Winter 2011 Squeegee - Sausalito Yacht Club
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<strong>Squeegee</strong><br />
SAUSALITO YACHT CLUB<br />
ESTABLISHED 1942<br />
<strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2011</strong>
Marotta <strong>Yacht</strong>s of <strong>Sausalito</strong><br />
Brokers of Fine Sail and Motor <strong>Yacht</strong>s<br />
MAROTTA<br />
YACHTS<br />
SAUSALITO<br />
YACHT CLUB<br />
415/331-6200 • Fax 415/331-6213<br />
Email info@marottayachts.com<br />
<strong>Sausalito</strong>, Gateway to San Francisco Bay<br />
Why we’re consistently one of the Bay Area’s most successful brokerages:<br />
• Full page ads every month in Latitude 38, California <strong>Yacht</strong>s and <strong>Yacht</strong>s for Sale<br />
• Great exposure at show dock on <strong>Sausalito</strong> Boardwalk<br />
• Walk-through photo tours at marottayachts.com and yachtworld.com<br />
• Long experience with power and sail boats, chartering and cruising<br />
• Open seven days a week (M–F 9–5, Sat. 10–4, Sun. by appointment)<br />
• Proactive brokers with contacts up and down the West Coast<br />
• Licensed Coast Guard Captains<br />
• Continuous brokerage at this location since 1946<br />
100 Bay Street • <strong>Sausalito</strong> • California 94965
LETTER FROM THE COMMODORE<br />
SYC Members: To me it is mind boggling how fast this year has been zipping by. It seems like yesterday<br />
that we instituted the new governance structure of the <strong>Club</strong> and started crawling out of the near financial<br />
disaster of 2010. There seems to be a misunderstanding as to how this structure has worked. The<br />
rationale was that as the club has grown, it needed leaders with business and financial acumen to focus<br />
on the business aspects of the club which are now far more substantial than in years past. Thus, the<br />
creation of the Executive Board of Directors. The EB’s responsibility includes budgeting, financial<br />
management, staff relations, facilities, audit and ensuring that we stay within our By-Laws. This enables<br />
the Commodore and the Flag Officers and Chairs the freedom to focus on all of the member-related programs such as Race,<br />
Cruise, Sail Training, Port and Entertainment. It is the job of the FOC to make the club friendly, fun and a pleasant place to<br />
enjoy other members and friends camaraderie. Last year we had the assessment that was necessary because of successive years<br />
of fiscal mismanagement. This year, under the guidance of Jim Merrill, our treasurer, we have slowly been crawling out of<br />
what we inherited. I want to really thank our Flags and Chairs for their efforts in helping contain costs yet still delivering great<br />
programs making this year one of the best ever. We have really worked as a well-organized team!<br />
This year was also a major step forward in our relationship with the City of <strong>Sausalito</strong>. We have worked very hard with Chamber<br />
of Commerce and the business community establishing the <strong>Sausalito</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> as a more integral part of <strong>Sausalito</strong>. The<br />
Mayor has appointed me as Chair of the Mayor’s AC-34 Task force and we have been planning some major events during the<br />
America’s Cup. In these plans SYC will be a major player. During this year, a group of SYC Flag Officers led a welcoming<br />
committee of City Officials to greet the Chilean tall ship La Esmeralda and participated in the sister-city events and<br />
ceremonies with the mayor and officials from Viña del Mar. We also were very active with our Japanese sister city activities<br />
including a special dinner at our <strong>Club</strong>. We held a special fund-raiser for the <strong>Sausalito</strong> Film Festival and the <strong>Sausalito</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong><br />
<strong>Club</strong> Sailing Foundation on the water. This event raised more money for the SYC Sailing Foundation than ever before.<br />
We currently are in the process of negotiating a new long-term lease and some relief on our rent. Believe it or not, we pay<br />
about 7% of your dues to the city which we are working to rectify. This is the beginning of a turnaround for the SYC but<br />
the lingering problem is the small group in the bar that continue to harp on negatives, making it uncomfortable for other<br />
members. Wouldn’t it be nice if we all worked together with a positive attitude? The reason we all belong to the <strong>Sausalito</strong><br />
<strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> is that we enjoy boating, the water, and the friendship of wonderful people with the same interests.<br />
This year we have had the opportunity to participate in three cruises: Benicia, St. Francis, and Tinsley Island. What fun! We<br />
have gotten to know members better, and have become close friends. Look at the Race program this year! Dave Borton and<br />
his team have made dramatic improvements including securing the regional Hobie CVat Regatta, a first for any yacht club in<br />
the Bay Area and now leading to the Hobie American Championships in 2012. This is what a <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> is about!<br />
On the sad side, losing Leslie and Doc is like losing long-term friends yet both joined when we needed their expertise to build<br />
the management side of the operation and both have left us with a solid framework that will be maintained and ensure member<br />
satisfaction for years to come. Both Doc and Leslie still consider themselves part of the <strong>Sausalito</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> club family and we will<br />
miss them. The Executive Board, under Rear Commodore’s Ross Blanchard’s direction, has established a search committee<br />
and we are sure they will come up with some strong recommendations.<br />
In conclusion, I really am proud of the <strong>2011</strong> Flag Officers and Chairs, they have done an outstanding job!<br />
Let’s look forward to 2012 and hope that we can improve the ambiance in the bar and make it a very positive year.<br />
Fair winds and smooth sailing,<br />
Jim Gabbert, Commodore<br />
On the cover: Fireworks at SYC! The General Membership Meeting is in December and the Lighted Boat Parade is on December 10.<br />
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FINANCIAL CONDITION<br />
We continue to reduce our debt and expenses and we are<br />
running close to a very tight budget. All vendors and payables<br />
are current except for rent. However we have now paid<br />
more rent this year out of current earnings than was paid<br />
last year which was paid mainly with funds received from the<br />
