Challenged America - Helping those with disabilities sail

Sailing is recognized as one of the safest of all sports. It’s a complete recreational activity that fosters and promotes seamanship, social and personality skills, and promotes wellness and much other personal benefit. Because of this, and advancements in technology, sailing has quickly grown to become an increasingly popular life-style choice of many with disabilities. One-in-five boaters today have a disability, and the number entering (or re-entering) the sport is growing at an alarming rate.

Nautical Enterprises and Challenged America
Awaiting delivery of their first boat, Kevin and Rhonda were involved in a life changing motorcycle accident. Kevin lost his leg prior to taking delivery of their first boat from us. Kevin and his wife Rhonda, who was also hurt in the motorcycle accident, chose to go through the purchase and continue to live lives focused on "staying in the game of life". Kevin and Rhonda used the boat purchase as a motivator for their rehabilitation. They overcame their limitations and their love for sailing kept growing.

Their love for sailing developed into racing and the purchase of second larger boat. It has been remarkable for us at Nautical to have observed Kevin and Rhonda's tenacity, courage and willpower to live life to the fullest while overcoming the physical limitations caused by the accident.

Challenged America’s beginning
A pioneer and leader in the adaptive-sailing industry (for kids and adults with disabilities) is San Diego-based Challenged America. Founded in 1978 by disabled veterans, the Challenged America program has enticed thousands to try sailing as a life-enriching experience. From 5 years of age to 90, with a broad range of severe and catastrophic disabilities, Challenged America participant, coming from around the world, have taken advantage of the year-round, free learn-to-sail and advanced sailing opportunities on Shelter Island, San Diego. Educational and training programs are also offered to professionals in sports therapy and recreational rehabilitation, healthcare providers, and family and friends of the disabled, at Challenged America.

Racing in the Transpac
Among sailors, the Trans Pacific Yacht Race from California to Hawaii is one of a few command performance events. Landlubbers know about the America’s Cup, but star sailors are just as likely to tell tales of their wild rides in this 2,235 nautical mile rush from Long Beach to Honolulu. The race’s unpredictable conditions and fierce competition are legendary. Trans Pac is, for many sailors, the Holy Grail.

In 2005 Nautical donated funds, resources and time to help Challenged America race one of thier boats in the 100th annual Transpac race from Long Beach to Honolulu Hawaii. The crew was made up 5 men who all have at least one major disability. We have known of Challenged America for many years; however this year one of our clients, Kevin Wixom was a part of the crew.

In addition amputee engineer Kevin Wixom, the 2005 Challenged America team included blind, disabled Viet Nam veteran Urban Miyares, disabled Viet Nam veteran and amputee Scott Meide, cancer survivor and amputee Jim Halverson, business owner and quadriplegic Jeff Rheinhold, and Coast Guard veteran Joshua Ross. When a nasty infection kept one of the team’s members off the boat for the start of the race, the Challenged crew had to go a man short with five instead of six—a fact which makes the boat’s high finish that much more impressive. They finsished fourth in the highly competitive Division V.

Helping everyone sail
Having a disability is a fact of life. Either you are born with it, or you acquire a disability in your lifetime, guaranteed. “Live long enough and you will be one of us,” says Challenged America. “And your support today, will guarantee we are here for you or a loved one later, when you need us the most.”

Many in boating have left their favorite sport due to a disability. But no longer is that necessary. Sailors with disabilities are being seen on the waters around the world, in cruising, buoy racing and offshore racing, with and against those sailors “not yet” disabled. Those who were once considered too disabled to sail, steer a sailboat, trim sails, or skipper, are now on the water, sailing safely and independently in the boat next to you, racing and winning.

H&S Yachts and staff are proud to be a sponsor of the Challenge America program, and help their Sailing Team compete in the 2005 Transpacific Yacht Race – where the crew of competitive sailors with disabilities finished a most-respectable 4th in their division, in this legendary, 100-year race from Los Angeles to Honolulu, Hawaii.

What is holding you back from living your dreams?

For additional information on how you can join H&S Yachts in supporting Challenged America, contact Kevin Wixom at Challenged America, phone (619)594-8805, email Port@ChallengedAmerica.org, or visit www.ChallengedAmerica.org . All contributions are tax-deductible.

EVENT: Hunter Rendezvous at Catalina Island
DATE: 7/27/2006 12:00 PM - 7/30/2006
LOCATION: Two Harbors - Catalina
REGISTRATION AMOUNT: $85.00 per person/ Kids under 12 free.
DESCRIPTION: Attention all Hunter Sailboat Owners - Welcome aboard for this exciting summer event! This rendezvous event will be held on Catalina Island at Two Harbors (Isthmus Cove). This year promises to be more fun and adventure than ever! Each day will include food, drinks, music, tours, activities for the kids and much more! Please join us!

