This represents the conclusion of our voyage south to San Diego. This was a trip I had dreamed of taking for years and I am pleased to...

We stayed in Mission Bay for a few days and enjoyed being in a city again. Stopped into the Barefoot Bar and cruised around Mission Bay...

We headed out early on a beautiful calm day. We spent time on the bow looking at dolphin and birds and just enjoying the sun. It was a...

We left Avalon on another perfect day. We wanted to have a day in a more private cove to anchor and play. We just headed town towards...

Tonia was planning on joining us at Avalon so we made our way down the island to meet her. Avalon was just as I remembered, bustling...

I spent a great deal of summertime in my youth at Catalina Island and I was anxious to get back there and see what had come of it. We...

Prisoners harbor was nice! Until bedtime. I don't understand what happened, but the swells came in about bedtime and we got thrashed. ...

Well we moved on to Prisoners harbor and anchored. It was not as protected as we would like but it seemed calm. We decided the activity...

The seas finally calmed down a bit and we left the protection of the south end of Santa Cruz to see new things. We pulled anchor and...

We were stranded in smugglers cove. Waves were breaking on the beach making a dinghy landing virtually impossible but we refused to let...

I was concerned about this segment. I'll be honest. I recall rounding point conception when I was young and with my Dad and it was...

The storm was headed in but it appeared that we had just a small window to get south. We left at 4:00 AM so we could arrive in Morro Bay...

We filled with fuel as we left Santa Cruz. It was sad to leave because it was such a fun place, but time to move on again. We arrived...

A 4:30 AM start to the day. I do not like to go into a new location in the dark and we knew it would be 13 hours or so. We pulled out...

We returned to Fisherman's Wharf but this time we took a slip for a couple of days to spend time with Becca. It was a beautiful day...

When My Father was around 30 years old, he owned a 32 foot steel hulled boat named Dordan. He decided to take the trip of a lifetime. ...

Matt wanted to take the ferry over to the city and visit Alcatraz, so we left Barb on the boat to keep an eye on it and we took the blue...

The weather looked OK and we had seen what there was to see in Crescent City. We were prepped for the long journey to San Francisco. Up...

We planned to stay in Crescent City for a few days. Matt was to fly home for the commodore's ball and after Gold Beach we thought a few...

We woke up early and Matt and I walked down to look at the Bar at Gold Beach. Fortunately it looked to be half of what is was the day...