NAPA VALLEY MARINA: DISCOVER THE DIFFERENCE ❏ ✔ 35 Acres ❏ ✔ Haul-out with NO STRAPS ❏ ✔ Seven wineries within 5 miles ❏ ✔ 24-hour access ❏ ✔ Deep water ❏ ✔ Family owned for 53 years ❏ ✔ Laid back ❏ ✔ Scenic surroundings ❏ ✔ Approachable workforce ❏ ✔ Courteous, seasoned staff ❏ ✔ Reasonable rates ❏ ✔A handshake means something ❏ ✔Quality workmanship California’s largest dry storage facility NAPA VALLEY MARINA 1200 Milton Road • Napa, CA 94559 (707) 252-8011 • Fax (707) 252-0851 www.napavalleymarina.com Marina • Boatyard • Chandlery • Brokerage Dealers for Page 52 • <strong>Latitude</strong> <strong>38</strong> • <strong>July</strong>, 2010 Distributors for Brownell Boat Stands LETTERS staying with their vessels, and living, would have been much greater. I fi rmly believe that it's crucial that one's jackline and safety harness system not allow any crewmember to go overboard. Tony Badger ⇑⇓HOW DO SINGLEHANDERS DO IT? As a budding solo sailor, I'm curious how experienced singlehanders plan to get back aboard their boats if they go over. That assumes that they're tethered, but on a long-enough leash that they could end up hanging over the side, perhaps even dragging in the water. Carey Jones Dolce Vela, S2 9.2A Chelsea, Michigan Carey — When we've singlehanded, our assumption has always been — and continues to be — that if we go overboard, we'll die. End of story. Actually, that's always been our assumption even if we have crew, so we try really hard not to go overboard. Not all singlehanders are as fatalistic. We hope some of them will be kind enough to share their get-back-aboard strategies. ⇑⇓THERE ARE BETTER PLACES THAN THE ALA WAI I read with interest <strong>Latitude</strong>'s May issue commentary on the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor in Honolulu. Having lived in Hawaii for close to 19 years, I was a slipholder there as well as a member of the Hawaii YC. Unfortunately, the Ala Wai has always been a second- or third-class facility. It's not too surprising, given the Third World mentality of the state government in Hawaii. These folks have been milking the marina income for many years, while spending the excess on non-related things. Hawaii is so anti-boating that it was a miracle that HASEKO, a Japanese Developer, was successful in building their beautiful marina facility out at Ko Olina. I attended several of the meetings prior to the marina's being built, and saw what big opposition they faced. But it's where I would keep my boat if I still lived in Hawaii. With regard to living aboard at the Ala Wai, we lived aboard on the 400 Row for a while. It was hot and noisy, and there were parking and other problems. There are better places! Garry Powell Portland, OR Garry — We hate being so cynical, but there seems to be endless evidence — from Arlington National Cemetery to the Ala Wai — that government on all levels is a bad brew of incompetence, ineffi ciency and corruption. Can't we do better? Can't anyone in government service be held accountable? ⇑⇓WE'RE ASHAMED FOR A DIFFERENT REASON I'm sorry, but I think spearing a trophy fi sh using scuba gear is pathetic. Fish like the pargo featured in the May 24 'Lectronic are the breeding stock for an entire species, not just trophies for sailors who believe they are on some sort of a self-realization trip. I say have fun — but play fair. And it's not really the size that counts. By the way, it's not just the Mexicans who have diminished fi sh stocks in the Sea of Cortez, as cruisers from the north have played a part as well. Tom Woodruff Mischief, Mischief Mermaid Sea of Cortez, '79
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