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...