In Ventura County there are two sailing clubs at the Channel Islands Harbor. We are one of them. Marina Sailing is the other. To be fair, there is a very small rental operation in Ventura Harbor with a dilapidated fleet but I didn’t feel it worth any sort of comparison at all. There is another [...]

Yesterday afternoon was nothing but howling wind, sirens and helicopters. Now I know why. It turns out that a boat was lost about 2 miles North (west) of the Channel Islands Harbor entrance. It looks to be a small Cal or maybe a Newport to me in this picture. You can read what little information [...]

Last night, the Full Moon Frolic saw a closely contested sailing race out to the Wes Mark from the Channel Islands Harbor entrance. By just a few boat lengths, Varekai, Captained by Owner Mick Rotondo,  took the coveted Red Cup away from 1421, Captained by Member of the Year 2007, John McKinney. The 1421 crew [...]