Now in Long Beach

Roger decided to leave very early Sat Oct 11, the sun has not quite come up yet. Somehow he coxed me into getting up very early to fix coffee for our crew and cereal for those who wanted it. The guys were ready to get going, they had no idea what lay ahead but they were determined to get out the Gate. Before the end of the trip they would see whales, dolphins, a fire off Pt Dume, and gusts of wind up to 39knts. They would also see the knotmeter peak at 11knts on a number of occasions. But all is well that ends well and they arrived at the Long Beach Yacht Club right on schedule. The trip from the Gate to the entrance to LB Harbor took a total of 54 hours.

Rog, Tony Barone, Ron Konkle and Bruce Tomlinson--no one was quite awake yet

Mark Koehler came by to make sure the boat left the dock. Far too often plans change, boats don't get ready and the owners don't get the chance to through off the dock lines.


Just leaving the Estuary, not sure of what is going to happen next but Bruce has decided to check out the Raider's game before he was too far off shore. Little did he know that the reception would be so good that he would be able to watch his beloved 49ers game too. Shame he didn't loose reception before the game was over.
This story has it that the guys saw 8 to 12 ft seas with 25knts of wind the first day, doesn't look that way to me!! Can you find the dolphin in the picture??
Through the salt spray the guys could see the Porter Ranch Fire early Monday morning. The morning started out with 39knts of Santa Ana Winds and fetching seas that would eventually lay down so that they could motor into Long Beach.

The Long Beach Yacht will be home for the next week while we are back east for a wedding. Clean up after the trip down took the better part of two days, I am still doing wash! But the gang had a great time and we appreciate all the help. Great crew and a wonderful adventure was had by all.