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Class: Crewed Division: C Pacific Cup Rating: 114 Make and Type: Perry 47 Rig: Ketch LOA: 47 Sail Number: P47016 Hull Color: Black Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Skipper: Sam La Vanaway Navigator: Charles Reynolds |
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Crew Resumes
POSITION
DESIRED Crew of La Adriana
SYNOPSIS OF BACKGROUND
Born a Pisces with 50 years of
hands-on experience.
Decorated Navy veteran.
CyberCruiser.
Muddy.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
None
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Not a racer.
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Captain of Invictus
7/92 to Current, Catalina 27,
fin-keel sloop
Extensive cruising in San
Francisco Bay and nearby offshore waters. Founder of the Sea
of Anarchy Yacht Club (and current Commodore) and co-founder
of the CyberCruisers. Perfected keel polishing techniques.
Made friends with Lt. Snodgrass. Converted Invictus to power
boat.
Co-Captain of Treefort
8/83 to 7/92, Hunter 25, fin-keel
sloop
Spent considerable time doing
things that were supposed to be impossible in a keelboat
(such as circumnavigating Bair Island) because we didn't
know any better. Developed home grown sailing vocabulary to
compensate for lack of training. Invented the dry man
overboard drill. Refined the ability to place empty rum
bottles on channel markers. Experienced in several effective
kedging methods.
Crew Freedom
6/78 to 8/83, International 420,
centerboard sloop
Extensive sailing in San Francisco
Bay. Considerable practice in righting principles. Developed
the ability to hike out without swinging around the forestay
when pounding into the South Bay chop. Often came close to
freezing to death.
Co-Captain of "It ain't our dream
boat but it will have to do"
9/72 to 6/78, World Famous Brand,
inflatable
Learned to navigate sloughs
without getting stuck. Would row several miles upwind and
sail back downwind using the oars as a mast and an Indian
bed spread as a sail.
Damage Controlman 2nd Class
12/67 to 5/71, USS Enterprise,
Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier Two tours of duty in Tonkin
Gulf (Yankee Station, VietNam) protecting the world from
democracy. Almost got blown to smithereens in a firey
accident near Hawaii. Member of the scuttling team (a skill
never realized). Survived four years without getting thrown
into the brig. Actually gained weight on Navy chow.
Honorably discharged.
Recreational Sailor
1965 to 8/67, Sunfish and Cape Cod
Cat, New Jersey
Discovered that sailing a
girlfriend to a remote island near Long Beach Island (from
Harvey Cedars, NJ) was a great way to score.
Crew, Cristchurch School,
Christchurch, Va
1964 to 1965
Crewed on Lightning and other
boats while at boarding school on Rapahannock River as an
excuse not to participate in sports in which you
sweat.
Crew, Fairley
1962, Pearson Triton
Crewed on new Triton in Chesapeake
Bay. Learned that you could easily escape the old folks in a
dinghy.
BOATING EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND
US Navy Training Center, San
Diego, 8/67-11/67 (Boot Camp)
Special Awards:
Shellback (2/71)
REFERENCES:
Available upon request.
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POSITION DESIRED
Yeoman of La Adriana
SYNOPSIS OF BACKGROUND
Born a Pisces with 45 years of
real life experience.
CyberCruiser.
Honorary Muddy (due to a South Bay
sailing misfortune).
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
None.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Perfect pitch, professional wine
taster, knot specialist and designated fisherman.
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Captain of California Girl
6/95 to Current, Cal 29, fin-keel
sloop
Extensive sailing in San Francisco
Bay and nearby offshore waters. Several round trip sails to
Half-Moon Bay. (also several flat ones) Perfected fuel tank
emptying techniques. Made friends with Commodore mudley,
along with the entire Sea of Anarchy. Converted California
Girl to hedonism.
Crew on Pincoya
Participated in 1997 Coastal Cup
race to Santa Barbara. While onboard, taught special seminar
in "Red Vines" projectile vomiting. Learned the true meaning
and purpose of anti-nausea medication. Became addicted to
offshore sailing and can't wait to see stars again.
Crew and Captain of Dove
Captain: 5/93 to 6/95, Extensive
sailing in San Francisco Bay and nearby offshore waters.
Managed to successfully accomodate 2 adults and 2 kids on a
boat with cabin space less than a small pup tent for
weekends at a time.
