ShareClose Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser Favorites / BookmarksAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBuddyMarksBUMPzee!CiteULikeco.mmentsConnoteadel.icio.usDiggdiigoDotNetKicksDropJackdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFeed Me LinksFriendsitefolkd.comFurlGoogleHuggJamespotJeqqKaboodlekirtsylinkaGoGoLinkedInLinksMarkerMa.gnoliaMister WongMixxMySpaceMyWebNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditRojoSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSphereSphinnSpurlSquidooStumbleUponTechnoratiThisNextTwitterWebrideWindows LiveWorlds MoviesYahoo!Email This to a FriendCopy HTML:  If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed.Powered by Bookmarkify™ More » I’m off to Santa Cruz for the weekend. We’ll be exploring various anchorages with some new friends aboard their vintage Tartan. [...]

We visited Ford Point on our last excursion to Santa Rosa. It’s a fair weather anchorage, but truly beautiful when the weather is clement. Click Ford Point Cruising Guide ————————– Important chart changes were posted in the LNM for our home waters – mostly eliminating some hazardous wrecks that are no longer a threat near [...]

“Here we are again” 3 miles or so south of Santa Cruz and “here they come” … again, a pod of Fin Whales. These Cetaceans are second in size only to the Blue Whale, which are also around right now. We were on our Annual Boys’ Night Out sail – the Bosun, my son Tom [...]

Blue Grotto, Scorpion Anchorage. The real Blue Grotto, or at least the most famous one, is on Capri near Naples Italy. This picture is from the inside of Bird S**t rock at Scorpion Anchorage on Santa Cruz. It’s a high-ceiling place with easy access, but beware if a swell is running from the west. It [...]

NOAA has revised the Small Craft Advisory criteria for our area. Wind speeds in the 21-33 knot range still rate an SCA as do wave heights 10 feet and above, but they have decided to make the wave criteria even more stringent, including smaller waves that arrive in intervals of less than 12 seconds. The [...]