooking Marina del Rey’s main channel, that seemed as if it would never be finished. Many small boat activists vilified Ring for creating a large number of bigger slips that essentially aced out a good number of small slips. “I’m not a boater – I’m just a businessman,” said Ring to The Mariner back when the slips were being constructed. “If there were a demand for threefoot long slips and no demand for 70-foot long slips, I wouldn’t build those bigger slips. The reality is that we discovered we had more vacancies in the small slips than we did in the big slips.” Ring, 65, was outspoken and unapologetic for they way he went about his business. He was both maligned and revered depending on who was asked. In Marina del Rey there was skepticism and suspicion by many about how he procured his holdings. According to the L.A. Times, the Board of Supervisors approved without competitive bidding 39-year lease extensions on prime waterfront property controlled by Ring, who was a major campaign donor to most of the supervisors then on the board. But Ring also was a philanthropist and an influential figure in the city of Los Angeles. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa issued the following statement regarding Ring: “I am deeply saddened by the death of my friend Doug Ring, a philanthropist and civic leader devoted to the City of Angels. Through his many endeavors, including the restoration of the Central Library, his efforts to build a new Children’s Museum, the expansion of the Museum of Contemporary Art, and as executive director of USC’s Selden Ring Award, Doug sought to improve the lives of all Angelenos, and he will be greatly missed.” Doug Ring is survived by his wife Cindy Miscikowski and a brother and a sister.

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The Floating Museum of Unnatural History
By Captain Richard Schaefer

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arly one morning, after a rain, my charter crew and I were leaving the marina when one of the crew, new to sailing, called out, “Hey, there’s something up ahead - it looks like a

the mass as a “del Rey berg”. Instead of ice, I explained, the “del Rey berg” is made up of hundreds - sometimes thousands - of styrofoam cups, plates, fast food containers, balloons, plastic bottles and only God knows what else. You can find small ones almost anytime, but the really big ones - like the one ahead - usually appear after a good rain. Disillusionment slapped my eager crew member in the face like a wet flounder. She slumped down in the cockpit. So much for her dreams of a pristine sea - devoid of the traces of civilization. In days of old, sailors didn’t have to deal with so much floating debris. In those bygone days garbage wasn’t immortal. It rotted and fell apart, or as we say now, “biodegraded”. It wasn’t until

the mid 20th century that mankind felt the need to make its refuse a permanent part of the environment. At one time, floating junk even had romantic sounding names: flotsam and jetsam. It had character. Beachcombers actually went looking for those nautical discards: glass fishing net floats, a weather-beaten oar, a rusty harpoon, twists of driftwood, a tattered net, perhaps even chests and crates from a shipwreck, or a bottle from a castaway or a lonely child. People would collect this artwork of the sea and display in on the mantle, or perhaps trade them to a local tavern keeper for a pint of rum. Well, times have changed. How many people do you know that decorate their mantles with styrofoam cups or faded aluminum beer cans (no fair including boat workers)? 2009

Now, I’m not exactly Joshua Slocum, but I do know that icebergs are not normally encountered off the south entrance of Marina del Rey. I grumbled something appropriate, but not very nautical, and cast a skeptical glance over the coach-roof. There, about a hundred yards off the bow, was a glistening, silver-white sheet - covering about half an acre. Experienced Southern California yachtsman that I am, I immediately recognized

