Moonrise at Morse Point ©Chris Tucker, Sailtime Channel Islands
Sailing News and Views
SailTime Channel Islands Sailing School
Topher Means completed ASA 104 with an overnight to Santa Cruz. The trip tested both of us: We left in visibility of abou 3/4 mile. By the time we near Platform Grace, the vis. was less than 1/2 mile. Just inside of a half mile on radar, the platform loomed into sight, though only the bottom half was visible. The cranes disappeared into the Marine Layer.
Rainbow's electronic suite is quite excellent and with MARPA, we were able to safely transit the high-speed shipping lanes. With MARPA, it's easy to tell if a ship presents a hazard and simple to figure how to get out of the way.
Beats hell out of the grease pencil marks on the scope that I learned in a destroyer's CIC in the last millenium.
On the ladder to captaincy: Jesse Dowler and David Gross completed ASA 103 and checkouts in Sailtime boats. You'll likely see them near Channel Islands as they practice their skills in preparation for island cruising.
Local Adventures and Adventurers -
We've been out playing on our new Jeanneau and had a most excellent weekend circumnavigating Santa Cruz. We'd intended to anchor at Johnson's Lee on Santa Rosa, but that would have required an hour's motoring and we didn't want to pass up the chance to fly down the Santa Cruz channel with 25- 35 knots on our beam.
We anchored at Morse Point on day two having spent the first night in Pelican. We were the only ones at Morse and, for reasons we don't understand, found the premiere spot against the west wall open in Pelican.
Anchored in 40 feet with about 230 feet of rode on both bown and stern. Set the anchor alarm for 60' and never saw movement of more than about 5.
Off to the BVI for a week with Sailtime, so standby for some great pics when we return.
The charter and lesson schedule is heavily booked for July. If you want either one, give us a call soon. After Friday, send an e-mail with your preferred dates. You won't hear back until about 6/28 and we'll honor the reservations based on the date/time of receipt.
Good sailing....
