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San Diego offers the adventure of sailing under three mastsBv Clarence ZaitzSAN DIEGO *l'PI- — A little bit ot sailing for landlubbers ran be a lot ot tun but tor some the threshold at which it becomes boring or sickening is quickly reached.That's why the 93-foot sailing ship California only puts out in pleasant weather and why her excursions to sea are kept short t apt George Falkesgaard last year began running tour cruises by day, cocktail sails at night out of San Diego aboard the barquentine — a replica of sailing ships of thelawsIi the ocean appears to be gettingtoo choppv he quickly refunds hiscustomers money and return them to the dock Better no customers at all. than sick landlubbers bad-mouthing the CaliforniaSo far as the passengers areconcerned. Falkesgaard concedes •’there is blessed little to do aboard a boat‘ About 90 minutes or two hours into it. they begin to get turned off. said Falesgaard. who comes from aDanish family which has been involved with the sea since 1376So hi* cruises ar« short and smooth — usually including a quart-er-mile excursion out of Mission Bav into the Pacific Groups can charter the boat and board in Mission Bay, then sail out into the Pacific and back into adjoining San Diego Bay and tie up at a restaurant fordinnerHe will take them only if conditions are ideal because, as he puts it. ' The ladies eon t want to get wet ea water on them or windblownhair• They want to look as good when they arrive as they did when they leit the hotelThe California has a colorful history She was used by the Navy inWorld War II to move Australianspotters behind Japanese linesFalkesgaard operated in the red only two months after purchasing her in Marina Del Rev near Los Angeles and bringing her here He broke even grossing $9,000 in the third month.The California is manned by six community college students and 'kippered by Murl Smith, a veteran of 36 years at sea has three masts The forward one has square-rigged sails Crewmen scamper high in the rigging to unfurl themThis is the main attractionSaid Falesgaard of his passengers. “It s the seamanship that excites them.' There is in the public mind something good and clean and beautiful about sailing ships ”
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San Rafael Independent Journal
San Rafael, California, US
Sat, Apr 30, 1977
Page 40
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Rutherford B.
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