CCCCC; Log for Allegria.

Weather report read for Thursday; winds WNW 15-20, after midnight, gusts to 30 KTS. I can start this with; I still have a smile on my face. Thursday Dave, Bill and myself departed Oxnard at 10 pm. Winds started to pick up in the harbor 10-15 inside and possibly 15+ KTS outside the harbor. We put a double reef in the main and motored on. Seas didn’t seem that bad, maybe 6 ft with occasional waves breaking behind and hitting us on our starboard quarter. The night was clear and you could see all the stars. Dave and I thought we could stay along the coast and stay in the 14-18 KT winds, but we stayed on the rum line and headed straight for Catalina. With only three of us on board and an ETA of 1030 Fri, we could only get 2 hours down time for 4 hour watches. We steered maybe an hour at a time. The waves started to increase after we passed Mugu rock and seemed to stay the same throughout the night. I would think maybe 6 feet with some bigger, breakers. With the night as dark as it was we could see the florescent wave tops break behind us and it would go under us and keep on rolling away from us. It was really beautiful in a strange way. The wind was on our starboard quarter, we surfed 8’s with some 9’s on the Signet log. Dave said the GPS read 13 KTS at one time. We still had the motor running and the wind pushing. Every now and then we would get a gust and the wind gauge would read 35 KTS, later we figured that had to be 42 + since we would start surfing and we added the speed of the boat. Once in a while we would round up, you could see the green florescent glow of the water boiling under the leeward rail as we would slide sideways down the wave. Still, it was not scary or frightening, just motor sailing. I put the lower hatch board in, just in case a wave decided it needed some company for the night. By morning the winds didn’t lay down as forecasted but kept blowing, but what we couldn’t see in the night was the roll of the ocean and the effect of the wind waves on the top of the rolls. The waves in all were really huge, we were getting pushed around with the wind waves on top of the swell. I don’t think the pictures we took could tell the story. We ran with the wind until we rounded the point to Howlands Landing. We made a 12 hour trip in 9 hours and 15 minutes. We were on the mooring at 0715 and all of us had a smile on our faces. Yahoo, it was time to break out the Bloody Mary’s and tell everyone about Mr Bill’s wild ride, but everyone was still asleep in the anchorage. We tried to wake up Airtime, Barefoot and Alcyone to have them come over for Bloody Marys, but all was asleep. We made breakfast and watched the wind blow outside in the channel thinking how lucky we had made it in before it got any worse. The rest of our day was pretty quiet, we really couldn’t take a nap cause the wind was still pushing 20-25 in the anchorage. In the afternoon, I laid down in the cockpit to try to sleep a few minutes and the wind really started to push, Bill would ask “what was it” and I would reply, 35 (the Signet wind gauge) every time I would start to dose off, the boat would get pushed and I would open a eye and call out the wind speed. Later on in the afternoon Daniel Casey and Rick went to pick up David Wilkie at the Isthmus. Can’t wait to hear that story, all we saw was, one dripping wet David as he went by. That night we headed to Alcyone to say hi and see how everyone was. Here we were all bundled up to keep the wind out and they were all sitting around with the furnace going. As soon as I sat down, I started to get that sleepy feeling you get from coming out of the cold and into a warm room. I started to peel off the layers and roll up my pants legs. I asked Kurt if he had a diesel heater. He not only had a diesel heater but it was a furnace with a thermostat. Then Per got up and said “watch this”. It was 73 and he cranked it up some more. That put David’s lights out and almost mine. I had to put my polar fleece and jacket back on and we went over to Eric’s boat to say hi. Saturday was a beautiful day. No wind, sunny skies and warm weather. Around 11 am Bill and I took the dingy over to the Isthmus. Daniel and Rick dressed up as Pirates and Eric and Julie had a costume on. Bill and I did not. Bummer. It was not as wild as I envisioned. I expected it to be pretty crazy, maybe it was cause kids were there or it was not late enough. Julie entered us into the treasure hunt and it took all of us to answer the questions. That didn’t last long though; when we got to the jail someone stole the clue. That ended our hunt. Bill and I headed back to the boat so we could make the BBQ. I brought my foul weather gear along after seeing how wet David was. Thank goodness - I got just as wet. As evening fell, Jerry and Eric pulled in on Sphritz. He was reefed down and happy. Didn’t take long to muster everyone together on the beach. Fin had the fire going and people were all ready talking and having a good time. The J boats joined in on the conversation at times. As we talked I looked over the anchorage and I think we may have had more CAL boats who made it over than the J boats did. Sure looked like it. It was a good time with good food, stories, faces we haven’t seen in a long time and lots of adult beverages. Jack Sparrow even showed up and had his picture taken with us. No wait that was Daniel Casey. Good costume Daniel. Next year we will be prepared. After what seemed like another short night we were up and heading back to Oxnard. No 26 miles across the sea for us. We were looking at 57 miles and promises of Santa Annas to make the trip home that much more enjoyable. Barefoot, Airtime and ourselves headed back up the coast. The skies were clear and we could see for miles, matter of fact I kept heading out thinking I was falling below Mugu rock until I got on the GPS to find out what headland I was trying to avoid when we realized we could see Point Conception up there. We could even see most of the Islands. At one time you could see San Clemante, Catalina, Santa Barbara, Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and San Miguel. We had really warm air, all right. Little to no breeze most of the way. The last 19 miles the wind came up before we got to Mugu rock and it got cold. We saw Rissos dolphins, I thought they were whales (My bust), curiosity got me looking for them and here they are. http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/RissosDolphin.htm. They were solid white. When we got home everyone asked us about the weather. All we could say was it was really beautiful. They must‘ve thought we were crazy. I heard on the news that they had 65 MPH winds at Mugu Rock that morning. Randy Crew on Allegria Beautiful CAL 3-34 Channel Islands Ca --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.

