Around 8pm last night, I saw flashing blue lights racing out the harbor and switched on my VHF radio. I turned it on just in time to hear a plea for help from what sounded like a panicked woman. Moments later a man announced that his sailboat had lost steerage and was aground in the [...]

From May to August the Channel Islands Harbor sees it’s fair share of visiting yachts headed in both directions up and down the coast. But come September and even more so in October, the Southbound procession is pretty impressive. Channel Islands Harbor is a great place to hop on and off the Channel Islands themselves, [...]

The East Coast of California, also known as The BVI (British Virgin Islands) got a rough hurricane season wake-up call, yesterday and last night. Hurricane Earl quickly powered up from a Category 2 hurricane as it passed East of Antigua, to a Category 4 hurricane as it came perilously close to Anegada. With very little [...]