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the dry cleaners and tear the plastic bag off their coat as they rush down the street to work? And, don’t they carry their purchases into their homes in the bags provided them? But I suppose many end up cast off as the one or two items in the bags are used or consumed outside. Just so you don’t think I’m ignoring boating’s Garbage Nerds, I will say that during sailboat races I have seen more than one macho cretin throw his beer can overboard. And once, when returning from Catalina, I saw a boater heave several large trash bags into his wake. Times like these make you wish you had torpedoes, or at least a small cannon. The answer to this mess is really simple - act responsibly and don’t throw crap into the street or ocean! And, recycle as much as you can. In the meantime my advice to my fellow boaters is, “Damn the garbage! Full Speed Ahead!” Now, much has since changed for the better. However, seals now over populate our coastal waters, decimating fish populations, sinking boats and docks, as well as degrading water quality. These days, just a little “bilge sheen” is considered an environmental disaster requiring the “Hazmat Squad” and a hefty fine. Even bottom paint and boat soap needs to be “ecofriendly” to the point of being expensive as well as ineffective. It is apparent to many that the “enviro-pendulum has swung too far toward the “hard green” side nearly to the point of being opposed to all human endeavor and outdoor recreational pursuits. I teach my kids to leave outdoor places cleaner than they found them. I teach them to eat what they shoot or catch. I tell them to use common sense and always act responsibly. I tell them to respect nature - but never worship it. This is harder than it sounds. My children see more and more areas, roads and campgrounds closed or fenced off. Recreational venues lost or regulated to the point where the fun is wrung out of them - nothing remaining but the dreary vestiges of what they once were. It’s hard for them to care - seeing so much of what they once had, lost forever to environmental dogma and the lawsuits funded by the “eco-elite”. They see a hopeless future where the remaining open spaces, or access to them, are relentlessly fenced or closed. Recreational opportunities forever lost. For many kids the “environment” has been reduced to an intangible, ethical concept, perhaps even a sort of theology - rather than something to be lived and experienced. Indeed, this is a tragedy for all of our young people. My hope is that common sense and reason will someday return, and balance the need to preserve nature with the need to use it.

And, just try adding some nautical flavor to the local watering hole with a couple of dripping plastic bags or a battered foam ice chest lid. Mulling this over, it occurred to me that few things of value float. You may test this hypothesis by throwing any of the following items overboard; winch handle, outboard motor, flashlight, sunglasses, car keys, wallet, watch etc.. However, if you inadvertently drop an empty bottle of sunscreen, a plastic six-pack ring, a foam cup, or anything else you never want to see again - rest assured it will float merrily along forever. It would be bad enough if these products of our petrochemical age were merely unsightly, but they’re destructive and unhealthy as well. Plastic bags get sucked into engine strainers and cooling systems, and foul props. Or worse, get eaten by, and ultimately kill turtles, birds and marine mammals. Sea creatures also become tangled in monofiliment fishing line and six-pack rings. We wreak all this havoc and destruction in the name of convenience and pennies saved. Seems a price too high. One day, not long ago, while drifting in light air - sails slatting - through one of our local garbage slicks, I found myself, out of boredom, reflecting on the origins of the castoffs slowly swirling past. The foam cups and containers were easy; some guy on his way to work, sitting in gridlock, gulping his coffee and choking down his industrial formula breakfast biscuit - then, after a good belch, throws the indestructible packaging from the window. It blows into the gutter, from there to the storm drain, then out to the sea. It took a little longer to figure out the origin of the plastic oil containers and the brown foamy slick. I visualized a dim witted backyard mechanic, suffering from anal-cranial inversion, wandering vacant eyed around his yard with a sloshing tub of empty oil containers and dirty motor oil - his vacuous eyes light up when he spies the nearest storm drain. The rest is slimy history. Now, the presence of dozens of dry cleaning and plastic merchandise bags were a little tougher to understand. I mean, do people really stop by 2009

Okay, here comes the shocker, I wrote that for the “Heal the Bay Newsletter“ in November of 1989 - just 20 short years ago this month. After it came out I got a call from the “Heal the Bay” folks, and they said I was invited to a fundraiser /mixer, and that Ted Danson wanted to meet me. Can you imagine, me an enviro guy? Didn’t think so. Anyway, being allergic to white wine and quiche - I didn’t go - no offense Ted. Allow me to share a couple of other recollections from antiquity. I can remember being at the island in the late 70’s and waking up on Sunday morning to the stench of hundreds of boats pumping their heads directly into the water. You see, many, maybe most boats back then didn’t even have holding tanks. It seemed almost natural to see brown foam and shreds of toilet paper drifting about while oblivious swimmers frolicked in the water (kind’a like Mexico today). I don’t even recall that anyone got sick, or that there was any real worry or beach closures due to coliform bacteria. I can also remember walking on the beach and seeing baby seal pups trying to nurse on their dead or dying mothers who had been shot the night before by commercial fishermen. I wrote of these things, and more, in the 10 years before 1989.