Thanks for the account of what it was like out there. I think I'll remain a coastal sailor for a while. From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Randy Alcorn Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:24 PM To: ca… [at] yahoogroups.com; jerzy poprawski; Randy Subject: [Cal_Boats] CCCCC; Log for Allegria. Weather report read for Thursday; winds WNW 15-20, after midnight, gusts to 30 KTS. I can start this with; I still have a smile on my face. Thursday Dave, Bill and myself departed Oxnard at 10 pm. Winds started to pick up in the harbor 10-15 inside and possibly 15+ KTS outside the harbor. We put a double reef in the main and motored on. Seas didn’t seem that bad, maybe 6 ft with occasional waves breaking behind and hitting us on our starboard quarter. The night was clear and you could see all the stars. Dave and I thought we could stay along the coast and stay in the 14-18 KT winds, but we stayed on the rum line and headed straight for Catalina. With only three of us on board and an ETA of 1030 Fri, we could only get 2 hours down time for 4 hour watches. We steered maybe an hour at a time. The waves started to increase after we passed Mugu rock and seemed to stay the same throughout the night. I would think maybe 6 feet with some bigger, breakers. With the night as dark as it was we could see the florescent wave tops break behind us and it would go under us and keep on rolling away from us. It was really beautiful in a strange way. The wind was on our starboard quarter, we surfed 8’s with some 9’s on the Signet log. Dave said the GPS read 13 KTS at one time. We still had the motor running and the wind pushing. Every now and then we would get a gust and the wind gauge would read 35 KTS, later we figured that had to be 42 + since we would start surfing and we added the speed of the boat. Once in a while we would round up, you could see the green florescent glow of the water boiling under the leeward rail as we would slide sideways down the wave. Still, it was not scary or frightening, just motor sailing. I put the lower hatch board in, just in case a wave decided it needed some company for the night. By morning the winds didn’t lay down as forecasted but kept blowing, but what we couldn’t see in the night was the roll of the ocean and the effect of the wind waves on the top of the rolls. The waves in all were really huge, we were getting pushed around with the wind waves on top of the swell. I don’t think the pictures we took could tell the story. We ran with the wind until we rounded the point to Howlands Landing. We made a 12 hour trip in 9 hours and 15 minutes. We were on the mooring at 0715 and all of us had a smile on our faces. Yahoo, it was time to break out the Bloody Mary’s and tell everyone about Mr Bill’s wild ride, but everyone was still asleep in the anchorage. We tried to wake up Airtime, Barefoot and Alcyone to have them come over for Bloody Marys, but all was asleep. We made breakfast and watched the wind blow outside in the channel thinking how lucky we had made it in before it got any worse. The rest of our day was pretty quiet, we really couldn’t take a nap cause the wind was still pushing 20-25 in the anchorage. In the afternoon, I laid down in the cockpit to try to sleep a few minutes and the wind really started to push, Bill would ask “what was it” and I would reply, 35 (the Signet wind gauge) every time I would start to dose off, the boat would get pushed and I would open a eye and call out the wind speed. Later on in the afternoon Daniel Casey and Rick went to pick up David Wilkie at the Isthmus. Can’t wait to hear that story, all we saw was, one dripping wet David as he went by. That night we headed to Alcyone to say hi and see how everyone was. Here we were all bundled up to keep the wind out and they were all sitting around with the furnace going. As soon as I sat down, I started to get that sleepy feeling you get from coming out of the cold and into a warm room. I started to peel off the layers and roll up my pants legs. I asked Kurt if he had a diesel heater. He not only had a diesel heater but it was a furnace with a thermostat. Then Per got up and said “watch this”. It was 73 and he cranked it up some more. That put David’s lights out and almost mine. I had to put my polar fleece and jacket back on and we went over to Eric’s boat to say hi. Saturday was a beautiful day. No wind, sunny skies and warm weather. Around 11 am Bill and I took the dingy over to the Isthmus. Daniel and Rick dressed up as Pirates and Eric and Julie had a costume on. Bill and I did not. Bummer. It was not as wild as I envisioned. I expected it to be pretty crazy, maybe it was cause kids were there or it was not late enough. Julie entered us into the treasure hunt and it took all of us to answer the questions. That didn’t last long though; when we got to the jail someone stole the clue. That ended our hunt. Bill and I headed back to the boat so we could make the BBQ. I brought my foul weather gear along after seeing how wet David was. Thank goodness - I got just as wet. As evening fell, Jerry and Eric pulled