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Contents
JULY 2009
Shedding Light On Sunscreens
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Special Report, By Jill Culora
Some sunscreens are safer than others, especially for children
Photo By Sandra Critelli
Get Me To The Water
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Ski Fever
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22
Policy, By Ryck Lydecker
The 2008 winners of the BoatU.S. Recreational
Boating Access Awards are inspiring citizens to
preserve waterway access for other boaters
22
Adventure, By Tom Dove
Competitive waterskiing runs in families. Here’s a look at the best
boats, and how you get hooked
How I Got That Shot
26
Nature, By Sandra Critelli
Cownose rays carpet the water during their annual migration
The Boat Lovers’ Guide To U.S. Colleges
28
Exclusive Round-up, By Tim Murphy
If your kids have a passion for the water, and want to make it their
career, BoatU.S Magazine presents the “boatiest” college programs in
America, along with the related extracurricular boating activities
SPOT Or EPIRB, That Is The Question
15
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Good Foundation, By David Carter
Getting help offshore requires the right equipment for the job
Fuel Additives Can Improve Performance
39
toP to Bottom, Jaret llewellyn, PhotoViVid/royalty Free, williamS-myStiC
Smart Maintenance, By Tom Neale
Gas and diesel formulations continue to change even as your engine’s
needs stay the same, but you can fight back with the proper additives
All That’s Silver Is Not Stainless
42
Do It Yourself, By Doug Cohen
Keep your 304s and 316s straight with this handy guide
The Waterskiing Rulebook
47
Seaworthy, By Bob Adriance
Don’t let your first try at waterskiing land you in the ER
4 Reader Forum
6 BoatU.S. Reports
45 Tech Connection
50 BoatsGearWheels
56 Boaters Marketplace
60 At Your Service
Cover: This month, and in our feature on page 22, we present vintage
waterskiing images from Cypress Gardens like this one from 1952.
Digital Edition: See this issue online, plus live links, videos and
extra features. www.BoatUS.com/Magazine
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When Work Is Play
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ummertime, and the living is easy… kick off your shoes, grab a cold
lemonade, drop down into the hammock, and let your imagination drift
with me down memory lane to summers years ago.
Remember the first time you tried to get up on waterskis? I didn’t
make it either! Remember being a kid on a boat… either heeling over
for the first time, casting a line with grandpa, or jumping off the stern
into the shock of cool blue water. That was so much pure, innocent fun!
Just look at the cover of this issue and let it transport you back to the days
of black-and-white TV, stickball in the street, and the “Ed Sullivan” show every
Sunday night at eight. Those were the good old days, before seatbelts were mandatory and life jackets were inflatable.
Now, fast forward to your senior year in high school. Where did you apply to
college? Did you get in? So quickly, life takes us from the delights of summer fun
to the adult concerns and all-encompassing anxieties of what to do next, and how
to do it. Did you know from the start what you would major in? I never dreamed,
back then, of combining my love of being on the water with my career. That was
then, when “career” seemed like such a serious decision,
separate from my love of boats and water. And this
I never dreamed, back quite
is now, where we encourage our children to follow their
then, of combining my dreams and their passions. Share this issue with your family,
and watch as the kids and grandkids let their imaginations
love of being on the
run wild. If you’ve turned them on to loving boating and the
water with my career
marine environment as much as you do, this issue may just
be the catalyst they need to imagine that they can pursue an
education and career in a marine-based environment, be it engineering, science,
or liberal arts.
Or maybe your kids have different academic interests, but they love water
sports. This month, our first ever “Boat Lovers Guide To American Colleges”
will help them choose the right place for the right sport mixed with the right
major. There’s a whole nation of terrific schools out there, schools that combine
impressive marine programs, with awesome extracurricular boating experiences,
and inspirational internships. Reading about them will make you wish you were
young again.
In a future issue, we’ll give the same treatment to technical schools, and the
myriad career opportunities available in the marine trades. Stay tuned.
Thinking back over the route my life has taken, it was a circuitous set of circumstances that led me to a marine-oriented
career, and it’s been a great run for 20 years.
Never in my wildest young dreams did I
think I’d ever be able to combine my passion for boats with my career goals. But, as
our exclusive guide to colleges describes this
month, it’s very possible to accomplish just
that, and doing so can be a deeply rewarding
combination.
Have a great summer.
Nancy aboard her Grady-White, wearing
a belt pack inflatable lifejacket
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I’d like to recognize the women who
stand on the swim platform fending off
their husbands trying to dock a boat in
all types of weather. We stand in wait
for the big fend-off or the instructions
that are somewhat insensitive at times. To
all the women out there, I applaud our
efforts, especially with the whole marina
watching.
— Sally Gentry
Mount Airy, MD
Early on, I was lucky to have a boyfriend who taught me the ins and outs of
boating. Having owned three performance
boats of my own so far, I always encourage
other women to take the helm and learn to
launch/retrieve the boat at the ramp. I love
racing down the river, but I savor almost
as much the shocked looks and admiring
nods I get from bystanders at the dock as I
expertly unload and load my boat, often in
half the time it takes others. More women
need to take the wheel and feel the freedom!
— Lee Martin
Richmond, VA
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Correction: In our cover story of the top women
in boating, we mistakenly said Elizabeth Meyer
was the co-founder of the International Yacht
Restoration School in Newport, Rhode Island,
when in fact this impressive endeavor was
Elizabeth’s own labor of love. We apologize for
the error.
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My passion is being on the water, no
matter if I’m fishing, snorkeling, exploring, or just anchored reading a book. After
moving to the Florida Keys from New
Hampshire 13 years ago, I bought my first
boat, took a Coast Guard Auxiliary course,
and never have had more fun. I even commute to work by boat!
— Susan Boyle
Islamorada, FL
Signal Of Last Resort
The letter on boat flares in the May
issue raises the issue of usefulness of this
antiquated means of contacting help from
a vessel or the Coast Guard. After 45 years
on sailboats with my wife, I’ve only seen
flares on the 4th of July. A few years back,
I converted my old VHF radio to a Digital
Selective Calling one wired to GPS and
radar and got help from BoatU.S. to get
an MMSI number to digitally contact the
nearest Coast Guard station, should we
have a serious problem. There are still
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people with the new digital VHFs, however, who don’t have the MMSI contact,
so they have to call the Coast Guard channel and give their position. MMSI numbers should be mandatory. — Lee Guite
East Boothbay, ME
Editor’s Note: We received many letters in
response to Bob Bradshaw’s comments expressing his frustration at not being able to practice
firing emergency flares. While he was unable to
convince local authorities to supervise a practice
session, many readers wrote in to say that their
yacht club, owners association, marine patrols
or Coast Guard Auxiliary were not only supportive, but sponsored events that gave boaters
the chance to fire flares. Examples included the
American Yacht Club in Rye, New York, which
works with the USCG Auxiliary. and local police
and fire departments, as well as the Los Angeles
County, California, Harbor Patrols which hold
an annual event. The common thread was that
these “Flare Days” were organized through a
boating group that was willing to work through
the bureaucracy to get all the local authorities
not only notified, but onboard.
Where Our Flags Fly
very issue of BoatU.S. Magazine celebrates the
landfalls, victories, milestones, and everyday joys
our readers experience aboard their boats.
1 “While fishing the Caloosahatchee River in Ft. Myers,
Florida, on my son Paul’s 18-foot Carolina Skiff, we saw a
large, white, floating object,” said Pete Borowski. “Thinking
it might be a capsized boat, we motored closer to lend assistance. It wasn’t a boat. It was a twin-sized mattress still encased
in a plastic bag! We managed to pull it onto our front deck.
Someone must’ve forgotten to tie it down to their car, and
the wind launched it off one of the bridges that cross the
river. Everyone passing by gave us some pretty strange looks.
We just told them that we were spending the night!”
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2 “This photo is special to me, taken in the secluded anchorage
of Holbrook Harbor in the northern reaches of West Penobscot
Bay, Maine,” said Rich MacKenzie, of Belfast, Maine. It was one
of the first trips we took on Dragonfly, our 38-foot Carver.”
3 “Our boat Lolly-Pop is a Freedom 21 and deserved a sail
of equally free expression painted in the manner of Jackson
Pollock,” wrote Tom and Elaine Jackson of Oxnard, California.
“The sail was painted under heroic ‘plein air’ conditions. There
was a sea surge in the harbor that day of vigorous proportions. The 83-year-old guy with imperfect balance, juggling
four cups of paint and brushes, was hanging on for dear life
while winds gusting 15 to 20 were causing the boom to dance
about, threatening instant decapitation at any moment.”
The P(oint) Of The Exercise
Keeping Your Dinghy Safe
Your fire extinguisher article (May ‘09)
explains the PASS system. You can Point,
Aim, Squeeze, and Sweep all you want but
unless you Pull the safety pin, I doubt this
system would put out a fire. — Ed Spellacy
East Longmeadow, MA
Enterprising thieves scout out dinghy
docks looking for unchained or poorly
chained dinghies. When they find one,
they’ll take it out to its boat, break into
it, and loot it before returning ashore.
Anyone looking at the boat while this is
taking place would think nothing of seeing
a dinghy tied up to its boat. Paint a name
on your dinghy that’s different than the
name on your boat. Then if your dinghy is
stolen, thieves will have no way of identifying which boat it’s from. — Bill Woloshin
Chicago, IL
A Sliding Stop
The “Boating Gazette” item on ship
stopping distance (May ‘09) cites the crashstop distances for large vessels, but fails to
mention that the vast majority of them are
single-screw. There’s a high likelihood that
a single-screw vessel placed into emergency
reverse will end up heading in a very different direction from the one it was sailing
when the maneuver started. It will likely
follow an arcing course and may even slip
sideways — something to consider when
sailing across the bow of a large ship in
narrow waters.
— Charlie Beckers
Newport, RI
Spare Your Shaft
Bob Musselman’s prop article (May
‘09) was on point. I’d add that if you run
an outboard in shallow or rocky areas, you’ll
sooner or later chew up a prop. I’m good
about reading the water depth over sand,
but once clipped a conch shell. One tip
on my stainless prop was easily hammered
straight. However, because the stainlesssteel prop was so strong, I also had a bent
shaft. The wait for a new shaft and the work
on the lower unit took a week. Two aluminum wheels cost less than one stainless, so
I now run aluminum and carry a spare. You
can change a wheel in five minutes.
— Capt. Jerry L. Farquhar (USAF-Ret.)
Port St. Lucie, FL
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AIS Is Not For Everyone
I heartily agree with Jim Healy’s comments regarding AIS use by pleasure craft
(May ’09). As a Merchant Marine seafarer, I routinely see our chartplotter screen
clogged up with AIS target names and/
or MMSI numbers in or near major port
cities. This renders the tool nearly useless,
and, as Jim states, can distract a boater
from paying attention to the water around
him. The best use I’ve noted for AIS is to
provide me with names of large commercial vessels that I need to contact in order
to make passing arrangements in offshore
shipping lanes. Very few pleasure craft transit this far offshore, so AIS will primarily
benefit serious cruisers, rather than weekend pleasure boaters. And, as with any
piece of equipment, AIS is not infallible.
Targets come and go on the plotter screen
with alarming regularity! — Robert Mills
Millers Island, MD
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Boat U.S.
REPORTS
News from the world of American boating, edited by Ryck Lydecker
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It’s not far down to paradise
At least it’s not for me
And if the wind is right
you can sail away
And find tranquility
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me
It’s not far to
never never land
No reason to pretend
And if the wind is right
you can find the joy
Of innocence again...
“Sailing” Song lyrics by Christopher Cross
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Lighthouse Stamps Set To Shine
OnnE Van dER wal
The U.S. Postal
Service will issue five
new stamps in its
popular lighthouse
series this month,
these commemorating
five historic beacons
on the Gulf Coast that
withstood Hurricane
Katrina in 2005. The
series depicts the lights
at Matagorda Island
off the coast of Texas; Sabine Pass in Louisiana; Biloxi,
Mississippi; Sand Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama; and Fort
Jefferson, also called Garden Key Light, 50 miles west of
Key West in Florida’s Dry Tortugas National Park. The
new series, painted by Howard Koslow, is based on photos taken following Katrina’s devastation, with some lighthouses still showing storm damage. The structures, dating
from 1848 to 1876, have weathered many a Gulf hurricane;
three are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Pre-order stamps: www.usps.com/shop
— R.L.
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Rubber Reef Retread
f you happen to see several strapping
young men and women from the U.S.
Army Dive Company jumping from a
military landing craft off the coast of
Florida this month — and emerging
triumphant with rubber tires — don’t be alarmed.
They’re part of an extensive effort to retrieve hundreds of thousands of used tires dumped in the
ocean off Fort Lauderdale in the 1970s. No, this
isn’t an environmental crimes cleanup, it’s a case of
a good idea gone bad.
Thirty years ago it seemed logical to throw
scrap tires into the sea. After all, worn-out tires were
becoming an environmental hazard on land, so let’s
use them to build artificial reefs, give fish a place
to live, and generally help the marine environment.
Osborne Reef, a mile-and-a-half off Ft. Lauderdale,
wasn’t the only one. Scrap tires went overboard as
rubber reefs elsewhere in Florida and in the waters
of New Jersey, the Carolinas, Texas, Virginia, and
in Puget Sound; though none on the scale of the
Osborne Reef where two million tires went to what
was intended to be their final rest.
“Back then, it was believed that the ocean was
a big expanse and it didn’t matter too much if we
disposed of stuff there,” says Will Nuckols, Coastal
America project coordinator for the Osborne Reef
Tire Removal Program, now in its third year. “The
initial assumption was that fish would use it as
habitat. The problem was the fish didn’t like the
tires.”
Another problem is that the tires wouldn’t rest
in peace. Initially placed in a sandy patch between
two natural reefs, the rubber wanted to hit the road.
Metal clasps on plastic straps that held the tires in
immovable bundles began to corrode and break. Set
free, thousands of tires began to shift at the whims of
storms and currents, severely damaging the nearby
natural reefs. By 2001 the area in which the tires were
originally placed had doubled, to 35 acres, with roaming rubber littering the bottom for several miles to the
north and south. Tires are not very heavy. What might
weigh 26 pounds on your car only weighs about two
pounds in the water. After awhile everyone agreed the
tires shouldn’t be under the ocean anymore.
With that in mind Coastal America, a partnership
of government agencies and private organizations that
pool resources for restoration work, brought together
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP); the U.S. Navy, Army, and Coast Guard;
NOAA; and Broward County officials for a pilot tireremoval program. During the pilot phase, 40 military
divers with a landing craft worked for 20 days in June
2007. The first full phase of tire removal operations
began in April 2008 when divers removed roughly
2,500 tires a day for a total of 44,000.
“From a marine biologist’s viewpoint the tires are
a nightmare, but for the military divers, they’re great
practice and a training opportunity on a huge scale,”
says Nuckols.
“We now have a great handle on the cleanup
process, but progress is hampered by the availability
of Navy and Army divers and Army watercraft,” says
Marguerite Jordan, spokeswoman for the Florida DEP.
“With double the number of Army and Navy personnel, we could finish in three years.” This year the dive
crews were scheduled to work for six weeks. The tires,
a two-time environmental headache, are being sold for
recycling into tire-derived fuel for electricity generation
and manufacturing processes.
— Ann Dermody
Will Nuckols
Military divers are removing thousands of scrap
tires from the seabed off Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,
from a failed attempt to build artificial reefs.
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A Company Saved By Its Employees And Vendors
arely four months after being
forced to shut down due to financial hardship, high-tech racing and
cruising sailboat builder Eric Goetz is back
in business, largely thanks to his employees.
Earlier this year, when a major client pulled out of a sizable project, Eric
Goetz Custom Sailboats of Bristol, Rhode
Island, was forced into receivership. Losing
the project, an 82-foot custom sailboat
priced at roughly $8 million, severely
reduced the company’s cash flow and
forced Goetz to lay off all 75 of his employees on New Year’s Eve. But the amazing
thing is that his workers refused to leave.
“They said, ‘We have critical stuff going
on on the shop floor,’” Goetz explained. “I
said, ‘I realize that, guys, but I can’t pay
you.’” It didn’t matter; the vast majority of
them decided to work without pay, insisting that the work was too important not
to finish.
“With no prospect of getting paid,
we had anywhere from five to 25 people
on the shop floor working as volunteers on
any one day after our layoff,” Goetz said.
Office staff and sales people also
showed up to help. “They kept things
going, so that when they got called back
to work, all we had to do was turn on the
lights and not miss a beat.”
With the additional support of his
suppliers — many of whom agreed to
accept less than owed — Goetz bought
back company assets from his lender,
Citizens Bank, for $540,000, about half
the company’s original loan, and finally
was able to pick up where the former business left off. Now, the European client who
cancelled the sailboat project in December
is back, along with another European
customer. As for his employees, the vast
majority have returned to work, and Goetz
has been able to pay those who’d worked
voluntarily. — Gary Beckett
Boating Infrastructure
Grants Announced
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
awarded more than $12.5 million in Boating
Infrastructure Grants to 11 states, from
California to Maine. The funds will go to
build or improve facilities to serve transient
boaters. Money for the BIG Program, as it is
called, comes from federal excise taxes that
boaters pay on certain fishing and boating
equipment and on boat fuel. It can be used
for marina slips, landing docks, mooring
fields, and other facilities specifically for
transient traffic and this year’s allocation
supports 14 projects.
