Cruising The Sea of Cortez – from La Paz

The Sea of Cortez is one of those sailing areas that conjure up the words amazing, spectacular, and magic. The sailing, the scenery, and the sea life are all so compelling. For example, I remember dinghying out from our cove late one afternoon to watch the Mobula Rays leap out of the water…

Cruising Catalina

…we continued the conversation, and I gave her some ideas, but I have to say it really bothered me. How can you turn back? There is so much more to Catalina! I figured there might be many sailors who thought the same way, so I wrote a guidebook entitled Anchoring at Catalina: No Moorings? No Problem – available on Amazon.

So Cal Harbor Hopping

During the last many years of  running sailing adventure trips in the Northern Channel Islands and destinations in other countries, with all the planning and preparation those trips take, it occurred to me that it would be fun and easy to just go Harbor Hopping right here in our own local paradise.

Pyrosomes

Have you seen these at Catalina or Santa Barbara Island? I first saw these creatures in November of 2014, on a three-day Catalina cruise. They are, uh, surprising…