in on Sphritz. He was reefed down and happy. Didn’t take long to muster everyone together on the beach. Fin had the fire going and people were all ready talking and having a good time. The J boats joined in on the conversation at times. As we talked I looked over the anchorage and I think we may have had more CAL boats who made it over than the J boats did. Sure looked like it. It was a good time with good food, stories, faces we haven’t seen in a long time and lots of adult beverages. Jack Sparrow even showed up and had his picture taken with us. No wait that was Daniel Casey. Good costume Daniel. Next year we will be prepared. After what seemed like another short night we were up and heading back to Oxnard. No 26 miles across the sea for us. We were looking at 57 miles and promises of Santa Annas to make the trip home that much more enjoyable. Barefoot, Airtime and ourselves headed back up the coast. The skies were clear and we could see for miles, matter of fact I kept heading out thinking I was falling below Mugu rock until I got on the GPS to find out what headland I was trying to avoid when we realized we could see Point Conception up there. We could even see most of the Islands. At one time you could see San Clemante, Catalina, Santa Barbara, Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and San Miguel. We had really warm air, all right. Little to no breeze most of the way. The last 19 miles the wind came up before we got to Mugu rock and it got cold. We saw Rissos dolphins, I thought they were whales (My bust), curiosity got me looking for them and here they are. http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/RissosDolphin.htm. They were solid white. When we got home everyone asked us about the weather. All we could say was it was really beautiful. They must‘ve thought we were crazy. I heard on the news that they had 65 MPH winds at Mugu Rock that morning. Randy Crew on Allegria Beautiful CAL 3-34 Channel Islands Ca ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.

Great account of the trip Randy. This is an excellent read, felt like I was there. You should submit this to some of the magazines; Latitude 38, Good Old Boat etc. Mike Robinson Holiday Cal 36 #4 Pt. Richmond, CA To: ca… [at] yahoogroups.com; je… [at] msn.com; ra… [at] navy.milFrom: sa… [at] yahoo.comDate: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 21:24:10 -0700Subject: [Cal_Boats] CCCCC; Log for Allegria. Weather report read for Thursday; winds WNW 15-20, after midnight, gusts to 30 KTS. I can start this with; I still have a smile on my face. Thursday Dave, Bill and myself departed Oxnard at 10 pm. Winds started to pick up in the harbor 10-15 inside and possibly 15+ KTS outside the harbor. We put a double reef in the main and motored on. Seas didn’t seem that bad, maybe 6 ft with occasional waves breaking behind and hitting us on our starboard quarter. The night was clear and you could see all the stars. Dave and I thought we could stay along the coast and stay in the 14-18 KT winds, but we stayed on the rum line and headed straight for Catalina. With only three of us on board and an ETA of 1030 Fri, we could only get 2 hours down time for 4 hour watches. We steered maybe an hour at a time. The waves started to increase after we passed Mugu rock and seemed to stay the same throughout the night. I would think maybe 6 feet with some bigger, breakers. With the night as dark as it was we could see the florescent wave tops break behind us and it would go under us and keep on rolling away from us. It was really beautiful in a strange way. The wind was on our starboard quarter, we surfed 8’s with some 9’s on the Signet log. Dave said the GPS read 13 KTS at one time. We still had the motor running and the wind pushing. Every now and then we would get a gust and the wind gauge would read 35 KTS, later we figured that had to be 42 + since we would start surfing and we added the speed of the boat. Once in a while we would round up, you could see the green florescent glow of the water boiling under the leeward rail as we would slide sideways down the wave. Still, it was not scary or frightening, just motor sailing. I put the lower hatch board in, just in case a wave decided it needed some company for the night. By morning the winds didn’t lay down as forecasted but kept blowing, but what we couldn’t see in the night was the roll of the ocean and the effect of the wind waves on the top of the rolls. The waves in all were really huge, we were getting pushed around with the wind waves on top of the swell. I don’t think the pictures we took could tell the story. We ran with the wind until we rounded the point to Howlands Landing. We made a 12 hour trip in 9 hours and 15 minutes. We were on the mooring at 0715 and all of us had a smile on our faces. Yahoo, it was time to break out the Bloody Mary’s and tell everyone about Mr Bill’s wild ride, but everyone was still asleep in the anchorage. We tried to wake up Airtime, Barefoot and Alcyone to have them come over for Bloody Marys, but all was asleep. We made breakfast and watched the wind blow outside