In announcing the grants, Secretary
of the Interior Ken Salazar said, “Boating is
one of our country’s favorite pastimes, and
the Boating Infrastructure Grant program
greatly enhances recreational opportunities
while conserving America’s aquatic natural
resources. Spending by boaters provides
significant revenues for business owners
and employees in every state. This program, funded by boaters, is a prime example of the direct economic benefits boating
can bring to local economies.”
BoatU.S. conceived the BIG program
and shepherded the legislation through
Congress in 1998 as part of what is today
known as the Sport Fishing and Boating
Trust Fund (formerly known as the Aquatic
Resources Trust Fund or simply the WallopBreaux Trust Fund after its congressional
sponsors). This year’s allocation from the
trust fund also provided approximately $3
million to 40 states willing to match smaller, noncompetitive grants under BIG.
The Service received 31 proposals from 14 states requesting a total of
more than $23 million. The number of
requests demonstrates continued strong
support for the program. The competitive
grants announced in April are as varied as
city-managed tie-up facilities in Tacoma,
Washington; moorings plus slips in a
Maine marina; a new fuel pier with a larger
dinghy landing on Catalina Island; and
new floating docks plus electrical, water
and fire protection improvements for transients visiting Lake Erie’s Put-In-Bay, Ohio.
A panel of representatives from
the Fish and Wildlife Service, as well
as a committee from the Sport Fishing
and Boating Partnership Council, reviewed
and ranked the BIG proposals. BoatU.S.
is a charter member of the Council, a
federally chartered body that advises the
Secretary of the Interior and the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service on important recreational fishing and boating
issues. — R.L.
West Marine Launches ‘Green Boating’ Contest
As part of its mission to improve and protect marine
habitat, West Marine, the nation’s largest boating supplies
retailer, will award a $10,000 prize for the “Green Product
of the Year.” “We hope to encourage innovation and a steady
stream of environmentally friendly products so our children
and children’s children will have the opportunity to enjoy
plentiful oceans and beautiful blue waters, as we have,” said
West Marine CEO Geoff Eisenberg. The competition is open
to individuals, manufacturers, distributors, and/or inven-
tors of boating products. The panel of seven judges includes
Ruth Wood, president, BoatU.S. Foundation; and BoatU.S.
Magazine technical editor Chuck Husick, former president
of Chris-Craft. Judges will select the winner based on how
effectively the product improves the marine environment,
conserves natural resources, reduces the “carbon wake” of
boating (fossil fuel consumption), and how it improves upon
products currently on the market. For rules and entry forms:
www.westmarine.com/green
— R.L.
9
This Message
Comes In
Many Bottles
A British adventurer has built a boat almost entirely
of plastic bottles to sail across the Pacific.
T
o some it’s a fool’s errand,
to others a romantic adventure. But most would agree it
would take a combination of
courage and serious engineering — not
to mention considerable cash — to sail
off into the sunset in a boat made from
plastic bottles. But that’s exactly what
the zero-emissions 60-foot Plastiki did
earlier this summer when it set sail from
San Francisco for Australia. The brainchild of British banking heir David de
Rothschild, Plastiki is being used to focus
on using waste as a reusable resource.
The two-masted sailboat designed and
built by experienced naval architects, boat-
builders, and marine structural engineers
has twin hulls made from recycled woven
fabric.“This is the same material that is
made out of bottles,” said de Rothschild of
the PET fabric. “We basically put it under
a vacuum, heat it, press it, and create these
long PET panels. This means the boat is,
technically, one giant bottle.”
More than 12,000 two-liter recycled
plastic bottles fitted around the hulls and
held in place by retaining nets and longitudinal fabric tubes provide flotation. Each
bottle was filled with 12 grams of dry ice to
pressurize the bottles and make them strong
enough to withstand the force of the waves.
The hulls can carry 250 liters of fresh
water, and a human-powered desalinator
can make six liters of drinking water at a
time. Electronics are courtesy of a bank
of a dozen 12-volt batteries in both hulls,
charged by solar panels on the cabin roof
and wind turbines.
Safety on such a previously untested
vessel is also at a premium. Onboard are two
406-MHz EPIRBS, an eight-person life raft,
personal strobes, emergency flares, MOB
strobe, and grab bags to contain the gear,
fire blankets, and fire extinguishers. The
voyage is expected to take three months.
The name of the boat is a nod to
the Kon-Tiki, the raft used by Norwegian
explorer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947
expedition across the Pacific.
Heyerdahl set out to prove that
South Americans could have settled
pre-Columbian Polynesia and used
only the materials and technologies
available to those peoples at the time.
For his part, de Rothschild hopes to prove
that today’s recycling technology can put
the most
ubiquitous
material to
good use at
sea. --- A.D.
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Daring Rescuers Awarded Hanson Medal
Top right, hugh moore park, Will Nuckols
On January 13, 2008, with temperatures in the low 50s and the wind gusting
to 23 miles per hour, three teen sailors
from the Southern Yacht Club in New
Orleans prepared to sail Lake Pontchartrain
in a 19-foot Flying Scot. All experienced
sailors, skipper Clerc Cooper, 15, and
crewmembers Chris Algero, 16, and Jon
Nunn, 15, headed out of the harbor and
spotted a small fishing boat struggling
in the heavy chop about 50 yards from
the seawall. Aboard were two men and a
woman, crowded into the stern of the boat
working on their stalled outboard. To the
teens’ horror, the weight imbalance and the
sizable chop on the lake swamped and then
the overturned hull. Cooper took off her
life jacket and threw it to the woman, and
one of the boys threw the woman a line.
The teens tried to maneuver closer to the
men, but wind and waves prevented them.
The woman refused to climb into the rescue boat without her boyfriend, who was
beginning to succumb to exhaustion and
go under. Cooper grabbed a life jacket and
dove in, swimming to the drowning men.
Inside the harbor, Walter Leger and his
son Rhett were testing their new 11-foot
dinghy when he spotted the small sailboat
in trouble on the lake. Walter radioed the
Coast Guard, and headed out to assist.
Upon entering the lake, the wind and waves
nearly flipped the dinghy backwards.
Walter stationed Rhett in the bow of
the dinghy to help hold it down.
Meanwhile, Algero and Nunn
pulled the drowning woman aboard
the Flying Scot, set sail for the harbor, and saw the Legers approaching. Cooper had climbed atop the
overturned boat to await rescue.
Rhett Leger threw lines to the men
in the water. But the men no longer
had the strength to hold the lines,
so Walter and Rhett dragged them
aboard. With the dinghy dangerously overloaded and the victims
drifting in and out of consciousness, Walter powered through the
wind and waves back to the safety
Some split-second thinking by passing boaters, then
of the harbor. The victims were
some real heroics, saves three people who got caught
taken to Landry’s dock, where parain a storm.
medics were called.
Meanwhile, Algero and Nunn
dropped the female victim off at the
Southern Yacht Club and returned
in a powerboat to retrieve Cooper
from the overturned hull. By the
time the Coast Guard arrived, the
victims were rescued, Cooper was
on her way back to the yacht club,
and the fishing boat broke apart and
sank. The victims were never identified. All were taken to the hospital.
After their release, the victims disappeared, without even a thank you
capsized the boat, throwing the three into to their rescuers. Due to medical privacy
the frigid water without life jackets.
laws, the rescuers will probably never know
With the Coast Guard station less than who the victims were. On May 25, 2008,
a mile away, but no radio to call for help, the five rescuers assembled at the Southern
the teens set sail for the capsized boat to Yacht Club where they were awarded citaassist. When they arrived, they determined tions from the U.S. Coast Guard and each
that the victims were already exhausted received the prestigious Arthur B. Hanson
and suffering the onset of hypothermia, Rescue Medal from US SAILING. Without
having been soaked by the waves before the skills and bravery of the teens and the
their boat capsized. None of the victims Legers, the situation would have certainly
could swim, and they were flailing around ended in tragedy.
— Dave Guilford
M
Muleskinner Blues
More than one million merchant
mariners, port workers, and U.S. Coast
Guard-licensed boat operators across the
nation have enrolled in the Department
of Homeland Security’s Transportation
Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
program since it started in 2007. By the
time you read this, we can add four mule
drivers in Pennsylvania to the rolls of the
properly credentialed. That’s right, these
are guides in 19th Century garb who lead
two mules along a towpath while interpreting local history for visitors to Easton’s
Hugh Moore Park. The Josiah White II is
powered by hay and oats, and takes visitors
on boat rides on the historic Lehigh Canal;
yet the federal agency required the operators, in their gingham bonnets and straw
hats, to obtain the TWIC card. Why?
Because years ago the Coast Guard determined that the canal-boat operators had to
be licensed captains and when Homeland
Security came along, well, the muleskinners just got “TWICed in” with the rest. To
obtain the card, an individual must provide
biographic and biometric information such
as fingerprints, sit for a digital photograph,
and successfully pass a security-threat
assessment conducted by Transportation
Security Administration personnel.
“It’s not like we have access to secured
areas in cargo ports or military bases or
facilities that are security-sensitive,” reports
park operations manager Sarah Hays. “We
tried to get a waiver. Homeland Security
said no.” For help, the park called Rep.
Charlie Dent who represents that district
in Congress. Armed with pictures of the
mules, George and Hank, Dent brought
the issue to the attention of Homeland
Security Secretary Janet Napolitano during
a House hearing, to no avail. Ironically,
the Coast Guard license that, shall we
say, harnessed the canal boats in the first
place, is specific to the Josiah White II
(continued on page 13)
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A New ‘Year of The Ocean’?
ust over a decade ago
the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
launched a year-long campaign
called The Year of the Ocean. The event,
coinciding with an International Year of the
Ocean, proved part celebration and part
education opportunity, and laid the political foundation for new policies to manage
the nation’s ocean and coastal resources
that have been taking shape ever since. The
1998 commemoration led to the formation of two high-level study commissions
— the Pew Oceans Commission and the
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy — that
delivered a raft of policy recommendations
in 2003 and 2004. Many of the recommendations that would require congressional
authorization floated around Capitol Hill
through the three succeeding Congresses
and now have resurfaced in the 111th
Congress.
When the White House changed
hands and the Democratic Party became
the majority party this year, with almost
lightning speed Congress passed five ocean
bills that mirror some of the commissions’ work. The new bills, signed into
law March 30, beef up ocean exploration,
coastal mapping, habitat protection, and
ocean-observing systems such as NOAA’s
real-time data gathering of water conditions that assisted in the quick recovery of
the debris from US Airways Flight 1549
in January. In the meantime, a number
of important laws requiring congressional
reauthorization that have languished, such
as the Coastal Zone Management Act (now
10 years overdue) or the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act, could move quickly this
year or next.
“These reauthorization bills, as well as
new legislation, could very well affect recreational boaters and anglers,” said BoatU.S.
Tell EPA to Wait on Ethanol Increase
The ethanol industry is asking the
Environmental Protection Agency to increase
ethanol in gasoline to 15% (E15), without
conducting research on what this will do
to your boat. It’s well established that the
current 10% Ethanol level (E10) causes big
problems for some marine engines and fuel
systems, and rushing E15 fuel to market,
without research, could be a disaster.
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But 54 ethanol producers can’t wait.
They’ve asked EPA to allow E15 fuel and
you have until July 20 to tell the agency,
No, at least not without testing because
today’s boats are not designed or warranteed for fuel above E10.
Send your comments to directly to the
EPA at: http://capwiz.com/nmma/home. But
please act today. July 20 is the deadline.
Vice President for Government Affairs
Margaret Podlich. “BoatU.S. will continue
to pursue these issues on Capitol Hill and
keep our members informed.”
However, one major piece of legislation, Oceans 21 (H.R. 21), which is based
on many of the two commissions’ recommendations, may stall precisely because of
the shift in Congress, Podlich said. The bill,
which would, among other things, codify
NOAA as an independent agency, promote
regional ocean governance models, and create an ocean advisor to the president, lost
key supporters through retirements last year.
The bill’s chief sponsor, Rep. Sam Farr
(D-CA), who co-chairs the House Ocean
Caucus, told a gathering of ocean advocates last March that while Oceans 21 is
not controversial, it will take time to convince new members of Congress to support
it. For info on current federal ocean legislation: www.BoatUS.com/gov.
— R.L.
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(“Mules,” continued from page 11)
and the Lehigh Canal. The muleskinners
have to know how to hitch up the animals and keep them walking during the
40-minute cruises, dock on a windy day,
and other safety procedures. A five-year
security card costs $132.50, plus $300
for each of the four Coast Guard operator
licenses; $1,730 ain’t hay for a small nonprofit, so it’s likely the $7 boat ride ticket
got kicked up this season. To see George
and Hank in action, visit: www.canals.org/
visitors/Josiah_White_II_Canal_Boat_Ride
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Shedding Light On Sunscreens
What you need to know before you spread
sunscreen all over yourself this summer.
Some are safer than others
Photo: Stock
W
e’re all familiar with the ritual — slathering white milky
sunscreen over every inch of our skin as we head out
for a day on the water. We do this because we know
the importance of sun safety, especially for our children. But have you ever stopped to think about the chemicals
in these lotions, and whether such constant use is really healthy
for our bodies? Active ingredients in sunscreens are divided into two
categories:
Chemical-based substances that absorb UVA and/or UVB rays
and prevent these rays from reaching our skin
Physical block sunscreens that reflect UVA and UVB rays away
from the skin.
Many active ingredients only protect against a portion of the
sun’s rays, so most sunscreen brands contain more than one active
ingredient for a broader spectrum of UVA and UVB coverage.
Sunscreen’s regulator — the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) – has been criticized for either being too sluggish in approving active ingredients already in wide use overseas, or for not thoroughly investigating possible health effects before these chemicals
are sold on the U.S. market. PABA (para amino benzoic acid) is
a prime example. Once the wonder drug of sunscreens, foreign
countries are now dropping PABA as an approved ingredient after
widespread consumer complaints of skin irritations led sunscreen
manufacturers to turn to other ingredients.
Meanwhile, the effectiveness of SPF (sun protection factor)
ratings is a whole different issue; the FDA has spent 10 years
developing guidelines for SPFs. Sunscreen manufacturers have
been promised updates to the FDA’s “1999 sunscreen monograph,” but are still waiting. These new guidelines are expected
to address SPF ratings, label wording, and the safety of active
ingredients. At press time, FDA spokeswoman Rita Chappelle said
the agency would unveil new sunscreen standards in the coming
months.
How concerned you should be about the active ingredients
in sunscreen depends on who you talk to — the FDA, of course,
stands behind the 17 active ingredients on its approved list, saying
they are all safe and effective ingredients. But scientific research is
focusing on some FDA-approved active ingredients that are suspected of disrupting hormones, increasing free radicals (increasing
the risk of skin cancer), and those that could penetrate and build
up in our bodies, such as newly developed nanoparticle-sized
ingredients. The jury is still out on these concerns. Skin specialists warn that potential risks of using sunscreen are less than the
very real threat of skin cancer which, according to the National
Cancer Institute, tops one million new cases each year in the U.S.
alone. Sun protection is a must for boaters and there are dozens of
products and ingredients to choose from. Prior to the FDA issuing
Suggested Products
We went shopping, spent time examining the labels of dozens of sunscreens on the market, and found the following selected
products free of problematic ingredients. Others may also fit the
bill; so be sure and read the label before you buy. (To check your
favorite sunscreen’s ingredients, go to www.BoatUS.com/Magazine
and check the chart only available in our digital edition.)
Soleo Organics Sunscreen
Marie Veronique Organics
Crème de Soleil, SPF 30+
Badger SPF 30
Lavera SPF 30 Babies & Children
Devita Solar Body Block 30
UV Natural ADULT
Sunscreen SPF 30+
EltaMD UV Physical SPF 41
Jason Sunbrellas® Chemical
Free Sun Block SPF30+
Kabana Skin Care Green
Screen Organic SPF20
Solar Rx Broad
Spectrum SPF 30+
Obagi Nu-Derm Physical
UV Block SPF 32
MelanSol®
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any new guidelines, here are four areas of
research on active sunscreen ingredients
currently ongoing:
Estrogenic effects: Numerous studies dating as far back as one reported in
the New Scientist in 2001 suggest that
active ingredients such as Octinoxate,
Oxybenzone, and Homosalate cause estrogenic effects, which means they can mimic
estrogen and could lead to developmental
abnormalities. Dr. Adnan Nasir, a Clinical
Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
is among the dermatologists who caution:
“I think these ingredients are best avoided
in children and during pregnancy. As far as
risks for otherwise healthy adults who have
no risk factors for breast or ovarian cancer, I
don’t know of any data that would suggest
avoidance.” Regulatory bodies in the U.S.
and Europe have not been convinced by
studies attempting to prove the health risks
of these ingredients.
Increased production of free radicals: Scientists are examining whether
active ingredients such as Oxybenzone,
PABA, Cinoxate, Octinoxate, Homosalate,
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duce free radicals after they’ve been absorbed
and broken down in human skin. Free
radicals break down DNA and can cause
an increased risk of skin cancer. “Our data
shows,” says Dr Kerry Hanson, a University
of California, Riverside, researcher, “that if
coverage at the skin surface is low, the UV
filters in sunscreens that have penetrated
into the epidermis can potentially do more
harm than good.” The European Union
has required warning labels on sunscreens
that contain Oxybenzone, although it has
not banned the ingredient.