Contact: Annie Grimes (Marina Del Rey) annieg@hsyacht.com or visit our website at www.hsyacht.com
Pre-Planning Meetings: To be announced.
Flotillla Departure: Thursday, July 27 time to be announced..

EVENT: Powerboat Rendezvous at Catalina Island
DATE: 8/3/2006 12:00 PM - 8/6/2006
LOCATION: Two Harbors - Catalina Island
DESCRIPTION: Calling all Navigator, Californian, Silverton, Fairline and Doral owners...

Welcome aboard for this exciting summer event! This rendezvous events will be held on Catalina Island at Two Harbors (Isthmus Cove). This year promises to be more fun and adventure than ever! Each day will include food, drinks, music, tours, activities for the kids and much more! Please join us!
Contact: Peggy Olsen (San Diego Power) 619-291-2600 - peggyo@hsyacht.com or visit our website at www.hsyacht.com and look under the upcoming events section.
COST: $85 per person. Kids 12 and under are FREE.
Pre-Planning Meetings: To be announced
Flotilla Departure: Thursday, August 3, time to be announced.

EVENT: Jeanneau Rendezvous at Catalina
DATE: 8/17/2006 12:00 PM - 8/20/2006
LOCATION: Two Harbors - Catalina
DESCRIPTION: Attention all Jeanneau Sailboat Owners

Welcome aboard for this exciting summer event! This rendezvous event will be held on Catalina Island at Two Harbors (Isthmus Cove). This year promises to be more fun and adventure than ever! Each day will include food, drinks, music, tours, activities for the kids and much more! Please join us!
Contact: Julie Rodrigues (San Diego Sail) JulieR@hsyacht.com 619-291-6313 or visit our website at www.hsyacht.com and look under the upcoming events section.
COST: $85 per person. Kids 12 and under are FREE.
Pre-Planning Meetings: August 10, 2006 at 6pm in San Diego and Marina Del Rey.
Flotilla Departure: Thursday, August 17, time to be announced a.m.

The New Silverton 45 Convertible
by Will MacIntyre, Store Manager, San Diego Power Boat Sales

The term “convertible” is often misunderstood. “Convertibles,” get their names because they “convert” from luxury cabin cruisers to fishing machines simply by stepping outside the salon into the cockpit. Silverton’s newest 45 Convertible is from a long line of extremely successful yachts. Silverton has been building value placed yachts for over 35 years and built their name and reputation off the Jersey Coast on convertibles starting with the legendary 34C. Silverton’s success with the 34 spawned many models throughout the last four decades. Late in 2004 Silverton launched the highly successful flagship of the line as the new 48C. This boat created a big gap in the lineup between the 42 and 48-foot ranges. After numerous customer focus groups and dealer advisory panel meetings the new 45C started to take shape. The finished product has literally blown away all who have had the pleasure to board her.

Vessel Walk Thru

Enter the yacht from the factory gel coat matched swim platform and ladder with transom door. Her huge cockpit is the first thing you will notice. The cockpit is set up with drains, fish boxes, and bait preparation area. She has a built in bait tank molded into the transom for serious angling. Her wide walk-around side decks make trips forward safe and comfortable in all conditions. This boat is extremely well proportioned with just the right amount of freeboard aft. She flows very well into the beautifully appointed salon. The 45 sports a galley up floor plan, three staterooms, and two heads with showers. She is configured to sleep six adults. Two in the queen size master berth, forward, with private head and stall shower. There are guest cabins both port and starboard that each sleeps two adults comfortably. The port cabin has a double berth and the starboard has twin beds that come equipped with a filler cushion to make one large berth if you have three couples aboard.

Galley and salon

Cherry cabinetry with “five quarter” doors, are found throughout this hand- crafted yacht. Her ultra leather sofas, recliners and custom fabric upholstery treatment abound in luxury. The salon is very spacious with seating for ten to twelve very comfortably. Her large windows are low and offer outstanding visibility from all areas of the interior galley and salon. The galley is very roomy with Corian countertops, deep sink, microwave convection oven and loads of cupboard storage areas. There is a laminated wood flooring in the galley to make clean ups a snap. Sub Zero refer and freezer are mounted under the countertops to provide plenty of cold storage.

