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Bradford Marine Alive And Well If You Can Get There, You're In The Right Place 5) Fort Lauderdale News HTSfl Fri.lay, 29, 1972 7D It .1 0iil By JOHNNY WILSON News Outdoors Editor It's a long way upriver and requires some nifty steering to get a 130-footer to the place (what with Florida Bend and those narrow slots at the two railroad bridges), but Bradford Marine is alive and wetl at what could be called the "big yacht end" of New River. "We're expanding a bit," said manager Jimmy Small-wood, "but it's mostly adding a few slips and putting cover over everything." At the moment, he said, they have 26 slips at the installation at the junction of New River and State Road bridge (3051 State Road 84, if you want to be exact), with the shortest able to handle a ISO footer and the longest a 200-footer. "However," a 1 1 added, "the largest yacht we've hauled so far is a 138-footer, and if we can, we're trying to hold it to 130 feet or less. It's just too difficult to get anything larger up the River. It takes some excellent boat handling, and the ones that have least trouble are the ones with bow thrusters." Asked about business when such a yard seems to cater to such large vessels, Smallwood 2i.ii i engineering.

It's too bad they couldn't get the Queen Elizabeth up to the Bradford Yard before she tried to clear for Hong She may have had the boilers; in a better state of repair" than what her mechanics were able to affect before the tide carried them out of sight on one thread of steam. We'll bet Smallwood and his crew would have loved to take a shot at that challenge. But, they're stuck with 130-, footers which, as we think; about it, ain't all bad wheo-you consider the number of gallons of paint necessary to; hold off the barnacles for a few months. Get enough of those and that new roofing project will be paid for in no time. said of the six years they've been open this has been Ine busiest.

"We specialize in full service work, of course, but we welcome the challenge jobs," he explained. "For instance, we had a 100-footer in here a while back and he was replacing everything in the engine room water makers, generators, the engines you name it. To haul all that stuff up through the decking would have been some chore. So we cut a huge hole in the side of the yacht (it was steel), walked everything out and the new stuff back in, welded I'le sheet we'd cut out back in, and you couldn't see a mark. "And we've bid on a contract to extend a 90-foo'er to 110 feet (mostly cockpit) and add 1,000 gallon fuel tanks to the bilge," he said.

"We hope we get the job it's that sort of thing we welcome because of the interesting facets of the SsH photo by Henry Fichmr THE PILINGS GO IN FOR THE ADDITIONAL SLIPS BEING PUT IN AT BRADFORD MARINE the 26 slips already in place can handle yachts up to 200 feet and everything will be covered Boat Racing Gets A 'Handicap' THE LOG Boitam Pawling Haul, fltrat, wash ami paint thi bottom of your boat. $2.00 per ft. plus paint Power or sail up to 30 ton. Carpentry, Fiberglass-Ins and Mechanical Repairs it lowest prices. Marine Store I Brokerage HURRICANE SHELTER ROYALE PALM YACHT BASIN 701 E.

3rd St (on Danii Canal) 923-5900 or 923-7661 BocsKng Notes Jan. 7: Gulfstream Sailing Club Series Race, off Lauder dale Beach. Jan. 21: GSC Series Race, off Lauderdale Beach. Feb.

2: SORC St. Petersburg-Venice Race. Feb. 7: SORC St. Petersburg-Fort Lauderdale Race.

Feb. 11: GSC Series Race, off Lauderdale Beach. Feb. IS: SORC Miami-Lucaya Race. Feb.

17: Hennessy Hurricane Classic, St. Petersburg people participated in recreational boating more than once or twice last year, and that they spent a record $3.9 billion in the process. One final statistical note, Florida ranked second in the nation as a market for outboard motors (to Texas) with only a 200 engine deficit 39,500 to 39,700. Rounding out the top 10 were New York Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Louisiana California Illinois and Ohio Florida's Most Complete Marine Department Store Gull 'n Buoys Top it Hardware Accessories Boston Whalers Johnson for the spectator unfamiliar with the traditional format." International Marine Exposition, (Marex) and the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers (NAEBM) have just released a report that estimates the size of the nation's recreational fleet at 9,210,000 boats of all descriptions, including 5,510,092 motorboats registered by the states and the Coast Guard. The huge armada breaks down as follows: 5,420,000 outboard boats; 700,000 inboard boats, including documented yachts and auxiliary-powered sailboats; 690,000 unpowered sailboats; and 2,400,000 row-boats, canoes, dinghies and miscellaneous craft.