special assessment. The current budget status is on track<br />
for a slightly better than break-even outcome. Prior to last<br />
year’s special assessment the building fund was almost totally<br />
encumbered with a line of credit. This year, the line of credit<br />
is down to $20,000 and, according to our Treasurer, this<br />
will be reduced by 25% within the next 2 to 4 months. Our<br />
finance committee led by Staff Commodore Mike Magruder,<br />
Treasurer Jim Merrill, and Dave Spaulding has drafted<br />
numerous financial procedures and the efforts of Doc, Dave<br />
and Jackie have reduced last year’s member receivables<br />
overdue amount from over $70,000 to a level now under<br />
$8,000. Tight fiscal control remains paramount as we<br />
build our foundation in a responsible manner. As always,<br />
don’t believe the bar gossip. If you have a question call the<br />
Treasurer, any member on the Finance Committee or those<br />
who represent you on the Executive Board.<br />
FACILITIES<br />
We now know that last year’s hastily prepared request for<br />
$33,000 for monies from the building fund to address<br />
repairs and maintenance to our club was insufficient and<br />
made no allowance for the fact that a plan was needed for<br />
submission to the city before any work could be undertaken.<br />
Several months of careful evaluation by our Facilities<br />
Committee led by Port Captain Mike Fiske and several<br />
qualified members in the building and construction field has<br />
resulted in the discovery that solving problems involving<br />
potential health and building code issues actually amount<br />
to spending over $110,000. A detailed list of the problems<br />
and associated costs will be part of the presentation at the<br />
Annual General Meeting when a motion to approve a realistic<br />
approach to addressing these issues will be presented.<br />
Naturally this will be a phased effort dealing with the most<br />
pressing issues first while ensuring we retain a healthy<br />
EXECUTIVE BOARD<br />
Fellow Members: Due to the dynamics and sensitive nature of some of the activities your Executive Board is engaged in, our<br />
report will be brief and highlight the salient points of our focus:<br />
building fund to fall back on in an emergency. Since our<br />
building is city property, approval must be granted by the<br />
city in order for us to undertake any of these issues. The<br />
preliminary concept plan developed by member Don Olsen<br />
gave us a glimpse of what might be possible. While it appears<br />
a full expansion may be financially out of the question at this<br />
time, we have a very narrow window of opportunity with the<br />
current city council to, at the very least, get approval for that<br />
possibility even if we only fix the Galley for the time being.<br />
HUMAN RESOURCES<br />
Chef Leslie has moved on in her career by joining one of<br />
the largest food distributors in the country and she is now<br />
enjoying a normal workday and spending more time with<br />
her family. She has left us with a great legacy of an efficient<br />
kitchen staff and a solid foundation of food quality. We will<br />
all miss her. Our HR Committee led by Rear Commodore<br />
Ross Blanchard has already begun the interviewing process<br />
and we have several outstanding candidates to select from.<br />
Doc Miles, our General Manager, has also made the decision<br />
to move on and has agreed to assist Rear Commodore Ross<br />
Blanchard and his team in finding a suitable replacement.<br />
Doc has spent many hours at the eye of our financial situation<br />
weathering the storm and, working with our treasurer Jim<br />
Merrill, has cleaned up our operation with procedures and<br />
processes that will certainly make his successor’s job far<br />
easier than the one he walked into. Given the speed and<br />
accuracy of our financial reporting we are now in a much<br />
better position than we have been for many years. This means<br />
we are better prepared to predict needs and justify costs in<br />
one of the single largest areas of revenue/expense in the<br />
club. Again, any questions should be directed to Ross or any<br />
member of the Executive Board.<br />
LONG RANGE PLANNING<br />
The main focus of the team which including myself,<br />
Commodore Jim Gabbert, current Cruise Chair Larry<br />
Moraes and member Dan Rheiner, SVP at Bank of Marin,
has been to chart the course for negotiating with the city. I<br />
had every belief we would be reaching our solution by now.<br />
The main driving factor has been to know what we would<br />
need to invest in repairs and maintenance so that we could<br />
take a complete package to the city. These are extremely<br />
sensitive discussions and we all need to navigate carefully as<br />
most of us are residents of the city. We have long-standing<br />
and deep relationships with “the powers that be” and,<br />
while we all want what is in the best interest of the club, we<br />
need to preserve good relations with the city. In particular,<br />
Commodore Gabbert’s efforts over the past year and a half<br />
have brought us much closer and created a more favorable<br />
negotiating environment than ever before. By the time you<br />
read this we will be engaged with the city staff to hopefully<br />
reach a situation that will serve both the <strong>Club</strong> and the city.<br />
Again, no final action or encumbrance will be undertaken<br />
or committed to without the consent of the membership. A<br />
separate Evaluation committee led by John O’Connell and<br />
Dave Spaulding has been diligently working on a pro forma<br />
financial outline for expansion alternatives as the current<br />
size of our facility makes it difficult to sustain at current costs<br />
and revenue. As mentioned before, the City of <strong>Sausalito</strong> is<br />
looking to the yacht club to take the lead as the focal point for<br />
the America’s Cup in 2013 and we need to put our best foot<br />
forward on all fronts.<br />
BY-LAWS<br />
A team led by Staff Commodore Tim Prouty has been<br />
reviewing our new Bylaws and Governance structure to<br />
determine if any tightening or changes are necessary. The<br />
final corrections have been submitted to counsel for review.<br />
We will call a special meeting to vote on the changes.<br />
AUDIT<br />
Led by former Rear Commodore John O’Connell, this team<br />
has undertaken many audits key to club transparency and<br />
oversight. There are several issues currently under review;<br />
these range from financial to application of the <strong>Club</strong>’s Rules<br />
& Regulations. A full report of his team’s activities will be<br />
published in due course.<br />
