Santa Rosa Island, where we took refuge from weakening Santa Ana winds, is the middle child of the Northern Channels islands in both size and remoteness. Being neither as small and far from shore as San Miguel nor as big and accessible as Santa Cruz, it can be an ideal place for those seeking isolated…
To pick up where we left off…we pulled up anchor at Yellowbanks with the goal of heading to an anchorage on the south side of the island that provides protection from 15 – 25 knot NE Santa Ana winds. But within moments we were in far worse weather than we’d seen the day before –…
We left Channel Islands Harbor and our friends at H Dock Tuesday morning, Adam with a week off of work, the both of us looking forward to several days of exploring new coves and hiking the islands. Adam had listened to the weather report all week and we were expecting steady winds for the day…
You know when you’re in a completely empty movie theater or bus and then some jackass sits right next to you – and they’re not doing it for funny?! Well, the anchoring equivalent of that happened to us in Little Harbor the other day and I’m still reeling, even though we’ve since relocated to Cat…
We’ve moved the boat to a nice little protected anchorage down from Cat Harbor called Little Harbor (adjacent to Shark Harbor, where you don’t see a lot of swimmers). According to a coffee mug I saw for sale in the Two Harbors General Store, “the west end is the best end” – and mugs don’t…
Alternate Title: “Well, ya got trouble, with a capital ‘T’ and that rhymes with ‘B’ and that stands for ‘bees’. which is why I went with the other one.. Despite the inviting water, the warm sun and the cool breeze, I’ve begrudgingly spent the last couple of days running from yellow jackets and sitting at…
Contrary to the title of this blog, Adam and Molly haven’t taken the boat out of the slip since New Years in Catalina. In the first few months of the year, we would talk about going sailing, in total agreement that only losers turn a sailboat into a stationary apartment. But as the months went…
Adam and Molly Go 