Nanoparticle-sized ingredients:
Nanoparticles are ultra tiny particles, 100
nanometers or less. Sunscreen manufacturers have started using nanotechnology to
make substances such as titanium dioxide
and zinc oxide spread more easily and
appear less greasy and pasty. However,
the health risks of using nanoparticlesized ingredients remain unestablished
and numerous groups, including the
Consumers Union, have called on the
FDA to conduct safety testing and require
nanoparticle disclosure on sunscreen labeling. To date, studies suggest nanoparticles
are safe as long as they stay outside the
skin; however blemishes and cuts could
lead to nanoparticles entering skin tissue
where they can cause damage to cell membranes, DNA, and protein. “Nanoparticles
are virtually indestructible,” says Dr. Nasir.
“Titanium is a metal.
“If nanoparticles enter the skin and
body and can’t get out, then there is
a potential for gradual accumulation of
nanomaterials over time.” In Australia,
many sunscreen manufacturers have begun
producing and advertising “nano-free”
sunscreen as a result of growing consumer
concerns about nanoparticle-sized ingredients.
Heavy Sunscreen Use
And Vitamin D
Other than the general concern over
the active ingredients listed above, longterm use of sunscreen doesn’t yet seem to
pose health risks. However, new studies are
showing that heavy use of sunscreens may
interfere with the body’s natural production of vitamin D, which is a cancer-fighting nutrient. While some people advocate
exposure to sunshine for adequate vitamin
D, the American Academy of Dermatology
recommends getting it through diet and
vitamin supplements. Good dietary sources
of vitamin D include fish (tuna, mackerel,
salmon) and dairy products.
When shopping for sunscreen, examine the active ingredients section on the
label. When we did this, we discovered
that the active ingredients and dosage for
Aveeno Baby SPF 55 was exactly the same
as the adult-blend Aveeno Continuous
Protection SPF 55, both containing
Oxybenzone and Homosalate, which doctors warn against using on children under
age 6. Aveeno isn’t alone. Coppertone and
Banana Boat also market special baby or
children’s sunscreen formulas that have
these ingredients (in smaller doses than the
adult formulas).
Consumer Reports recently looked at
sunscreens that companies claimed did
not use nanoparticles. The magazine’s find:
four out of five sunscreens actually did
contain the ultra-small particles (of zinc
or titanium). The FDA doesn’t currently
require sunscreen manufacturers to label
nanoparticle-sized ingredients. The best
way to tell whether a sunscreen has nanoparticle-sized zinc or titanium is to test
how well it spreads. If it becomes transparent when rubbed on, it probably uses
nanoparticles.
Best Sunscreens For
Sensitive Skin:
Best Ingredients
For Boaters:
For allergies, eczema, or sensitive skin,
physical blockers are best. “The most common sunscreen allergy is directed to PABA,”
says Dr. Clay Cockerell, clinical professor of
Dermatology and Dermatopathology, and
director of Cockerell and Associates Dermpath
Diagnostics of Dallas, Texas. Dr. Cockerell is
developing a sunscreen body wash aimed
at people who resist using sunscreens such
as children. The SPF 20 protection would
remain on the skin even after rinsing.
Zinc oxide — a blocker that protects
against UVA and UVB rays.
Ecamsule (Mexoryl SX) — a chemical
popular in Europe, Canada, and Australia,
approved by the FDA in 2006.
Jill Culora is a Rhode Island-based freelance
writer who has crewed on sailboats in the
Mediterranean, Caribbean, Eastern US
seaboard, New Zealand and Australia.
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and Save!
Photo Credit: Ari Bakker
Read The Labels
Tips For Boaters:
Use a broad-spectrum (UVA & UVB)
water-resistant sunscreen that is SPF 15
or greater.
Apply sunscreen like you would paint.
Use two coats to cover problem spots.
Re-apply sunscreen every two hours as
most sunscreens break down and become
ineffective after two hours.
Wear a sunscreen lip balm to prevent
lip cancer.
Hats and shade are always a good idea.
Wear UVA- and UVB-blocking sunglasses.
Wear UV- blocking clothing or treat
your clothes with Rit SunGuard Laundry
Treatment UV Protectant, which coats
your clothes with SPF 30 (lasts 20 washes).
Best Ingredients For
Children Under Six:
Zinc-based ingredients are best for children because zinc is a naturally occurring
compound in our bodies.
It’s also important for children to wear
hats and protective clothing and avoid sun
exposure between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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A
Get Me To
cknowledging effective Beyond Perseverance On Lake Superior
projects and people is only
Developing public access to the water can be a timehalf the goal of BoatU.S.’s consuming process but northern Minnesota boaters didn’t
Recreational Boating think it would take the patience of Job to get a launching
Access Awards, started area built on Lake Superior near Duluth. When the McQuade
in 2007. We also seek to provide inforinfor Public Access and Small Craft Harbor officially opened last
18, it marked the culmination of 16 years of collaboramation, share contacts, and inspire other July
tion, consultation, and sometimes-contentious negotiation.
boaters to work with their community That’s right. The project took more than a decade and a half
leaders and groups to stem the tide on of feasibility studies, public meetings, land-use planning,
losing their access to the waterfront. The more public meetings, design work, yet more meetings,
winning projects presented here required legal negotiations, and — what else? — more meetings, at
patience, perseverance, and open com- least 144 in all. That’s what it took to make the process
according to retired city planner Bill Majewski, whose
munication with the community. Meet work,
involvement actually goes back even farther and who became
last year’s winners, who hope to assist unofficial “historian” for the grand opening.
you and other boaters in preserving and
Today, the $11 million project boasts a harbor of just
protecting access to the water.
With boaters in some parts of the country
losing access to the water, BoatU.S. created the
annual Recreational Boating Access Awards to
recognize success in preserving or improving
waterway access. The 2008 winners are an inspiration
By Ryck Lydecker
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The Water
over three acres, three launching ramps plus a separate kayak
ramp, trailer parking for 54 vehicles as well as 23 car-only
spaces, three shore-fishing platforms, solar lighting and public walkways for non-boaters, all protected by two massive
stone breakwaters. After all, this is the lake that swallowed
the 730-foot iron-ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald. Construction
started in the spring of 2005 and many veterans of the project say building it was the easy part.
The idea for a small-craft harbor on Superior’s rocky,
exposed shore somewhere along the 18-mile reach from
Duluth to Knife River was discussed as early as 1975,
Majewski recalls. But the concept didn’t get to the serious conversation stage until 1982 when the Western Lake
Superior Trollers Association suggested the state Department
of Natural Resources (DNR) build a boat launching site on
city-owned land. Formal plans for such a harbor, unveiled in
1989, met stiff opposition.
Margaret Podlich of BoatU.S. (center right) presents a 2008
Boating Access award to the city of Gulfport, Florida for its
planned new mooring field for local and transient boaters.
It was a long time coming but Lake Superior boaters have
a new launching area and harbor of refuge near Duluth,
Minnesota, and a 2008 Boating Access Award to show for it.
Photo courtesy of Minnesota Dnr
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These two young boaters probably weren’t even born when planning began
for a much-needed new launching area for western Lake Superior.
“It was nearly the start of a civil war in Duluth, pitting
neighbor against neighbor,” Majewski recalls. “The city and the
DNR suffered a proverbial public flogging that wouldn’t soon
be forgotten.” But local boaters and anglers kept the idea alive,
and by 1992 the then-mayor appointed a “Duluth Safe Harbor
Committee” with membership from all sides and a mandate to
find answers. “The grassroots planning concept was new and
unfamiliar,” Majewski says. “The bitter words and deep scars
were fresh; trust was not the flavor of the day.”
Nonetheless, the group agreed to decision-by-consensus,
abandoning majority rule, and nailed down definitions. By
the next year it delivered a statement recognizing “a legitimate
desire to provide a means of access with appropriate safety
for boaters and the public that will protect and enhance each
group’s desire to enjoy and protect the environment.”
If there’s one lesson to be learned, Majewski reports, it’s to
keep the public aware and involved “as an active participant in
every step of the process.” What he calls the “fish-bowl planning model” stayed in effect from the first committee meeting
16 years earlier through the grand opening celebration last summer. It took four units of local government; representatives of
boating, fishing, and environmental groups; as well as the state
DNR, the Minnesota Sea Grant Program, and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers providing technical expertise, to get the job
done. But it proved worth it — the site logged 2,000 launchings before the end of the ’08 season. (For more information:
www.dnr.state.mn.us/water_access/harbors/mcquade.html)
A Sense Of Vision On Lake Erie
About 800 water miles and three lakes downstream from
the Duluth project, the City of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, also overcame initial opposition to developing a small-boat launching
area on Lake Erie. And while the process to develop a vacant
and neglected waterfront parcel took just five years — not 16
as in Duluth — in a curious coincidence, the Community Park
Boat Launch opened the same day, July 18, 2008. The two projects have much in common.
“For decades small-craft owners in Sheffield Lake faced a
closed-in lakefront with no place to launch for at least six miles,”
reports William Gardner, the city’s now-retired service director
who saw the project through from start to finish.
“The city owned a non-descript ‘park’ on the water across
the street from a run-down shopping center that cut off our ability
to put in adequate parking for a boat launching area,” Gardner
explains, as he ticks off the list of obstacles boating advocates faced:
a disheartened citizenry with “no waterfront vision,” a less-thanenthusiastic board at the adjacent public library, a skeptical Ohio
Department of Natural Resources, the potential primary funding
source, and finally the shopping center’s “hostile” owner.
Enter the man with the vision, Mayor John Piskura, who instituted various environmental studies that showed little potential
impact, an economic study that demonstrated the project could
help revitalize commercial opportunity, and an open invitation to
all the cities in Lorain County to be part of the process and gain
free access to the lake for their citizens.
“After five years of negotiation, public outcry, building violations and legal action,” says Gardner, “the shopping center granted
the city a lease for the overflow parking we needed to meet DNR
requirements for funding.” (Contact Bill Gardner: williamgardner
@yahoo.com)
Model Planning In Coastal Carolina
Like the other states in the Southeast, North Carolina has
seen water access for boaters and anglers disappear in recent years
as developers gobble up waterfront and convert existing marinas
to residential use. Except in Morehead City, that is, where local
government had been working methodically for nearly 10 years
to preserve water access for citizens and visitors alike. That’s the
reason BoatU.S. presented one of its 2008 Boating Access Awards
to the mayor, the city manager, the parks and recreation director,
and the entire town council.
“Morehead City recognized loss of water access as a serious
Photo Courtesy of Minnesota DNR
problem years before state or county governments did,” reports
Connie Asero, an avid boater who also heads the downtown revitalization program. “Organized citizen advocacy for water-access
projects and grant programs to make them happen were almost
non-existent but government officials were willing to listen to a few
concerned voices — then act.”
With remarkable foresight, city government began a step-bystep approach in 1998 to not only preserve water access within the
municipality, but actually expand it. Efforts began with developing
small neighborhood access sites for hand-launched watercraft, to
larger sites with ramps for trailer boats. Then the city even purchased a small island just off its waterfront, making it into a nature
preserve that also protects visiting boats from wakes coming off
the adjacent ICW.
Morehead City won a federal Boating Infrastructure Grant
in 2007 (and another this year, see story page 19) to install
slips for transient boaters cruising the waterway while also
beginning work on a new 10-ramp launching area with parking for over 150 towing rigs. Local governments in North
Carolina and elsewhere are now using Morehead City as a
model. (Contact Connie Asero: dmcra@embarqmail.com or visit
www.downtownmoreheadcity.com)
Changing Towing Laws In North Carolina
It’s one thing to have adequate launching areas but first you
have to be able to get your boat to the ramp. One BoatU.S. Boating
Access Award went to a state legislator who helped North Carolina
boaters solve a trailering conundrum last year. The law then on
the books limited towing a boat and trailer combination any wider
than 8½ feet to daylight hours only. It also excluded towing on
Sundays and on certain holidays — exactly when many trailer
boaters need to be on the road — and required a state permit.
In a textbook example of grassroots activism in the Internet
Age, trailer boaters, tournament anglers, and a coalition of North
Carolina-based boatbuilders, including Grady-White and Parker
Marine, lobbied successfully to change the law, only to see the governor veto the measure. That’s when bill sponsor, State Representative
Arthur Williams (D-Dist. 6), campaigned citizens to contact lawmakers in Raleigh, and in the single-day session, they overturned
the veto. One lawmaker said he “got more mail and phone calls on
this issue than I ever got on taxes.” (Contact Robin Parker: robin@
parkerboats.net)
Now Welcoming Boaters In Gulfport
For years, derelict boats littered Florida’s Boca Ciega Bay off the
Gulf of Mexico near Tampa. During storms, some abandoned boats
washed ashore on private property or blew into city piers, generating understandable ill will among residents and city officials. The
City of Gulfport enacted ordinances on anchoring and even strict
limits on vessel visits that, to many boaters, seemed anti-boating.
Indeed, says Cindy Davis of the Boca Ciega Yacht Club, Gulfport
gained a reputation for being hostile toward boating.
The solution? Develop a managed mooring field to serve
both residents and visiting boaters, and promote responsible
use of the waterways. Sounds good, but it proved anything
but easy to convince some residents. In 2005, Florida passed a
“working waterfront” law to help stem the tide of access loss.
Subsequent studies demonstrated that the mooring-field concept could help accomplish its aims. Thus, Gulfport officials
and citizens used the full suite of public-process planning tools
to develop a Harbor Management Plan. In 2008 the city
council and the Pinellas County Commission approved plans
for a mooring field that can accommodate 50 boats and be
expanded to 100. Oh, and the city’s reputation? It’s bound
to change. The local chamber of commerce has created a
“welcome packet” that’s delivered to visiting boaters. (For
info: BWorthington@ci.gulfport.fl.us, or www.ci.gulfport.fl.us.
Sunshine Shortcut
It’s fair to say that lots of cruisers who visit Gulfport will
eventually find themselves cutting across the Sunshine State
via Florida’s unique east-west route through Lake Okeechobee.
On the lake’s southwest shore, at the entrance to the
Caloosahatchee Canal leading to the Gulf of Mexico, lies the
city of Moore Haven, site of a public-private partnership that
earned the final BoatU.S. Boating Access Award last year. Here
a private marina operator is redeveloping a run-down facility
in the first phase of a three-step waterfront revitalization plan.
When rebuilt, the Moore Haven Marina will bring new income
to an economically depressed community. Plans call for dredging, boat-ramp renovation, and new shoreside facilities to serve
transients and local boaters alike.
According to John Smith, general manager for the project,
a combination of grants and private investment is making it
possible to revive this otherwise unusable, unsafe facility that
has suffered severe hurricane damage. But in an interesting
twist, Smith and his firm, River Forest Yachting Center in Stuart,
on Florida’s Atlantic coast, are helping the city pro bono. “We
have no financial interest in this,” he explains. “We saw the
opportunity for the city. We had the resources and know-how.
We got involved.”
That approach prompted the local business and professional community to commit $750,000 in cash and in-kind
contributions. Smith and his team secured donated labor, materials, and engineering services, and even negotiated a discount
on a new 450-foot floating dock. The BoatU.S. award goes to
both the River Forest Yachting Center and the City of Moore
Haven. (Contact John Smith: jsmith@riverforestyc.com)
Get In Touch
All the people in this article welcome the opportunity to
share what they’ve learned. Their experiences could inspire
you, save you time and money, and be your first step in helping
your community to create new access points to the waterfront
we all love so much.
Ryck Lydecker is associate editor of BoatU.S. Magazine,
focusing on government affairs and boating access issues.
Nominations For 2009 BoatU.S.
Access Awards Now Open
BoatU.S. is now accepting nominations for the 2009
Recreational Boating Access Awards. Applications will
be accepted through October 1, 2009; winners will be
announced by October 31. (Previous entrants are not
eligible.) For information, judging criteria, and application
forms, or to see previous winners: www.BoatUS.com/gov/
AccessAward.
Ski Fever
Modern slalom competitors push the
boundaries of their sport, thanks to
improved technology and conditioning.
Inset, this vintage shot, from the archives
of USA Water Ski, shows that waterskiing
has always been a sport for daredevil fun.
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Photo By Jaret LLeweLLyn
The people and boats behind one of the most exhilarating sports on the water — By Tom Dove
W
aterskiing spreads through families
and communities like stray neutrons in
chain reactions. Two kids ski at camp,
marry, buy a runabout, and raise a fam-ily of tournament waterski champions. It
happens all the time. Something about this sport is
mighty contagious.
The People — Jack and Lelani Travers epitomize
the energy that prevails in competition waterskiing. With the enthusiasm of youth, they opened the first
full-time professional waterski school in 1973. Their reputation
draws top-level skiers from around the world to Sunset Lakes, their
facility in central Florida. There are 22,000 tournament waterskiers
in the U.S., out of some 16 million recreational skiers worldwide.
Lelani and I chatted at their kitchen table on a showery, 60-degree day in January. An undaunted cluster of skiers took turns to
slalom back and forth outside; Jack joined us in between lessons.
She said, “We’ve had show skiers come to work on their jumping
because we’ve always been known as a place where you can get
better at that. We have all levels, from very beginners getting up
on the water to the guy who’s out there now; he’s ranked number 22 in the world in the Open Men’s Division. We’re working
on our third generation,” Lelani smiled. “We’ve had people come
here, then their children, then their grandchildren, which tells you
how old Jack and I are ... or how young we were when we started.”
