Our first sail and our first CG boarding

[steven]

I was once fished out of the sea by the USCG - was hanging on to semi-turtled Hobie with a punctured/flooded pontoon and broken mast in 40kts gusting 50 and 10 - 15 ft breaking seas 3+ miles offshore in the dark. They can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned. OK to raise my taxes and give them more money.

 

[Jeff Asbury]

Jeff,

Did you motor up north ? I assume yes if you went at night.


-Sven

Yes, I mostly motored at night, made the best headway that way. I really hate motoring and putting that many hours on my 1984 8hp Yanmar. I did get about a 2 hour reach sailing from Newport to Long Beach. If and when I do it again I would like to try to get a reach from Pt. Loma to Catalina and then sail across to home port in Pedro. If conditions are right, I understand it's possible.