spired by a local fisherman. 



"One of the fishermen down here 

 came by one day a few years ago and 

 bought one of our rejected hulls, Van 

 Ost says. "He rigged it out for com- 

 mercial fishing, and after he'd been us- 

 ing it for a while, word got around that 

 his fuel bill had gone from six hundred 

 dollars a trip to about a hundred and 

 fifty dollars a trip. The same things 

 that make the hull good for the leasing 

 business — durability, strength, and 

 stability in rough weather — make it 

 adaptable for commercial fishing." 



So far, CSY has built six sailing 

 workboats designed especially for com- 

 mercial fishing. All of them have been 

 sold, at about $150,000 each. The 

 model is a 44-footer with a full keel, a 

 sloop rig, roll furling, an insulated 

 hold, an on-board freezer, an array of 

 electronics and a 85-hp Perkins diesel. 



Van Ost says the boats cruise at 8V2 



knots under sail with average winds. 

 The deck of the yacht has been 

 modified to create more work space 

 and to accommodate the gear. 



"We're using the sail to assist the 

 diesel and to extend the efficiency of 

 the boat, to make fishermen more com- 

 petitive," Van Ost says. "We're able to 

 use sail here about fifty percent of the 

 time. It will work especially for the 

 snapper-grouper fishery, for long- 

 lining, gill-netting, and for a number of 

 other things that don't require dragg- 

 ing a heavy net." 



CSY is not waiting for a market to 

 develop among fishermen before it 

 promotes its boats. It is creating at 

 least part of its market in its own 

 "fishing school," an academy of com- 

 mercial fishing opened in January. In 

 its six-month courses, the school 

 teaches would-be fishermen — not only 

 the basics of how to fish, but also the 



principles of sailing. The ten students 

 already enrolled are getting first-hand 

 experience aboard CSY sailing 

 workboats. 



The company is even establishing 

 Gulf Coast "fishing centers" where 

 local fish houses will work sailing 

 vessels into their operations, with 

 assistance from the company. 



Don Sweat, Florida Sea Grant's 

 marine advisory agent in the Tampa 

 area, has been helping the company 

 plan these centers, and advising them 

 on the workings of the commercial 

 fishing industry. 



"The boat they're building is a real 

 Cadillac," Sweat says. "I think there's 

 going to be a lot of interest in this 

 whole project, whether the sails prove 

 themselves efficient or not. The design 

 of the hull just means you're going to 

 save fuel." 



Sailboats built 

 To work (play!) 



There are a couple of rather startling 

 sailboats stirring in the waters around 

 Beaufort. No frills. No snazzy paint 

 job. Just white, basic, and business- 

 like. 



Mark Fonseca and Susan Schmidt- 

 Fonseca, and Jud and Martha 

 Kenworthy, have revived the art of 

 fishing under sail with one of the 

 state's most venerable old designs: the 

 Core Sound workboat. 



"We both like to sail, and we both 

 like to fish," says Mark, "and we can't 

 afford two boats. It seemed like a 

 logical choice." 



"We weren't sure at first that it was 

 possible," Susan says of the job of 

 combining those functions. "Then we 

 found out about Bryan (Bryan Blake, 

 the boat-builder), and he was already 

 working on the idea." 



With Blake's help and supervision, 

 the Schmidt-Fonsecas and the 

 Kenworthys put hours into building 

 the first of the boats, the 20-ft. 

 Tortuga, which the two couples 

 shared until Mark and Susan decided 

 to build one for themselves — a little 

 larger, since they wanted more deck 

 space for fishing and some cabin space 

 for weekend sailing trips. Their 30- 

 footer, the Sakonnet, was launched 

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Photo by Neil Caudle 



Jud Kenworthy in the Tortuga 



