My O’Day 22 Sailboat Blog

Zay is selling his O’Day 22 slipped in Lake Cachuma just north of Santa Barbara. He’s asking $2000 but it does not have a trailer. Which is the reason why he is selling his boat in the first place. He sails this boat a couple days a week and has brand new running rigging as well as the relocated mainsheet mod mentioned in an earlier post.

If you are looking for a great little sailboat and you live around the Santa Barbara area, go and check this one out.

Santa Barbara Craig’s List Link

Last weekend I took the Walker Bay dinghy home and rinsed her down a little. This little boat is pretty great. Since its completely made of plastic it means it will be around years after I kick it. A little garden hose cleaned it right up after a few months of neglect in dry storage. The O’Day is not so fortunate as I have had to spend a couple of days getting her ready for the summer. Even then there are still some more work to do before she will be ready.

I decided to take the dingy out for a little row in the harbor while I had a couple hours free on Sunday afternoon. The Ventura harbor is relatively small but has a pretty decent shopping right along the docks. I rowed between the banks and the boat docks right next to the restaurants and shops and saw some cool photo ops. Here are some I decided to share with you.

My view at the middle seat

The famous Dragon Lady Junk Boat at Ventura Harbor

The calm and smooth water between the banks and the boat docks

Look at these cute little swallows in a nest under the gangways!!

I pulled up to the public fishing dock at Marina Park at the other end of the harbor and took a photo of the dinghy. The boat docks near the center is owned by the city of Ventura and they offer both adult and youth sailing programs.

A fellow O’Day 22 sailor in my local area has been sailing his sloop in the beautiful lake Cachuma just north of Santa Barbara. It is between Santa Barbara and the Santa Ynez Valley known for its world class vineyards. It’s already great to hear from other people to see where they sail and what they have done to their boat. Jose, the boat owner, has relocated the mainsheet to the middle of the cockpit with a traveler which is a project I plan on tackling sometimes soon. The sailing season is here so go out there and have some fun!!!

On the same trip to Santa Cruz island last weekend, we had the opportunity to participate in a survey the Channel Islands Park Services was conducting and got a chance to tour one of their research vessels. It is a twin engine 1200 HP diesel powered aluminum hull catamaran. They allowed me to video our visit and Dennis the guide was great at showing us around. The sailboat in the background at the beginning of the video is our boat and home for the weekend, ‘Calaloo’.

This past weekend I sailed to Santa Cruz islands on a chartered Hunter 31 for an overnight trip. On the way there we came pretty close to a loaded container ship which can be pretty tense. These guys travel at a surprisingly high rate of speed and do not alter their course for anyone besides maybe another freighter in the lose… I will do a more thorough post later about this trip but here is a little video clip of the freighter.