With these dynamics in mind, we urge all members to<br />
carefully consider what is at stake when you cast your vote<br />
in this election as we anticipate lease negotiations, staff<br />
replacements and capital repairs. Please contact any member<br />
of the Executive Board if you have questions or concerns.<br />
John Williams<br />
Staff Commodore & Chairman, Executive Board<br />
“What’s Happening In <strong>Sausalito</strong>?”<br />
No, Chicken Little, the sky did not fall in <strong>Sausalito</strong>, and single-family homes<br />
are selling in spite of all the negative media spin.<br />
For instance, from January 1, <strong>2011</strong>–August 7, <strong>2011</strong>, the following stats were reported by the MLS:<br />
• The average sale price was $1,362,383<br />
• The average marketing time was 77 days<br />
• The average price per square foot was $573.39<br />
• The average sale price/list price ratio was 93.97%<br />
• The highest sale price during this time was $3, 200,000<br />
Interest rates are dirt-cheap right now, but all good things will come to an end.<br />
So..if you, or someone you know, happen to be collecting splinters on the<br />
fence, let me help you climb on the sale or purchase pony, and giddy-up.<br />
And if you happen to pony-up to the bar... Cheers!<br />
MJ Roney, SRA (AR025999)<br />
Realtor - Bradley Real Estate (DRE01701867)<br />
CA Certified Real Estate Appraiser<br />
(415) 233-3344<br />
mjroney@comcast.net<br />
MarinHomes4Sale.com<br />
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HOLIDAY GREETINGS<br />
The holiday season is synonymous with eating, drinking and being merry. There are official parties at the <strong>Club</strong> such as the<br />
pancake breakfast with Santa and the Lighted Boat Parade and, we are sure, there will be several unofficial celebrations. But<br />
one of the greatest joys at this time of year is hearing from old friends. The <strong>Squeegee</strong> sent a letter to all out-of-town members<br />
asking them for news about where they were and what they were up to. Here are the replies we received.<br />
Anne and Don Marr,<br />
New Bern, North Carolina<br />
In December 2008 we decided to say goodbye to San Francisco and move<br />
to the Inner Banks of North Carolina. Our goal: to immerse ourselves in<br />
the East Coast boating lifestyle. We chose a house on the water in New<br />
Bern, a small, historical, NC coastal city. This location gave us access to<br />
the Intracoastal Waterway and the cruising treasures it has to offer.<br />
In December 09, we bought a power boat in Punta Gorda, FL, a 2000<br />
Carver 42 – chosen for it’s suitability for long-term living aboard and the<br />
ability to negotiate ports and coastal waters along the way. She has twin<br />
diesels, two bedrooms/two baths – yes, a condo on the water. We call her<br />
Journey, in honor of our Grand Banks 32 that we sailed out of Anderson<br />
Marina while in SF.<br />
And so, after some prep work at the dock in Punta Gorda, in January<br />
2010 we started the trek south then north via the ICW<br />
to New Bern, which became her new home berth. Our<br />
boat-dog, Farley, was with us the whole time. The trip was<br />
dotted with such a variety and range of experiences and<br />
emotions – from frustration over boat problems, to the jaw<br />
dropping beauty of the simple natural surroundings and<br />
wildlife offered by the waterway as we floated by. Obviously,<br />
after spending almost three months in an unfamiliar boat,<br />
on unfamiliar waters, we have much to tell. Anyone who<br />
wants the longer version should contact us, but here’s just a<br />
sampling of our story, with a few notes on ports we visited:<br />
Captiva Island, FL: Legendary crab races; good stay at ‘Tween Waters<br />
Inn Marina; starboard engine overheats; head to Ft. Myers for repair<br />
Key West, FL: March break – note to self – avoid March break<br />
Little Palm Island, FL: Relentless 25-30 knot blows; learned twin<br />
screw docking at fixed piers – not always a pretty sight<br />
The Keys, FL: Thrilling scenery; small towns; beautiful anchorages;<br />
local seafood; friendly folks<br />
Miami, FL: Walk to world-class restaurants and beaches; best<br />
Cuban sandwich; great vibe<br />
The Bridges and Manatee Zones: North of Miami begins a seemingly<br />
endless series of roughly 40 lift bridges that don’t open on demand;<br />
No-Wake zones for Manatees<br />
Top: Don, Anne & Farley aboard Journey. Center: Photographs<br />
taken from the back deck before Hurricane Irene<br />
and after, when the water level reached ten feet above<br />
normal. Bottom: Mega yachts berthed at Palm Beach
Palm Beach, FL: Mind-blowing mega yachts<br />
St. Augustine, FL: Touristy and overrated; got hit by a bad<br />
docker in a 65-foot sport fisher – rail damaged<br />
Cumberland Island, GA: 80 gallons of diesel fuel in our bilge<br />
– high-pressure fuel hose failed; enjoyed a gorgeous area,<br />
home to St. Simons and Sea Island resorts, while hose was<br />
fixed<br />
Beaufort, SC: Can’t get any prettier Southern charm;<br />
sophisticated restaurants and shops; very well managed<br />
harbor<br />
Charleston, SC: One of our favorite cities to visit; berthed<br />
with the mega yachts at the new marina<br />
Georgetown, SC: 20 gallons of diesel in the bilge – fix failed –<br />
repaired again; beautiful, historical town with great waterside<br />
dining and a friendly Southern charm<br />
Southport, NC: Oh my god, we’re almost home; very<br />
charming historical town on the Cape Fear River<br />
Bald Head Island: Gorgeous vacation area; fabulous marina;<br />
great stop<br />
New Bern, NC: Home at last at the confluence of the Neuse<br />
and Trent Rivers<br />
Total time on the water: About 3 months<br />
Total distance traveled: About 1300 miles<br />
Check out our blog of the trip at<br />
http://anneanddonsjourney.blogspot.com<br />
So here we are. We have a little center cockpit boat at our<br />
dock at home that allows us to explore the inshore, shoal draft<br />
areas near our house. We keep Journey in a nearby Marina<br />
and take her cruising to the myriad of local destinations<br />
such as Ocracoke on the Outer Banks, Cape Lookout, and<br />
Beaufort, NC – we’ve just barely touched the surface of<br />
exploring in our own backyard.<br />
Our next big adventure will be to the Chesapeake. We had<br />
planned it for this Fall, but Hurricane Irene got in our way.<br />
See the photograph (opposite) showing the effects of Irene<br />
which was taken by Anne who braved the 75 mph winds<br />
wreaking havoc with a severe storm surge in our backyard. We<br />
managed to stay dry and safe throughout but had no power for<br />
four days. Many in our area were not as lucky and the FEMA<br />