When I commented that waterskiing seemed to run in families, she said, “It’s like people who all go snow skiing or biking,
the children just grow up with it. Parents come here and literally figure out how to put the baby’s car seat in the towboat. Both
our boys were on the water by the time they were 18 months. It
depends on the parents being comfortable with what they know.”
Jack noted, “It’s easier to accomplish our goals if you start young.
Most of the national team members began competing when they were
about seven. They started skiing when they were two or three.”
The Events — Trick, Slalom, and Jump are the three waterski events
and each is governed by a strict set of rules. Trick skis are short, up to
43-44 inches, with rounded ends. In tournaments, competitors have
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tition skier is to a commercial tugboat as a Corvette is to a Kenworth. Both have lots of
power and torque, but the ski boat needs to accelerate out of the hole quickly, run fast
and steady with a perfectly clean wake, and track as straight as a shot. It’s a dragster.
Commercial users such as the Travers and tournament teams give the
towboats a workout. The Ski Nautique they were running the day I visited already had over 400 hours on it in three months of use. That’s more
than most recreational owners put on their boats in years, and it’s tough duty.
Accelerate at full throttle from a standing start, run for half a minute at high
speed, idle a moment, turn and do it again. Repeat for eight hours every day.
There are three major makers of tournament-level ski boats in the U.S.: Correct
Craft, MasterCraft, and Malibu. One design will
work perfectly for three of the events: slalom,
jumping, and tricks, but wakeboarding calls for
a specialized hull that can control the size and
shape of the wake. A skillful crossover design
can serve the four events in all but the highestlevel tournaments and be a fine family boat too.
Steve Mask, the prototyping and propulsion manager for Correct Craft, said, “Our
V-drive boats might carry 1,100 pounds of
ballast. We use a poly tank that holds 30
to 40 gallons of water ballast. It doesn’t
compromise the flotation or structure of the
boat.” Correct Craft has refined boats for skiing, wakeboarding, and crossover functions
in their Nautique lines for
more than 40 years, using
straight-shaft inboards for
their ski boats and V-drives
for wakeboard and crossover
designs. Unlike most other
major boatbuilders who produce a wide variety of vessels
for fishing, cruising, dayboating, or racing, Correct Craft
makes only three products.
In three lines, Ski
Nautique, Air Nautique, and
Crossover Nautique, the hulls
move through the long building, receiving plumbing, wiring, hardware, and inboard
drive systems. The big V8s are
integrated into massive mounts that can take the stresses of sudden application of
400 horsepower. “The boat does very well with a 5.7-liter, 343-hp Chevrolet engine
and probably 80 to 90 percent of the Ski Nautiques have that. If there’s not enough
power, when the skier cuts out toward the outside ball and then makes his counter
cut and heads back through the wake, it will actually slow down the boat speed to
where the speed control cannot stick with it and you’ll get re-runs on a constant basis.”
There’s quite a bit of specialized equipment in a tournament-level towboat.
The Nautique rudders are slotted in a trim tab design that produces a constant
slight pull to one side, making it easier to steer straight with steady pressure on
the wheel. A husky stainless-steel “guillotine” trim tab on the transom can be
driver-controlled to vary the wake. Ballast tanks in the hull hold varying amounts
of water to change the boat displacement and trim, adjusting the wake size.
That big tower atop the hull is aluminum to reduce weight aloft. Of course,
one seat faces aft so the observer (required in most states) can watch the skier.
One of the most interesting developments in towboat technology is a GPScontrolled speed system. You need exactly 36 miles per hour? Push the buttons and
you’ve got it.
— T.D.
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two 20-second passes down the course
to do as many tricks as they can from a
specified collection of possibilities. For
slalom, “You have speeds you start at and
maximum speeds you end at, depending
on your age group,” Lelani said. “We have
kids who are six, so they start at the slowest
speeds. At each of those speeds, you start
taking line off for each run. The rope starts
at 75 feet. From the center of the course to
the buoy, it’s 42 feet. Then it goes 15, 22,
28, 32 — that’s off the line.
Our son, who’s the number-one
under-21 skier in the world, has done 41
feet off the 75-foot rope. It becomes very
technical at that point — the way you hold
the handle, the angle of the skis, where you
turn, the distance you’re looking at — very
complicated, actually.”
Do the math. On a single ski at 36
miles per hour, Jonathan Travers accelerates
in an arc to pass outside a buoy that’s eight
feet farther away than the line will reach,
then cuts across the wake and does the
same thing to the other side, repeatedly.
He’s obviously tall, in top physical condi
condition, and has mighty quick reflexes.
“In jump, there are varying speeds,
lengths, and jump heights,” said Lelani.
“The highest ramp is six feet; the longest
jump off a six-foot ramp is 247 feet.”
Looking at a photo of a champion jumper, I
could see that the heights he reached while
jumping nearly the length of a football field
were enough to scare a hang glider.
Physical condition is key to these
top levels. Paul McDonald of Manchester,
England, was at Sunset Lakes to improve
his skills. Like the other skiers there, he
was lean and muscular. He said, “The ski
skiers who take it seriously train hard. They
do running, cycling, and gym exercise in
the off season. You need strength and
flexibility everywhere. You can’t just look
after one bit of the body. If you hold onto
the handle a split second too long or alter
your weight a fraction, it can be the difference between ruling the course and not.
You may be touching 50 miles per hour as
you cross the boat, then slow to 20 miles
per hour at the center.”
You can get hurt while competing or
in practice. Natalia Bervnikova, a young
woman from Belarus, Russia, was just
returning to the sport after a knee injury
that took her out of world competition last
year. She said, “I’m trying to get back in
condition. I want to do this year, probably,
Waterskiing as entertainment started with the Pope
family (Dick Pope and son pictured at left), founders of Cypress Gardens. At right, today trick ski
competitors continue to put on a show.
Vintage photos Courtesy of usa Water ski.
The Boats — Waterskiing requires a towboat, but the vessel that pulls a compe-
Photo By Jaret LLeweLLyn
the U.S. Masters (Atlanta) and a couple
of World Cups (Russia, Malaysia, Qatar,
Canada). I did gymnastics before. That
was good preparation.” Bervnikova won
a waterski scholarship to the University of
Louisiana, Monroe, and recently earned
her degree there. (See page 33 for American
colleges with waterski teams.) Jack Travers
noted a similarity between the demographics of waterskiing and sailboat racing, saying, “We lose skiers when they graduate
from college. They get away from skiing for
three or four years. Then with jobs, they get
the time and money to get back into it.”
There are plenty of ways an adult
can enter or return to tournament skiing. The events are divided into age
and ability levels, so you don’t have to
revert to youth like Benjamin Button to
compete. “The manufacturers are making what they call ‘Wide Body’ skis that
give more support and get out of the
water easier,” said Jack. “There are specific
skis for women, men, and older people.”
The Places — The Travers bought a
tract of farmland, platted a small community there and dug three lakes, optimized for
waterskiing. “A tournament waterski lake
has to be a minimum of 1,800 feet long,”
said Jack. “This one is 1,960 feet. For jumping you need a minimum of 300 feet wide
in the jump area. Making the lake as narrow and long as possible keeps wind from
getting on the lake. You notice this grass
(planted along the sides) totally dissipates
the wakes. We’ve got an island here that
dissipates the wake at the end; otherwise
the waves would go all the way through.”
There’s more. As Paul McDonald said
of Sunset Lakes, “It faces so that the
prevailing wind is not straight down the
course. That’s something that can make
a really big difference to the quality of
the site. If it’s blowing more than 10
miles per hour on some lakes, you can’t
ski. In many places, if we have a lake
that faces just off North-South or WestEast, you generally have good conditions.”
On public waters, waterskiers search
out spaces where they won’t encounter
kids in sailing classes or cruisers at anchor,
and heavy wakes from passing boat traffic.
Designated waterski areas in calm places
or even times of day can prevent conflicts
from arising. There should be room for
all of us as we share our enthusiasms.
Waterskiing does breed enthusiasm. And
it’s contagious.
Tom Dove has written more than 1,000 technical, how-to, and travel articles.
skis
“I must go down to the seas again,
slalom
To the lonely sea and the sky...”
(from John Masefield’s
poem Sea Fever, sort of)
More InforMatIon
Correct Craft 14700 aerospace Parkway, orlando fL 32832
www.nautiques.com
Sunset Lakes 20225 Cr 33, Groveland, fL 34762.
352-429-9027 www.jacktravers.com
MasterCraft Boat Company 100 Cherokee Cove,
Vonore tn 37885 www.mastercraft.com
Malibu Boats www.malibuboats.com
USa Waterski 1251 Holy Cow road, Polk City fL 33868
863-324-4341 www.usawaterski.org
for details about the events, their parameters and the current
champions, see the official tournament site at www.usawaterski.org
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How I Got That Shot
Like Leaves
In The Wind
By Sandra Critelli
or the third day, we were motoring
around Holbox Island in the Gulf of
Mexico, trying to find whale sharks,
so we could snorkel with them, and
photograph them. It was June. I was
searching the horizon when I spotted this astonishing “wave” of cownose rays. We turned the boat towards
the school, turned off the engine, and
watched them move past us. There
were thousands! They were swimming on the surface, and deep down,
and all going in the same direction. They looked like beautiful leaves moving softly and gently by the wind.
Later I learned that they migrate 10,000 at a time, and
are found in the warm currents from Brazil all the way to
southern New England. Passive creatures, they can live
until about 13 years of age, and can be abundant in the
Chesapeake in the summer.
As quickly as they appeared that magic day, the migrating rays disappeared. I felt very fortunate to experience
something so beautiful.
Sandra Critelli is a professional photographer living and working
in New York City.
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courtesy of webb institute
Engineering students prepare a
hull model for a tank test at Webb
Institute in New York.
An archaeology student at University of West Florida
returns from diving on Emmanuel Point II, a 16thCentury Spanish shipwreck.
The boaT
lovers’
Guide
american
colleGes
top to bottom: courtesy university of west florida, courtesy of u.s. merchant marine academy, kelly brown, humboldt state university
By Tim Murphy
Students at three service academies trade tuition
and sea time for national service.
Students from Humboldt State University in
California take water and sediment samples aboard
the Coral Sea.
This BoatU.S Magazine exclusive
roundup of colleges, written specifically
for students, presents the top marine
programs and related extracurricular
boating activities in America. The first of
its kind, use it with our extensive online
database of links to find inspiration, and
the right school for you and your family.
Parents, a warning:
This article will make you wish
you were young again!
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CollegeBoard, Princeton
Review, Barron’s, Peterson’s, U.S. News &
World Report — they’ve all got their own
special way of sorting institutions of higher learning into lists the size of telephone
books, each one designed to help steer
the biggest decision in a young scholar’s
life. What you’ll hardly find in any of
these lists is boats. Yet dozens of colleges
and universities across the United States
offer hundreds of top-notch programs,
both academic and extracurricular, to
students who want to hone their skills in
and on the water.
To fill that gap we’ve surveyed some
of these programs, and created our own
BoatU.S. Magazine list of the top boating
colleges in the country – schools that offer
the best mix of water-oriented studies and
A University of West Florida archaeology student
works to excavate the Emmanuel Point II, one of
11 ships that brought colonists and soldiers to
Florida in 1559.
in the marine environment, today’s
colleges offer a terrific set of choices.
Given the range
of marine-related
fields, you’ll first
want to decide in a
broad sense which
academic direction
to pursue. Let’s
look within engineering first. Are
you good at trigonometry and calculus, chemistry and
physics? Do you
Florida Institute of Technology students survey Sebastian Inlet, Florida.
like them? If so,
consider such fields
as ocean engineering, coastal engineering,
fun. We found marine-based programs
marine engineering, or naval architecture.
aimed at students whose interests range
All offer strong post-grad prospects. “All
from engineering to science to liberal arts,
our students who graduated in December
as well as hundreds of teams and clubs
have jobs,” said Gerard Coleman, a senior
that offer coaching and camaraderie in
lecturer of marine engineering at Texas
waterskiing and sailing, even competitive
A&M University in Galveston. “In fact,
bass fishing. A comprehensive list of all
the industry has asked us to crank up our
these programs, including links, can be
graduation rate.”
found at www.BoatUS.com/Colleges For
The American Society of Naval
now, let’s scan the horizon.
Engineers (www.navalengineers.org) is a
good place to find an overview of the
Studies First
marine-related fields in engineering. Its
If you love being on and around lakes,
members describe naval engineering as “a
rivers, and oceans, and want to build
career both steeped in tradition and at the
your studies, perhaps even your career,
cutting edge of technology.” Like many
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marine fields, this one is interdisciplinary,
drawing on electrical, mechanical, civil,
and ocean engineering. Naval engineers
design, build, run, and maintain every kind
of ship: commercial, military, submarines,
aircraft carriers. Focused subcategories
of naval engineering include naval architecture and marine engineering. Ocean
engineers have a slightly different focus:
They’re particularly concerned with what
happens to structures underwater as well
as above it. They design vessels and devices
that scan the ocean floor, assist with salvage
and recovery, and rescue submarines.
If you find any of these marine-related
engineering fields interesting and you’ve
shown the aptitude for it, you’ll need to
weigh an important life choice: whether to
enroll in a regimental program. Three federal academies — the U.S. Naval Academy,
the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy — offer
top-notch instruction, plenty of sea time,
and free tuition in exchange for a commitment to serve the country after graduation.
Also, state-funded maritime academies in
California, Maine, Massachusetts, New
York, and Texas offer their own mix of government aid for a commitment of service.
Alternatively, there are plenty of
good engineering programs with a more
civilian character. ASNE recommends
several schools for particular curricula.
For naval engineering: Stevens Institute
of Technology (NJ). For naval architecture and marine engineering: University
of Michigan, University of New Orleans,
Webb Institute (NY). For offshore engineering: University of California at Berkeley.
For ocean engineering: Florida Institute
of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, University of Rhode Island,
and Florida Atlantic University. Our online
BoatU.S. list of majors includes links to
these and other programs.
Now let’s consider the marine sciences. If you loved your lab-science courses
in high school, look at the colleges offering
good programs in marine biology, marine
science, oceanography, or fisheries. These
programs also tend to be interdisciplinary
— drawing on biology, chemistry, physics, geophysics, mathematics, botany, zoology, meteorology, geography — and they
encourage curious minds to understand
marine environments from the microscopic
level to that of global systems. Plus, you
can expect ample fieldwork on the water.
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If you enroll in the fisheries department at
Humboldt State University in California, for
example, your classroom will be a 90-foot
aluminum trawler with 12 bunks called the
Coral Sea. Want to learn more about the
largest mammal that ever lived? Dr. Bruce
Mate was recently featured in National
Geographic’s “Kingdom of the Blue Whale.”
He teaches at Oregon State University’s
Marine Mammal Institute.
Or how about the ways “ocean currents link the nearshore mangrove forests,
outlying seagrass beds, offshore coral reefs,
and deep-sea regions of Florida and the
Intra-Americas Sea in an interconnected
system of underwater habitats”? The Florida
Institute of Technology, affiliated with the
Caribbean Marine Research Center, has
research sites in Lee Stocking Island in
the Bahamas, in addition to several others in Florida and the Caribbean basin.
The MarineBio Society (http://marinebio.
org) offers an excellent overview of college
programs and career possibilities. Also
see Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine
Station careers page (www.marine.stanford.
edu/careers.htm).
If you love fishing, care about its longterm viability, and possess talents that range
from science to politics, consider fisheries.
You’ll find good programs at universities
all around the country; the University
of Alaska at Fairbanks devotes an entire
school with two campuses to it — one
surrounded by glaciers near Lena Cove in
the Tongass National Rainforest, the other
overlooking Mt. McKinley and surrounded
by subarctic streams and lakes. Both are
near the world’s most productive fisheries
habitat. “Students are preparing to enter
this challenging area, using applied biological techniques ranging from molecular
genetics to hip-boot-and-outboard-motor
field ecology to biomathematical analysis
of population models,” says the School
of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences web site.
Because the school recognizes that problem-solving in fisheries deals with diverse
aspects of life, students also train broadly
in disciplines outside of science.
Moving on from engineering and hard
science, maybe you’d rather read and write
about history or literature or the social
sciences. In that case, check out some of
the college programs that offer bachelor-ofarts degrees in maritime studies, or fields
related to boating such as Caribbean studies or maritime archeology. A pair of students doing fieldwork at
the maritime studies program at the University of
West Florida in Pensacola
recently discovered the
remains of a Spanish colonization fleet wrecked
in 1559, more than 60
years before the Pilgrims
landed at Plymouth. Not
a bad bonus for an afternoon of scuba diving.
If your time on the
The 25 “Boatiest”
Schools In America
The schools on this list (arranged
alphabetically, not ranked) offer at
least three different accredited marinerelated programs, both academic and
extracurricular.
Auburn University (AL)
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida State University
Maine Maritime Academy
Ohio University
Old Dominion University (VA)
State University of New York,
Maritime College
Texas A&M at Galveston
University of Alabama
University of California at Davis
University of California
at Los Angeles
University of California
University of Connecticut
University of Michigan
University of New Orleans (LA)
University of North Carolina
University of Oregon
University of Rhode Island (RI)
University of San Diego (CA)
University of Washington
U.S. Coast Guard Academy (CT)
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (NY)
U.S. Naval Academy (MD)
Scholarships
The Texas A&M at Galveston
sailing team are on the water
virtually every day of the year
(top).
