Celebrating our 35th Anniversary!

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The Sailing Magazine
September 2016
Celebrating our 35th Anniversary!
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Sailing Magazine
Incredible young sailors grace the waters
of Lake Washington. The Leiter Cup, which
is the US Youth Women’s Singlehanded
Championship, was won by Kirkland, WA,
native Talia Toland (page 63).
Photo courtesy of Jan Anderson
This month’s cover, “Wooden Boat Festival 2014” is by local artist, Luke Tornatzky.
To see more of his work, www.Lukejtornatzky.com
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September 2016
The First Days Away 30
How does it feel when those first days begin a huge adventure?
By Becca Guillote
PNW Youth Sailing Update 32
WIND Clinic and Leiter Cup are extraordinary opportunities.
By Andrew Nelson
Two Hands, a Bent Boat, and Half a Shoestring 34
A couple PNW sailor dudes tackle a refit and race to Hawaii.
By Rhys Balmer
Getting and Keeping Rides on OPBs 38
Bring skills or a good attitude to get invited and stay invited.
By Andy Schwenk
How-to: Late Summer Exterior Varnish 42
Make the most of the consistently dry weather.
By Jack and Alex Wilken
Artist’s View - Secrets of the Salish Sea 45
687 Sea Otters. Seriously!
By Larry Eifert
Galley Essentials with Amanda 46
Scotland exploration with Mum and Dad.
By Amanda Swan Neal
Lessons Learned While Cruising 48
Shoulder season: different mindset, great experience.
By Jamie and Behan Gifford
Offshore Cruising Sail Inventory 50
The latest installment of the Sailmaker Sessions.
By Jim Kitchen
Love is in the Stars 52
Sailing together may have side effects...like marriage.
By Michelle DeCouteau
The Cohen Family Crushes WIRW 54
After 29 years at WIRW, two generations take class wins!
By Stephanie Schwenk
48° North Race Report 56
CGOD, Leiter Cup, Down the Sound, Shaw Island, and more!
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial 6 Books 27
Letters 8 Crossword 28
Calendar 14 Product News 29
Lowtide 17 Classified Ads 66
In the Biz 25 Brokerage/Listings 75
Trivia 26 Index to Advertisers 85
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35 Years of 48° North
History and sailing - it’s a daunting pairing.
According to Robert Carter’s Antiquity Volumes,
Volume XXXVI, Number 2, September 2016
the first depiction of sailing goes back beyond 5,000
6327 Seaview Ave. NW
BCE. Considering this, any sail-related history Seattle, WA 98107
exists in an unthinkably distant context - nearly two [phone], fax [phone]
millennia before humans began to utilize the wheel. Website: http://www.48north.com
What is historical about anything compared to those
Publishers
first sailors? Nonetheless, the simple act of sailing
Michael Collins & Richard Hazelton
connects us with those courageous pioneers. To be
sure, we know a lot more about crossing oceans now, Editor
but it is still hard (page 34). As the years pass and the Joe Cline
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purposes evolve, sailing continues to be useful and
fulfilling.
Associate Editor/Race/Current Events:
September often has a historical feel for sailors in the Pacific Northwest, Karen Higginson
as tens of thousands of us make the pilgrimage to the Wooden Boat Festival in email: [email protected]
Port Townsend to honor traditional wooden vessels, as well as their dedicated
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stewards and the purveyors and preachers of the skilled trades necessary to keep
Michael Collins
these important boats afloat. Building, refitting, or even just sailing a wooden
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boat puts you in the company of all sailors over the eons, until the advent of the
plastic fantastic, fiberglass, in the 1960s. Classifieds/Display Advertising
For us here at the good ship 48° North, this month is historically important for Savannah McKenzie
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another reason, as we celebrate our 35th Anniversary. Though an awfully small
fraction in the broad history of sailing (half of one percent, if you’re curious),
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It’s difficult for me to wrap my mind around these 35 years of 48° North. I’m
32 years old. By the time I was entering the world, 25 quality and free-as-the-wind Contributing Editors
Culinary Cruiser: Amanda Swan Neal
sailing magazines were on the streets benefiting the readers with entertainment
Photographer: Jan Anderson
and information, and giving advertisers a chance to share their products and
services with an audience that actually sails. The story goes that the inception of
Published monthly by Boundless
48° North took place on barstools at the Sloop Tavern. Three men - one who could
Enterprises, Inc, 6327 Seaview Ave. NW,
write, one who could sell, and one who had money - envisioned a magazine that
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would serve the local sailing community. Their beer-fueled experiment worked,
Fax [phone]. Printed in Seattle, WA USA.
