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Only smooth sailing aboard CaliforniaSAN DIEGO (UPL) — A little bit of sailing for landlubbers can be a lot of fun but the threshold at which it becomes boring or sickening is quickly reached.That’s why the 93-foot sailing ship California wily puts out in pleasant weather and why her excursions to sea are kept short.Captain George Falkesgaard this year began running tour cruises by day, cocktail sails at night out of San Diego aboardUie barquentine— a replica of sailing snips of the 1800s.If the ocean appears to be getting too choppy, he quickly refunds his customers’ money and returns them to tlie dock. Better no customers at all, than sick landlubbers bad-mouthing the California.So far as the passengers are concerned, Falkesgaard concedes there is blessed little to do aboard a boat.About Wi or 2 hours into it, they begin to get turned off,”said Falkesgaard, who comes from a Danish family which has been involved with the sea since 1378.So liis cruises are short and smooth — usually including a quarter-mile excursion out of Mission Bay into the Pacific. Groups can charter the boat and board in Mi sion Bay, then sail out into the Pacific and back into adjoining San Diego Bay and tie up at a restaurant for dinner.Ife will take them only if conditions are ideal because, as he puts it, The ladies don’t want to get wet sea water on them or windblown hair. “They want to look a good when they arrive as they did when they left the hotel. ”The California has a colorful history. She was used by the Navy in World War II to move Australian potters behind . Japanese line.
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Daily Review
Hayward, California, US
Sun, Sep 19, 1976
Page 87
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