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Indiscipline is ready to go and loaded for 2
weeks at sea!
Plan - Mission Bay to Oceanside, then Dana Point.
Catalina circumnaviagation
Little Harbor
Santa Barbara Island.
Pickup family in San Pedro (port of Los Angeles)
Catalina 2 Harbors
Drop off family and make my way home.
2 weeks, 325 miles, 62.5 hours underway, mostly
singlehanded.
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Day 1, Mission Bay to Oceanside, 35 miles to
windward, lets go! |
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Oceanside Harbor and our guest slip across
from the Jolly Roger. |
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Walking on the beach with my crew for the
day, Heidi. |
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Oceanside Beach and harbor entrance. |
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Its a great place to fly a kite. |
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Karen and Amy joined us for dinner (we're
only 30 miles from home). |
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How about this little passagemaker? |
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Sunset over Oceanside, end of Day 1. |
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The loyal crew saw me back to the boat and
then I was on my own! |
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Day 2 started with a 25 mile solo passage to
Dana Point, our former home port. Karen and the kids joined me again
for dinner at Beach Cities Pizza. |
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Day 3 was the 50 mile solo passage to
Catalina. Mostly motor sailing, I was able to sail the last 10
miles.
Although I could see the island the whole way, here's my
first clear view about 15 miles out.
Calm seas? No sailing in these waters!
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Indiscipline headed in to anchor below Long
Point. |
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Fair protection in 35 feet of water, it got
pretty bumpy and rolly in the early evening! Glad I had the
stabilizers! |
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I was holed up just a few miles north of Avalon. |
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Perhaps someday those condos would make a
nice retirement home. When a sailor is ready to come home from the
sea, and "swallow the anchor".
Meanwhile I did not touch land or talk to another human
being for 2 days.
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DAY 4 started out gray, with light
winds. Its the day for my circumnavigation of Catalina Island under
sail.
I motored past Avalon, deciding I had enough fuel and
ice (bad decision on the ice!)
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Headed around the rugged East end, in early
morning gray. |
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The backside of Catalina is rugged and empty. |
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I tacked in to check out this little
cove. |
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In settled weather, there are lots of good
anchorages under Ben Weston Point. Looks like great diving and
fishing. Maybe next year. |