clean up and disaster relief continues.<br />
Contact us if you want to talk more about our new area and all<br />
it has to offer.<br />
Cheers to all at SYC – we’ll be dropping by sometime soon.<br />
Anne and Don Marr<br />
anneemarr@hotmail.com | donaldmarr@gmail.com<br />
Casey Cartwright and<br />
Diane Heise<br />
Aboard S/V Inkatu left to right: crew member Mark<br />
Dietrich, Diane Heise and Skipper Casey Cartwright<br />
Casey and Diane aboard S/V Inkatu have officially started<br />
their new cruising lives.<br />
We are in Oxnard, CA at the moment. The trip down<br />
included light or no wind, moderate seas, one squall and<br />
lightening the last night in the Santa Barbara Channel.<br />
Lots of shipping traffic but AIS made communication<br />
with them real easy and the captains appreciated the calls<br />
regarding crossing or passing in the night.<br />
The Oxnard <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> and the Pacific Corinthian have<br />
been great regarding reciprocity. (PCYC actually has<br />
TWO of our burgees displayed.)<br />
The plan is to buddy boat out to the Channel Islands with<br />
our nephew and his family and, when we return, leave<br />
Inkatu in the Channel Islands Marina. Then, we plan to<br />
take the train to the Bay Area, pick up our cars and drive<br />
them back to our house in Washington. When we return<br />
to Oxnard, we will head south. We decided not to join the<br />
HA HA but will continue after the group has sailed on.<br />
A stop in Ensenada at Baja Naval for a brief check-in, a<br />
bottom painting, then southbound.<br />
Cheers to all.<br />
Glen Meskimen & Herma Wells<br />
We are living in Seattle<br />
and enjoying the beautiful<br />
cruising grounds of the<br />
Northwest aboard Enya,<br />
our Sabre 386. We get<br />
back down to SYC a couple<br />
times a year and would<br />
be glad to talk with anyone interested in cruising the<br />
Northwest.<br />
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<strong>Squeegee</strong> Boy, Patrick Hind-Smith<br />
It’s been a while since I have seen or heard from many<br />
SYCers so I thought I would send along my regards and say<br />
hello. I did see a few of the usual suspects at the Art Festival<br />
and was fortunate to have a glass of bubbly with J and Gail as<br />
well as Daryl.<br />
We have been having a great boating season on Margaux<br />
this year. Berkeley <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> has a very active cruising<br />
program with weekend overnights as well as day cruises.<br />
We made our farthest passages to date: to Half Moon Bay<br />
over Labor Day and a trip out to the Farallons on a grey,<br />
somewhat blustery day. A weeklong trip up the Delta and<br />
a visit to Grindstone Joe’s was surely one of the highlights<br />
with stops in Benicia and Glen Cove.<br />
Having moved to Emeryville and being within a short walk to<br />
Emery Cove, where we keep the boat, means that we go for<br />
long stretches without even getting into the car which keeps<br />
that carbon foot print to a minimum.<br />
I hope to see a bunch of you over at BYC for the annual<br />
lobster cruise in November. We will be there for sure!<br />
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GUESS WHO<br />
The offer of a drink is off.<br />
(No one took me up on it, anyhow.)<br />
The quiz is still on and here’s another<br />
member to identify.<br />
Answer to the photo in the Fall issue: Tim<br />
Nousen in 1968 on the bow of Bravado in<br />
Acapulco, Mexico.<br />
Melissa Prandi, MPM ®<br />
48-Year Marin Native<br />
(SYC Member)
PICYA<br />
Let me give you an update on<br />
where some of the hot-button<br />
issues currently stand. The biggest<br />
legislative issue that was on the<br />
table for PICYA and RBOC<br />
(Recreational Boaters of California)<br />
has been the issue of copper-based<br />
bottom paint and the effort to ban it in California. The<br />
background: For the most part, this legislation is a<br />
copy of what has already been adopted in Washington<br />
State and is pending in Oregon. Due to small efforts by<br />
bunches of different agencies and people, the pending<br />
legislation regarding copper additives to bottom paint<br />
has been pushed to the back burner. This means that the<br />
legislation, in its present form, won’t see the floor of the<br />
State Senate for at least two years. That’s good news for<br />
most recreational boaters.<br />
There are some nuances of this legislation that are of<br />
importance as this issue makes its way through the<br />
legislative process. So far, through the efforts of a good<br />
number of like-minded folks, the provision to exclude<br />
commercial and military vessels has been eliminated.<br />
(That is not the case with either the Washington or<br />
Oregon versions.) This is important if you look at<br />
the numbers. Exempting commercial and military<br />
shipping from conforming makes no sense from an<br />
impact standpoint. The square footage of bottoms of<br />
military and commercial shipping that moves through<br />
our California waterways is easily five times the amount<br />
of recreational boats. Even more compelling are the<br />
questions: “Why should only recreational boaters be<br />
financially impacted?” “Why leave out the other major<br />
part of the equation?” (I like my radical idea of insisting<br />
that all Foreign-Flag carriers have their bottoms painted<br />
here, in California, with paint made in California. That’s<br />
really the only way we’d know for sure they were in<br />
compliance. What the heck - throw in everyone’s military<br />
while we’re at it.)<br />
Everyone on the Board of the PICYA is focused on<br />
the upcoming AC34 contest. One major issue that<br />
surrounds the event is what to do about anchored boats<br />
in Richardson Bay. I’ve personally been pushing for<br />
some sort of solution for the past decade - sadly, without<br />
much success. There are now a lot more eyes on this issue.<br />
I’m pretty confident that virtually every State agency is in favor<br />
of regulating this estuary in some fashion and the funds are<br />
currently available. Let’s hope we see some progress.<br />
On a final note, PICYA has asked me to serve on their Board<br />
next year and I have accepted the offer. I’m not exactly sure<br />
what my duties will be but, along with Kay Dunnigan, I will<br />
continue to also represent the <strong>Sausalito</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>. The next<br />
few years will certainly be exciting.<br />
Michael Campbell<br />
PICYA Delegate<br />
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A VISIT TO THE SEYCHELLES<br />
By Pinkie Pomeroy Anderson<br />