Undergraduate Becky Goldberg
(right) examines squid embryos on board the Don Jose in
the Gulf of California as part
of a unique Stanford University
program.
A number of schools and marine
organizations have scholarships available for students looking for education and training in a marinerelated field. Visit our web site to
find out what’s available. Also, any
organization offering scholarships
is welcome to go online and add
information about your programs.
www.BoatUS.com/Colleges
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The Top-Ranked
Sailing Schools
Boston College (MA)
Georgetown University (DC)
Yale University (CT)
St. Mary’s College (MD)
College of Charleston (SC)
Roger Williams University (RI)
Harvard University (MA)
U.S. Naval Academy (MD)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
Stanford University (CA)
Tufts University (MA)
Brown University (RI)
SUNY Maritime College (NY)
Connecticut College
University of South Florida
Eckerd College (FL)
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Boston University (MA)
Old Dominion University (VA)
Washington College (MD)
water has included much navigation
and you like working with maps, look
into some of the programs in cartography, or its computer-age equivalent,
geographic information systems (GIS).
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’
latest Occupational Outlook Handbook
projects that “overall employment of surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists,
and surveying technicians is expected to
grow much faster than the average for all
occupations through the year 2016” —
increasing by 21 percent.
Although our main focus here is on
undergraduate majors, one master’s pro-
Now, For The Fun Part
For those who seek top-level competition, collegiate boating offers plenty
of sport, and a great way to spend regular time on the water with like-minded
pals. College watersports are just quirky
enough to elude regulation by the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Instead, each of these sports — waterskiing, sailing, and bass fishing — is governed
by an organization of its own, each one
different from the others. Visiting the web
site for the governing body of your favorite
watersport will give you an overview of the
Source: Sailing World (www.
sailingworld.com/ranks); April 8,
2009; coed teams. Rankings are
updated regularly; visit the web
site for the latest information.
Arizona State University
Baylor University (TX)
Michigan State University
North Carolina State University
Ohio State University
Oklahoma State University
Pennsylvania State University
Purdue University (IN)
University of Georgia
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Minnesota
University of North Texas
University of Tennessee
Virginia Tech
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The Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies program holds an outdoor lecture in northern California.
gram deserves a look: The Center for Coastal
and Ocean Mapping at the University of
New Hampshire (www.ccom-jhc.unh.edu).
In affiliation with the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, UNH
has committed to developing the state of
the art tools and technologies for measuring and defining “the bottoms and adjacent
land areas of oceans, lakes, rivers, harbors,
as well as the tides and currents that occur
in those bodies of water.” For a broad look
at the field, the Association of American
Geographers (www.aag.org) offers tips for
planning both the studies and the career.
These are just a sampling of the
marine-related programs. Whatever your
own academic interests, there are plenty
of opportunities around the country to
combine your love of boating and the water
with your studies or your career.
programs across the country:
— The Intercollegiate Yacht
Racing Association of North America
(www.collegesailing.org) dates back to
1928 with roots into the 1890s, and officially prohibits giving scholarships for sailing ability alone.
—The Association of Collegiate
Anglers (www.collegiatebass.org) was
formed five years ago to attract younger
enthusiasts to its sport.
—The National Collegiate Waterski
Association (www.ncwsa.com) invites its
top-level competitors to pursue professional opportunities in waterskiing alongside
their college competitions, and publishes a
“Scholarships” link on its web site.
Marc Bedsole coaches the waterski
team at Rollins College in Winter Park,
Florida, a school with its own skiable lake
courtesy of williams mystic maritime studies program
Colleges Offering All
Three Watersports
The 2009 Top-Ranked
Waterskiing Schools
top to bottom: craig hayslip,, laurie mcdonogh, stanford university
Sperm whales are observed by students from the Marine Mammal Institute and Oregon State University
aboard the school’s Pacific Storm.
on campus. “The great thing about college
waterskiing,” he says, “is that you’ve got
kids who are very recreational at tournaments all the way to world champions.”
College waterskiing is a fall sport,
which ends with national championships
in October — in deference to northern
campuses, where winter comes early. Not
surprisingly, the big winners at last year’s
finals were all southern schools: University
of Louisiana (both Monroe and Lafayette
campuses), Florida Southern College,
Arizona State University, and the University
of Alabama. But they don’t have a lock on
the competition; the NCWSA named the
University of Cincinnati team of the year
for 2008. “The team was mostly made up
of skiers that learned about competitive
skiing while in college,” read the awards
announcement. “These skiers got the bug,”
qualified for nationals for the first time in
the history of their school, and brought
home the Division 2 tournament crown.
“When I was looking at schools,” said
Rollins sophomore Michaela Collins, “I
tried to find ones that would at least have
a place to ski. Now that I’m on a ski team,
I’d never go to a school without one. It’s
fun to be part of a team with people who
share your passion.”
Tomlin Wilson, a corporate financial
management major, had skied competitively for 14 years when he enrolled at the
University of Alabama; he also considered
Louisiana State University. “Waterskiing
was the major decision factor in choosing
Alabama,” he said. “I loved the campus
and the opportunity here to train at an elite
level.” Wilson won the gold medal in the
trick event at the first collegiate nationals
he attended; this year, he skied with the
USA University World Team in Beijing,
where he won a silver medal. NCWSA rules
don’t prohibit college skiers from competing professionally, and avid skiers have
ample opportunity to compete through the
off-season apart from the college circuit.
College sailing, on the other hand, is
a two-season sport. “We’re sailing pretty
much every day of the school year except
for finals week,” said Gerard Coleman,
sailing coach at Texas A&M, in addition to
his teaching duties in marine engineering.
“That’s quite different from the Northeast
schools that stop in November and don’t
resume till the ice breaks up.”
The ICSA divides collegiate sailing
teams into seven regions; the highest level
of competition tends to be in the Northeast
and Mid-Atlantic regions. College sailing
“made me grow up on the race course,”
said Old Dominion (VA) Hall of Famer Terry
Hutchinson, the 2008 Rolex Yachtsman of
the Year.
Like waterskiing, many college sailing
teams cater to a wide range of expertise.
“Eighty percent of our team have never
sailed before,” said Coleman, former member of the U.S. Sailing Team. “One of the
hallmarks of our program is teaching a lot
of people how to sail pretty well. But I also
admire the fact that there’s a great opportunity for experienced sailors to excel.” Visit
the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association
site for the latest details on particular college sailing programs.
Bass fishing may be relatively new
by college-sports standards, but it’s burst
out of the gate. Since the Association of
Collegiate Anglers was formed in 2004,
it’s hosted several national championship
events where anglers compete for scholarship money. Also, the events are televised, originally on Fox College Sports and,
more recently, the Versus cable network.
BoatU.S. is a title sponsor of the national
University of Louisiana at Monroe
University of Louisiana
at Lafayette
Florida Southern College
Arizona State University
Purdue University (IN)
University of Wisconsin
at Madison
Iowa State University
University of Texas
University of Michigan
University of Cincinnati (OH)
California State University
at Chico
Clemson University (SC)
Missouri State University
Texas State University
California Polytechnic State
University at San Luis Obispo (CA)
Texas A&M University
San Diego State University (CA)
University of Illinois
Rollins College (FL)
Source: The National Collegiate Water
Ski Association (www.ncwsa.com)
A student gets ready to drop a conductivity-depth-temperature profiler off the
research vessel Don Jose in the Gulf of
California.
Visit www.Boatus.com for
links to all the schools, and
our exclusive search engine for
cross-referencing academic and
extracurricular programs.
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University of Arkansas
Texas Tech University
at Kingsville
Baylor University (TX)
Faulkner University (KY)
Northwestern State University (LA)
Murray State University (KY)
Stephen F. Austin State (TX)
Eastern Kentucky University
Southeastern Missouri
State University
North Carolina State University
Tarleton State University (TX)
Virginia Tech
Auburn University (AL)
Results of 2008 National Collegiate
Bass Fishing Championship.
BoatU.S. was a title sponsor
of the event. For 2009 results go to
www.CollegiateBassChampionship.com
BoatU.S. Magazine’s
Guide To Marine
Technical Schools
Check our upcoming issues
for part two of our groundbreaking
series on marine education. We’ll
look at technical training, the best
programs across the country, available careers, and the state of the
marine industry.
Engineering students get hands-on at the
Webb Institute in Glen Cove, NY.
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These Programs Stand Out
You’ll do some digging on your own
to find the college boating programs that fit
you best, but before you do, let’s just look
at a few stellar programs. Take WilliamsMystic, the maritime program of Williams
College and Mystic Seaport (www.williams.
edu/williamsmystic). Bringing together 20
students, their backgrounds evenly divided
between science and the humanities, this
17-week semester-long program will take
you to three coasts, as well as offshore for
10 days on a tall ship. “Students come to
Williams-Mystic to spend one-eighth of their
college career exploring three-quarters of
the world,” reads an introductory brochure.
“More than 1,200 students have joined us
to explore the history, literature, policy,
and science of the world’s waterways.”
Check out the Waterfront Program at
Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida
(www.eckerd.edu/waterfront). Eckerd students are free to use its facilities — including sailboats, canoes, sea kayaks, sailboards,
and powerboats — without membership in
a club or organization. In addition to fielding teams for waterskiing, sailing, and fishing, Eckerd uniquely offers a search-andrescue team, originally founded to watch
out for participants in the college’s own
watersports program. But ever since being
among the first responders to the Sunshine
Skyway Bridge disaster in 1980, the team
has street cred; these days, its members
assist some 500 boats every year.
Perhaps my own favorite course, if I
had it all to do over again, would be the
“Holistic Biology: Monterey Bay and the Sea
of Cortez” offered by Stanford University
(www.seaofcortez.org). It’s a course —
again, interdisciplinary, integrating biology,
history, philosophy, and literature — that
follows the 1940 voyage and research of
John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts, which
Steinbeck recorded in his bawdy and brilliant book The Log From The Sea of Cortez:
A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research.
The first half of the course takes place
at the Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey
Bay; the second half is a voyage and
sojourn in Baja where, as Steinbeck wrote,
“the abundance of life here gives one an
exuberance, a feeling of fullness and richness. The playing porpoises, the turtles,
the great schools of fish which ruffle the
surface like a quick breeze make for excitement.”
Finally, for the sheer scope of its
marine-related college programs, one school
stands out. “A common trait of all TAMUG
students is a desire to work and study in an
ocean environment,” reads an introduction
to the Texas A&M at Galveston campus.
This is a single campus situated on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico that offers
all three of our aforementioned extracurriculars, plus an offshore sailing team,
a SCUBA team, and physical-education
classes that range from beginning dinghy
sailing to full-on offshore racing. It’s a
school that maintains a fleet of powerboats
to teach students boat-handling skills.
And the academic menu is full, offering both bachelor of science and bachelor
of arts degrees in such majors as marine
engineering technology, maritime systems
engineering, marine biology, marine fisheries, marine sciences, ocean and coastal
resources, maritime administration, marine
environmental law and policy, marine
transportation, maritime studies… and a
handful of graduate programs, too. Plus, it
shares a campus with the Texas Maritime
Academy, so students can choose between
a more or a less regimental college lifestyle. Add it all up, and Texas A&M at
Galveston might just be the boatiest school
in America.
Tim Murphy is an independent editor and
writer based in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
courtesy webb institute
The 2008 Collegiate
Bass-Fishing Champions
events, which have grown from just 24
schools in 2006 to over 100 two-person
teams from more than 60 schools. Regional
competition is also intense; in all, roughly
200 schools have registered teams with at
least six members.
“Fishing has taught me many things
about myself and other people,” Casey
Sobczak, a sports-marketing major at Austin
State University told reporters at Lake
Lewisville near Dallas. “You really meet
many people through fishing and consistently make new friends. It’s a great way
for me to get away from my studies when
things get stressful, and it brings me to a
new level of enjoyment, more than anything else I do. Fishing also gets me away
from the nightlife of the normal college student. No bars, just fishing when I have to
wake up at 4 a.m. for a tournament.” Find
out more about college angling — including schedules of the television coverage —
from the ACA or from The Bass Federation
(www.bassfederation.com).
Of course, college campuses offer
plenty of other clubs and teams devoted to
watersports — wakeboarding, wind surfing, scuba diving, rowing. Depending on
the school, you’ll find them through the
offices of recreation or student life.
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BY Tom Neale
Fuel Additives Can Increase Performance
Finding absolute truths about fuel additives is like searching for the Holy Grail.
But when you find one that works for you, the difference can be impressive
Photo By Michael Vatalaro
A
s liveaboard cruisers, my
wife Mel and I feed three
outboards and two diesels, ranging from two
to almost 30 years old,
and maintain numerous gasoline
engines ashore. So for years I’ve put
considerable effort into finding fuel
additives that improve performance,
and help us to take better care
of our workhorses. Here are some
things to consider as you decide
whether to use additives, and which
to use. The right additives can help
solve many problems, such as these:
Low sulfur: Many marinas are
required to sell low-sulfur diesel and
sulfur content may decrease further
in the future. Industry experts say
that low-sulfur diesel fuels may contain more moisture, destabilize more
quickly, and are more susceptible
to bacterial growth than high-sulfur
diesel, resulting in sludge, less
lubricity, and poorer performance.
Biodiesel has some of the
same challenges as ultra-low sulfur
diesel, including poor stability and
susceptibility to bacterial growth. Carbon and gum deposits, Fuel additives such as these can help prevent a number of fuel-related problems from occurring and should be
resulting from changes to fuel, such as considered part of general maintenance.
ethanol and lower sulfur, can make the
engine run less efficiently, increase emissions and cause other problems.
Changes in formulation, such as the addition of ethanol to
Cetane and octane ratings, for varying reasons, aren’t always gas, can affect the flash point of fuel. If fuel ignites too quickly
as stated. These numbers, in different ways for diesel and gas, relate or too slowly in relation to timing, the engine won’t run as well.
to how well an engine runs and its efficiency. This is so significant
that on many recently built gas and diesel engines, computer control How To Choose What To Use
alters the engine’s firing rate as the octane or cetane numbers change.
It would require thorough, independent scientific testing to estabMoisture caused by condensation or poor storage and handling lish the “best” additives, and this would depend upon variables such as
can occur in all fuels. Diesel and gas float on water. Water molecules your engine, the area in which you boat, and your fuel type and source.
bond with each other. Moisture settling out can cause a layer of Here are some pointers to help you decide what to use in your boat.
water under gas or diesel that can get sucked up into the engine’s
Consider your issues. These may include source of fuel
fuel intake. Particularly under diesel it can become a breeding supply, excessive smoking, knocking, filters clogging prematurely,
ground for microbial spores, commonly referred to as diesel algae. water in your filters, a grayish-white substance on your filter;
Ethanol in gas greatly exacerbates the water problem. and, for diesel, excessive black particles on your filter elements or
It absorbs water, and the mixture of water and alcohol (etha- deposits on the sides of your tank, particularly near the bottom.
Contact additive manufacturers and ask hard questions about
nol) can drop out of the fuel, causing a layer of sludge at
the bottom. This mixture may be sucked into the fuel pick- your symptoms and their product. Consider the company; is it
up line and cause other problems such as bacterial growth.
Continued on page 41.
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Five Popular Additives
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It includes chemicals to prevent gum
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Water is at the heart of nearly all up by ethanol, a metal deactivator to
fuel related issues. If too much water help prevent corrosion, an antioxidant
accumulates in gasoline blended with to stabilize against aging, and a PIB
ethanol, commonly called E10, it will Amine detergent dispersant to clean
separate into two layers as shown. In carburetors and injectors. The prodPRI-D and PRI-G from Power Research of Houston, diesel fuel, water allows bacteria to uct has been tested following ASTM
Texas, are for diesel and gas respectively. PRI eliminates thrive, which can clog filters and injec- D525 standards as well as those of the
most carbon deposits, resulting in greatly reduced visible tors, shutting the engine down.
NACE for corrosion tests, and others.
smoke at lower operating loads and better-running engines.
It’s designed for use with gasoline but
Also these PRI additives keep fuel fresh in long-term storage and
the marine STA-BIL will also treat diesel fuel. www.goldeagle.com
can actually restore diesel fuel. PRI-D and PRI-G, sold to the
Star Tron from Star Brite is a proprietary blend of enzymes
retail market, incorporate the same industrial-grade chemistry
(complex proteins) that promote specific biochemical reactions
offered to the company’s large industrial clients, which impose
Biobor JF by Hammonds Fuel Additives is well
known to boaters. “JF” stands for jet fuel. It’s approved
for aviation by major aircraft manufacturers as well as
various diesel manufacturers, including marine. This
biocide goes after the hydrocarbon-utilizing microorganisms that can form the dark colored mats in tanks and
other harmful by-products. The product remains in suspension and doesn’t drop to the bottom of the tank.
