Help with boat transport?

Hi All,I just bought a 34' Cal and I live in Chula Vista (just south of San Diego). The boat is currently in Marina Del Rey, and ready to bring down here. I have a slip ready at the CYM and everything. I don't yet know how to sail, and I had some friends who were supposed to sail it down for me this weekend. Unfortunately, they no longer are available, and I need to find someone else (not necessarily for this weekend, but sometime soon). I am planning on doing the liveaboard thing, and I need it down here as soon as possible. It has a diesel westerbeak engine in good working condition, it just had a rigging tune-up, and it just had some repairs at the yard, so it's all good to go. Would anyone be willing to help me out? Or do you know anyone who could do this for me? It's about 200 miles, which I've been told would be a 2 day sail. It could be a fun adventure for someone :) I could pay you if it is a reasonable amount, or compensate you with beer, food, diesel, and my unending thanks. Please let me know, Thanks! ~Jill Cooper~ (425) 445-5175 cell "In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." -Baba Dioum

Jill, Congrats on being a new CAL owner. How about hiring a professional captain, and making the trip also? Would be a great learning experience. He would want a couple of experienced crew also, but probably the best way, as you're inexperienced. Don't trust your boat/investment to just anyone. Then take some sailing lessons, crew on a racing boat, and learn. I say racing boat because you will learn more about sailing and boat handling from that in a shorter time than just going out cruising with friends Been there, done that. Good Luck! David Dobbs, CAL29 411, former racing crew From: JILL COOPER <ve… [at] hotmail.com> To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 8:19 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Help with boat transport? Hi All, I just bought a 34' Cal and I live in Chula Vista (just south of San Diego). The boat is currently in Marina Del Rey, and ready to bring down here. I have a slip ready at the CYM and everything. I don't yet know how to sail, and I had some friends who were supposed to sail it down for me this weekend. Unfortunately, they no longer are available, and I need to find someone else (not necessarily for this weekend, but sometime soon). I am planning on doing the liveaboard thing, and I need it down here as soon as possible. It has a diesel westerbeak engine in good working condition, it just had a rigging tune-up, and it just had some repairs at the yard, so it's all good to go. Would anyone be willing to help me out? Or do you know anyone who could do this for me? It's about 200 miles, which I've been told would be a 2 day sail. It could be a fun adventure for someone :) I could pay you if it is a reasonable amount, or compensate you with beer, food, diesel, and my unending thanks. Please let me know, Thanks! ~Jill Cooper~ (425) 445-5175 cell "In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." -Baba Dioum

David has the right idea. Crewing on a race boat is a wonderful learning experience, and easy to find a boat that will take inexperienced crew. This made me think about our young friend Matthew as a delivery skipper. Where did he end up? Wilkie > On Oct 4, 2013, at 6:35 PM, david dobbs <tm… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Jill, > Congrats on being a new CAL owner. How about hiring a professional captain, and making the trip also? Would be a great learning experience. He would want a couple of experienced crew also, but probably the best way, as you're inexperienced. Don't trust your boat/investment to just anyone. Then take some sailing lessons, crew on a racing boat, and learn. I say racing boat because you will learn more about sailing and boat handling from that in a shorter time than just going out cruising with friends Been there, done that. > Good Luck! > David Dobbs, CAL29 411, former racing crew > > > > From: JILL COOPER <ve… [at] hotmail.com> > To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 8:19 PM > Subject: [Cal_Boats] Help with boat transport? > > Hi All, > I just bought a 34' Cal and I live in Chula Vista (just south of San Diego). The boat is currently in Marina Del Rey, and ready to bring down here. I have a slip ready at the CYM and everything. I don't yet know how to sail, and I had some friends who were supposed to sail it down for me this weekend. Unfortunately, they no longer are available, and I need to find someone else (not necessarily for this weekend, but sometime soon). I am planning on doing the liveaboard thing, and I need it down here as soon as possible. It has a diesel westerbeak engine in good working condition, it just had a rigging tune-up, and it just had some repairs at the yard, so it's all good to go. Would anyone be willing to help me out? Or do you know anyone who could do this for me? It's about 200 miles, which I've been told would be a 2 day sail. It could be a fun adventure for someone :) I could pay you if it is a reasonable amount, or compensate you with beer, food, diesel, and my unending thanks. Please let me know, > Thanks! > > ~Jill Cooper~ > (425) 445-5175 cell > > "In the end, we will conserve only what we love. > We will love only what we understand. > We will understand only what we are taught." > -Baba Dioum > > > > >

Hi Jill, you're probably following the catalina cruise and the winds they're discussing, it's good to monitor the NOAA weather band for several days to get a feel for it. If you check around, you may find a yacht club that has women's sailing classes(usually a weekend's worth). Might be expensive, tho. Also go take the CG Auxiliary or Power Squadron safety classes, whichever teaches in your area. Get a good chart book for the SoCal coast, the kind you can spill something on and wipe off. I also recommend looking at "Charlie's Charts" a pretty visual experience to see the land and what's on it from your boat and references. And even if you live on the boat, keep your stuff to a minimum and find ways to secure everything so in case you do start sailing you won't have to pick everything up from the cabin floor.(every time). Of course, learning how to tie your boat to the dock so it will be secure and also be loose enough to deal with tidal action. Then always remember to unplug your power before leaving the dock(remember to bring your power cord and dock lines from MDR). The nice thing about going south is you usually can sail, as the northbound is sometimes much slower and motoring. Bring ice, food that's easy to open and serve (cheese, crackers, lunch meat, granola bars for ex) and several cases of bottled water and some sodas. If you don't know your group, keep the alcohol to a minimum.(if they have a boat, see what shape they maintain it in). As for a skipper, you could go to some yacht clubs and check with the port captains and race directors to see if they know a qualified sailor or team. In SF bay, our beercan season ends this week. some really good sailors do these races all summer, building crew skills for the serious racing series. A good friend of ours is a licensed delivery skipper and I'll mention this to him. Let us know the status of your search.. congratulations, Helen (Cal 36, Caliente). From: JILL COOPER <ve… [at] hotmail.com> To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 6:19 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Help with boat transport? Hi All, I just bought a 34' Cal and I live in Chula Vista (just south of San Diego). The boat is currently in Marina Del Rey, and ready to bring down here. I have a slip ready at the CYM and everything. I don't yet know how to sail, and I had some friends who were supposed to sail it down for me this weekend. Unfortunately, they no longer are available, and I need to find someone else (not necessarily for this weekend, but sometime soon). I am planning on doing the liveaboard thing, and I need it down here as soon as possible. It has a diesel westerbeak engine in good working condition, it just had a rigging tune-up, and it just had some repairs at the yard, so it's all good to go. Would anyone be willing to help me out? Or do you know anyone who could do this for me? It's about 200 miles, which I've been told would be a 2 day sail. It could be a fun adventure for someone :) I could pay you if it is a reasonable amount, or compensate you with beer, food, diesel, and my unending thanks. Please let me know, Thanks! ~Jill Cooper~ (425) 445-5175 cell "In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." -Baba Dioum