in the channel thinking how lucky we had made it in before it got any worse. The rest of our day was pretty quiet, we really couldn’t take a nap cause the wind was still pushing 20-25 in the anchorage. In the afternoon, I laid down in the cockpit to try to sleep a few minutes and the wind really started to push, Bill would ask “what was it” and I would reply, 35 (the Signet wind gauge) every time I would start to dose off, the boat would get pushed and I would open a eye and call out the wind speed. Later on in the afternoon Daniel Casey and Rick went to pick up David Wilkie at the Isthmus. Can’t wait to hear that story, all we saw was, one dripping wet David as he went by. That night we headed to Alcyone to say hi and see how everyone was. Here we were all bundled up to keep the wind out and they were all sitting around with the furnace going. As soon as I sat down, I started to get that sleepy feeling you get from coming out of the cold and into a warm room. I started to peel off the layers and roll up my pants legs. I asked Kurt if he had a diesel heater. He not only had a diesel heater but it was a furnace with a thermostat. Then Per got up and said “watch this”. It was 73 and he cranked it up some more. That put David’s lights out and almost mine. I had to put my polar fleece and jacket back on and we went over to Eric’s boat to say hi. Saturday was a beautiful day. No wind, sunny skies and warm weather. Around 11 am Bill and I took the dingy over to the Isthmus. Daniel and Rick dressed up as Pirates and Eric and Julie had a costume on. Bill and I did not. Bummer. It was not as wild as I envisioned. I expected it to be pretty crazy, maybe it was cause kids were there or it was not late enough. Julie entered us into the treasure hunt and it took all of us to answer the questions. That didn’t last long though; when we got to the jail someone stole the clue. That ended our hunt. Bill and I headed back to the boat so we could make the BBQ. I brought my foul weather gear along after seeing how wet David was. Thank goodness - I got just as wet. As evening fell, Jerry and Eric pulled in on Sphritz. He was reefed down and happy. Didn’t take long to muster everyone together on the beach. Fin had the fire going and people were all ready talking and having a good time. The J boats joined in on the conversation at times. As we talked I looked over the anchorage and I think we may have had more CAL boats who made it over than the J boats did. Sure looked like it. It was a good time with good food, stories, faces we haven’t seen in a long time and lots of adult beverages. Jack Sparrow even showed up and had his picture taken with us. No wait that was Daniel Casey. Good costume Daniel. Next year we will be prepared. After what seemed like another short night we were up and heading back to Oxnard. No 26 miles across the sea for us. We were looking at 57 miles and promises of Santa Annas to make the trip home that much more enjoyable. Barefoot, Airtime and ourselves headed back up the coast. The skies were clear and we could see for miles, matter of fact I kept heading out thinking I was falling below Mugu rock until I got on the GPS to find out what headland I was trying to avoid when we realized we could see Point Conception up there. We could even see most of the Islands. At one time you could see San Clemante, Catalina, Santa Barbara, Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and San Miguel. We had really warm air, all right. Little to no breeze most of the way. The last 19 miles the wind came up before we got to Mugu rock and it got cold. We saw Rissos dolphins, I thought they were whales (My bust), curiosity got me looking for them and here they are. http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/RissosDolphin.htm. They were solid white. When we got home everyone asked us about the weather. All we could say was it was really beautiful. They must‘ve thought we were crazy. I heard on the news that they had 65 MPH winds at Mugu Rock that morning. Randy Crew on Allegria Beautiful CAL 3-34 Channel Islands Ca Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

Hi Bruce, we left late in the evening planning to beat the heavier weather. If it got out of control, we would of turned towards shore and picked up lighter wind conditions. Then head across on a reach. I am waiting for the boats that got there earlier in the day to post thier reports. They motored most of the way begging for wind. Bruce Stirling wrote: > Thanks for the > account of what it was like out there. I think I'll remain a coastal > sailor for a while. > > > -----Original Message----- From: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com > [mailto:Cal_ Boats@yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of Randy > Alcorn Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:24 PM To: > cal_boats@yahoogrou ps.com; jerzy poprawski; Randy Subject: [Cal_Boats] > CCCCC; Log for Allegria. > Weather report read for > Thursday; winds WNW 15-20, after midnight , gusts to 30 > KTS. > I can start this with; > I still have a smile on my face. > Thursday