Hammonds markets several other products specifically
for gas and diesel in marine use. www.hammondscos.com
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very strict criteria for product performance. Test standards that substantiate
the claims include ASTM D2274 and
Octel F21-61 for diesel and ASTM
D525 for gas. www.priproducts.com
or my boat, I use ValvTect fuel (and also their
additives when I can’t get the fuel) and Star Tron,
and I’m happy with both. From talking with
many other boaters on this topic, I know that other products
also perform well. Here are a few of the top major products:
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by acting as a catalyst that isn’t necessarily consumed in the
process. Benefits include helping to prevent water molecules
from bonding to each other, allowing more oxygen to attach to
the fuel components at the point of ignition, stabilizing fuel,
breaking down and dispersing sludge formed by water and ethanol drop out, dispersing “diesel algae,” and removing gum and
carbon deposits in the engine. Certain tests for chemical agents
aren’t applicable to this product because it isn’t a chemical and
doesn’t utilize a chemical process. The claims are supported by
many “industry standard” empirical studies, by mobile labs with
certified environmental technicians on jobsites, and reports from
users. There’s a Star Tron for gas and for diesel. www.starbrite.com
ValvTect sells fuel to which its additives have already been
added. These include the biocide BioGuard, a lubricity improver,
a water dispersant, a corrosion inhibitor, and a fuel stabilizer.
ValvTect fuel-pumping facilities are subject to careful inspection and rigid storage and filtering standards to obtain and keep
their ValvTect certification. Several different ValvTect additives
designed to address specific issues are available for those who
can’t buy ValvTect fuel or have other issues. ValvTect validates its
claims by independent lab testing under standards such as the
ASTM Stability Test (ASTM D525), ASTM Water Interface Test
(ASTM D 1094) and rust and corrosion tests (ASTM D665 and
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reputable and been around awhile? Read company literature (often on
the company’s web site) for third-party tests that validate claims. Check
to see whether the tests the company cites to support their claims were
conducted according to standards of recognized standard-setting organizations such as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM,
now international), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI),
or the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), and others.
Check the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for a product. Manufacturers are reluctant to publish their ingredients and
formulas because these are proprietary. These are required for
certain substances that could be dangerous to those occupationally involved with the products and emergency personnel.
Many manufacturers have product MSDSs on their web sites.
Although MSDSs are not normally intended for the public, they
contain information (such as ingredients) that may be helpful.
(For more on MSDS: www.ilpi.com/msds/faq/parta.html#whatis.)
Use additives approved by the manufacturer. Engines differ. Also ask informed, qualified mechanics, but keep in mind that
this is an area rife with biases and lack of knowledge. Most experts
agree that additives containing alcohol are not good for boats.
Have your diesel tank professionally cleaned, if needed. If you
must fuel at a questionable diesel fuel dock, put a little of the diesel
in a small glass jar before putting it into the tank. Look for impurities. If you suspect impurities, use a filter such as Racor’s RFF15C.
(Follow instructions including those about proper grounding.)
Author and columnist Tom Neale has been a liveaboard cruiser most
of his adult life, and is a well-respected writer on marine technical
matters. Read his twice-a-month blog on www.Boatus.com/cruising.
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doityourself
From DIY Boat Owner Magazine
All That’s Silver Is Not Stainless
By Doug Cohen
Stainless steels, a sum of their components, are not all created
equal. Knowing what to select and proper installation
help eliminate maintenance issues
S
tainless steel is probably the most
misunderstood metal used for fasteners encountered by the average do-it-yourselfer. If you’ve ever
tried to cut or drill a stainless-steel bolt or
screw, you know it’s a great way to fry drill
bits, wear out saw blades, and frazzle your
patience. As a result, you may think that
stainless steel is very strong, right? Maybe.
Stainless steel is what metallurgists refer to
as “tough,” but not always strong. In fact,
stainless-steel fasteners are only about as
strong as SAE Grade 2, a rating exceeded in
strength by some alloys of aluminum and
even some species of wood.
What’s Stainless?
Stainless, originally called “rust-less,”
is an alloy of steel (very low carbon) with
a chromium content of a minimum of
12 percent. Although there are over 100
differing alloys of stainless steel, divided
into three main classes — austenitic, martensitic, and ferritic — most commercial
fasteners are of two alloys: 304 (18-8) or
316. The designation refers to the alloy’s
content with 18-8 comprised of 18 percent
chromium and 8 percent nickel. Type 316
has 16 to 18 percent chromium and 11
to 14 percent nickel, with the addition of
between 2 and 3 percent of molybdenum,
which increases corrosion resistance and
strength. Most stainless-steel sheet metal
or machine screws are made of type 410
stainless steel, although other alloys are
sometimes utilized.
Originally, stainless-steel fasteners
came with no head markings to distinguish them, other than the familiar with
the pair of lines at 90 degrees to each other
on the head of a type 304 (18-8) bolt head
or the “316” marking on a type 316 bolt
head. Additionally, there’s a requirement
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for a manufacturer’s logo or tradetrade
mark, registered with Industrial
Fastener Institute, making the
fasteners traceable and the
manufacturer accountable
for quality.
Put Into
Practice
Don’t make the mistake of replacing a graded
fastener (Grade 5 or 8, or metric 8.8 or 10.9) with a stainless-steel one.
The result will be fastener failure, as stain
stainless steel is nowhere near as strong as the
graded fasteners. Using stainless-steel fasfas
teners presents some issues not found regularly with graded, plated fasteners. First,
stainless fasteners are not as smooth on the
thread flanks, either on the bolt or the nut.
This can result in galling and, if used with
an impact drill or mechanical driver, causes
cold welding of the threads. This prevents
the proper tightening of the connection
and makes disassembly impossible.
Stainless steel is weaker than graded
fasteners, so be mindful of the installation
torque used. For instance, a 3/8-16 Grade
5 fastener, clean and dry, is installed with
31 foot-pounds of torque. The comparable bolt in 304 stainless is only installed
to 19 foot-pounds. Note that bronze or
aluminum fasteners also aren’t noted for
strength, so be careful of application and
installation torque.
Many stainless-steel applications
require protection from vibrational loosening, normally by using nylon insert hex
nuts. Stainless-steel fasteners cannot be
used with any type of all-metal locknut,
as the cold welding process discussed
above occurs, resulting in the nut and bolt
becoming impossible to disassemble.
Stainless-steel fasteners,
when used below the waterline, can deteriorate from from
lack of oxygen. Here, the corrosion
is likely due to immersion and the use of
low-quality stainless steel.
Hidden Trouble
Corrosion protection is a basic part
of the stainless-steel chemistry; it’s not a
surface-applied or plated process and offers
an interesting advantage over plated steel
fasteners. In the presence of oxygen, the
material “heals” itself if scratched, forming
a film of chromium oxide on the surface.
This film is invisible, thin, inert, and is
what creates the resistance to corrosion.
When deprived of oxygen, however, stainless steel is subject to crevice corrosion,
eliminating the chromium oxide protective
layer. This is why you need to be watchful of “hidden” potential failures, such as
a sailboat’s chainplates just below deck
level or a fastener inserted through deck
hardware. If water gets under the caulking
and stagnates, it creates an oxygen-poor
environment, in which the stainless-steel
fastener begins to corrode, eventually failing completely.
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BY CHUCK HUSICK
Avoiding The Weakest Link
Photo Courtesy of Mariner network
Q. Is there a way to connect pieces of
high-test G40 high-carbon steel chain to
make a longer piece but at the same time be
able to run through a gypsy on an anchor
windlass? Typical proof-coil-type links won’t
go through the gypsy but it seems a shame
to waste the chain if it can’t be put together.
David Alexander
Hilton, NY
A. Have a link cut open and then weld-
Voltus Interruptus
Q.
My 2004 Mainship Pilot 30 is
equipped with a Raymarine chartplotter,
radar, VHF radio. The other consumer of
12-volt power is a SidePower SP55S bow
thruster, which draws a great deal of power
when in operation. All 12-volt power
is supplied by two, parallel-connected,
group-27, dual-purpose batteries, charged
from the engine-driven alternator and a
shore-powered battery charger. Starting
the engine with the electronics operating
causes them to shut down and then restart.
Raymarine has advised that this power
interruption condition creates an inconvenience for me. Will getting larger batteries
solve the problem?
Bernie Freeman
Gloucester, VA
A. Your boat is certainly not over sup-
plied with battery capacity, especially with
the power-hungry bow thruster. Simply
adding batteries or changing to larger batteries won’t yield a satisfactory solution.
The electronics shut-down on start is
caused by the massive decrease in voltage
that occurs during engine start. The starter
motor on your Yanmar 6LP can draw hundreds of amperes for the few seconds it
takes to achieve a start. Consider installing
a separate power source for the electronics, for example, a modest size (group 24)
lead-acid battery connected to supply the
electronics bus and connected to the main
DC bus via an off/on switch. Set the switch
to off before starting the engine, restoring
it to the on position as soon as the engine
is operating to reconnect it to the charging
system. Alternatively, install an automatic
backup power source such as the Newmar
Start Guard NS-12-20, which will provide
a stable source of power for the electronics
during the engine start.
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Q.
We sail a Com-Pac 23 on a Kansas
lake and use an 8-hp outboard to power
the boat for the five minutes it takes to go
from our slip to the lake. We plan to purchase a Com-Pac 27 and have been considering installing a diesel engine as we plan
to make longer trips with the new boat. I’m
also considering using an electric outboard
on the new boat as the diesel would see
very little use most of the time. What do
you advise?
Richards Sanders
Lake Perry, KS
A. Based on the way you use your boat
and seeing a map of Lake Perry, an electric
outboard and group-size-27, deep-cycle
battery (or two) will be the most appropriate choice for your new boat. A shore power-operated battery charger or solar-cellpowered charger will be needed to keep the
batteries at full charge. Even the smallest
diesel engine would be significantly underused, and short operating periods at modest load would create unfavorable operating
conditions for the engine. For longer trips
use the 8-hp outboard you now own or
install a similar engine with electric start
and a battery-charging alternator.
ed shut, with the weld carefully ground
flush to ensure that it will pass over the
gypsy properly. The strength of the welded
link will be somewhat less than that of the
basic chain, but if the weld is done properly, it will likely suffice. Be sure to have the
welded link hot-dip galvanized, or protect
it with a zinc-rich paint to retard rusting.
Too Much Torque?
Q.
I’m faced with the re-powering of the
Lady J, a 1994 32-foot Luhrs Tournament.
I plan to keep her for another 10 years, so
I’ve decided not to rebuild the TBI 454s
with a long block but go with Marine
Power MPI 8.1s. Vendors say it’s a basic
drop-in and the 630A Hurth 2.0 to 1 can
handle the increase in torque. Do you
agree? Secondly, because the 496 generates
more power than the 7.4s, should I have
the 19 x 20 props’ pitch increased one or
two inches to maximize engine and boat
potential? If so, how much? Non-cupped
props are in great shape.
Rich Fournier
Woodstock, CT
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Your Questions
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Husick — engineer, sailor, pilot, former
president of ChrisCraft — welcomes your
questions on engines,
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A. I
haven’t been able to determine
the suitability of the Hurth 630A, 2.0 ratio
transmission for use with the MPS 8.1
engines. The data shows a diesel engine
power limit of 306 hp, 504 foot pounds of
torque and 5,500 maximum rpm. Get the
data sheet for the transmission to validate
the belief that they’ll be ok. After the new
engines have been through the break-in
period, perform a prop-matching test to
determine the loading on the props with
the new power. First, verify tach accuracy.
With a clean hull, load the boat as intended (weight is important). Make a number
of runs at WOT on smooth water in light
wind. Engines should reach max rpm plus
50 rpm. If they exceed this by more than
100, increase prop pitch. The first increase
should be about one inch. Repeat the test;
consider further pitch increase if the max
rpm continues to exceed max engine rating
by more than 100 rpm.
I turn on the VHF, I can hear vessels,
weather, and radio traffic. When I turn on
the Raymarine unit, I can’t receive VHF
weather or other signals.
Larry Ogle
Coupeville, WA
A. I believe this is caused by the electri-
cal “noise” created in the DC power wires
by the pulsing nature of current drain
imposed by the sounder on the common
DC supply wiring that connects to the
battery. This electrical “noise” is interfering
with the radio. Eliminate it by connecting
the sounder to the battery using separate,
#12 AWG wire for both ground and positive wires, keeping them separated from
the radio’s power wires by a few inches.
The radio works when the sounder isn’t
operating, so the antenna isn’t at fault.
Documentation Cures Scurvy
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cargo-carrying capacity).
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of the boat and its major details and
assigns a documentation number that’s
permanently inscribed in the vessel.
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prove worthwhile when sailing to foreign
ports and when returning to the U.S.
Documentation does not alter the manner in which boating laws are enforced
or who enforces them. To the best of
my knowledge, documentation will not
yield a lower or preferential insurance rate.
Documentation might make it easier to
obtain a loan as the registration of the vessel
with the federal government provides the
lender with the recording of a lien (preferred
ship’s mortgage) with the Coast Guard.
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operated, it may be possible to avoid displaying state registration numbers on the
hull; however, display of a registration decal
will normally be necessary. Documentation
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BY bob adriance
The Waterskiing Rulebook
This sport requires a certain level of expertise to make even basic maneuvers.
Here’s how to get started, without getting hurt
Avoid “rookie” mistakes when learning to waterski, especially when a skier is in the water: The engine should be in neutral
or shut off before the boat is alongside the skier.
A
A review of the BoatU.S. Marine
Insurance claims files found that of all
of the injury claims in one summer from
waterskiing, novice waterskiers experienced the most injuries, often the result
of simple mistakes. A South Carolina
woman, for example, looked down at
her skis and almost immediately lost her
balance and pulled a groin muscle as
she fell. Another claim involved a man
who separated his shoulder because he
continued holding onto the ski rope as
he fell and only let go when he smacked
into the water. The three steps below will
make the learning experience less painful.
Step1: Listen And Watch
If
you’re a novice, experts recommend that
you get some professional instruction and
spend time as a spotter watching other
people ski before trying it yourself. The
alternative — learning by trial and error —
could lead to many spills and even injuries
that could dampen your enthusiasm for
waterskiing. Working as a spotter allows
you to learn and practice hand signals used
to communicate between skier and boat.
Step 2: Use Proper Form
Once you’re in the water and ready
to give the driver the “go“ signal (make
sure the rope is taut), keep your knees
bent, back straight, and both hands on
the handle. If you try to take off with only
one hand, you’ll be pulled sideways with
predictable results. As you come out of
the water, keep your skis together with
the tips up and make adjustments slowly.
Keep your arms straight. Pulling back on
the rope seems to be a natural tendency
of many people; this will force the skis
forward and you’ll fall backwards. If you
do fall, and sooner or later you will, let go
of the rope immediately! Avoid falling forward, as this is more likely to cause injury.
Whenever you cross a wake, keep your
knees bent to absorb the bumps and help
maintain balance. Always look up. Looking
down tends to make you lose your balance,
not to mention making it impossible to see
oncoming obstructions. One recent claim
involved a woman who was skiing outside the boat’s wake and didn’t notice an
oncoming piling. The result of her lapsed
attention was a serious head injury.
Step 3: Remember Steps 1& 2
When you‘ve been skiing for a few
minutes, don’t be tempted, as many people are, to begin signaling for more speed.
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Experts recommend going no more than
25 miles per hour the first few times until
you become comfortably proficient. Be
forewarned, as you work your way up from
novice to expert, there’s always the risk of
an accident, especially if you forget to practice the basics. One of the skiers injured
last summer was skiing barefooted at more
than 40 miles per hour when, according to
the claim file, he lost his balance but failed
to let go of the rope. He fell forward and
injured his neck.
How To Safely
Pull Waterskiers
n Parents should exercise good judgment whenever children will be waterskiing or operating boats. The BoatU.S.
claim files show that more than a third of
the accidents involved children age 15 or
younger. Not only are kids less likely to
have experience as skiers, they typically
lack caution and are more willing to take
risks than adults.
n Where you ski is as important as how
you ski. Avoid taking skiers, even expert
skiers, through crowded channels. In some
active boating communities, areas may be
specified only for waterskiing. If not, find
a section of open water safely away from
passing boat traffic. Remember, in crossing situations your “boat” will be much
longer.
n Use a spotter. Nothing beats an extra
pair of eyes trained only on the skier.
Spotters pass along signals and will let you
know when the skier has fallen. In some
states, spotters are required by law.
n Get back to the skier immediately.
The most serious accidents involve skiers
who were run down by other boats while
awaiting pick up. Life jackets (required by
law) as well as skis, kneeboards, wetsuits,
and t-shirts should be brightly colored so
the skier will be easily visible to you and to
other boat traffic. The color of the equipment is important; one skier who was run
down had a black kneeboard and life jacket
— less visible against the dark water. Skiers
in the water awaiting pick up should hold
a ski out of the water to be more visible to
you and as well as other boat traffic.
n Avoid obstacles in the water. When
a skier is being dropped off near a dock or
beach, come in slowly, run parallel to shore.
n Never put the engine in reverse and
back toward a skier (or anyone else) in
the water. A 44-year-old man was injured
when the boat’s gears jammed in reverse
and the spinning prop cut one of his legs.
When you pick up a skier, make a gradual
circle back and then put the engine in neutral (or, better yet, shut it off) before you’re
alongside. When the wind is blowing,
always approach from the lee side.
n Don’t put the motor in gear until you
see that everyone is safely seated inside
the boat. Just because you hear a voice
nearby, don’t assume he or she is aboard.
In one claim involving a serious injury, a
skier who was seated on the swim platform
sounded like he was inside the boat, and the
skipper gunned the motor without looking
back to check.
n Ski ropes should be brought aboard
before the motor is put in gear. A ski
rope that was being brought back aboard
got caught in the prop and severely injured
a 15-year-old boy (not a BoatU.S. claim)
who’d been winding it between his elbow
and thumb. Props generate strong suction;
the accident occurred even though the
rope was floating on the water’s surface.
n Check equipment. Attachments on the
boat for ski ropes should be well secured.