Fly bridge deck

A wide staircase arches up to the tournament style fly bridge deck. There are two pedestal mount helm seats on the aft edge of the bridge to offer a birds eye view of the action below. This set up makes dockside handling a breeze. Equipped with a very powerful bow thruster, this 45 footer goes in and out of the slip like she’s on rails! Her guest seating is forward in a large U shaped seating arrangement that easily seats 10-12 guests. Her standard hard top is equipped with strata-glass enclosure with fold up drivers panel to make for a clear, wrinkle free panel. Large dash panels offer excellent room for large electronics packages. Equipped with the new D-9 Volvo 6 cylinder turbo charged “common rail” diesel engines, preliminary reports show cruise speeds in excess of 25 knots with a top end around 30!

Come see for yourself!

Please call your salesman to make an appointment to board the newest Silverton in the fleet today!!

HOT Deals
Looking for that next great deal? As our inventory grows, we will profile several new and used boats that we must move for various reasons. For example, we may have new models arriving or too much inventory in a particular location, or, we may have a very motivated seller. Either way, if you're a deal shopper, this is the section for you.

LAST 2005! BLOWOUT PRICING ON THIS NEW YACHT!

2005 CALIFORNIAN 39 - Our last 2005 and it has to go to make room for NEW 2006 models that are on the way. Give us a call toll free at 800-845-7420 for our best deal on this new yacht. Don't miss the summer cruising season & owner rendezvous at Catalina!

5 Service Tips from the Nautical Service Team to keep your summer cruising going smoothly

Service tip # 1
As a rule, all the parts of a vessel will last longer if they are used on a regular basis. Whether or not you are able to use your vessel frequently, it is a good idea to go through a start up procedure at least once a month. This includes exercising all of your thru-hulls, checking your battery fluid levels, manually starting your bilge pumps, running your main(s) and generator (if equipped), putting your vessel in and out of gear, rotating your steering from side to side, running your A/C and refrigeration units, using your fresh water pumps and cycling all of the faucets, checking all of your emergency systems, alarms, and fire extinguishers, and doing a good all around visual inspection. This will ensure that all of the moving parts in your vessel get lubricated, and that if there is a problem, it occurs in a controlled environment.Call your service department for more help on this.

Service tip # 2
A tip for our sail customers: It would be wise to zip tie, or otherwise secure, the MainSail Halyard Clutch, to prevent accidental release while the Mainsail is hauled out or furled in, so as to prevent the sail being stuck in the mast, or unable to furl in. This would also prevent rookie crew from making this costly mistake. To accomplish, simply secure the halyard on the winch, take up tension, release the clutch, insert zip tie through the clutch along the top side of the halyard, close the clutch, and secure the zip tie over the top of the clutch handle. In an emergency, the zip tie can be easily broken.
The only reason to ever release the halyard clutch, is to adjust the luff tension, or remove the mainsail for maintenance or replacement, which should be accomplished by a qualified technician, or skilled sailor.

Service tip # 3

POWERBOATS
Most diesel engines have pencil zincs in them that need to be replaced on a regular basis. Most engine manuals suggest checking these zincs monthly, but replacement periods can vary from anywhere between 1 month to six months or more depending on many factors like engine use, location of the zinc etc.
A pencil zinc is a sacrificial zinc anode that screws into the engine in places where the salt water flows through the engine to protect it's various metal parts from galvanic corrosion. They are anywhere from and inch to three inches long and about the thickness of you little finger.There are usually between one and three zincs on each engine and they are typically located on the heat exchangers and oil coolers. They have a hex-head nut on them and are easily replaced by unscrewing the nut in which the zinc is threaded. One can buy just the zinc itself and unthread the old zinc from the back of the bronze hex- head, or the simpler but more expensive option is to buy new zincs with new heads.
Zincs are a vital part of your engines maintenance and failure to check and replace these can cause serious corrosion to the interior metal parts of you engine.

Service tip # 4
A tip for our sail customers: Concerning the use of Electric Powered Winches. Use of electric powered winches should be religated to know/existing loads on sheets and halyards, such as trimming sails while underway, or hauling boatswains chairs to inspect/repair mast issue's. If you cannot haul by hand or winch handle, there is an issue that needs to be addressed, and putting the line on a powered winch can only be damaging to equipment. You should never use the powered winch to haul out or furl sails, unless you know for a fact that all equipment and lines are operational, and the task has your full attention while operating the powered winch. Try it by hand first!

Service tip # 5
A tip for our sail & power customers: Don't forget to exercise your seacocks & ball valves. When is the last time you opened/closed the valve for your galley or head sink drain valves? The raw water pick up valve for the engine cooling system, AC Units, raw water head supply? Also, it would be wise to inspect the Y-Valve for the holding tank/head discharge before you go to Catalina this season, we would not want you turned away because of a leaky Y-Valve. Inspection of these valves also gives you a chance to see whats happening under the sole of your vessel, prevent a major issue, and give you peace of mind that your vessel is in great shape for the season.

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