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Another Golden Ticket Winner Comes Forward

Steve Lehmann is Latitude 38‘s latest Golden Ticket winner. Steve and his wife, Terri, had spent the past five months in Utah. One of the first things they did when they returned to the Bay Area was pick up a Latitude magazine at Marina Village, Alameda. Inside was Steve’s ticket for a free T-shirt.

Golden Ticket winner
You may notice that Steve is holding the June edition of Latitude 38. It just goes to show that you never know where the Golden Tickets might be hiding.
© 2020 Terri Lehmann

“It was great to get back onboard and to pick up a Latitude 38 at Marina Village!” Steve said. “I’m an avid reader of Latitude 38 and was very surprised when I saw the ticket for the shirt. Keep up the great work!”

Steve and Terri bought their Catalina 34 MkII in March 2019, and are members of the Oakland Yacht Club.

“We are ‘wannabe’ cruisers,” Steve said, “and have learned a lot with this boat, as well as from the great people of OYC!”

Both sailors are retiring this year and plan to buy a cruising boat in the near future.

“We are from the mountains of Utah, so ocean sailing is new to us other than the few charters we have done in the San Juans and Virgin Islands.

“Previously, I had a Ranger 23 that I kept on the Great Salt Lake, and we did a short stint with Park City Sailing in Heber, Utah. They had a couple of J/22s and Rhodes 19s.”

Steve and Terri live in Las Vegas, and before COVID-19 threw the world into turmoil they would commute to Oakland on weekends.

“OYC is a short drive, and we loved spending our weekends on Alameda at OYC and on the Bay,” Terri said. “Now with COVID we aren’t flying and have listed our boat for sale, which is a little sad.”

Terri at helm
Although she’s sad to be selling the Catalina, Terri is preparing for her next big adventure — cruising!
© 2020 Terri Lehmann

However, selling their boat is not the end of Steve and Terri’s sailing story.

“With retirement this month we are getting our ducks in a row to purchase the cruising boat. We are thinking a 42- to 46-ft monohull. We are flexible on starting location, so the right boat anywhere works for us. Ideally an upwind starting location!”

Steve at the helm
Steve looks as if he’s already dreaming of new horizons.
© 2020 Terri Lehmann

And in the meantime, “The T-shirt arrived today and it’s terrific. Thank you!”  – Steve.

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