The rope itself should be free of chafe with
no knots or broken strands. In one of the
more unusual claims, a man’s hand was
badly injured when a loose ring was torn
away from a strap-on inner tube.
No Tailgating
The most common complaint you’ll
hear from waterskiers regards the tendency
for other boaters to “tailgate” someone
who’s waterskiing. This thoughtless practice is dangerous. If you operate a boat,
never follow directly behind or beside a
waterskier. Even though the spotter may be
aware of your boat, the skier may not know
you’re there. And a moment of lapsed
attention on your part could be disastrous
if the skier falls.
Bob Adriance
has written more
than 500 articles
for Seaworthy, the
BoatU.S.
Marine
Insurance damageavoidance publication. The articles are
developed by reading insurance claim files to discover the
underlying causes of accidents with the
goal of educating boaters on how to
avoid future accidents.
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The ‘Un-Regatta’ Sailboat
N E W
B O A T S
Kids today aren’t interested in the conventional windward-to-leeward race. Now,
it’s all about speed. New and unorthodox
“un-regattas” break the old rulebook, offering kids faster-paced slalom and freestyle
competitions where individualism and
tricks earn points. The nine-foot O’pen
BIC, built in France and with a growing
U.S. class, is the sailboat for children
or teens wanting to go fast. The name
“O’pen” refers to her stern, and self-draining cockpit, making entry back into the
boat and re-righting easy — a must when
mandatory capsizing is now part of the
competition. Built from recyclable thermoformed polyethylene, BIC’s “chine bilge”
gives this screamer a stable bottom. Setup
in the water takes less than two minutes.
Different rigs, including those from an
Optimist or a full-roach mainsail, allow you
to meet your kid’s growing sailing abilities.
This boat knows how to have fun with your
kids. $2,999; www.openbic.com
Long-Range Liveaboard
Y
You don’t have to leave the creature comforts behind with Hunter Marine’s 50CC.
The center-cockpit sailboat shares its hull,
backstay-free rig, and “Traveler Arch” with
the company’s proven 49-footer that recently
took sailor Mark Harker around the globe. All
other similarities end there. The 50CC has a
huge aft stateroom with full 6’8” headroom,
but it’s the walk-in cedar closet, dresser, custom divan, faux granite nightstands and makeup table that give a “bedroom” feel. Hidden
under the queen berth mattress is an optional Jacuzzi tub. Light and ventilation pour in
through 10 fixed and opening ports.
In the airy main saloon there’s a huge wrap-around windshield, flat-screen TV and
Bose entertainment system, a “one-switch” breaker panel and nav station. The galley features granite-style countertops, built-in coffee maker, stainless grab rails, and lots of storage. Up top she has cockpit access to all sail controls, a cushioned aft sundeck, stern rail
seats, and built-in life raft storage. The hull utilizes a structural grid/pan method of construction with Kevlar reinforcement; 75-hp Yanmar standard; a shoal-keel version draws
5’ 6”; available in two- and three-cabin layouts. $379,990; www.huntermarine.com
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B O A T
S h O W S
San Diego (CA) ........................................... July 23-26
Skaneateles Antique & Classic (NY)........... July 24-26
Clayton (NY) ..........................................July 31-Aug. 2
Orlando (FL) ................................................. Aug. 7-10
Rockland (ME) .............................................. Aug. 7-9
Raleigh (NC) .............................................. Aug. 22-24
Michigan City (IN)....................................... Aug. 27-30
Richmond (VA) ........................................... Aug. 28-30
Grand Haven (MI) ...................................... Aug. 28-30
Dual-Purpose Grady
a u t o
If big, open fishing machines
are your style, Grady-White has
added a twin-console 30-footer, the
Tournament 307, to its lineup. “Our
customers told us that they wanted a
larger, top-of-the-line open cruiser that
was super functional and comfortable
for any activity,” said Grady’s David
Neese, “as well as being an excellent
fishing boat.” This is a serious openwater fishing boat, featuring a C. Raymond Hunt “Sea V2” hull to handle the rough stuff,
loads of storage, two insulated fish boxes, and the “unsinkability” of full foam flotation.
Put the fishing poles away and you’ve got a great cruiser for gunkholing with plenty of seating, a unique electronically operated cockpit lounge seat, and an (optional) air-conditioned
head enclosure doubling as a small berth. Like all Grady-Whites, the 307 is completely
self-bailing. Standard power is twin Yamaha 250s. $180,080; www.gradywhite.com
A Cat Like No Other
From the Northwest comes the
26-foot L80 Aspen Power Catamaran,
which goes beyond the traditional
design boundaries of twin-hulled vessels. A look below the waterline reveals
only one 110-hp Yanmar diesel inboard
engine housed in the starboard “drive
hull,” while the portside “proa hull” is
35 percent narrower and has no draginducing rudders or drives. The engine
and asymmetric hull forces cancel each other out, allowing for straight tracking and a balanced helm under all conditions. Available in three versions, fuel efficiency is projected at
about 3.4 gallons per hour at 20 mph. $73,900; www.aspenpowercatamarans.com
Outside-The-Box Downeaster
Epoxy pre-preg, Kevlar, E-glass, Corecell, vacuum-bagging, and oven-post-cured composite: To a racing-sailboat manufacturer focusing on strength and lightness, such terms
are music to the ears. That’s why MJM Yachts’ Bob Johnstone went to Mark Lindsay’s
Boston Boatworks, an established America’s Cup builder, to build MJM’s new Downeaststyle powerboat, the 40z, designed by Doug Zern. They came up with a strong 40-footer
that provides exceptional fuel economy while cruising quietly at 25 knots — a result of
its narrow beam and lightweight, high-tech composite construction. Dry weight with twin
IPS Volvo D4 300-hp diesels is just 16,000 pounds, making the boat “more fun to drive
and easy to handle,” says Johnstone. Nice touches include two opening windshields, port
and starboard side opening doors, and separate shower. The boat sleeps six. Its 12-foot
beam permits over-the-road transport for snowbirds. $786,500; www.mjmyachts.com
2009 Audi Q5
Small SUVs, prized by their owners for their utility and decent gas
mileage, have often fallen short in one
area close to many boaters’ hearts:
Towing capacity. Many pint-sized SUV
base models tow just 1,500 pounds,
not nearly enough to haul a modest
runabout. But with Audi’s entry into
the small SUV market, the bar has
been raised. Boasting a best-in-class
4,400-pound standard towing capacity, the new Q5 is a small SUV without
compromise.
Audi’s newest vehicle will compete in the growing luxury SUV segment, battling the Acura RDX, BMW
X3, and Lexus RX350. To do so, Audi
equipped the Q5 with 3.2-liter V6,
direct-injection engine that produces
270 hp while still achieving an EPAestimated 18 mpg city, 23 highway,
which meets or beats its chief rivals.
The Q5 also offers an impressive list of
standard features, such as sliding and
reclining rear seats, all-wheel-drive,
a six-speed transmission, and trailer
brake-controller wiring.
All the luxury bells and whistles are available as well, including a
voice-activated navigation system with
optional real-time traffic, an intelligent
electronic stability control system that
recognizes when cargo is stored on the
roof rack and adjusts accordingly, and
Audi’s Intelligent Key, which stores
service records in the key.
Cargo space with the rear seats
up totals 29.1 cubic feet, a hair better
than in the Acura RDX (see review in
July 2008, pg. 28), but with the seats
down, it totals 57.3 cubic feet, just shy
of the RDX’s 60.6 cubic feet and well
shy of the X3’s 70. Yet while we found
the RDX to be perfectly adequate for
running family and crew to the boat,
the new Q5 will do the same — but
with the boat in tow.
— By Michael Vatalaro
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The Wake Kite could be a wakeboarder’s ticket to big air. Safely controlled by a
wakeboarder or waterskier, it provides longer duration jumps and soft landings without the need for a wake tower. Two models
are available, the beginner Superfly 5.5,
and the Superfly 9.0 for those with solid
riding experience. An inflatable tube holds
the kite’s shape and permits water launching. The rider steers the kite by “tipping”
the carbon-fiber steering handle connected
to the boat via a towline. There’s no rider
harness. Simply letting go of the handle
disconnects the kite — and rider — from
the towline. Redundant shackle releases
in the boat and on the kite lines also add
safety. The Wake Kite is designed for calm
winds with boat speeds of 22 to 24 mph,
and can give up to 50 percent more altitude and up to three times the distance
and hang time when jumping wakes. The
company says it’s not a parasail or flying
tube, and while there’s a strong learning
curve for catching the biggest air, it’s easy
to get started. $1,299; www.wakekite.com
Towable For Everyone
Today, having one versatile tow toy stretches your boating dollars. The Airhead
“Transformer” does just that by giving both
kids and adults the ride they want. This is
a twin “cockpit” tube with inflated floor
and removable cockpit bladder inserts.
With an insert removed, a five-year-old
is better able to remain inside the tube.
Put the inserts in, roll the neoprene pad
in place, speed up the boat, and you have
a sporty teen and adult “deck-tube.” You
can also mix and match, with a youngster
seated on one side while an older sibling
rides along next to them in a belly-ride
position — great for the little ones who
don’t like to ride alone. The Transformer
is built of rugged 840-denier nylon and
30-gauge vinyl, has a towline “KwikConnect,” and Boston valve to speed inflation/deflation. $259; www.airhead.com
The Black Box Doesn’t Lie
In wakeboarding, bragging rights trump
all. A little waterproof black box the size of
a deck of cards aims to prove who has the
hottest tricks and catches the biggest air.
The ShadowBox is a GPS-enabled “micro
positioning system” mounted to your board
that captures every move including height,
distance, hang time, and speed of every
trick, rotation degrees (including flips), spin
rate, launch angles, G-forces, board angles,
and more. After the ride, view the numeric
data on the unit’s small LED screen, or
take it home to upload to your computer
to see a more detailed visual of your entire
run in 3-D. You can also e-mail your ride
to friends or upload to the ShadowBox
web site so others will know what you’ve
pulled. The unit even has a “Best of
Day” screen that highlights daily statistics
by rider. $449; www.shadowboxlive.com
402 consists of a motor, motor mount,
lithium-manganese battery, and remote
throttle control with integrated computer
and magnetic on/off switch. The company
says its high-efficiency drivetrain converts
50 percent of the stored battery power into
propulsive power — an improvement of
about 30 percent over traditional trolling
motors, equivalent to a 1-hp gas outboard.
It mounts to your rigid-hull kayak with a
simple mounting ball; everything is submersible. While it does increase draft a few
inches, an “auto-kick-up” function protects the drive unit when getting into skinny water. Now kayak anglers can fish and
troll at the same time, or get a little help
fighting tide or river currents. Total weight,
15 pounds. $1,799; www.torqeedo.com
Biggest Porta-Bote
After 36 years and 87,000 units sold,
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“king of the fleet” that weighs only 96
pounds but can carry more than 800
pounds. It folds flat to just four inches
thick, making it a great option for a tender.
However, Porta-Bote’s Sandy Kaye says
Kayaks Lose The Paddle
The paddle sports and powerboat worlds
have collided with the introduction of
the Torqeedo Ultralight 402, claiming to
be “the world’s first viable motor for kayaks.” Now, instead of paddling around
the cove, the Ultralight 402 will speed
your kayak silently and effortlessly under
electric power at speeds up to about six
miles per hour. At slower speeds, range
is about 12 to 15 miles. The Ultralight
downsizing baby boomers are also attracted
to the folding vessel. “It’s a size that many
boaters are used to and it doesn’t require a
parking space to store. You can hang it on
a wall like a surfboard.” With a square stern
and four seats, it will accept a small motor.
Compared to an inflatable, setup time
is quick and there’s more interior space.
The hull carries a 10-year limited warranty.
$1,949; www.porta-bote.com
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The Solid Nordic Tug 37
Perhaps it’s because, as children, many include the use of
of us had Hardie Gramatky’s classic chil- a Vinylester exterior
dren’s story Little Toot read to us by our par- laminate to prevent
ents and grandparents, that so many boat- osmotic blistering;
ers are enamored with tugboats. If you’re a one-inch-thick
such a person who appreciates the work- keel laminate capamanlike, stout appearance of this genre, ble of withstanding
Nordic Tug of Burlington, Washington, groundings; pipe-lined limber holes in
has the boat for you. Designed by the stringers, frames, and bulkheads to prelate Lynn Senour, the Nordic Tug 37 was vent water intrusion; and a deck-to-hull
introduced in 1998 and remains in pro- joint that’s sealed, bolted, then fiberglassed
duction. She’s a tugboat in style only and, together. She has no deck along the cabin
from a performance standpoint, falls into a sides of the main saloon, allowing the full
category with the somewhat oxymoronic width of the hull for interior accommoname “fast trawler yacht.” Because the dations. The inconvenience of having to
swim platform is integral and actually part pass through the cabin to travel from bow
of the hull, the overall length is 39’ 2” and to stern is outweighed by better interior
41’ 3” with optional anchor pulpit, while accommodations.
the on-deck length is 37’ 4”. Beam is 12’
The aft deck measures slightly more
11” and although light ship displacement than five feet deep by 10 feet wide and
is only 22,600 pounds, her draft is 4’ 4” accommodates three deck chairs. There’s
owing to the depth of the full keel protect- a transom door for easy access to the swim
ing the prop and rudder.
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optional flybridge helm was offered, also
accessed by ladder. The foredeck provides
secure and easy access for handling ground
tackle and dock lines.
Two interior arrangement plans were
offered — one with a large master suite
forward and a second with two forward
cabins. The main saloon features a large
L-shaped dinette to port and a starboard
galley. The bridgedeck forward of the
saloon has 40-inch-wide seats to each side,
a fully equipped helm to starboard, and
large navigation station to port. There are
both port and starboard entrance doors,
an important feature often overlooked on
boats of this style. The single forward cabin
arrangement has a center-island berth, large
head and shower to starboard, port and
starboard hanging lockers, and large vanity.
The two-cabin layout has a smaller head
and offered original buyers the option of
a second sleeping cabin, second head, or
small office. The same center-island berth
on either model is only 74 inches long, too
short for folks over six feet tall.
A six-cylinder Cummins diesel is standard. Early models were rated at 330 hp;
later models 380. The engine room beneath
the bridgedeck has 360-degree access. The
37 has a top speed of about 18 knots.
Depending on load, she can cruise at 12 to
14 knots but to do so will consume 13 gallons of fuel per hour. At about 1,200 rpm,
she should make eight knots and consume
about three gallons per hour.
More than 200 Nordic Tug 37s have
been built. I found 22, from Alaska to
Florida, listed for sale at Yachtworld.com,
ranging in asking price from $295,000
for a 1999 model to $468,000 for a
2006. Reported sales over the last 12
months have ranged from $300,000 for
a 2000 model to $458,000 for a 2008.
— By Jack Hornor
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powerboats and sailboats previously reviewed
in BoatU.S. Magazine by naval architect Jack
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for the Annapolis-based Marine Survey &
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25’ MAGNUM MARINE 1973.
Rare, only 35 25’s made, much
invested, all new 540/600hp FWC
Dynoed windlass/Bravo1. Too
much to list/loaded. Can send pics.
$12,500/obo. NY(631)846-4262,
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18’ FISHHAWK center console
2003. 115 Johnson 2 stroke
and trailer, EZ-Loader, GPS &
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MA(508)505-1179
19’ GRADY WHITE 1983. Repowered
1999 Evinrude Ficht 115hp. Very
fuel efficient. Bimini, mooring cover,
bow cover, front dodger, side curtain
windows. All electronics included.
$8,500. Brooklyn, NY(718)7584475, phillyoil@aol.com
20’ CHRIS CRAFT Speedster
Woody 2007. Mint collector edition, only 99. Teak mahogany
walnut. Original owner. $55,000.
Lake Tahoe, CA(530)525-1052,
Tweetandgeo@cs.com
21’ MURPHY Crown Laker 1994. Like
new condition, custom mahogany, 5
Ltr Volvo Penta/225 org hrs, incl
Karavan trailer, a must see! $41,000/
obo. Burr Ridge, IL(630)710-7474,
dfcltd2001@aol.com
23’ PRO-LINE Sport 23 center console 2007. Practically new fishing boat. Manufacturer installed
hard T-top, beautiful & pristine
condition w/less than 20 hrs on
Mercury Verado 200hp engine.
Kept one summer in fresh water;
owner loves it but never had time
to fish. Purchased brand new from
Pro-Line dealer and only 1 owner.
The price is a steal but owner is
highly motivated. Price is negotiable. Sorry, no trailer. $35,000.
PA, owner’s broker, (215)332-5117,
sales@philaboat.com
23’ SEA RAY 1985. Slps 6, galley
w/2brnr elec/alcohol stove, frig,
microwave, head, all safety equipment. 3 hrs use since survey, bottom paint 4/2009, includes trailer.
$8,000. OH(440)610-1037, cell
24’ GRADY WHITE 1985.
All new canvas in 2008.
$14,000. Heathsville, VA,
tparrow@BoatUS.com
24’ GRADY WHITE 1985. Late
model GPS & DSC radio. Lowrance
fish/depth sounder. Teak trimmed.