Author, Pinkie Anderson, member of<br />
the SYC (<strong>Sausalito</strong>) presents a burgee to<br />
Andre Hoarau of the SYC (Seychelles).<br />
The mention of the Seychelles Islands conjures up images of<br />
a tropical paradise. The 115 islands were shaped thousands<br />
of years ago when Gondwanaland broke off from the African<br />
geological super-continent. The largest islands are granite<br />
but the Outer Islands are formed of coral. Lying less than<br />
1,000 miles off the east coast of Africa, just south of the<br />
Equator, these islands are 12 time zones and almost exactly<br />
halfway around the world from San Francisco and have a<br />
great deal to offer. The flora and fauna are spectacular.<br />
Where else can you find the elusive black parrot, the<br />
Seychelles fruit bat, the Valley de Mai, the giant palm spider,<br />
the hundred-year-old land tortoise, or the giant mudskipper?<br />
Several years ago, I visited and was invited to lunch at<br />
the Seychelles <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> (also SYC). After lunch, I was<br />
presented with their burgee, which now hangs in our club in<br />
<strong>Sausalito</strong>. (A white sailfish on a blue background.) I recently<br />
made a return visit to Seychelles and was able to reciprocate<br />
their hospitality with the presentation of a <strong>Sausalito</strong><br />
<strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> burgee, which now hangs in the office of the<br />
Commodore.<br />
The Seychelles <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> was founded in 1964 and is<br />
the only yacht club in Seychelles. The club has over 350<br />
members and about 20 reciprocal relationships with<br />
other yacht clubs around the world, but none yet in the<br />
U.S. Perhaps it’s time to add a U.S. club to their list: SYC<br />
<strong>Sausalito</strong> meet SYC Seychelles!<br />
Daughter Laura and son-in-law Scott with<br />
Esmeralda, the oldest, heaviest, land tortoise<br />
according to the Guinness Book of Records<br />
A cruise on the Dutch-built, 118-foot<br />
topsail schooner, Sea Shell is a good way<br />
to enjoy the islands.<br />
The boating community is strong. A boat is the most<br />
important means of transportation around the islands<br />
whether it is a ferry, large topsail schooner, a catamaran,<br />
a dinghy with an outboard motor, or a pirogue. However,<br />
sailors are warned not to go beyond the four main granite<br />
islands of Mahe, Praslin, Silhouette, and La Digue - Somalian<br />
pirates have become bold enough to seize boats in the<br />
more than 530,000 nautical square miles that make up the<br />
Exclusive Economic Zone of the Seychelles. You might want<br />
to cruise on the 118-foot topsail schooner, Sea Shell. Dutch<br />
built, she is over 90 years old and is quite a contrast to the<br />
mega yachts from the Middle East docked at Eden Island, a<br />
man-made development just outside the capital.<br />
Besides lunch at the yacht club, a number of restaurants<br />
provide excellent Creole meals. An institution in itself, The<br />
Pirates Arms is a short distance from Big Ben Clock Tower,<br />
the most famous downtown landmark in Victoria. It is a<br />
must for any visitor. You can watch the Seychelles world go<br />
by when sitting at the open-air tables, slightly raised above<br />
Independence Avenue. Perhaps you’ll see the honorary<br />
consul of Italy and his wife hail their car, or government<br />
employees walking to their offices a short distance away,<br />
or the native population as they visit the main office of<br />
Barclay’s Bank. The “bamboo radio” emanates from under<br />
the eaves of the Pirates Arms. You can hear stories of the<br />
pirate treasure hidden by La Buse, or tales of the nine-foot<br />
ghost who walks through the cemetery at night or, on a more<br />
mundane topic, which hotel is under contract.
SEYCHELLES<br />
continued<br />
The economy is heavily dependent on tourism and visitors have<br />
a number of accommodation options. Luxury hotels can be<br />
found on Mahe, Praslin and Silhouette. At the other end of the<br />
spectrum, self-catering bungalows are good options for longer<br />
stays. Located on the beach on the West Coast of Mahe, the<br />
Barbarons Meriden is one of the older hotels. Native charm<br />
is found in this two-story hotel, which has been described as<br />
retro. Smaller islands, including the Outer Islands of Desroches<br />
and Alphonse, appeal to an exclusive clientele who seek new,<br />
and very private, venues to scuba dive, bone fish or enjoy the<br />
beautiful white beaches.<br />
The islands continue to attract a cross-section of tourists from<br />
around the world. Recently Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed, President<br />
of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, purchased the former<br />
US Tracking Station on Mahe. He replaced it with a large sixstory<br />
palace visible from Victoria harbor. D’Arros, originally<br />
developed as a retreat for Prince Sharam, the nephew of the<br />
former Shah of Iran, is the subject of lawsuits filed against<br />
Mrs. Bettencourt, the L’Oreal heiress. Prince William and<br />
Kate Middleton spent a month on Desroches several years ago<br />
and returned for their honeymoon. (This was predicted by the<br />
“bamboo radio.”)<br />
The Seychelles Islands are a tropical paradise with a unique<br />
mystique. Far out in the Indian Ocean, they are a world unto<br />
themselves.<br />
OLD SALTS<br />
DINNER<br />
A group of long-time members has been dining together at<br />
the <strong>Club</strong> on the first Saturday evening of each month. This<br />
informal group has become known as the Old Salts.<br />
There is no particular qualification - most participants<br />
have been club members for more than twenty years and<br />
tend to be sailors. That said, anyone who feels happy to<br />
dine with fellow members whom they have known for a<br />
long time and with whom they have shared the <strong>Club</strong>’s<br />
adventures on the water, is welcome. No formalities are<br />
involved; just make a reservation for dinner and turn up.<br />
ENTERTAINING<br />
All-in-all, it’s been a Very Good<br />
Year! We have enjoyed a number<br />
of great parties; Opening Day and<br />
the Fourth of July were a blast.<br />
The sounds of Damir & Friend<br />
have been a welcome addition<br />
on Saturday nights. Many new<br />
members and new friends to sit around the table, break<br />
bread and share the life and times of your <strong>Sausalito</strong><br />
<strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>.<br />
And it’s not over yet, we have some great parties to<br />
