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ThereXYw9By CLARENCE ZAITZSAN DIEGO (UPI) — A little hit of sailing for landlubberscan be a lot of fun but thethreshold at which it becomesrios 5rWatch Repairing Export taralry andJowolry Mamrfactvrar o Wa Bay feld •541 L 10th 542-7103A Iwaysboring or sickening is quicklyreachedThat’s why the 93-foot sailing ship California only 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 aboard the bar quen tine — a replica of sailing ships of the 1800s.If the ocean appears to begetting too choppy, he quicklyrefunds 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 lMt or 2 hours into it, they begin to get turned off,’’Smth SailingOnThesaid 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 restaurantfor 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 them or windblown hair. “They want tolook as 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 moveWASTED ENERGYCOLLEGE STATION, Tex (UPI; — Studies show 35 to 55 per cent of the heating value of fuel used in a typical residence is wasted.The Energy Research and Development Administration, which conducted the study, said the greatest loss is from uninsulated and leaking ducts.Australian spotters behind Japanese line.Falkesgaard operated in the red only two months after purchasing her in Marina Del Rey near Los Angeles and bringing her here. He broke even grossing $9,000 in the third month. Now he is thinking about expanding his one-ship fleet.The California is manned by six community college studen-mmts and skippered 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 attraction. Said Falkesgaard of his passengers, “It’s the seamanship that excites them.“There is in the public mind something good and clean and beautiful about sailing shif“You get to see the crew doing their thing — there areno winches, no mechanical rigging of any kind. ”•cALL TOOLSN«w I UsedARE BUNG $010 AT A RATi Of 16.67 TO $1. YOU* RIS0 IS NORTH 61.WHITMAN'S629 E. 11th 542-2541
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Brownsville Herald
Brownsville, Texas, US
Wed, Sep 22, 1976
Page 20
Full Page
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