Flicka Kara Du

Brian and Ruth Eklund wrote up their first night passage in Kara Du for Flicka Friends #36 (Fall 2005). In August 2005, after a couple of nights at the Isthmus on Catalina, they left at noon for Chula Vista Marina at San Diego — 98 miles, and as far south as one can go and stay in the States. An odd easterly kept them hard on the wind but moving at about five knots under full sail, and the sun went down with the boat some twenty miles off the coast.

The night turned memorable before it was properly dark. A blue whale surfaced alongside, sounded about twenty feet off the starboard side, then crossed the bow close enough that Brian put the tiller hard over. They started the engine and banged pots and pans to make sure the whale knew what they were, and it blew once more and headed off towards Catalina. They took no photographs and had no trouble staying awake on watch.

Main with two reef points, jiffy reefing to cockpit on 1st set.

110 jib (white with tanbark stripe).

Staysail/storm jib with internal halyard. 145 Genoa. 155 Drifter/Genoa.

All lines lead to cockbit.

Mast plate with Garhauer blocks.

Headsail bag and main cover.

Two boom tents.

Lots of electronics.

Normal galley with 33 gallon Plastimo water bladder.

Heavy Duty Double bow and stern pulpits.

Remote control in cockpit with extra 12 gallon external gas tank. Danforth #3 ht with 25’ chain and 250 line.

Manual bilge pump.

Bronze ports.

Many extras which can be emailed to prospective buyer.

Matching hard bottom Montgomery dinghy also available

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Flicka Friends issue (PDF)  (See Pages 8 & 9)