close out the year, November get down to the sounds of<br />
the New Rising Sons.<br />
December 1: Come down and decorate your <strong>Club</strong> for<br />
the holidays. You may just be surprised how much fun it<br />
can be and the new friends you will make.<br />
December 3: Enjoy a pancake breakfast with Santa and<br />
all the children. This is the third year and attendance<br />
has doubled each year. In the evening, there’s dinner<br />
and dancing to get the holiday season into full swing!<br />
Make your reservations early.<br />
December 10: Get ready for a full house at the <strong>Club</strong><br />
for the 24 th Annual Lighted Boat Parade & Fireworks<br />
Spectacular. If you have a boat, entry is still FREE. Go<br />
to www.sausalito-on-the-waterfront.org for an entry<br />
form. No boat; go to http://www.eventbrite.com/<br />
org/1640183474 and sign on to one of the charter<br />
boats that will be in this year’s parade: Freda B, Five<br />
Stars, Call of the Sea, and more. If you enjoy the parade<br />
and fireworks, make a tax-deductible donation to the<br />
Waterfront Foundation.<br />
December 11: Children’s Christmas Party<br />
December 31: Get ready to ring in the New Year with<br />
hors d’oeuvres, champagne and dancing until after<br />
midnight. Make your reservations early!<br />
January 1: Annual Member Potluck (club closed)<br />
January 7: Christmas Undecorating Pizza Party<br />
Merv Regan<br />
Entertainment Chair<br />
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RACING<br />
What a year for sailboat racing. This season saw six separate SYC race series, a Hobie series, a J105<br />
Match Race regatta and several YRA races the club participated in. The bay area racers and our SYC<br />
racers were up to the challenge and had some excellent races. The winds were light. The winds were<br />
strong. Sometimes there was no wind. But compete the racers did! Here’s a recap of the season’s winners.<br />
Congratulate them all when you see them.<br />
Dave Borton, Race Committee Chair<br />
<strong>2011</strong> SEASON CHAMPIONS:<br />
FIRST PLACE WINNERS<br />
Midwinters Series: Five Sunday races from Nov 2010 through March <strong>2011</strong><br />
• Jeff Hunter, Gammon Spinnaker<br />
• Glen Isaacson, Q Non-spinnaker
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Twin Island<br />
Regatta<br />
This year was different. The wind-hole behind<br />
Angel Island was mostly absent in all three<br />
races—lighter winds there, especially in the first<br />
race. But the other two races were accomplished<br />
in amazingly fast times. The boats even split in<br />
their decisions about which way to go—Angel first<br />
or Alcatraz first. Nick Sands on Escapade was<br />
not even penalized for going against the current<br />
behind Angel on the last race. He took third in<br />
that race and finished first overall in Spinnaker<br />
class.<br />
Rear Commodore’s Race<br />
Light to moderate winds greeted the racers at the start of<br />
the Rear Commodore’s race to Vallejo. The breezes built to<br />
a real blower by the time they reached San Pablo Bay. One<br />
boat from the Vallejo <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> also made the trip. And,<br />
only one boat put their spinnaker up sideways.<br />
The Vallejo <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> warmly welcomed the racers.<br />
Docktails and hors d’oeuvres in the raft-up are always<br />
a hit at this event.<br />
Right: Hosts, Ross and<br />
Tammy Blanchard<br />
served docktails on<br />
their boat, Nomad.<br />
Top: Escapade looking good!<br />
Left: Jazzbeau powered up!<br />
Right: Dave Borton cheers on Nick Sands<br />
beaming with his Escapade first-place trophy.
THE LISCHESKE TROPHY<br />
By Patrick Broderick<br />
While I was Race Director at the <strong>Sausalito</strong><br />
<strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> (I think it was 1997) Carl<br />
Lischeske approached me about creating and<br />
deeding a trophy for the Overall Winner of<br />
the Tuesday Night Sunset Series. Carl was an<br />
old sailing friend and race competitor, who<br />
had served three terms as SYC Commodore<br />
in 1967, 1972, and 1973. Of course, he held<br />
most of the other SYC elected appointments<br />
at one time or another, too.<br />
Indeed, Carl had been instrumental in<br />
Photograph by Doc Miles<br />
organizing the Tuesday Sunset Series in the<br />
first place. Start at <strong>Sausalito</strong> Daymark “2”,<br />
round a temporary at the foot of Main Street, sail around Yellow Bluff<br />
buoy or maybe even Knox, then back to the Finish in time to get to the<br />
club for burgers on the deck. Casual weeknight racing, often with as<br />
many as 50 boats entered.<br />
We talked about what the trophy might be. Carl decided he wanted<br />
something other than a traditional punch bowl and said he had a sculptor<br />
friend who could create a great trophy - something different. And off he<br />
went. To be honest, I sort of forgot about it as the Summer sailed on.<br />
And so November approached. One evening, prior to the Awards<br />
Dinner, Carl brought a large box to the <strong>Club</strong> and announced the trophy<br />
was ready for presentation. What hadn’t been sorted out was exactly how<br />
an overall award was to be made, given that there were multiple divisions,<br />
each with a Champion. We finally decided it would be the boat that beat<br />
its competition the most. If I remember correctly, Peter English’s Chorus<br />
had thumped the large spinnaker division with straight bullets, so it was<br />
the hands-down winner. However, it didn’t always work out so smoothly<br />
in future years.<br />
The Carl Lischeske Sunset Series Trophy joined all the other perpetual<br />
trophies deeded to the club and has been presented to many of SYC’s<br />
finest racers over the intervening years. This year it is my honor - one of<br />
the highest honors I’ve been awarded in nearly 40 years of racing on SF<br />
Bay - to win and have my name and Nancy engraved on Carl’s trophy.<br />
For me, it’s a real connection between SYC’s racing past and racing<br />
present. Joining SYC’s racing elite on the Lischeske Trophy and winning<br />
in a series with stiff competition and wonderful Race Management, is one<br />
of those pinnacles I’ll always remember. Thanks to everyone involved but<br />
especially to Carl, who has always had the SYC’s best interests at heart.<br />
Photographs on these two pages and page 14 by Roxanne Fairbairn<br />
Sunset Series<br />
Where did the sun go? The last race of the<br />
Summer Series was sailed with an early sunset on<br />
September 20. The race was short but spirited,<br />
with a wonderful warm breeze and flat water. What<br />
