It’s quite possible that this is the luckiest photo I’ve ever taken in 35 years of amature photography spanning probably 30,000 pictures taken. I was walking down the beach just the other evening at sunset. Walking the beach at sunrise or sunset are my favorite times of day and I don’t always bring my camera. [...]

Since I moved to Southern California nearly five years ago to start a SailTime base here at Channel Islands Harbor, I’ve been amazed at when folks around here get interested in sailing. Like clockwork, the week after Labor Day, my phone starts to ring a lot more often. Beats me !? The only correlation I [...]

A La Nina situation has set up in the Pacific and is predicted to last at least three months. This phenomenon occurs when colder water plants itself in equatorial waters of the Pacific. It affects the weather in many ways. But here in California it tends to create a barrier to the moisture track we [...]