Dave, Bill and > myself departed Oxnard at 10 pm. Winds started to pick up > in the harbor 10-15 inside and possibly 15+ KTS outside the harbor. We put a > double reef in the main and motored on. Seas didn’t seem that bad, maybe 6 ft > with occasional waves breaking behind and hitting us on our starboard quarter. > The night was clear and you could see all the stars. Dave and > I thought we could stay along the coast and stay in the 14-18 KT winds, but we > stayed on the rum line and headed straight for Catalina. > With only three of us > on board and an ETA of 1030 Fri, we could only get 2 hours down time for 4 hour > watches. We steered maybe an hour at a time. > The waves started to > increase after we passed Mugu rock and seemed to stay the same throughout the > night. I would think maybe 6 feet with some bigger, breakers. With the night as > dark as it was we could see the florescent wave tops break behind us and it > would go under us and keep on rolling away from us. It was really beautiful in a > strange way. > The wind was on our > starboard quarter, we surfed 8’s with some 9’s on the Signet log. Dave said the > GPS read 13 KTS at one time. We still had the motor running and the wind > pushing. Every now and then we would get a gust and the wind gauge would read 35 > KTS, later we figured that had to be 42 + since we would start surfing and we > added the speed of the boat. > Once in a while we > would round up, you could see the green florescent glow of the water boiling > under the leeward rail as we would slide sideways down the wave. > Still, it was not scary > or frightening, just motor sailing. I put the lower hatch board in, just in case > a wave decided it needed some company for the night. > By morning the winds > didn’t lay down as forecasted but kept blowing, but what we couldn’t see in the > night was the roll of the ocean and the effect of the wind waves on the top of > the rolls. The waves in all were really huge, we were getting pushed around with > the wind waves on top of the swell. I don’t think the pictures we took could > tell the story. > We ran with the wind > until we rounded the point to Howlands Landing. We made a 12 hour trip in 9 > hours and 15 minutes. We were on the mooring at 0715 and all > of us had a smile on our faces. > Yahoo, it was time to > break out the Bloody Mary’s and tell everyone about Mr Bill’s wild ride, but > everyone was still asleep in the anchorage. We tried to wake up Airtime, > Barefoot and Alcyone to have them come over for Bloody Marys, but all was > asleep. > We made breakfast and > watched the wind blow outside in the channel thinking how lucky we had made it > in before it got any worse. > The rest of our day was > pretty quiet, we really couldn’t take a nap cause the wind was still pushing > 20-25 in the anchorage. In the afternoon, I laid down in the cockpit to try to > sleep a few minutes and the wind really started to push, Bill would ask “what > was it” and I would reply, 35 (the Signet wind gauge) every time I would start > to dose off, the boat would get pushed and I would open a eye and call out the > wind speed. > Later on in the > afternoon Daniel Casey and Rick went to pick up David Wilkie at the Isthmus. > Can’t wait to hear that story, all we saw was, one dripping wet David as he went > by. > That night we headed to > Alcyone to say hi and see how everyone was. Here we were all bundled up to keep > the wind out and they were all sitting around with the furnace going. As soon as > I sat down, I started to get that sleepy feeling you get from coming out of the > cold and into a warm room. I started to peel off the layers and roll up my pants > legs. I asked Kurt if he had a diesel heater. He not only had a diesel heater > but it was a furnace with a thermostat. Then Per got up and said “watch this”. > It was 73 and he cranked it up some more. That put David’s lights out and almost > mine. I had to put my polar fleece and jacket back on and we went over to Eric’s > boat to say hi. > Saturday was a > beautiful day. No wind, sunny skies and warm weather. Around 11 am > Bill and I took the dingy over to the Isthmus. Daniel and Rick dressed up as > Pirates and Eric and Julie had a costume on. Bill and I did not. > Bummer. > It was not as wild as I > envisioned. I expected it to be pretty crazy, maybe it was cause kids were there > or it was not late enough. Julie entered us into the treasure hunt and it took > all of us to answer the questions. That didn’t last long though; when we got to > the jail someone stole the clue. That ended our hunt. > Bill and I headed back > to the boat so we could make the BBQ. I brought my foul weather gear along after > seeing how wet David was. Thank goodness - I got just as wet. > As evening fell, Jerry > and Eric pulled in on Sphritz. He was reefed down and happy. Didn’t take long to > muster everyone together on the beach. Fin had the fire going and people were > all ready talking and having a good time. The J boats joined in on the > conversation at times. > As we talked I looked > over the anchorage and I think we may have had