and it still does, thankfully!
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Within these 35 years, 48° North has given voice to hundreds of wonderful
charge a nominal reimbursement fee.
story tellers with a sea tale to share. We hope it has inspired new sailors and made 48° North encourages letters, photographs,
them feel that the skills and the community of sailing are accessible to them. And, manuscripts, burgees, and bribes. Manuscripts
we continue to be flattered that a local 48° North activity, Tropical Night at Duck should be related to boating issues, instruction,
Dodge (page 22), draws well over 100 boats and is still every bit as fun after all or experiences. Emailed manuscripts and high
these years. quality digital images are best, but submissions
Our individual histories in sailing ebb and flow like the tides. But, like the via mail or delivered in person are still most
welcome!
waters of the Salish Sea, movement and variation and change actually provide
We are not responsible for
a basis for the consistent. Young sailors continue to fall in love with our sport,
unsolicited materials. Articles express
when given the opportunity. Old sailors reluctantly reduce their sailing ranges
the author’s thoughts and may
and eventually sell their last boat - hopefully to a first-time boat owner. Between
not reflect the opinions of
those extremes, sailors progress, explore, challenge themselves, and make enough
the magazine. Allow eight
friends and happy memories along the way to last ten lifetimes.
to ten weeks for response.
I can tell you no more about the mindsets of those three men who sat in the Reprinting in whole or part
Sloop Tavern and imagined a magazine than I can represent those first sailors is expressly forbidden
capturing the mysterious power of the wind for the first time more than 7,000 except by permission
years ago. But, when we cast off our docklines, leave the harbor, and hoist the from the editor.
sails, I’d say we’re a little closer to understanding them.
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All the Power You Need
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H o w Diesel to Electric h““oBDl”e”s, b&r“i An“g”Cs ” (t.u hTne hdeeel erhc ettrihgiceh tm nooeftw ot rh meu pboo usxno t ai)tt,
is aligned with the propeller shaft. The
Part 1: Installation box is cut down to the level of “E” to
make securing easier.
By Jack and Alex Wilken
We recently removed the diesel insulation can be nasty stuff) as well
engine from our 1978 Yamaha 33 as eye and ear protection if you are
sailboat and installed an electric motor. grinding or banging on things.
This month, we want to share some Our house batteries were in the
of that process. Our interest in a non- same space as the engine, so we
fossil-fuel means of propulsion goes moved them in order to keep all of the
back a long ways. But until now, we electric propulsion in the same space
have not put it into practice beyond for reasons that we will go into later.
running our diesel engine on biofuel. The old engine weighed just under
There are questions that we asked 300 lbs. We were able to lift it out
and that people asked us; we will try through the hatch using the spinnaker
to answer some of them. The first one pole supported by a halyard with the a little confusing. We started from the
is, “How fast or far will it go?” Then, help of a 4-to-1 purchase of the boom size of the diesel engine we were taking
“How big of an electric motor do I vang secured to the spinnaker pole at out. Before going further we are going
need?” “What kind and how many the place that was supported by the to define some terms. In general it is
batteries do I need?” These and other halyard. common to speak about horsepower
questions give the general impression The first step in the EP part of this (hp) when we speak about engines. Hp
that electric propulsion (EP) is project was deciding on the size of is a measurement of power reflecting
something new and not really well electric motor to install. This should the rate at which work is done. This can
understood. The reality is that electric- have been easy, but, as it turns out, is also be expressed in kilowatts (kw) or
powered boats are not something new.
