I chartered a Catalina 36 for the day when visiting relatives in San Diego. Never been there before and we stayed out until well after dark. It was then I discovered that unlike Maryland, the marinas pretty much all got built the same way and all look the same. We had to try about 4 until we found the one with our car!
Joe Della Barba -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Wally Bryant Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 2:45 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List narrow is good Good on ýa. When folks look at my foredeck and call it skinny I prefer to say that I have a ´fine entry.´ <VBG> Which reminds me of a funny moment sailing into San Diego in 2009. It was one of those days when the California fog hit big time. Visibility was about 30 feet, and I kept turning to starboard to avoid a collision but finally realized that I was reacting to my own running lights reflected back off the fog. San Diego harbor is a maze, and was tough to navigate blind. I was doing fine until I encountered a huge white light in the middle of the channel. I sat there for 30 minutes trying to figure it out (note that I'd been single handing for 18 hours through shipping channels.) I didn't want to use the radio, since CH16 was flooded with lost power boaters calling the Coast Guard, and the Coasties were laughing on the radio. ("So, you're tied up to a buoy but don't know the buoy number? Dawn is only six hours away...") I learned later that the big white light was illuminating a sign pointing toward a fuel dock, but with 30 foot visibility I didn't know that and really didn't want to get close to the big white light. Eventually I worked past the big white light and ended up in the wrong marina. I saw an empty slip. I nailed it perfectly. No fenders, no bumps. The next morning I looked around and realized I had about four inches of clearance on both sides of the boat. There was a crowd staring at my boat. I said 'nice to meet you, gotta go...' Wal Joe wrote: > Our marina has a 45 foot slip they are renting for $ 1,000 less than > the going rate because the pilings are 11 feet apart and no one can > fit in there. Well almost no one...........I tried it and I fit:) -- s/v Stella Blue www.wbryant.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