more CAL > boats who made it over than the J boats did. Sure looked like > it. > It was a good time with > good food, stories, faces we haven’t seen in a long time and lots of adult > beverages. > Jack Sparrow even > showed up and had his picture taken with us. No wait that was Daniel Casey. Good > costume Daniel. Next year we will be prepared. > After what seemed like > another short night we were up and heading back to Oxnard . > No 26 miles across the sea for us. We were looking at 57 miles and promises of > Santa Annas to make the trip home that much more enjoyable. > Barefoot, Airtime and > ourselves headed back up the coast. The skies were clear and we could see for > miles, matter of fact I kept heading out thinking I was falling below Mugu rock > until I got on the GPS to find out what headland I was trying to avoid when we > realized we could see Point Conception up there. We could even see most of the > Islands . At one time you could see San Clemante, Catalina, > Santa Barbara , Anacapa, Santa Cruz , > Santa Rosa and San Miguel. > We had really warm air, all right. > Little to no breeze most of the way. The last 19 miles the wind came up before > we got to Mugu rock and it got cold. > We saw Rissos > dolphins, I thought they were whales (My bust), curiosity got me looking for > them and here they are. http://www.acsonlin e.org/factpack/ RissosDolphin. htm . They were solid white. > When we got home > everyone asked us about the weather. All we could say was it was really > beautiful. They must‘ve thought we were crazy. I heard on the news that they had > 65 MPH winds at Mugu Rock that morning. > Randy > Crew on > Allegria > Beautiful > CAL 3-34 > Channel > Islands Ca > Looking for a deal? Find > great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7

Hey cal folks, Our trip was almost as Randy says except for the exciting thursday night cruise into catalina. we came in thursday during the day just in front of Dan Casey and Rick Star on Air Time. We Left Channel Islands Harbor at 5am that morning and only got about 4 hours of good wind to sail into the last stretch before we made howlands at 4pm. at first I was bummed that we didnt have more wind. then we woke up friday to see the Allegria had made it in. and the channel looked like a nightmare to get across.. I went over to say hi, and heard the stories they had.. sounded like a real wild ride indeed. Other than that, it was much the same as Randy's account. If anyone who was at the event has some more photos to share i would gladly put them up for you on this page.. i really wish i had gotten more photos.... cheers eric jackson BAREFOOT 1971 CAL 29 CHANNEL ISLANDS CA. ericjacksonphoto.com just go to the sailing link and then open the CCCCC link..

agree Reggie To: ca… [at] yahoogroups.comFrom: mi… [at] hotmail.comDate: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:58:37 +0000Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] CCCCC; Log for Allegria. (Randy) Great account of the trip Randy. This is an excellent read, felt like I was there. You should submit this to some of the magazines; Latitude 38, Good Old Boat etc. Mike Robinson Holiday Cal 36 #4 Pt. Richmond, CA To: ca… [at] yahoogroups.com; je… [at] msn.com; ra… [at] navy.milFrom: sa… [at] yahoo.comDate: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 21:24:10 -0700Subject: [Cal_Boats] CCCCC; Log for Allegria. Weather report read for Thursday; winds WNW 15-20, after midnight, gusts to 30 KTS. I can start this with; I still have a smile on my face. Thursday Dave, Bill and myself departed Oxnard at 10 pm. Winds started to pick up in the harbor 10-15 inside and possibly 15+ KTS outside the harbor. We put a double reef in the main and motored on. Seas didn’t seem that bad, maybe 6 ft with occasional waves breaking behind and hitting us on our starboard quarter. The night was clear and you could see all the stars. Dave and I thought we could stay along the coast and stay in the 14-18 KT winds, but we stayed on the rum line and headed straight for Catalina. With only three of us on board and an ETA of 1030 Fri, we could only get 2 hours down time for 4 hour watches. We steered maybe an hour at a time. The waves started to increase after we passed Mugu rock and seemed to stay the same throughout the night. I would think maybe 6 feet with some bigger, breakers. With the night as dark as it was we could see the florescent wave tops break behind us and it would go under us and keep on rolling away from us. It was really beautiful in a strange way. The wind was on our starboard quarter, we surfed 8’s with some 9’s on the Signet log. Dave said the GPS read 13 KTS at one time. We still had the motor running and the wind pushing. Every now and then we would get a gust and the wind gauge would read 35 KTS, later we figured that had to be 42 + since we would start surfing and we added the speed of the boat. Once in a while we would round up, you could see the green florescent glow of the water boiling under the leeward rail as we would slide sideways down the wave. Still, it was not scary or frightening, just motor