Tag: Santa Catalina Island
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Avalon…Finally
We felt bad about cruising the California Channel Islands, but never making it to the storied destination that is Avalon, but northerly wind and swell, coupled with us not wanting to feel like a James Bond martini, kept us from wanting to moor there. Fortunately an easy, though touristy, solution existed: take the Newport Beach…
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Newport Beach Recess
After a draining stretch of hiding out from bad weather in Isthmus Cove, we took advantage of a nice day between gales and Santa Ana winds and departed for the mainland. For better or worse, we opted for Newport Beach, which was a relatively short 35 nautical miles away. This gave us a distance easily…
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Cruising Santa Catalina Island
After a week dodging gales and Space X rockets in the northern Channel Islands, we decided to sail on to Santa Catalina Island. Generally we like to both depart and arrive in the light, something that makes for a lot of night passages in short fall days. We do not love night passages, at least…
SV Luna Moth 