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Single-handed Catalina Trip Log!!

Tuesday, February 20 . I wake up knowing this day will be rough–rain, Ventura, and boat prep. Ignoring the vast amount of work I’d have to do, I got ready and prepared the cart worth of winches, anchors, gas cans, koozies, and various unused knick-knacks and loaded them into the squeaky trunk of our trusty, old minivan. Dad wakes up and gets ready, and we set off for Ventura. We have a great drive, listening to my ‘Discovery Mix’ on Apple Music and calling my grandmother who you may remember, Elaine, about our annual walking trip in Southern France this summer. After about a thousand U-turns, we make it to Mike’s Consignment Marine but decide to assemble the winches before we head in. I impress myself with my winch-maintenance skills and end up in a very uncomfortable position between the third-row seats in the trunk! Surprisingly, Mike takes everything we have in our cart, and I look around for a bit. It’s hard for me to buy anything at consignment stores because it’s never exactly w...
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Catalina Circumnavigation

view this in video format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVZ2cPf-fsY Sailing to Catalina Island–a pocket-sized journey when compared to the Hawaiian Islands, 2,600 nautical miles or approximately 26 days away on a similarly, pocket-sized vessel. In our case, this vessel is Drifter, my beautiful Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 from 1985. The Flicka is a capable micro-cruiser designed by Bruce Bingham in the 50s with a similar hull to 19th-century working boats intended to improve the lives of Block Island Sound fishers with their speed and supreme seaworthiness. Oh, and who am I? I’m a 13-year-old single- and double-handed sailor who dreams of circumnavigating the Earth but instead takes a week off of their spring break to circumnavigate Catalina Island, the popular cruising destination of amateur and expert sailors alike who bask in the picturesque landscape used to film dozens of South Seas movies. Sunday, March 26th. My grandmother, Elaine, and I cast off the lines of our Marina del Re...
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