a great way to finish a great series! Daniel Thielman<br />
on Kuai took the five-race Summer Series in the<br />
Spinnaker class, Dale Flaming on J-Hawk took<br />
honors in the low-handicap, Non-spinnaker class<br />
and Eric Sklar on Spindrifter won in the highhandicap,<br />
Non-spinnaker class.<br />
Nancy going to weather; first place is soon to come.<br />
But wait… There was more. It was decided to have a<br />
one-race, winner-take-all for the Lischeske Trophy:<br />
the trophy for the overall Sunset Series winner.<br />
The first-, second-, and third-place winners from all<br />
three classes in the Spring and Summer Series had a<br />
race-off on October 22. After a two-hour, no-wind<br />
delay, the race started with the winds coming from<br />
a much more northerly direction. By the leeward<br />
mark, the winds had rotated back to a normal<br />
direction and pressure. It kept everyone – from the<br />
racers to the race committee – on their toes.<br />
The overall winner: Pat Broderick on Nancy.<br />
Congratulations, Pat! (read his response, left)<br />
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Women Skippers Regatta<br />
Saturday started out calm with a cloud cover, but a<br />
wonderful 10-knot breeze picked up in time for the<br />
11am start to the 31st Annual <strong>Sausalito</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />
Auxiliary Women Skippers Regatta. The first of the<br />
three races was an up-down, twice-around-course in<br />
the Knox/Yellow Bluff area of the Bay. The race was<br />
sailed quickly and with few incidents. Even the women<br />
skippers who normally don’t do this sort of thing were<br />
able to manage the jitters and compete well.<br />
The cloud cover disappeared just prior to the start of the<br />
second race. And so did the breeze. A Blackaller course<br />
was planned but the mark-set boat identified 4 knots of<br />
breeze and almost 3 knots of current at Blackaller. That<br />
was a recipe for a LONG afternoon. So, a shorter Yellow<br />
Bluff, Harding, Knox, Finish course was selected. Even<br />
then, one boat was swept inside of Harding and needed<br />
to wait for the wind to return in order to make her way<br />
back to Harding and continue the race. Others went<br />
sideways past Knox. Several boats came within mere<br />
feet of the finish line only to be swept backwards. It took<br />
one boat 30 more minutes to finish.<br />
The breezes were better again for the third race. It was<br />
getting late in the afternoon, so an up-down shorter<br />
course was done with breezes that held.<br />
All racers were able to finish all races. They all had a<br />
great time and want to do it again next year.<br />
Definition of a yacht club:<br />
An asylum for landsmen who<br />
would rather die of drink<br />
than be seasick.<br />
From A Book of Burlesques<br />
by H. L. Mencken<br />
On the left, Ohana; in the foreground, Donkey Jenny who is the J105<br />
Donkey Jack renamed just for this regatta.<br />
Barbara Kavanagh, on the<br />
left, led Gammon to a win<br />
in the Non-spinnaker class.<br />
Mary Richardson, on the<br />
right, is President of the SYC<br />
Auxiliary who sponsored<br />
the regatta.<br />
Starting line action.<br />
Marika Edler, the winning skipper of Ohana, Spinnaker Class, with her<br />
cast-of-thousands crew. Marika is on the right.
CRUISING<br />
By the time you read this, there will be only<br />
one cruise left on this year’s schedule. So<br />
far, there have been eleven cruises in <strong>2011</strong><br />
and the participants would all agree they<br />
were good fun and filled with great laughs<br />
and memories.<br />
Just to briefly recap: January: we had 45 people on E-Cruz in<br />
before dinner at Le Garage. The boat looked like a frat party as<br />
Sharon and Stephanie poured champagne non-stop.February:<br />
we took a budget-easing cruise to Tiburon and celebrated<br />
a wedding and the Marsh’s 50 th wedding anniversary. How<br />
special was that? March: Darryl and Ann LeDoux organized<br />
a night of Sushi and Jazz at Yoshi’s in Jack London Square.<br />
April: there was the famous Oyster and Lamb BBQ on Angel<br />
Island. (The March and April events had 100 people in<br />
attendance.) May was Captain Don Holden’s finest hour. We<br />
dressed up for cocktails on Defiance followed by a roaring party<br />
at the St. Francis <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>. It got even better in June when<br />
Bob Wilson captained the Cruise to South Beach to watch the<br />
World Champion San Francisco Giants clobber the Colorado<br />
Rockies. Then, Greg Fuller and Dave Borton organized the<br />
Rear Commodore’s Race to Vallejo. The true purpose of this<br />
event was to learn whether or not Ross Blanchard could actually<br />
cook a steak. There was no consensus as to whether or not he<br />
accomplished the task. July: As the weather turned warm, we<br />
headed up to Benicia. There was so much fun on this cruise<br />
that most of us never left the harbor to go into town. There<br />
was a huge turnout of huge boats and we spent the weekend<br />
visiting them. Captain Lawton experimented with perfecting<br />
the Bloody Mary. The results of the experiments exceeded<br />
expectations. The August trip was possibly the best of the year;<br />
Neil Ransik organized the Cruise to Petaluma. The cruise up<br />
the river was spectacular and the harbor in downtown Petaluma<br />
was very cool, I mean warm. Well, it was both. The atmosphere<br />
in Petaluma is much like the Med, without the 12-hour flight.<br />
Friday night was dinner in town followed by Saturday dinner at<br />
the Petaluma <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>. It was at this event that we learned<br />
that the City of Petaluma actually has its own Navy - apparently<br />
there to protect the city from an invasion of Berkeley pirates.<br />
After dinner, the Mayor and Commodore inducted Jim Gabbert<br />
into the Petaluma Navy with the rank of Honorary Admirable.<br />
Jim commented that this was the second greatest honor of his<br />
life - there were 183 others tied for first. Things got serious<br />
in September with the Cruise to Half Moon Bay, captained by<br />
Randi Harry. Many made it a four-day weekend and again, it was<br />
a lot of fun as can happen when 40 SYC members collide with<br />
good food, beverage and atmosphere. The turnout reminded<br />
Jeff Polick of years past when the boats were chock-a-block in<br />
the marina at Encinal. This seemed to be a return to the good<br />
ol’ days of SYC cruises. The Tinsley Island Cruise in October<br />
was quite unique. Sixteen members attended the cruise at this<br />