If we look at history, the evolution
of electric boats bears a striking
similarity to that of the electric car, and
both are tied to battery technology and
the price of petroleum. The golden age
of the electric boat can be considered
from 1880 to 1920 when the gasoline
outboard began its reign of terror with
both air and sound pollution. With
present day technological advances in
electric motors, pulse controllers, and
batteries, we may be set to begin the
next “Golden Age.”
The beginning of this project
started with the removal of the internal
combustion engine. We were careful to
keep every nut and bolt and to label
everything as much as possible. In the
end, this meant we had no problem
selling the old diesel. One issue in the
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that you have containers available and
know where to take them. Household
Hazardous Waste will take most, if not
all, of what you will need to dispose of. Figure 2: The engine space is now home to the electric propulsion. “A” = electric
Be sure to wear protective gear such motor controller. “B” = electric motor. “C” = shore power battery charger.
Engineered to be Serviced Easily! as gloves and a respirator (old sound “1 - 8” are the batteries.
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In the October and November 2015 issues of 48° North,
our how-to columnists, Jack and Alex Wilken, wrote a thorough
two-part column on converting a sailboat from diesel to electric
auxiliary power. As a part of this article series, we also made a
Beta Marine West (Distributor) couple of videos for the 48° North youtube page. These videos have
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415-332-3507 the two. In the comments section of these videos are a number of
follow-up questions. Jack was generous enough to answer some of
Pacific Northwest Dealer Network those for us here, in case you’ve been wondering some of the same
things.
Access Marine
Seattle, WA
206-819-2439 Concern: hydrogen goes boom. All these batteries
[email protected] should maybe be vented after charging, during charging,
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and definitely prior to motor use. We don’t see much original
venting in diesel powered boats, unlike gas power inboards
Sea Marine
where venting is a must have.
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360-379-1319 Jack’s response: The batteries we used produce little or no
[email protected] gas if they are be cycled between 20% and 80% of their amp hour
www.betamarinepnw.com capacity. Gassing off in AGM batteries, which is less than flood
batteries, takes place in the last 10% to 15% of their capacity. This
Deer Harbor Boatworks boat is well ventilated and this should be the case for all battery
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How much did it cost ?
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Jack’s Response: The bank of batteries totaling 200 amps cost
$3600. The 7kw Electric Drive from Clean e-Marine cost $7690.
Emerald Marine
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360-293-4161
www.emeraldmarine.com What about waterproofness? If the engine compartment
is somehow flooded will the motor still work when dried
Oregon Marine Industries out or is the whole system gonna get fried?
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Jack’s Response: The motor will run underwater. If it is
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saltwater, you will need to wash it down with fresh water. The
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control box should be mounted where it can be high and dry.
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What kind of solar and wind turbine system would
Hinckley Bermuda 40 you need to charge this? Along with everything else being
converted to electric i.e. all electric galley, watermaker, all
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electronics, air conditioner, water heater and pumps. And
Spencer 53 ketch the dozens of other things?
Jack’s Response: It is all about watts (power). You will need to
Mariner 40 ketch
buy charging systems that are rated to keep up with the loads. As
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we discussed in the second video, the regeneration of the Max-Prop
Mapleleaf 54 will deliver something back, too, but it would be rare, especially
in the Pacific Northwest, for you to get enough regeneration to
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forego signficant back-up sources, whether solar, wind, generator,
Gartside 50 or shore power.
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Is this a brushless motor? It sounds so loud in the video?
Alberg 37 Jack’s Response: It is a brush motor, it is more efficient than
brushless motors of the same weight and output. The actual sound
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is inaudible underway from the cockpit. Based on our experience,
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the video sound is not representative of the actual sound level.
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Are there any issues with magnetic fields and compasses?
…..and more!
Jack’s Response: The normal safe distance for a compass is
three feet. We have an autopilot compass that is mounted about
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