{"id":396,"date":"2016-06-09T00:06:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T00:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svslowflight.com\/?p=396"},"modified":"2018-08-21T09:13:17","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T09:13:17","slug":"and-we-are-off-to-catalina-island-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svslowflight.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/09\/and-we-are-off-to-catalina-island-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"And we are off….to Catalina Island, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

We shoved off out of our slip in Ventura on Monday June 6th at 5:45 am. \u00a0The winds were calm and we were ready for our 67 nautical mile trip. \u00a0We mostly motor sailed (aka sails up but still have the engine running) so we could make it to Cat Harbor before sundown. \u00a0The trip was uneventful, which was good for confidence and we enjoyed lunch aboard and finally anchored at about 6pm.<\/p>\n

The next day Trevor and I hung out on the boat and played around with the Iridum Go, our satellite phone, and all the apps to stay in touch with everyone (details on how to do that in a later post) and get weather while we are under way.<\/p>\n

The next day, we updated our Garmin chartplotters and auto pilot that took a few phone calls to accomplish but we finally got it done and took the dignhy out for Happy Hour to celebrate. \u00a0Cat Harbor is on the West side of Catalina Island and there is about 1\/4 mile walk to the other side. \u00a0The other side has a small grocery store, restaurant, dive center, shuttle to Avalon (town at the South side of the island), laundry facilities, post office, etc. \u00a0The island has never been attached to the main land and the land is pretty barren. \u00a0The fauna and flora are unique to the island brought over by winds, ocean currents, and birds. \u00a0Obviously, nonnative species has been introduced through out the islands history of European influence and there are American bison that live there. In 1924, fourteen bison were brought to the island for the filming of the Western movie The Vanishing American<\/a><\/i>, though the scenes with the bison did not make it into the final cut of the film. Due to cost overruns, the film company decided to leave the bison on the island instead of bringing them back to the mainland. Today the size of the Catalina Island bison herd<\/a> is maintained at population of about 150 animals.<\/p>\n

\"Happy
Happy hour on Catalina Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Ouch"\"
“Ouch”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"There
There is a buffalo in the background….I promise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our last night in Catalina Island, our generator started to “spit” fuel and oil. \u00a0NOT GOOD! We had to run the engine without a load on it (also not good for the engine) to recharge the batteries until we could get to San Diego and take a deeper look. \u00a0On Thursday June 9th, we headed out of Cat Harbor at 3:30pm for our first overnight sail headed for San Diego……<\/p>\n

Fun facts about Catalina Island:\u00a0http:\/\/www.catalinachamber.com\/<\/p>\n

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