I was just falling asleep when the TV news reported the Japan earthquake and proceeding tsunami. I sleepily said to myself that I hoped to wake in the morning and promptly slept all night! But the news was ominous upon awakening. The good news was Hawaii had not sustained alot of damage and the first [...]

The Channel Islands Harbor is set to be dredged beginning Monday, December 6th. Not a moment to soon according to our calculations. The beach on the East Jetty is expansive these days and on any day I watch “soft groundings” by unsuspecting mariners here on the West side.

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, [...]