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Unless you got underway well before dawn, you’re hunkered down like I am. I said like I am (rather than as), because I doubt your significant other would approve of sipping Syrah at this juncture. But, hell, if you can’t sail, you might as well. And mine is out of town. It’s ugly out there. [...]

Normally you might title this pic: Reefed to the Max. But to be accurate, it’s really reefed to the Min. Larry and Karla Pruitt and I went out on a short cruise to Santa Cruz … short, but very sporty. Here’s Larry’s Report. Sailing out of Channel Islands Harbor under warm, sunny Southern California skies, [...]

I’ve said it before; I’ll say it again. If I were forced to pick only one place in the world that I could sail it would be our very own Channel Islands. I now amend that to the Channel Islands less Catalina. Why bother? We sailed Sancerre all night on Th. to ensure we’d find [...]

As I watched the breakers smashing into the Channel Islands Harbor breakwater – smashing into and then exploding OVER the light – I thought I’d re-read some of the cautionary tales in Brian Fagan’s cruising guide. I settled in to review his take on Santa Ana winds, which was what the forecast held right after [...]