Sven
05-16-2004, 11:43 PM
Memorial day is coming up !
We assume that Catalina Island (Isthmus harbor etc.) will be swamped with boaters.
So, we're thinking that Santa Barbara Island might be an interesting alternative ?
We've been there on quite a few dive trips on the Great Escape <http://www.diveboat.com> but we've never sailed there or tried to anchor overnight. Playing with the sea lions (actually they are the ones who play with you :-) is great but the accompanying flies are not. Are the flies tolerable in the anchorage off the East of SBI or will they force us to keep the boat closed up ?
Is the anchorage off the East of SBI likely to be too full to allow a single-anchor overnight stay on a weekend as busy as Memorial Day ?
The books say the anchorage is in about 30 feet and that it is a sandy bottom. It sounds pretty perfect in prevailing winds, but I'd still appreciate any first hand experiences that would shed additional insghts.
A 40-NM open water upwind crossing in La Petite will certainly keep us busy for many hours so I'd like to make sure it won't be a complete waste because we chose the wrong place to spend the night.
Insight appreciated ... as usual :-)
-Sven
We assume that Catalina Island (Isthmus harbor etc.) will be swamped with boaters.
So, we're thinking that Santa Barbara Island might be an interesting alternative ?
We've been there on quite a few dive trips on the Great Escape <http://www.diveboat.com> but we've never sailed there or tried to anchor overnight. Playing with the sea lions (actually they are the ones who play with you :-) is great but the accompanying flies are not. Are the flies tolerable in the anchorage off the East of SBI or will they force us to keep the boat closed up ?
Is the anchorage off the East of SBI likely to be too full to allow a single-anchor overnight stay on a weekend as busy as Memorial Day ?
The books say the anchorage is in about 30 feet and that it is a sandy bottom. It sounds pretty perfect in prevailing winds, but I'd still appreciate any first hand experiences that would shed additional insghts.
A 40-NM open water upwind crossing in La Petite will certainly keep us busy for many hours so I'd like to make sure it won't be a complete waste because we chose the wrong place to spend the night.
Insight appreciated ... as usual :-)
-Sven