he Crew Swap Cruise went off without a hitch, or for that matter without much wind. The boats that participated were S/V Libertad, S/V Ecco Bella, and S/V Benchmark.
August 2018 A Weekend Cruise to Pacific Corinthian Yacht Club by Betty Koch, P and P/C Tom Koch, SN
August 2018 Cruise to PCYC, July 13-15 by captains of the cruising boats
Ron Slocum, S/V Bobcat We left the harbor early Friday morning, with the typical forecast of light winds becoming W 10-15 in the afternoon. We ended up motor sailing the entire way, as the forecast winds never materialized. The seas were fairly sloppy, and it was uneventful except for a good number of dolphins… Keep Reading
August 2018 August Cruise to Catalina by Steve York, P
It’s time for the annual Cruise to Two Harbors at Catalina Island. Two Harbors is the “boater’s destination” on Catalina with almost 900 moorings. Two Harbors with about 75 year round residents also has a General Store, coffee shop and decent restaurant plus a fully equipped Scuba shop renting tanks, kayaks, beach equipments, etc. There is lots to do including many water based activities, hiking and beach activities.
August 2018 August Cruise to San Miguel by Scott Burns
August 2018 September Catalina Loop Cruise by Mark Cooper, P
June 2018 A Weekend in Newport, RI by Steven Hodges, N
P/C Susan and I, and our son and his family (from SF), spent a long weekend in Newport, RI early in May. Our daughter and her family joined us from their home in CT. So we had two grandkids, both under two years old, to share the time with, and our kids had able and willing babysitters! We stayed in a large Airbnb house (built in 1882) in the old downtown, close to many waterfront and city attractions. And we were easy walking distance to fine local restaurants; we especially enjoyed some local clams and oysters. We were fortunate, not only with the weather, but also by the marine-eye-candy and exciting activities at Fort Adams and the nearby Newport Shipyard.
June 2018 Migration Part 3 By Clark and Andrea Bowdle, S
I think this is a good time to share how our day to day life looks while we are working for $ on the West coast and working on our boat on the East coast. It’s crazy. It’s overwhelming. It’s a fantastic adventure that we are so glad to be doing. At home in SB Clark works as a Food Safety Consultant. He is busy in spring/summer working very long hours. In the fall/winter he is able to work about 2 days a week. This coincides nicely with hurricane season – home April to Sept and in Florida about 10 days a month the rest of the year. My work is flexible and home based, a perfect travel job.
June 2018 The ABCs of VHF with DSC by Lt/C Steve York, P
Like many of you I subscribe to a sailing magazine – in my case Good Old Boat which is published bi-monthly. I usually read it cover to cover and find many interesting articles covering everything from how-to-do-it to boat reviews to personal articles from sailors. I’ve gotten a lot of good ideas and always thoroughly enjoy it. I even know one or two of the contributors who submit some of the how-to articles.