The report also notes there are 7.4 million outboard motors and 3,790,000 boat trailers in use. And if you think boating is not big business, think again. The report said that 46 million The Florida Inboard Racing Club (FIRC), a mostly Miami group, will inaugurate handicap heat racing Jan. 7 at Miami Marine Stadium in which boats of different designs and power will compete on an "equal" footing. Or should that be floating? According to Commodore Sherman Polhamus of the FIRC the Jan.

7 event will feature heat competition between representatives of Five Liter, 225 cubic inch, 280 cubic inch and 2.S Liter hydroplane classes all on the "track" at the same time. And in another match-up, there will be 98 cubic inch, 850 cubic centimeter and 145 cubic inch hydros all running the spec special four-lap, mile and a quarter Stadium course. And in what they've named Class Three, there will be ski racing runabouts, super stocks and Service The way it's supposed to is that instead of start- speed records for the Stadium's mile and a quarter course, and then adding a "finagle" factor. In Class Two, there is a little more variation in handicap times, but not much, the 145s get 25 seconds head start, and 850s get 20 and the 98s hit the line on time. Biggest gap in time goes to the Service rigs, which have been allowed a 40 second advantage, followed by the Super Stocks (five seconds), and the group in the Ski boats.

Polhamus explained, "One of our goals is to shorten the race program and wind up with three major winners in-. stead of 13 or 14 small class winners. We're making a big attempt to minimize confusion Polyester and Epoxy Resins, Glass Mat, Cloth and Roving, Resin-hardener and solvents Rollers, Brushes, Bung valves, Drum Stands, INTERLUX Marine paints Ac ing all the boats together, the smaller horsepowered classes get a jump on the clock. For example, in Class One the 280s and 150s will cross the line at minus 30 seconds," and the 22s come on 10 seconds later. The big Five Liter stuff is supposed to hit the line right on time.

If the handicapping is exacting enough, there could be a six or eight boat deadheat at the finish. But even if it is not, watching a "hare and a hound" sort of chase is usually a lot more fun than watching one guy draw away from the pack making his circles all alone. The handicapping was set lip by Club treasurer Don Winer, who devised the system after studying existing cessories. 1 MARINE SURVEYORS Rudy Ungerer SUPERVISION, REPAIRS ALTERATIONS COMPLETE YACHT REPAIRS Ph. 764-4304 or 527-5530 READ THE WANT ADS Mm uw iri si ui ixiiy Hxi sa Navigators-Get The Lead Out proficient in the art.

When an old seaman talks about "arming" the lead he means filling the hollow in its lower end with tallow. In these days hard soap or engine grease is substituted for tallow. When an "Armed" lead lands on the bottom samples of sand, shells, gravel, mud, will stick to the greasy substance. Comparison of these samples and the soundings obtained by leadline readings with depths and bottom characteristics printed on the chart will come very close to telling you where you are with respect to the course you have laid out to steer. frequent depth indicators he can turn an overhand knot into the line at one, four, six, eight and nine fathoms.

To heave the lead, the leadsman (the old sailing ship name for the seaman doing the job) should stand at the weather shrouds on a sailboat, or well forward on a motor-boat and, if the boat is underway, swing the lead back and forth a few times to get momentum and then let it go forward. He takes up the slack as the boat moves ahead and makes his reading as the shroud? come abeam of the taut line. It takes a little practice but it isn't at all difficult to become the nature of the bottom and help to determine position in foggy weather. A 20-fathom (120 feet) lead line used to be a must item in the equipment of a cruising boat. Electronics have more or less put it out of style, but it is well to remember that there is nothing about a hand lead to get out of order.

The standard markings of the lead line are as follows: Two fathoms (12 feet) a leather with two ends. Three fathoms (18 feet) leather with three ends. Five fathoms (30 feet) white cotton rag. Seven fathoms (42 feet) red woolen rag. Ten fathoms (60 feet) leather with one hole in it.