Captain Richard is a U.S.C.G. Licensed Sailing Master. He has skippered charters, delivered vessels, taught sailing and seamanship for more than 25 years. He can be reached at 310-4608946 or e-mail at, [email protected]

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Protecting the Stocks
Marine Protected Areas have locals engaging in substantive debate

Photo Pat Reynolds

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s populations increase and resources diminish, modern societies are forced to create systems and legislation that strike a balance between immediate and long term stainability. In this issue of The Mariner columnist Richard Schaefer talks about balancing “the need to preserve nature with the need to use it,” - a dilemma we most certainly struggle with here in Los Angeles. In our waters, this balance has to do with the need to extract food and at the same time somehow restock the reserve so we can go back to the well through the course of time. Closures on specific species have been one way to address the issue, but researchers have continued to search for more innovative ways to manage the complex issues of over fishing. In 1999, Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) was passed and with it a new concept of underwater management was brought to light - Marine Protected Areas. According to the environmental advocacy organization, Heal the Bay, Marine Protected Areas have been scientifically proven to protect and enhance degraded ecosystems, including kelp forests and fish communities.

“They are basically areas of the ocean set aside as safe-havens from fishing to protect and conserve marine life and habitat,” it explains in the organization’s website. Like a state park, MPA’s look to provide particular areas where wildlife can exist unfettered by human intrusion thereby restock itself in a more natural and organic way. “There have been lots and lots of studies done by marine biologists that have examined the home-ranges of species,” Sarah Abramson – director of coastal resources at Heal the Bay in Santa Monica told The Mariner last year when some of these issues were being raised. “Certain species really keep themselves to a small habitat, especially in areas like kelp forests or rocky habitats where there’s an actual threedimensional structure that provides protection.” Recently, stakeholders have been addressing the issue of increasing the number of MPAs in the range between Point Conception and the Mexican Border. Commercial fishermen, sport fishermen and environmental groups have all been vying for what they feel is the proper mode of action to serve all involved. According to Heal the Bay, on November 10,

the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force unanimously selected a preferred alternative for South Coast MPAs. Conservation priorities were deemed for the areas of Naples, Point Dume, and La Jolla, while fishing community concessions were made at PV and Catalina. In Los Angeles, the task force voted for a compromise that left the rich fishing area known as Rocky Point in Palos Verdes open and extended an area in Malibu that protects the whole canyon and some of the reefs east of Point Dume. “They actually modified the western boundary of the marine reserve at Point Dume to increase its size slightly to comply with Department of Fish and Game feasibility guidance,” stated heal the Bay. “On Catalina, they maintained protections at Long Point, USC Wrigley, and weakened the Farnworth Banks MPA to allow for additional recreational fishing.” This recommendation will now go to the state Fish and Game Commission for final designation. For more information on new closures, check the Dept. Of Fish and game’s website at http://www.dfg.ca.gov.

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According to Dave
Fishing Update by Master Marina del Rey Fisherman Captain Dave Kirby

Everyone is still buzzing about how solid the Fall fishing has been and loving the chance of getting a mixed bag to take home. This time of year, the weather keeps us guessing on what and how far we can go for certain species, but at least it’s still often worth the trip. Around Santa Monica Bay we have had both top water and bottom fishing with some anglers targeting bonita in the two to ten pound range. Also white seabass, sandbass, chuckle heads, whitefish, lingcod and various reds are still around. If you’re out for halibut, try bounce balling or doing a drift with fin bait. Hoop netters are targeting lobsters around the breakwall, outside wrecks and reefs. Even though the water temps are in the mid 60s and slowly dropping Catalina is still kicking out calicos, bonita, and yellowtail. A new bill passed that has closed certain areas around So Cal so keep an eye out for them. Although the fuel dock is under construction, the boys at Inseine baits are still working and open with nice cured sardines. I’m back over to the Island as long as mother nature will let me. Until next time..........Tight Lines
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Wings on the Water
In many ways, the upcoming America’s Cup Deed of Gift match, scheduled for February 2010, is something of a stain on the dignified and storied history of sports’ most distinguished trophy. What was once yacht racing’s marquee event has been reduced to high level legal interpretation of an antiquated document some of which the authors hoped would never be used. With that said, from a technological perspective, this upcoming match race between two 90-foot long powerhouse multihulls is responsible for some of the most compelling and intriguing developments yacht racing has ever seen. Recently, down the 405 in San Diego, Challenger BMW Oracle Racing (BOR) revealed a hard wing, bigger than anything on any airplane, that will replace the traditional soft sails that were being used for the 90-ft long, 90-ft. wide Trimaran USA or DoGzilla as it has been nick-named. This wing represents the no-holds-barred approach that this America’s Cup withholds. The massive foil towers nearly 190 feet into the sky and according to BOR, it is 80 percent bigger than a wing on a 747 airplane (102ft/31m). “This was a massive undertaking,” said Tim Smyth (NZL), who, along with Mark Turner (NZL), has been overseeing the wing construction team in Anacortes and in San Diego. The team will be testing the wing as much as possible before they meet Alinghi in the beginning of next year but many feel that with the size/weight of the Tri, now fitted with a hard wing that some say needs more wind to be effective, BOR might not win especially if winds are light. But what ever happens, this Cup is sure to be incredibly interesting. Like a lunar mission, after the match is said and done, the sailing world is likely to see developments that will affect the sport for decades to come. Right - An average sized man climbing the enormous wing of the 90-foot long BOR trimaran gives perspective of just how tall the structure is.

