Archive for the 'Sail Channel Islands' Category

Dec 17 2011

Santa Ana winds — sailing the margin

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Dec 12 2011

Landing Cove, Anacapa Island added to Sail Channel Islands Cruising Guide

Landing Cove at the far east end of Anacapa Island is the only place that you can gain access to the east island. Most days, it’s pretty difficult to get there in a kayak or dinghy because there is usually a pronounced swell, which makes getting into and out of — but particularly into — [...]

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Nov 13 2011

Santa Rosa Island a full fledged member of the National Park in January

Cattle, vaqueros, horses, tack,  a sprawling ranch house, the foreman’s place — we’ll all be able to get a close look at the  artifacts of the ranching, and — later — hunting operation on Santa Rosa Island very soon. Though we, the taxpayers, bought the property 25 years ago for $30 million, our access has [...]

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Sep 03 2011

Out of the Frying Pan into the Bilge

Above: Walton takes a break after polishing off half a dozen projects aboard Sancerre. Rob Walton, ever-so-recently retired from environmental engineering and recycling firm, has been named Chief Maintenance Officer of Sail Channel Islands, LLC. In his first half-day on the job, he completed an electric head install, rebuilt the pump on a manual head, [...]

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May 14 2011

New film from & about Channel Islands National Park

This is a new film from the National Park Service portraying the lush/stark/beauty of our islands and extolling the virtues of conservation. The voice over is Kevin Costner, a local boy. How local? Costner attended elementary school at McKevette School in Santa Paula, California, Cabrillo Jr. High School and Buena High in Ventura, though he [...]

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