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Photo and BLOG by Rob Walton, proud owner and skipper of R Escape, a Catalina 387 The call came over channel 16 from a women with a trembling voice: “Coast Guard, Coast Guard” … then silence. You could tell by the sound of her voice that this wasn’t good. The Coast Guard tried to raise [...]

I’m developing a mild case of MARPA addiction. Every time I get near the coastwise traffic lanes, I tune up the radar and designate targets. Then I hawk the MARPA list, looking for impressively close CPAs (Closest Point of Approach). It usually works quite well, but how about those times when the radar seems to [...]

A funny thing happened on the way back to the harbor Click to see story in 21 Aug Ventura Star

Several Blue Whales were killed in the Santa Barbara Channel last fall. The whales are back and the Coast Guard has posted the following alert in this week’s Local Notice to Mariners: CALIFORNIA SEACOAST-WHALES-POINT CONCEPTION TO POINT DUME Large whales, including Blue Whales, Humpback Whales, and Fin Whales, have recently been sighted in the Santa [...]