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% *This Cruise Is Short, SmoothAltltebfcofsailngforliiMlliibbirscanbaaicitoffun, but toe threshold at which ft becomes boring or sicken-ino it ouicktv roichod.That's an import** busftieee principle toftowed by Capt George Faflcitgaard, who estobfished a charter and cruise business in San Diego earfier this year with the 93-foot barkentine Cattomia — a rapfica of the eaBtngsHpeofthelBOOe,Ftftasgaard said he! quickly refund foe money and sand his customers back to the dock tf it appears thePacific Ocaan oft San Otago ail get choppy. Better nocustomer* at all, he *ys, than to have a bunch of tick landlubbers who’ll spend the test of their fives bad* mouthing the California.The California takes four groups by day and cocktali causes by night. And when there’s time Falkesgaard w# charter the boat for a meeting of business executives or a convention group. . '' \Falkesgaard —• who comes from a Danish family which has been involved with foe sea since 1376 — admits there’s “blessed tide to do on a boat” for the visitor and “foe best way to turn them off is by beating my chest and tolling them about all the sailing we’re going to do. About t*1/2 or 2 hours into it, they begin to get turned off .So Ns cru ises are short and smooth— usually indud*ing a quarter-mite excursion out of Mission Bay into the Pacific. Groups can charter the boat and board in Mission Bay. then sail out into the Pacific and backlnto dfeining San Diego Bay and tie up at a restaurant for (firmer.“The ladies don’t want to get wet sea water on them or windblown heir,” Falkeagaard explains. They want to took as good when they arrive as they did when they left foe hotel. “That’s why he won’t take them unless conditions are ideal.Fatksgaard brought the California — which has a colorful history that includes usa by foe Navy in World War U to move Australian spotters behind Japaneso lines — here from Marina Dei Ray near Los Angelos, where he purchased, foe boat. Ha’s already lookingahead to erfoanding his fleet, two years sooner than his original timetable. m ft oo sts about $50 an hour to operate the CatHomia, § but in his third month of operation Falceagaard grossed *t $9,000 and began breaking even after an initial two months of rod ink.—CLARENCE ZAH2(UPf)
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Van Nuys Valley News
Van Nuys, California, US
Sun, Sep 12, 1976
Page 38
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