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Long Cruise on a Small Cat
Another excerpt from First Time Across, a soon to be released book by South Bay Yacht Racing Club Rear Commodore Jim Cash, where he describes the journey from South Africa to MDR in a 36-foot catamaran. By Jim Cash
Ships Log 1730 hrs - “Land Ho,”on horizon out of the setting sun. This passage of twelve days was my longest ocean voyage without touching land. By the time I saw the outline of St. Helena Island on the horizon I was ready for some dry land again. Our destination, Jamestown, the island nation’s main harbor, is located on the Northwest side of the Island. St. Helena is perhaps best known for where the British finally exiled the great French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. It is a small island about half the size of Catalina and lies about 6 degrees south of the equator in the south Atlantic, 1,500 nautical miles west of Africa and 2,000 miles east of Brazil. St. Helena was actually part of the reason I decided to make this voyage. After committing to buying Kat Atomic, a 36’cruising catamaran build in South Africa, I was standing over the huge globe in the nautical wing of the Marina del Rey, library looking at the map of South Africa. I traced the rout Northwest across the Atlantic with my finger, crossing over the top of small island St. Helena. My brain ignited; ‘St. Helena, Napoleon!’ I immediately went to the library computer and pulled up their website, I learned that the only way to reach St. Helena, Island was by boat and became even more intrigued. Our island adventure started with the notorious approach to the Island’s dinghy quay. After securing Kat Atomic’s anchor where the customs officials suggested, we lowered the dinghy and rowed to shore. There is a set of steps carved into the ancient ledge that serve as the wharf for the town of St. James. A trellis is built over 22 top of the cliff that shrouds the south side of the town. It was originally built in the early 19th century as a base of a vertical rail tram used to haul the enormous guns and cannon balls to the top where they were readied for the island’s defense. The rails have long since been rusted away and now the vertical stairs stands as a challenge to the island’s visitors. these steps with several ropes hanging vertical to almost water level. The objective is for the dinghy passengers to grab a rope and on the right timing of a swell, as it lifts the dinghy to ledge level, swing oneself ashore. After the crew is on dry land the dinghy itself can be hoisted upon the quay and tied to the iron bar anchored into the wharf’s wall. When a soaking sailors is seen coming through the town’s gate, you can see the smiles on the faces of the locals…they knew what happened. Another unpracticed “Yachtie”, virgin to the St. Helena dinghy quay, had been deflowered. The walk across the bridge over the tidal moat and though the city’s original town gate was truly a step back in time. Though the draw bridge was now permanently down, this gate was not restored, it was maintained. This was a living, thriving community. The people, decedents of all the sailors, lords, and slaves, that found themselves deposited for one reason or another on this little spec of land in the middle of the South Atlantic, was a living history lesson. After our formal stop at the immigration office to get passports stamped we walked around the ancient town. As we completed our traverse of the main street we found ourselves at the base of St. Helena’s famed “Jacob’s ladder.” Seven hundred and eleven inch steps to the We had just come off twelve days at sea. The temptation was too much to pass up, so up we went. The view was almost worth the climb, but the real reward was up the road a little at “Clingham’s Ladder Hill Store.” We went in seeking any liquid refreshment handy, and was greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Clingham’s coming from their living quarters in the back. We chugged down the offer of cool water, then Mrs. Clingham asked if we would “fancy a homemade ice lolly.” “Oh, popsicle…” I said smiling. At only .50 pence each, they were clearly the best bargain on the island. We looked at the long winding road that descended toward the island’s interior and the valley’s floor; then opted to climb back down Jacob’s ladder. Back at the base of the ladder we heard the screeching sounds of an electric saw, and our curiosity took us to the open doors of the new headquarters for the Island’s historical museum still being completed. It will house the artifacts the RAF underwater explorer teams were bringing up from the bottom of James Bay. Resting on a temporary wooden base was a 3.27 meter long brass cannon that had been taken off the Dutch East Indian ship Witte Leeuw (White Lion) that sank there in the 1613. We were also told there was a WW1 German U-boat on the bottom of the bay as well.