If the mariner wants more By BERT RUTHENBERG Coast Guard Auxiliary What is known as a hand lead or lead line is a valuable aid to small boat navigation on boats too small to be equipped with one of the many efficient electronic depth indicators, that is. The lead a long length of line punctuated at stated intervals with bits of leather and cloth to indicate various depths, and ending in a heavy lead sinker with a hollowed out bottom is the sailor's friend. It has many uses, not the least of which is telling you how much water there is where you are thinking about anchoring. Properly used, it will indicate shoaling water, Marina Set 38-Fooler Lauderdale To Unveil JANUARY 1 MAY 31, 1973 ELIGIBLE SPECIES HEAVIEST BLUE MA RUN HEAVIEST SAILFISH HEAVIEST WAHOO HEAVIEST SNAPPER HEAVIEST BLACK FIN TUNA HEAVIEST SNOOK HEAVIEST BARRACUDA HEAVIEST WHITE MARLIN HEAVIEST DOLPHIN HEAVIEST KINGFISH HEAVIEST GROUPER HEAVIEST TARPON HEAVIEST COBIA HEAVIEST LARGE MOUTH BASS automatic engine room fire extinguishers, such conveniences as circuit breaker electrical panels, and a host of luxury items ranging from full carpeting to polished teak woodwork and detailing. Powles cruisers are built by Jack Powles, originally founded in Norfolk, England, in 1925.

From that time until 1968, the company constructed high quality wood motor cruisers up to 45 feet, except for a period during World War II when they did construction work for the British Navy. In 1956, they were selected to build a Royal Barge, a mark of distinction in England. In 1967, Powles initiated fiberglass boat construction, concentrating on the 35 to 50 foot power cruiser market which covered the area of their traditional expertise. i '''rW'; A ft Wtl I Sjssk Lauderdale Marina will use the Miami International Boat Show in February to unveil the Powles 38-foot Flybridge Cruiser, a brand new model from a 40-year-old English firm. The new cruiser, offering 20 knot speeds with its twin Perkins diesels, will be shown in its special "Americanized" version for the United States market, with an American made diesel generator, air conditioning, electric refrigeration and cooking, and other amenities.

Designed with a fisherman in mind, the cockpit includes reinforcing for fishing chairs and is equipped with a live bait well and wash down faucet. The Powles 38 sleeps four forward in two cabins with additional convertible sleeping for two in the wheel house salon, which also contains the complete galley. Powles is offering the model completely equipped, so ready for cruising that even spare propellers and shaft are included. The '38, like all Powles cruisers, is molded to Lloyd's of London specifications and each hull is individually certified. Other cockpit models available include sports fishermen in 37 and 45 feet, and double cabin cruisers are made in 37, 38, 41 and 45 feet.

All models are diesel en-gined, and all are equipped to the Powles standards which include such safety devices as OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULES 1. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE APPLIED FOR AT BILL 6INK0 CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH INC. 1750 N. FEDERAL KWY FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA.

2. THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE FOR THIS 6 MONTH TOURNAMENT. 3. ANY TYPE LINE MAY BE USED. WIRE LINE IS PERMITTED.

4. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE CAUGHT ON ROD AND REEL TO BE ELIGIBLE. '5. ANY TYPE BAIT MAY BE USED. LIVE, SPITS, ARTIFICIAL LURES, OR COMMERCIAL BAIT.

6. ANY TYPE BOAT MAY BE USED IN THIS TOURNAMENT. IT NEED NOT BE REGISTERED IN FLA. 7. ALL TIES WILL BE DECIDED BY THE FIRST FISH REGISTERED.

8. DECISION OF JUDGES WILL BE FINAL IN ANY DISPUTE. 9. OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN STATION IN CARL'S BAIT AND TACKLE, 2510 DAVIE FT. FLA.

Boating Outlook WINDS East to southeast, 10 to 12 knots, seas two to three feet. Inland waters will have a light chop, if any. Winds and seas slightly higher around scattered showers. WEATHER Warming, with day time temperatures in the mid 70's to low SO's. Lows at night in the mid 50's, with the Gulf Stream providing more daily if the wind stays easterly.

mm d) UMI 111! tJI 111 Hl.jj mm CATCH OF THE WEEK Deon Van Hoose of Evansville, spreads out the sail on a 57-inch sailfish. Van Hoose caught the 10-pound sail while fishing on the 3 T's, captained by Bill Timms. 4 i.