incredible oasis in the delta but not all arrived by the traditional<br />
methods of boat or land cruising. Three SYC members made<br />
a rather spectacular entrance when they arrived via a De<br />
Havilland Beaver Seaplane. The Alaska bush pilot veteran<br />
landed smoothly in the slough adjacent the island. A tender<br />
was then dispatched to pick up the dignitaries. Quite a sight.<br />
We will be adding some other elements to this Cruise in 2012<br />
including entertainment so stay tuned. On November 19 we<br />
are planning to visit the Berkeley <strong>Yacht</strong> club and enjoy a lobster<br />
dinner—a lot cheaper than a trip to New England!<br />
NOW, we have only one cruises left: Lighted Boats on<br />
December 4. If you are one of the 400 participants to have been<br />
on a cruise this year, please sign up for another round of fun<br />
and great memories. If you have not cruised with SYC this year,<br />
this is the time to jump in. They are fun occasions with plenty of<br />
good food, drink, laughs and great memories. Sign up today on<br />
the SYC website or contact Larry Moraes, Cruise Chair.<br />
Special thanks to all the Cruise Captains of <strong>2011</strong> who made it a<br />
great year!<br />
Larry Moraes<br />
Cruise Chair<br />
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YOUTH SAILING<br />
The <strong>2011</strong>to 2012 high school sailing season is currently underway<br />
after the completion of a successful and notable summer program.<br />
For the second summer in a row, SYC hosted one of the best line-ups<br />
of instructors in Northern California including five post or current<br />
collegiate sailors. For the first time in the club’s history, SYC was<br />
represented in the Optimist, C420, FJ, and Laser classes at the summer<br />
BAYS (Bay Area Youth Sailing) regatta series. A few notable finishes<br />
include Tyler Daniels/Noah Barrengos’ 1 st place finish at BAYS #3 in FJ’s; Sam Gates/<br />
Hayley Murphy’s third-place finish at BAYS #4 in C420’s; and nine-year-old Weston<br />
Paluska’s fifth-place finish in the Opti green fleet at BAYS #4. The creation of new racing<br />
programs reflecting the sailors’ desire to compete, along with the addition of boats such<br />
as Little Zaca for a cruising/keel boat class, helped make student enrollment higher than<br />
ever. It is because of these improvements that the summer program at SYC has grown into a<br />
premier and well-rounded location for youth sailing instruction on the bay.<br />
This year’s high school season is also showing promise. For the third straight year there<br />
are over 25 members on the SYC team, mostly consisting of Tamalpais HS students.<br />
Well-organized team structure has made the Tam team grow to be one of the biggest high<br />
school sailing teams in the country. The combination of three captains, two coaches, and<br />
a very helpful parental body has allowed the Tam team to recruit new freshman each year.<br />
Also, many young members who participated in the summer program then joined the team<br />
after enrolling at Tam. An impressive fact is that no one on the team grew up sailing in<br />
any type of competitive youth sailing circuit and the team’s most skilled sailors have only<br />
been competing for one to three years. Tam has become a dominant force in the Northern<br />
California League as demonstrated by Mark Etem/Quinn Vangelos’s second-place finish at<br />
NorCal #2 in September. The SYC team regularly arrives with more competitors than any<br />
other club at Norcal regattas and hard work throughout the year accounts for their success.<br />
Tam’s regatta schedule consists of five district-wide regattas, or PCISA regattas, (Pacific<br />
Coast Interscholastic Sailing Association) plus ten local NorCal regattas. The PCISA<br />
regattas are held in Monterrey, Newport Harbor, Long Beach, Treasure Island, and Santa<br />
Barbara. At the season’s end the team will also compete at the Pacific Coast Championships<br />
that serve as the National Championship qualifier. California tends to produce some of<br />
the best youth sailing talent in the country and the young Tam team has been consistently<br />
improving against some very tough competition. Many California high school sailors go<br />
on to be collegiate All-Americans, Olympians, and/or World Champions. Three Tam<br />
graduates have moved on to college sailing including last year’s graduate, Ian Spilman, who<br />
is currently sailing for UC Santa Cruz. The team is certainly earning respect and recognition<br />
at increasingly higher levels within the sailing community. SYC and <strong>Sausalito</strong> Youth Sailing<br />
Foundation have been instrumental in enabling the future sailors of the Bay Area to achieve<br />
these levels. A majority of the students introduced to sailing through SYC’s programs will be<br />
life-long participants and contributors in an amazing sport.<br />
Check in on the team’s season by visiting the <strong>Club</strong> website.<br />
Rob Dubuc III, Sail Training Manager<br />
Students from Edgewood School in<br />
San Francisco get summer sailing<br />
instruction.<br />
The students have fun sailing in the<br />
summer sun on Little Zaca.<br />
Nine-year-old, Weston Paluska getting<br />
ready to start a race at BAYS #4.<br />
Sam Gates and Tyler Daniels recovering<br />
from a capsize!
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We are brokers for both large and small yacht providers worldwide and will take the hassle out of booking<br />
the perfect getaway for you. Booking your bareboat, crewed, or by-the-cabin charter through us,<br />
will save you both time and money and there are no additional fees added to the charter cost.<br />
It’s all about the Experience!<br />
We also specialize in luxury & exploration cruising as well as unique land experiences.<br />
Let us seamlessly package your all of your travel wishes for a calm, enjoyable journey.<br />
Contact Lisa for a no obligation consultation and ask about the SYC bonus gift<br />
Now located<br />
in <strong>Sausalito</strong> to make your<br />
travel dreams a reality<br />
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Thanking those SYC Members who<br />
have used my service, thus helping<br />
me purchase my 43 foot Gulfstar<br />
Center Cockpit Sailboat “Foot Loose”.<br />
FRED’S<br />
FREDX<br />
EXECUTIVE LIMO SERVICE<br />
RATES ARE: $40 per hour 1 or 2 passengers<br />
$50 per hour 3 or 4 passengers<br />
(2 hour minimum)<br />
AIRPORT: $80 FLAT for 1 or 2<br />
$100 FLAT for 3 or 4<br />
Airport Rates Quotes are from/to Southern Marin<br />
415-450-0066 | 800-998-7911<br />
Fredx@Lmi.net<br />
P.O. Box 907, <strong>Sausalito</strong>, CA 94966<br />
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