This summer in the Channel Islands Harbor looks to be fun for all and especially good for admirers of classic sailing yachts and tall ships! The nautical activities gets started on May 14th for the Safe Boating Expo. The big hit of this event is the tour of the USCG vessels and the helicopter rescue [...]

The Annual McNish Classic Yacht Race is scheduled for Saturday, August 1, 2009 at Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard. This year should provide exceptional fun when our new local Tall Ship, “Bill of Rights” finds its match against “America” the replica schooner of the original America’s Cup Yacht. “America”, coming up from San Diego, will [...]

As luck would have it, The Cap’n and I were returning from Anacapa, doing Yeomans work on the Big French Girl, when we crossed a group of 2008 McNish Classic participants doing just a bit more than drifting about. It gave me a chance to get some incredible shots with my new 400mm lens. The [...]