Last weekend some friends came up and we went sailing out of Ventura harbor. Here is a little video. Hopefully Jimmy doesn’t come knocking on my door demanding royalties for his songs…
Weather was great and we had 12 to 15 knot winds so the sailing was exciting. It was Mike’s birthday weekend and we all had a blast. It was my friend Darren’s first time on my boat and he was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable it was.
I got an email from a couple today about their new O’Day 22. Luke and Elizabeth just recently bought their O’Day and I was glad to hear they used this blog as a resource to make their decision. They send me some photos of their trip this last weekend to Fisherman’s Island on the boat and it looks like a ton of fun.
Luke and Elizabeth’s new O’Day ready for the adventure
All ready with life jackets and all
First mate on the lookout. “I think I see a fish!”
“I told you! It was a big one!”
“OK, maybe the binoculars made it look bigger…”
Forget fishing, here Luke is getting back into some serious sailing.
Don’t forget to check your course so you don’t get lost!
Here’s Elizabeth sailing Wing-On-Wing with the sun and wind on her back
What’s an island trip without pineapples!
Beautiful sunset photo aboard the O’Day at anchor.
“Alright Luke, enough of this ‘roughing it’ business. I need a real shower!”
Thanks again to Luke and Elizabeth for sharing these great photos. They made me feel like I was there!
This afternoon we went to the new Brophy Brothers restaurant that opened in Ventura Harbor and I took a panoramic photo and turned it into my new desktop. Feel free to use it as yours if you like it.
Click on the image to download full size wallpaper. It is designed for 1920×1200 monitors.
The Post and Courier from Charleston, SC reported today that a Laser sailor was run down by a tour boat in the area. Tillerman at the Proper Course Blog also talked about this today.
Although I don’t do a whole lot of dinghy sailing but the times I have done it, it has happened to me more than once. No being completely run down by a power boat but have come across power boaters who have no regard for right-of-ways when it comes to small sailboats.
I was sailing a Capri 13 out of Santa Barbara harbor one day and was basically on collision course with a powerboat coming out of the harbor.This guy could clearly see me but he had no intention of altering his course. I had to gybe in the last minute just so he wouldn’t run me over.
It was not an honest mistake and he wasn’t even the least bit sorry about what he did. I know that because as he past me going at about 20 knots while churning up a 3 foot wake, he looked at me and threw up his arms like it was my fault for getting in his way.
Last Saturday We went to the boat show in Channel Islands Harbor. It is the first boat show I have ever been to and it was pretty cool. Of course there are the usual pushy booth attendants and people trying to sell timeshare who in my opinion shouldn’t have been allowed a booth there but I’m not running the show. There were a lot of cool things to see like Duffy Electric Boats and C-Dory boats who both had a few boats on display. Another company called Quickline who sells a handful of marine parts was demonstrating a type of anchor called the Ultra Anchor. They had a couple of troughs simulating different types of bottoms and really cool miniature anchors of all types. I thought the mini anchors were so cool that I couldn’t stop playing with them.
They also had a cool miniature bow of a sailboat that we couldn’t help but to pose our 6 month old baby with
Here is a clip of the anchor demonstration done by the person at the booth
Hennessey’s Tavern were representing with beers and burgers and we happily obliged
In the water there were probably 50 or so boats on display ranging anywhere from power yachts to 50 foot sailing catamarans. Hunter, Catalina, Beneteau and Com-Pac sailboats were also representing and It was fun going onboard and checking out some of these big boats.
Here is a little video of my checking out a new Catalina 470
