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No wind. Marlo being trained as skipper. All maneuvers in the Harbor Docking, standing turns, backing into dock which was the first time but was perfect

breakfast at 7am. i made pancakes w syrup blueberries and apple sauce. very good. Manny also made scrambled eggs. hoisted the dingy in preparation for the thirty mile trip back to Marina Del Rey. I was at the helm for casting off from the 2 Harbors mooring. wind was at our stern so we cast off the bow hawser then cast the stern hawser, let it completely sink to the bottom then apply power in reverse. spun around after clear of the moorings, found the mooring channel and left. lots of dolphins and a whale on the way. no wind. motored back about half way. crossing the shipping lane had to be careful of a tanker approaching but it veered off away from us. womens catamaran stayed ahead of us then verd off away from us. we then set sails. i took it into the harbor and down the channel. then Manny took over. dropped sails and he docked. very good. lots of cleaning after.

Weather was not great. We had to motor all the way. Saw lots of Dolphins. crossed the shipping lane without any approaching ships. used radar. moored the boat at Ismus harbor. almost no one else. Thomas and I went for a hike. Manny and patrick took the dingy to fish. Manny made fish tacos that he caught from the dingy. delicious. i sleeped in the stern berth. manny made breakfast. We went ashore for dinner. food was good. dingy back to the boat and to sleep. alot of talk about fishing.

Nice steady breeze 3-5 knts Beautiful day warm in the sun. Anderson Performed 3 MOBs. Short stop but unsuccessful. I did a fiqure 8 successfully. We hove to for lunch. Another perfect docking.

Great sail. Guest with us:. Susan Sariego, Ryan McDougal, Julie McDougal, Ronin McDougal. Guy Devorris was crew. Great job. Absolutely no sealions to be found. Weird. 6 of us including 6 yr old Ronin. He has great potential as a sailor.

Great sail. Gorgeous out on the water. Snow capped Mountains, behind the LA city scape. Went out about 4 NM and hove to. Relaxing lunch and good conversation.

Crew : Guy and Goron were very helpful. VVery poor wind. Could not find any. Followed by a pleasant sail 3-4 knts. As we started to head in Santa Annas started 10-15 knts. After a while reefed main and jib. Still to much wind. Furled main and jib and motored in. Yacht Invictus was starting up the channel as we were heading down. Photo.

Started out with about 5kts of wind. Saw a couple of dolphins. In about 1 hr wind died completely. Flat water. Had to motor sail back. A quick couple of showers. Crew was great. A lot of politics discussed.

Mike actually scheduled sea breeze but let me be skipper as practice for my checkout on Thursday. Did mob and manuvers. Gave me the confidence to do well on the checkout Thursday.

Wind was expected to 20-30 kts late day friday into Saturday at channel island. We shoved off at apx 9am. 3 boats. Other boats decided to stay home due to the forecast. Wind was already starting to pick up. Saw quite a few pods of Dolphins. Some followed the our boat. Dan decided to round East anacapa island and head to Ventura. On the way back the seas were 4-7 ft high. Wind had picked up a lot. We were rocken and Rollin. The other two boat decide to stay in the lee of the island and Dona little snorkeling. Happy to arrive in Ventura harbor. Lots of fishing boats. For Squid. Nice town. The park near by had an outdoor Halloween movie. No shower available. Had to sponge myself to clean up. Slept on the boat Friday and Saturday night. Left for CIH apx 9am or 10. Got a lift home with Carolyn. I made pancakes with fruit Sunday morning (no syrup) but good.