Tips/Rules/Info on running in the ocean - So Cal area
11-01-2005 | 10:00 AM
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Re: Tips/Rules/Info on running in the ocean - So Cal area
I would strongly suggest having a cell phone and a VHF Marine radio with you. Make sure you know the Coast Guard (VHF channel 16) and get SeaTow (888-973-2869 or VHF channel 16) or their equivalent. If you run to Catalina, take the route(s) that the ferry takes, so if you ever have a problem, most likely the ferry will be by in 1 hour or so.
11-01-2005 | 08:49 PM
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Re: Tips/Rules/Info on running in the ocean - So Cal area
Originally Posted by POOL WHORE
Hey Al. If the ocean was not small craft advisory, victory-at-sea conditions for the Channel Islands Run, we would have had a nice, level flight! Next time.
Hugh
Hugh
When's the next run? Getting used to the Baja now so I may want to splash it in salt soon.
-Al
11-01-2005 | 09:45 PM
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Re: Tips/Rules/Info on running in the ocean - So Cal area
Most afternoons - do not linger too long in Avalon ( 3:00 PM ).
Or, if you launch ( and plan to retrieve ) out of Huntington, do not linger in Newport Beach ( God help you if you are in Laguna ). . .
The ride home from Avalon is generally more gentle ( relatively speaking ), than the ride from Newport.
Leaving for home after 3:00PM, from either Newport or Avalon makes a man out of a boy, makes a woman cry. Makes you beg to God for five more foot of hull. . . . you will be happy that you observed the VHF radio information above . . . you WILL, on 'future' trips, be obsessive about keeping your flares dry. . .
Or, if you launch ( and plan to retrieve ) out of Huntington, do not linger in Newport Beach ( God help you if you are in Laguna ). . .
The ride home from Avalon is generally more gentle ( relatively speaking ), than the ride from Newport.
Leaving for home after 3:00PM, from either Newport or Avalon makes a man out of a boy, makes a woman cry. Makes you beg to God for five more foot of hull. . . . you will be happy that you observed the VHF radio information above . . . you WILL, on 'future' trips, be obsessive about keeping your flares dry. . .
Last edited by rouxsterre; 11-01-2005 at 10:05 PM.
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