When we made an overnight passage to Catalina from Channel Islands Harbor a couple weekends ago I was on the “dawn patrol” watch which allowed me to snap some stupendous sunrise photos. This was the best of the bunch, but there were quite a few like this as it was an incredible morning on the [...]

When the Santa Ana wind died down enough for a moment, to venture outside today, I grabbed my handy wind meter and stuck it out to the East and caught this lull. Yup, thats 30 knots. We have easily been buffeted here at the Oxnard Harbor since 4am with winds in the upper 40 knot [...]

Members from Southern California converged on Catalina Island at Two Harbors for our first ever SailTime Rendezvous. The weather included sun and a little rain - just enough to wash the boats off - but very little wind. As a veteran Channel Islands Harbor to Catalina passagemaker I was all for making the passage each [...]