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Cruise Ship Goes Out Only In Fair WeatherSAN DIEGO (UPI) - 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 Cali*fomia only puts out in pleasant weather and why her excursions to sea are keptshortCaptain George Falkesgaard this year began running tour cruises by day, cock* tail sails at night out of San Diego aboard the barquentine — a replica of sailing ships of the 1800s.It the ocean appears to be getting toochoppy, he quickly refunds his customers' money and returns them to the 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 11/2 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 1376.So his 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 Mission Bay, then sail out into the Pacific and back into adjoining San Diego Bay and tie up at a restaurant for dinner.He will take them only if conditions are ideal because, as he puts it, “The ladies don’t want to get wet sea water on themor windblown hair. They want to look as good when they arrive as they did when they left the hotelThe California has a colorful history. She was used by the Navy in World War II to move Australian spotters behind Japanese lines.Falkesgaard operated in the red only two months after purchasing her in Mari-and bringing her here. He broke even grossing $9,-t be is think000 in the third month. Now ing about expanding his one-ship fleet.The California is manned by six community college students and skippered by Murl Smith, a veteran of 36 yean at sea. It has three masts. The forward one has square-rigged sails. Crewmen scamper high in the rigging to unfurl them.This is the main attraction. Said Falkesgaard of his passengers, “It’s the seamanship that excites them.ReadingCourseCLASSESNow being Formed Limited Number of StudentsSee Page 2AThere is in the public mind something good and clean and beautiful about sailing ships.“You get to see the crew doing their thing — there are no winches, no mechanical rigging of any kind.in.1thtxRVChiJonas Salk announced success of his anti-polio vaccine in 1095.clCiwR
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Mon, Sep 20, 1976
Page 93
Full Page
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Rutherford B.
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