December 11 The train to San Diego is really a lovely way to travel from LA. You don\’t have to concentrate on driving or worry about the traffic. You get wonderful views of the coast and can be on the phone or internet to your hearts content. Buddy Ty picked us up & delivered us …
December 3 What a pleasure to fly out of San Diego compared to LAX! We breezed right through & were way early for our flight. No stress. Cindy dropped Scott at friend Michael Cogen\’s San Rafael office & continued on to visit her Dad & sister in Sonoma County. December 4-6 Scott learned all about …
November 9 We motored the 45 miles or so from Oceanside to San Diego in flat, calm, gray conditions. We motored by the San Onofre Nuclear Powerplant and through the Camp Pendleton Marine Base training area. We saw this incredible alien-looking craft approaching us and Scott decided to turn behind it, as it was moving …
November 8, 2007 Cindy is one of the few women boaters that prefers to be at the helm rather than handle the lines & fenders for docking. But she is quick to relinquish her post to Scott when the parking space seems a bit too tight. Scott is the master of backing our 25 feet …
November 1-8, 2007 We spent a week on a mooring in Newport Beach Harbor. It is the greatest deal in southern California. Public moorings are only $5 per night. We were adjacent to very expensive homes, hopefully improving their view with our lovely yacht. We were on the main channel, not right near the shore, …
Dear F&F, Long Beach is very large with many marinas & an active boating community. We enjoyed watching the many dinghy racers, kayaks, outrigger canoes & shells. A highlight for Cindy was docking anywhere that she could go swimming. We enjoyed being guests of the Long Beach Yacht Club and their lovely pool. October 26, …
Dear F&F, Our sail from Santa Barbara Island to Catalina Island was uneventful until we arrived at the West End of Catalina. Where we saw a 90 foot long BLUE WHALE, 100 yards off the beach. We took a few photos and enjoyed tagging along enroute to Cherry Cove at the Isthmus of Catalina. We …
Catalina Island….Santa Ana Winds, Fire and Wildlife……. Read More »
Dear F&F, It has been one of the greatest days I\’ve ever seen here in Catalina. We came upon naturalists from the Dept. of Fish and Game in conjunction with the Catalina Island Conservancy and a Veterinarian from UC Davis. They had captured an endangered Catalina Island Fox (Their are only 500 estimated on the …
Dear F&F, We had a week of one night stands at Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands. Stopping in Potato Harbor, Pelican Bay, Bechers Bay, Coches Prieto, Scorpion Anchorage, Smugglers Cove and winding up at Sea Lion City, Santa Barbara Island before we arrived here. A fabulous sail was had from Santa Cruz Island to …
Blue Whale & Cherry Cove, Catalina Island, California……. Read More »
Dear F&F, We left Smugglers Cove, Santa Cruz Island on 14 October 2007. in clear, cool, overcast skies. Hopeing for a lovely sail, we got it. Cindy and I hoisted the main and set the big kevlar reacher, averaging about 7 knots, we sailed almost the entire distance to little Santa Barbara Island, 42 miles …