Repowered w/Yamaha 225
4 stroke w/only 19 hrs. Engine
still under warranty. $19,900.
Orleans,
MA(781)891-6783,
jpmori@comcast.net
25’ ANGLER walkaround 2004.
Twin 150 Mercury Optimax w/ss
props, custom hardtop & canvas,
rocket launchers, outriggers, cockpit bolsters, tackle boxes, GPS,
chartplotter, fishfinder, radio.
$39,895. NJ(201)652-7786,
ahwahlberg@aol.com
25’6’’ SEA RAY 260 bowrider
1999. Great condition, extras, sale
price. $24,999. Atlantic City, NJ,
Steve1cpa@gmail.com
26’ CUSTOM Downeast 1997. 160hp
Yanmar, 400h, E-120 Raytheon,
inverter, micrwv, teak cockpit covered lift, trailer. $79,500. Kinsale,
VA, illingpa@aol.com
26’ MAKO center console 1987.
Plus 30’’ armst. outbracket twin.
200hp Evinrude E-tecs, transferable
warr, orig owner. Loaded, turnkey.
$26,500. Miami, FL(305)342-9699,
cbrush3015@aol.com
26’ SEA RAY 260 Sundancer 2007.
68+/- hours, on 300HP Mercury
engine, showroom clean, includes
complete canvases, a/c, TV,
Garmin GPS, VHF radio, Sirus spotlight, indoor racked, intercoastal.
$50,000(firm). FL(561)638-2501
26’ SOUTHPORT CC 2006. Twin
F225 Yamahas - low hrs! Ice blue
hull, great cond. Powder coated T-top
w/rocket launchers. Raymarine C-20
color GPS/map/sounder combo.
Raymarine VHF Clarion AM/FM/CD
stereo. 45 gal. livewell/forward console cooler seat. Cushioned forward
fishboxes. Hyd. steering/trim tabs/
SS props. $88,500. FL(239)2830250, jhmarina@aol.com
27’ EASTERN pilothouse 1995.
Includes 2003 classic triaxle
trailer. diesel FWC engine, Furuno
radar, GPS, 2-depth/fishfinders,
2nd steering station, trolling valve,
heater. $19,500. Firm. Lusby, MD
(301)672-8363
27’ SEA RAY 1988. Twin 205s Merc
I/O, 10’ beam, low hrs, new drives,
a/c. Camper & mooring covers, VHS,
CD. $20,000. MI(586)465-6487
31’ CABO Sportfisherman 1998.
Complete electronics, tower,
outriggers, etc. Very well maintained. Sale due to retirement/
relocation. Excellent floating slip,
in Barnegat Light, NJ is also available is optional. $149,000/obo.
NJ(609)494-0152
31’ CHRIS CRAFT Commander
1966. Fiberglass, t/Chevy
327’s, only 900 hrs, will send
full list & pictures. $12,500.
Wilmington, IL(815)476-6462,
lwebase@juno.com
31’ LUHRS 2006. 50 hrs, new,
family/sportfish, 330 Cummins diesels, tower/dual controls, 5kw gen,
more. Slps 4, shower, complete
galley, bought, never used - health
problems. $195,000/obo. Fort
Lauderdale, FL(954)563-2020
31’ SEA RAY 310 Sundancer 2000.
Teak flooring, a/c, plotter, 5K gen,
new bottom paint. $72,500.
Clearwater, FL(727)515-0168
31’ SEA RAY Sundancer 2000. Very
clean, professionally maintained,
heat, air, gen, twin 350 v-drives.
Slps 4 comfortably but can slp
6, windlass w/foot control, remote
spot light, 2 complete canvas covers. New water heater, new starters, 3 new batteries & converter,
new stereo/6 disc chg/satellite/MP3
capability, scheduled for new bottom paint spring 2009. Abundant
storage. $87,000. Shelbyville, IL,
cshu@comcast.net
31’ TIARA 1982. Repowered w/
Cummins diesels, low hrs.
Cruises 28 mph. Recent electronics, new a/c. See specs & pics
www.tiaraowners.com. $59,500.
SC, Ed, (843)870-0008
32’ ALBEMARLE express 1995.
Tower, boat hrs 2250, engine
hrs, 800, setup for offshore,
well equipped. Recently commissioned, clean boat, great sea boat,
reasonable. NY(631)277-7254
32’ ISLAND GYPSY classic 1986.
Solar panels, cruised equipped
by retired sailor. Loaded. 135
Lehman, 2,300 hrs. Great cond,
1.20GPH.
Caribe/Johnson.
Freshwater. Turnkey. $69,000/obo.
Aberdeen, MS(727)488-5436
32’ MARINETTE sedan 1979.
Twin Chrysler 318s, one rebuilt
in 2000. Roomy, sleeps 6. Great
for overnighting, w/inverter and
large capacity house bank. New
freshwater, electric head installed
‘09, Raymarine A65 at flybridge
station. $18,000 (VA)703-3466731, pokeyv@hotmail.com
33’ CHRIS CRAFT Catalina
Commander 1978. A must see
clean boat w/new full canvas &
updated interior. Very low hours &
very clean bilges. Included inflatable w/davit. $23,999/obo. IL,
mystuff3456@att.net
33’ HYDRA SPORTS 3300 CC 2005.
Twin 300 Yamahas, Raymarine
radar E120 screens, windlass,
hard top, full canvas, Triaxle trailer
included. Original owner. $68,900.
Pinellas Park, FL(727)224-0512,
josephcamera@sprintmail.com
34’ MAINSHIP pilot sedan 2003.
Yanmar 370, 600 hrs, dripless
shaft, bow thruster, strainers, platform OilXChange, heat/ac, inverter,
Vaccu flush, Furuno electronics,
cherry interior. $169,900. Offers,
Pittsburgh, PA(724)832-2685,
tftv04@yahoo.com
34’ RINKER Fiesta Vee 2006.
Swim platform, 5.7 twin Volvos,
5kw gen, factory upgrades. Little
KY Lake use, under cover, recent
survey, professionally maintained &
operated. $130,000. IN(812)3066176, wshakun@wowway.com
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36’ ALBIN express trawler 2002.
Twin Yanmar 315, gen, two staterooms, head with shower, dual
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28’ BOSTON WHALER Conquest
2001. Fishing machine! Twin 200hp
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Ferry Marina, CT(860)464-2146
32’ LEVY cabin cruiser 2004.
Perfect liveaboard boat. Engine:
Cummins 330 (165H), fresh
water only. Generator: FisherPanda. Full electronics. Cherry
wood interior. Pristine conditions.
$275,000. Lake Champlain,
NY(514) 761-3741, larv@vdn.ca,
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29’ SEA RAY Amberjack 2000. Twin
5.7L engine w/Bravo I/O’s, gen, a/c/
heat, head system, electric/gas
stove, frig, GPS, many more accessories. Excellent cond. $74,900.
Rockport,TX(210)497-6018
30’ LARSON 1988. Freshwater, 800
hrs, twin 305s, OMC I/O’s, aft cabin.
Slps 6, new canvas w/screens &
isinglass, GPS, depthfinder, engine
sync, ship to shore radio. Elec stove,
blue-lt gray int, bath w/shower.
$24,999. OH(216)316-3368,
wmiller@nightwineohio.com
36’ GRAND BANKS classic 1990.
Twin Cummins 210hp 1,620 hrs,
8kw Genset, 930 hrs, color chart
plotter/GPS, dual VHF, radar, a/pilot.
$209,000. FL(325)949-3773
37’ SEA RAY Sundancer 1995.
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B+G factory electronics pkg. includes
a/pilot, 2 a/c units, new canvas, gen,
510 hrs. $89,000. Oak Park Marina,
Sodus Bay, NY(585)329-8995,
rfisk@rochester.rr.com
38’ FORMULA 37 PC 2003. 8.1
Mercs. V drives, 140 hrs, genset,
GPS, radar, a/pilot, bow thruster.
Great cond. $175,000. Lake Erie,
WWDCO@AOL.COM
32’ MARINETTE sedan flybridge
1986. 7.5 gen, heat/ac, slps 6,
stove, frig, new bridge seats,
bimini, cushions & carpet. New
AM/FM cassette/10cd. TV. Health
forces sale. $30,900. Louisville,
KY, bob.thomas@insightbb.com
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39’ SEA RAY 2005. Pristine
Sundancer 360. Slps six, full galley, 2-TV/DVD, wet bar, more. 98hrs,
twin 370hp MerCruisers. Only fresh
water used, climate-controlled
stored. Raymarine electronics:
Radar C80, 230VHF. Warranty.
$219,000. (MI)734-464-0759
40’ ALBIN trawler aft cabin 1989.
Twin diesels, 135hp each. 500
gals. Diesel on board. Galley down,
3 burner stove, oven. Head w/
bath tub & shower, full electronics.
Asking $131,000. Long Branch,
NJ, Joe, (732)818-0857
40’ CRUISERS 400 Express 2004.
Twin 8.1 GXI Volvos. 26 hrs, 2
stateroom, 2 heads, full color
electronics, extended warranty.
$199,999. Atlantic City, NJ, Joe,
(908)963-7119, jnetska@att.com
40’ TIARA 4000 1996. Cummins
420/450, all options, hard top,
Barrett windows, new electronics & canvas, SeaTel. Like
new cond. $249,000. Lake
Michigan boat. (847)615-2076,
bvalters@sbcglobal.net
41’ SEA RAY 380 Sundancer
2003. W/175 hrs, all fresh
water. Twin 8.1 MPI’s, gen,
GPS, custom camper canvas
w/windows & screens, full frig/
freezer, 2 a/c’s, 2TV’s. New price,
$189,000. NH(603)321-3179,
jandjdanieli@myfairpoint.net
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42’ GRAND BANKS classic 1993.
Cummins turbo & NL genset.
Niad stabilizers, queen berth, ext
bimini, new WB dinghy & 10hsp
motor. $235,000. Punta Gorda,
FL(941)505-1604, (941)661-6470
42’ NORDIC TUG pilothouse 2000.
Cummins 330 (2100), NL 12kw
(430), full electronics, excellent
cond. $325,000. Punta Gorda,
FL(409)739-9100, seasalt007@
aol.com, http://tinyurl.com/ytlgg6
44’ CARVER 1995. Excel cond,
twin cats, dsl, 2 state rooms,
2 fll hds, W/D, fll elec, approx
750 hrs, frsh water boat.
$180,000. NY(518)762-5301,
bmiller003@nycap.rr.com
44’ DEFEVER trawler 1988.
Pristine cond, twin Lehman
135s, 1900 hrs, Westerbeke
12.5 kw gen, low hrs, stabilized.
Awlgrip. Fresh water mostly.
$220,000. FL(561)391-4264,
quinn.l@sbcglobal.net
44’ GULFSTAR M.C. sundeck
trawler 1979. Twin diesels, cruise
equipped, all electronics, generator,
watermaker, inverter, full canvas,
dinghy. Solid glass hull, keel protects props, standup engine room.
$139,000. TX(361)776-7837
market. If you can’t do it alone,
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wood and hunter green ultrasuede
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galley down, 2 compact refrigerators, oven, 3 burner propane stove,
microwave, coffee maker, toaster,
separate ice maker, 2 zone heat/
ac, 2 heads w/fresh water Vacuflush
systems, 2 stall showers, full electronics, extra equip, full flybridge
enclosure, removable davits w/11’
Nautica dinghy w/15hp O/B, salt &
freshwater washdowns. Outside h
& c shower, dockside water hookup, Awlgripped flag blue. 620 gal
fuel, 300 gal water, 10 kw gen
(217 hrs), twin 3208TA Cat diesels
435hp each (652hrs). Vessel in
Rowayton, CT, Don (203)856-5600,
dvandyke@dwvd.com
51’ C-YACHT 1985. Twin Crusader
V-8/v-drives, 6.5 kw Onan.
Customized for liveaboard, extended cruises. Built-in cabin heating,
separate, new a/c’s. More. Original
owner $78,000. AL(850)5041212
57’ SKIPPERLINER aquaminium
1988. Twin 230 Mercruisers.
Open floor plan, lots of big windows. Granite countertops, original
owner, very good cond. Rapid City,
SD(605)574-2800, (605)2645575, more photos/details,
www.tinhaulady.com
SALE OR
TRADE - SAIL
47’6’’ SABRELINE 47 motor yacht
1997. Give away price, if buy now
- $349,900. Best value on the
25’ IRWIN 10/4 1977. Yanmar,
Harkins RF, lazy jack, FB main,
fresh bottom paint, new marine
radio, AM/FM cassette, needs TLC.
$8,000. Baltimore, MD(717)2743296
26’ WESTERLY Centaur 1971.
VHF, a/helm, GPS, depth sounder,
port-a-potti, sink, freshwater tank,
Yamaha 9.9hp O/B. Great day
sailer/overnighter. $5,500/obo.
Whitehaven, MD(410)873-2514,
rattler028@yahoo.com
27’ CATALINA 27 cruiser 1976.
$4,000. Nyack, NY(845)359-0050
27’ O’DAY sloop 1987. Excellent
cond. 10hp diesel engine. Wing
keel, shoal draft, roller furling, selftailing winches, bimini. Fresh water
moored. Age & failing health reason for sale. $7,900. Alexandria,
VA(703)360-3415, email for videos, vineyard.1@cox.net
29’10’’ 9.1 meter S2 1985.
Excellent shape, race ready, 2GM
diesel Ockam, inst 6 stations.
$32,000. Lake City, MN(608)7830283, j2427s2@charter.net
30’ OLSON 911S 1987. Rare
sloop manufactured by Pacific
Boats, has won dozens of racing
trophies. Complete 11 year service
history. $32,000. Somers Point,
NJ(856)429-3954
32’ LAZY JACK schooner 1979.
Ted Brewer fiberglass world cruiser; draft 2’10’’ up/6’ dn. I/B diesel,
lines led aft, VHF, GPS, slps 4;
$38,000/obo. ME(239)565-5558,
davidlaing@aol.com
32’ PACESHIP Chance 32/28
1973. Roller furling, good engine,
Atomic 4. Asking $9,900. Boat
in Cocoa, FL, Norm, (321)2667024, sail4fun99@hotmail.com,
www.capecanaveralcondorentals.
com/id76.htm
34’ ALOHA sloop 1983. 5’.5’’
draft, Harken furler, 21hp diesel,
Edson wheel, custom bimini, fully
equipped, bristol cond, ‘’KINSU’’.
$50,000. Kinsale, VA(703)7532566, sskinsu@verizon.net
35’ ISLAND PACKET model 350 cutter rig 2001. Excellent cond, 40hp
Yanmar diesel, reverse cycle ac/
heat, 12 volt refrigeration, chartplotter, inverter, EPIRB. In-mast furling,
solar panel, wind gen, four batteries,
dinghy davits, dingy/OB. $179,500.
NH(603)755-9192
36’4’’ CATALINA 1998. Being sold
by original owner. Includes many
upgrades: radar, laptop navigation,
GPS, a/pilot, full stereo system, flat
panel TV, DVD player, dinghy &
davit system. $109,900. Boston,
MA(508) 641-7547
37’ J-BOAT 37C 1989. Great boat
for cruising w/the ability to race.
Excellent condition. $96,000.
Gilbertsville, KY, jsail48@gmail.com
41’8’’ PASSPORT 2000. Offshore
performance cruiser, Yanmar 62
(15hrs), Raytheon color radar, a/
pilot, SSB, ac/heat, inverter, Ultra-
suede, Corian, SeaFrost, North sails,
winter cover. Never used. All offers
considered. MD (610)399-8309
CATAMARAN PARTNERSHIP Share
in Cat (42’ Fountain Pajot) partnership share: $14,000 (transferable) + $600 per month.
cettel@mac.com, (513)766-3883,
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42’ PEARSON 424 ketch 1979.
Westerbeke 60 (low hours), well
kept owner for 23 years. $56,000.
Loc, ME(207)326-9129
43’ GULFSTAR MK II center cockpit ketch 1979. New mainsail,
mizzen sail & cockpit enclosure.
50hp Perkins, max prop, ac/heat,
davits, radar, more. Always freshwater. $79,000. Milwaukee, WI
(414)379-5350
43’ SPINDRIFT C-C cutter 1983.
World cruiser, 80hp Lehman diesel. 300 gal diesel, 250 water. 2
staterooms, 2 showers, 2 a/pilots,
wash mach, genset, 500 gal
watermaker. CA(310)567-2632,
heinzkc6hpz@verizon.net
44’ C&C racer/cruiser 1987.
Prime example of the flagship of the C&C line, excellent
cond, recently refurbished inside.
$119,000. West River, MD,
acaribbeansoul@att.net
44’ C&C 1985. In fresh water since
1987. Current owner bought in
1992 & never raced. Owner retiring
& moving to smaller boat. Contact
owner for price. For line drawings,
equipment list & pictures, www.
cc-44.com, IL(312)649-9062
44’ KELLY-PETERSON 1976.
Fast sailing blue water cruising
cutter rigged yacht. Great liveaboard w/ample space & creature
comforts. Very sea kindly w/lots
of open ocean miles under her
keel, including the Panama Canal.
Will consider trade for 36’-40’
trawler. $90,500. Rock Hall, MD,
LOSTPUP@DMV.COM
52’ JEANNEAU Sun Fast 1993.
$220,000. Hilton Head, SC(843)
342-5590, jack@wavebusters.com
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