sailing. I put the lower hatch board in, just in case a wave decided it needed some company for the night. By morning the winds didn’t lay down as forecasted but kept blowing, but what we couldn’t see in the night was the roll of the ocean and the effect of the wind waves on the top of the rolls. The waves in all were really huge, we were getting pushed around with the wind waves on top of the swell. I don’t think the pictures we took could tell the story. We ran with the wind until we rounded the point to Howlands Landing. We made a 12 hour trip in 9 hours and 15 minutes. We were on the mooring at 0715 and all of us had a smile on our faces. Yahoo, it was time to break out the Bloody Mary’s and tell everyone about Mr Bill’s wild ride, but everyone was still asleep in the anchorage. We tried to wake up Airtime, Barefoot and Alcyone to have them come over for Bloody Marys, but all was asleep. We made breakfast and watched the wind blow outside in the channel thinking how lucky we had made it in before it got any worse. The rest of our day was pretty quiet, we really couldn’t take a nap cause the wind was still pushing 20-25 in the anchorage. In the afternoon, I laid down in the cockpit to try to sleep a few minutes and the wind really started to push, Bill would ask “what was it” and I would reply, 35 (the Signet wind gauge) every time I would start to dose off, the boat would get pushed and I would open a eye and call out the wind speed. Later on in the afternoon Daniel Casey and Rick went to pick up David Wilkie at the Isthmus. Can’t wait to hear that story, all we saw was, one dripping wet David as he went by. That night we headed to Alcyone to say hi and see how everyone was. Here we were all bundled up to keep the wind out and they were all sitting around with the furnace going. As soon as I sat down, I started to get that sleepy feeling you get from coming out of the cold and into a warm room. I started to peel off the layers and roll up my pants legs. I asked Kurt if he had a diesel heater. He not only had a diesel heater but it was a furnace with a thermostat. Then Per got up and said “watch this”. It was 73 and he cranked it up some more. That put David’s lights out and almost mine. I had to put my polar fleece and jacket back on and we went over to Eric’s boat to say hi. Saturday was a beautiful day. No wind, sunny skies and warm weather. Around 11 am Bill and I took the dingy over to the Isthmus. Daniel and Rick dressed up as Pirates and Eric and Julie had a costume on. Bill and I did not. Bummer. It was not as wild as I envisioned. I expected it to be pretty crazy, maybe it was cause kids were there or it was not late enough. Julie entered us into the treasure hunt and it took all of us to answer the questions. That didn’t last long though; when we got to the jail someone stole the clue. That ended our hunt. Bill and I headed back to the boat so we could make the BBQ. I brought my foul weather gear along after seeing how wet David was. Thank goodness - I got just as wet. As evening fell, Jerry and Eric pulled in on Sphritz. He was reefed down and happy. Didn’t take long to muster everyone together on the beach. Fin had the fire going and people were all ready talking and having a good time. The J boats joined in on the conversation at times. As we talked I looked over the anchorage and I think we may have had more CAL boats who made it over than the J boats did. Sure looked like it. It was a good time with good food, stories, faces we haven’t seen in a long time and lots of adult beverages. Jack Sparrow even showed up and had his picture taken with us. No wait that was Daniel Casey. Good costume Daniel. Next year we will be prepared. After what seemed like another short night we were up and heading back to Oxnard. No 26 miles across the sea for us. We were looking at 57 miles and promises of Santa Annas to make the trip home that much more enjoyable. Barefoot, Airtime and ourselves headed back up the coast. The skies were clear and we could see for miles, matter of fact I kept heading out thinking I was falling below Mugu rock until I got on the GPS to find out what headland I was trying to avoid when we realized we could see Point Conception up there. We could even see most of the Islands. At one time you could see San Clemante, Catalina, Santa Barbara, Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and San Miguel. We had really warm air, all right. Little to no breeze most of the way. The last 19 miles the wind came up before we got to Mugu rock and it got cold. We saw Rissos dolphins, I thought they were whales (My bust), curiosity got me looking for them and here they are. http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/RissosDolphin.htm. They were solid white. When we got home everyone asked us about the weather. All we could say was it was really beautiful. They must‘ve thought we were crazy. I heard on the news that they had 65 MPH winds at Mugu Rock that morning. Randy Crew on Allegria Beautiful CAL 3-34 Channel Islands Ca Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks Treats for You! Get 'em!

