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*vou ^ sailing ship California^ only put* out to sea from San Diegn in pleasant weather and her excur-f the sioni are kept ihort. That’s .you because of a business principletent* followed by Capt. George es Falkesgaard, who uses the barquentine in a charter ami cruise business he established earlier this year He believes a little bit of sailing for landlubbers can be a lot of fun but the threshold at which it becomes boring or sickening isquickly reached (tJPI photo)OSThe DAILY REPORT, Ontario-Upland, Call!, Wed ., Sept 29, 1976 21 «**■»-HI,— L-M-vg, ram- ■«.* uivmmm*™ »w. wsNSwasisns^wewiias^siauioai-On beautiful sailing shipSea captain takes landlubbers for ride¥By CLARENCE ZAJTZ SAN DIEGO (UP!) - Alittle bit of sailing forlandlubbers can be a lot offun but the threshold at which it becomes boring orsickening is quicklyreached,That's why the 93-footsailing ship California only puts out trupleasant weatherand 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 harquentine — a replica of sailing ships of the 1800s.If the ocean appears to be getting too choppy, he quickly refunds his customers' money andreturns them to the dock Better no customers at all, than sick I and lubbers bad mouthing the California So far as the passengers are concerned, Falkesgaardconcedes there is blessedlittle to do aboard a boat** About 1 ** or 2 hours into it they begin to get turned off, said Kalkesgsard, who comes from a Danish family which has beeninvolved with the sea since1378So his cruises are short and smooth — usuallyincluding a quarter-mtleexcursion out of MissionBay into the Pacific.Groups can charter the boat and board in Mission Bay, then sail out into the Pacific and heck into adjoining San Diego Bay and tie up at a restaurant for dinner He will take them only ifconditions are idealbecause, as he puts it. The ladies don't want to get wetsea water on them or windblown hair They want to look as good when thev arrive as they did when they left the hotel ”The California has a colorful history She was used by the Navy in World War 11 to move Australian spotters behind Japanese lineKalkesgaard operated in the red only two months after purchasing her in Marina Dei Rey near Lot Angeles and brtn0ng herhere He broke evengrossing 19.000 in the third month Now he is thinking about expanding his ooe-ship fleetThe California manned by six community college students and skippered byMurl Smith, a veteran of 38 years at sea. has three masts The forward one has square-rigged sails Crewmen ecamper high to the rigging to unfurl them This is the mainattraction. SaidKalkesgaard of his passen gera 'it's the seamanshipthat excites them' There to to the publicmind something good and clean and beautiful about sailing shipsYou get to see the crew doing their thing — thereare no winches, no mechanical rigging of any kind ”as#Guide books mix history, scenery for BicentennialNEW YORK (UP!)Two new tour guides to events and sites of the Revolutionary and Colonial eras combine history and detailed descriptiona ofhistoric sites, wttk.,,)suggested walks and cartoursAmerica's Freedom Trailincludes sites InMasaechueetts. New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania America'sHeritage Trail covers sites to South Carolina. NorthCarolina and VirginiaThe books by M Victor Aiper. published by CollierBooks, a division of Macmillan PublishingCompany, are available to paperback and hardcover■ft***
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Ontario Daily Report
Ontario, California, US
Wed, Sep 29, 1976
Page 20
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Rutherford B.
OH, USA 15 Feb 2022
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