Crew: 1/91 to 4/93, Catalina 22,
swing-keel sloop
Extensive sailing around Santa
Barbara and the Channel Islands. Mostly 16, but occasionally
9, 68, 69 (my personal favorite), and 72.
Recreational Sailor
1969 to 1974, Sunfish and small
catamarans,
Summers on Cape Cod and the
Connecticut shore.
BOATING EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND
West Marine School of Procurement
and Finance (1991 to present).
REFERENCES:
Available upon request.
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POSITION DESIRED:
Crew of La Adriana
SYNOPSIS OF BACKGROUND:
48 years' worth of good judgment
born of experience born of bad judgment.
Four years both cruising and
racing, as skipper and crew, on the Bay, in the Estuary, up
the River without a paddle, and out the Gate (various
daysails on my boats to light bucket and Farallones, a few
OYRA races).
Longest distance: Santa Barbara to
San Francisco, skipper of Pincoya, with two crew. Second
longest distance: San Francisco to Santa Barbara,
Coastal Cup Race, skipper of
Pincoya with six crew, obviously none of whom learned a
damned thing from the experience since we're all going to
Hawaii on La Adriana anyway.
Never decorated for anything but I
won a toolshed once.
Have owned and sailed 3 keel boats
(Merit 25, Islander Bahama 28 and Kaiser Ketch), one sailing
dinghy (Banshee), and one amateur-built, sloop-rigged
catamaran whose only point of sail was resolutely backwards
in irons, thereby impressing upon me the probable value of
any boat selling for $50 including trailer (even in 1969). I
don't want to talk about the other dinghies.
Expert in failed marine electrical
systems, 12v and 120v (not my fault!).
Have been know to occasionally
back a full-keel, 22,000-pound sailboat where I wanted to
go. Have been known to back it somewhere other than where I
wanted to go, too.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
Obsessive interest in keeping the
water on the outside and the crew on top.
I like ocean racing. (I will deny
this under oath.)
I can steer a heavy boat when it
gets ugly, read a radar, read a synoptic chart, find the sun
with a sextant (usually), hold a compass course on the
ocean, find the transmit button on a radio, work almost any
GPS, figure out where the wind is coming from in the dark,
and jury-rig around an exploded mainsheet traveler in 44 kts
of wind.
I recognize 8-second waves and
apply the appropriate vocabulary.
Experienced in application of
testosterone antidote as token woman on crew.
If I raise my voice I can be heard
for half a mile.
I know the difference between
annoyances and emergencies, I don't panic in emergencies,
and I don't faint at the sight of blood. Not even
mine.
EXPERIENCE:
I have raced as skipper and as
crew on my own boats (to follow), and crewed on a variety of
other boats in races on the Bay. I have single-handed
various dingies on lakes, the Bay, and the Estuary since
1969. I owned and raced a Merit 25 for two years, sold it
and bought an Islander Bahama 28 which was more suitable for
ocean racing and daysailing out the Gate. I took that boat
out the Gate frequently, double handed, and did afew OYRA
races. I now live aboard a 38-foot, 22,000-pound Kaiser
Ketch, which I have extensively repaired and renovated
including complete electrical and instrumentation systems,
standing and running rigging, structural work, and cosmetic
work. I have done a lot of the work myself, starting with a
wrecking bar applied to extensive dry rot throughout the
cockpit and deck house. I prepped the boat myself and took
her on the Coastal Cup last summer, and brought her back
afterwards in up to 50 kts of wind with only two crew (the
only casualty was a port light hinge failure probably caused
by 25 years of u/v). I then slept for two days.
This effort could not have been
done without the commitment and efforts of the race crew and
return crew including families who gave up weekends and
evenings while we worked and sailed. Some of the equipment
on the boat got here because of vendors who went beyond
courtesy to involvement. These include,
Nexus Marine (awesome
instruments) Sven's (Custom metal work
and boat parts) PYI (Steering) Lyn McMullen (wood
working) Fortman Marina
They gave me Pacific Cup pricing and provided great
service.
The chandlery and metal shop have a lot of my money and I
have a lot of great additions.
Thanks to Phil helping with the design, I went from
hydraulic to quadrant and it is awesome.
Fine custom work on old boat parts.
The best sailing marina on the bay.
Tiare Marine
Sciences - Doug
Vann,
Walt
Niemczura Posted June
8, 1998