Contrary to a previous observation, Shpritz wasn't reefed down for the trip to Catalina on Sat., altho we was flying a poled out numero 3 Genoa because we still needed to repair our numero 2, and our numero uno is way baggy. We was in a big hurry to leave for the Big Island, to be fixing it, and didn't leave the dock till five minutes after noon. We actually were met with light Southwest breezes off our bow when we left the breakwater which thankfully strengthened and turned northerly as our trip progressed. We ended up averaging a little better than six knots. But the observation of us being happy, YES! We'd been afear'd we wouldn't make Howland's till after sunset. Jerry

Eric Randy has the pics I took he could foward them to you or I can try to do it to you direct Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Jackson To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:55 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] CCCCC for BAREFOOT Hey cal folks, Our trip was almost as Randy says except for the exciting thursday night cruise into catalina. we came in thursday during the day just in front of Dan Casey and Rick Star on Air Time. We Left Channel Islands Harbor at 5am that morning and only got about 4 hours of good wind to sail into the last stretch before we made howlands at 4pm. at first I was bummed that we didnt have more wind. then we woke up friday to see the Allegria had made it in. and the channel looked like a nightmare to get across.. I went over to say hi, and heard the stories they had.. sounded like a real wild ride indeed. Other than that, it was much the same as Randy's account. If anyone who was at the event has some more photos to share i would gladly put them up for you on this page.. i really wish i had gotten more photos.... cheers eric jackson BAREFOOT 1971 CAL 29 CHANNEL ISLANDS CA. ericjacksonphoto.com just go to the sailing link and then open the CCCCC link..

Randy Alcorn wrote: > Weather report read for Thursday; winds WNW 15-20, after midnight, > gusts to 30 KTS. > > I can start this with; I still have a smile on my face. > > Thursday Dave, Bill and myself departed Oxnard at 10 pm. Winds started > to pick up in the harbor 10-15 inside and possibly 15+ KTS outside the > harbor. We put a double reef in the main and motored on. Seas didn't > seem that bad, maybe 6 ft with occasional waves breaking behind and > hitting us on our starboard quarter. The night was clear and you could > see all the stars. Dave and I thought we could stay along the coast > and stay in the 14-18 KT winds, but we stayed on the rum line and > headed straight for Catalina. > > With only three of us on board and an ETA of 1030 Fri, we could only > get 2 hours down time for 4 hour watches. We steered maybe an hour at > a time. > Etc. I just wanted to say that this was one of the most interesting cruise reports I've read in a long time. Thanks for posting it. For those of us on fresh water in the north, which is to say, those of us whose boats are hauled, it's the next best thing to actual sailing. Chris Campbell

I would bet that along with the clear night, during the day there was a smog brown inversion layer against the Island and beyond. These are the two clues that you may be in for one hell of a late night Santa Ana condition that will often close down the mainland side of the island. Years ago, in the first week of January, it was so calm with flat waters, that night after about midnight, the Santa Ana's kicked up and we were told by the Harbor Master to leave the Isthmus. We started up the new Honda hanging over the stern of our Cal 20 and slowly motored away from the mooring. I remember reading about Big Fishermen a private cove owned and operated by USC and that it could provide some shelter from a Santa Ana condition. Not much room for more than a couple of boats. We were the only boat there until morning. I will not even think about heading for the mainland side of the island in Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. if there is a crystal clear night and or the brown inversion layer against the island during the day. Is it the same for the other channel islands? Mark Cal 2-29 San Pedro ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Campbell To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 6:15 AM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] CCCCC; Log for Allegria. Randy Alcorn wrote: Weather report read for Thursday; winds WNW 15-20, after midnight, gusts to 30 KTS. I can start this with; I still have a smile on my face. Thursday Dave, Bill and myself departed Oxnard at 10 pm. Winds started to pick up in the harbor 10-15 inside and possibly 15+ KTS outside the harbor. We put a double reef in the main and motored on. Seas didn't seem that bad, maybe 6 ft with occasional waves breaking behind and hitting us on our starboard quarter. The night was clear and you could see all the stars. Dave and I thought we could stay along the coast and stay in the 14-18 KT winds, but we stayed on the rum line and headed straight for Catalina. With only three of us on board and an ETA of 1030 Fri, we could only get 2 hours down time for 4 hour watches. We steered maybe an hour at a time. Etc. I just wanted to say that this was one of the most interesting cruise reports I've read in a long time. Thanks for posting it. For those of us on fresh water in the north, which is to say, those of us whose boats are hauled, it's the next best thing to actual sailing. Chris Campbell