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provider regarding roaming rates outside of the US. While on the subject of using your cellular device outside of the US, it is a good idea to consider a provider that supports GSM (Global System for Mobile). This technology is in use by about 80% of the planet. While the devices themselves are adequate for use up to a few miles offshore, there are options available to enhance this coverage. Much like WiFi, you can use external antennas and direct connect amplifiers to allow greater range when cruising offshore. I always recommend to those considering a cellular data device to shop for one that has the ability to connect an external antenna. This may sound like a “no-brainer” but many of the products on the market today do not have a provision for an external antenna. This even applies to cell phones. If you find you have equipment that cannot accept an external antenna, or want the convenience of not having a cable connected to your device, a wireless repeater can be used. Wireless repeaters do have some drawbacks in exchange for the convenience. They are not as efficient as direct connect amplifiers and special considerations need to be made when installing them. Cellular data devices operate on the same frequencies as cellular phones do, so any antenna made for cellular phones will work with a cellular data device. Cellular uses two bands 800 mHz and 1900 mHz in the US and most of North America, 900 mHz and 1800 mHz in Europe, Africa & Asia excluding Japan. It is important that you purchase the appropriate antenna for use in the area you plan on cruising. While the USB and PCMCIA devices are adequate for occasional use, some users want a more robust system that can also be left on 24/7. In addition to having internet access for web surfing and work, they may have a security system installed that allows them to remotely access the vessel from an offsite location. Products like the Cruisenet from Shakespeare incorporate a commercial grade cellular radio and up to 3 watt amplifier for this purpose. This system is designed to operate continuously. Users can hook directly to the unit via Ethernet connection, or using any off the shelf Wi-Fi access point can allow multiple users to share the connection. The Cruisenet is available configured for the major cellular carriers in the US. Both Wi-Fi and cellular based solutions are probably more than adequate for a majority of boater who tend to stay within 30 miles of the shore. For those venturing offshore, a satellite based option is the only choice. A satellite based broadband internet solution is an expensive proposition both for the hardware costs and airtime relative to Wi-Fi and cellular solutions. This is why you will see them fitted to larger yachts. Until recently, the size of the antenna limited their use to larger boats as well.

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Internet Access - Part 2
Scott Jarema has been involved in boating and sailing since age 10. He has served as sales manager for Maritime Communications for eight years after working in the cellular industry. Mr. Jarema is a member of the California Yacht Club where he is the Vice Chair of their Radio Amateur Group. He has had published articles in BOATING, Marine Electronics Journal and Dockside Magazine. Can you explain other options to get onboard internet capability? The next option available to the recreational boater wanting internet would be a cellular based system. While in many ways similar to the WiFi options discussed above, a cellular based system allows you to cruise up to 30 - 50 miles offshore without losing your internet. One must bear in mind though, that this range is based on the coverage of the cellular provider and should not be relied upon. Cellular based internet speeds aren’t going to be as fast as the WiFi speeds are, but they should be acceptable for most uses. You can expect to get up to 2 megabits of speed from a good 3G signal. ì3Gî is a loose term used to describe the latest generation of highspeed cellular data technology. The common trade names would be “EVDO” (EVolution Data Optimized) & “HSDPA” (High Speed Data Packet Access). Generally speaking, Verizon and Sprint use EVDO while AT&T and T-Mobile use HSDPA. All major cellular carriers offer data plans that utilize a dedicated PCMCIA or USB data device. Some newer laptops even have a device built in. In the US, cellular data plans cost around $60$80 a month for an unlimited plan. You must be careful though if you choose to cruise to Mexico or Canada with your US data plan as it may get expensive. I recommend checking with your 2009

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