When I first got to the coast, I had fled from a lifetime of what I referred to as “snow farming”, aka working in the snow skiing industry. I wasn’t going to have to worry much about weather anymore I thought wistfully…after all if there was going to be any weather it was going to [...]

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 [...]

Gale warnings have been posted. I’ve rechecked all the SailTime fleet sailboat dock lines and added an extra spring line to keep them secure at the dock. The forecast is for up to 3 inches of rain to fall at the coast during a 12 hour period. Even more important for sailors is the wind [...]