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07-28-17, 08:29 PM
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Bad ass, @surgeonstone. Nice choice indeed. I know it was crappy circumstances all around leading up to it, but I think that will erase a lot of the "stuff" in recent history.
07-28-17, 09:01 PM
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07-28-17, 09:03 PM
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07-28-17, 09:13 PM
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07-28-17, 09:14 PM
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07-28-17, 09:23 PM
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07-28-17, 09:31 PM
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07-28-17, 09:44 PM
#2658
Has a magic bike
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Funny you should mention this, someone ashore just asked us the same thing today.
It's a 30 mile passage. They are tiny dogs. If one of them falls overboard without us noticing, no way could they swim ashore.
A few years ago, we were chatting with a couple over here. They were coming across from the mainland with their Jack Russell terrier. At some point, they suddenly realize: the dog is missing. They turn the boat around and backtrack along their GPS breadcrumbs. Forty five minutes later, they incredibly find the dog, gamely trying to swim 15 miles back to shore.
Even a human that falls overboard has a huge chance of dying if they are not witnessed falling off the boat. A PFD makes a huge difference in keep the exhausted hypothermic creature alive.
But also: Doglet almost drowned several years ago, falling into our swimming pool. She didnt even really try to swim. Puppy however tumbled into the hot tub trying to grab a twig. She scrambled out pretty quickly, so we think she actually can swim.
It's a 30 mile passage. They are tiny dogs. If one of them falls overboard without us noticing, no way could they swim ashore.
A few years ago, we were chatting with a couple over here. They were coming across from the mainland with their Jack Russell terrier. At some point, they suddenly realize: the dog is missing. They turn the boat around and backtrack along their GPS breadcrumbs. Forty five minutes later, they incredibly find the dog, gamely trying to swim 15 miles back to shore.
Even a human that falls overboard has a huge chance of dying if they are not witnessed falling off the boat. A PFD makes a huge difference in keep the exhausted hypothermic creature alive.
But also: Doglet almost drowned several years ago, falling into our swimming pool. She didnt even really try to swim. Puppy however tumbled into the hot tub trying to grab a twig. She scrambled out pretty quickly, so we think she actually can swim.
07-28-17, 09:54 PM
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Funny you should mention this, someone ashore just asked us the same thing today.
It's a 30 mile passage. They are tiny dogs. If one of them falls overboard without us noticing, no way could they swim ashore.
A few years ago, we were chatting with a couple over here. They were coming across from the mainland with their Jack Russell terrier. At some point, they suddenly realize: the dog is missing. They turn the boat around and backtrack along their GPS breadcrumbs. Forty five minutes later, they incredibly find the dog, gamely trying to swim 15 miles back to shore.
Even a human that falls overboard has a huge chance of dying if they are not witnessed falling off the boat. A PFD makes a huge difference in keep the exhausted hypothermic creature alive.
But also: Doglet almost drowned several years ago, falling into our swimming pool. She didnt even really try to swim. Puppy however tumbled into the hot tub trying to grab a twig. She scrambled out pretty quickly, so we think she actually can swim.
It's a 30 mile passage. They are tiny dogs. If one of them falls overboard without us noticing, no way could they swim ashore.
A few years ago, we were chatting with a couple over here. They were coming across from the mainland with their Jack Russell terrier. At some point, they suddenly realize: the dog is missing. They turn the boat around and backtrack along their GPS breadcrumbs. Forty five minutes later, they incredibly find the dog, gamely trying to swim 15 miles back to shore.
Even a human that falls overboard has a huge chance of dying if they are not witnessed falling off the boat. A PFD makes a huge difference in keep the exhausted hypothermic creature alive.
But also: Doglet almost drowned several years ago, falling into our swimming pool. She didnt even really try to swim. Puppy however tumbled into the hot tub trying to grab a twig. She scrambled out pretty quickly, so we think she actually can swim.
07-28-17, 10:25 PM
#2661
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Bad ass, @surgeonstone. Nice choice indeed. I know it was crappy circumstances all around leading up to it, but I think that will erase a lot of the "stuff" in recent history.
07-28-17, 10:27 PM
#2663
Has a magic bike
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The building on the little spit of land (Ballast Point) is the old Cal Yacht Club facility. We are members of the California Yacht Club, so that little building was built and maintained by out club for around 50 years. It's basically a big outdoor deck with a roof and wind screens. There's a kitchen with some old commercial equipment and a bar with hand-painted tiles which were painted over the years by club members.
Catalina Island used to be owned by the Wrigley (as in chewing gum) family. In the 1970s, the Wrigleys gave most of the island to the Catalina Island Conservancy, and their mandate is to keep it pretty undeveloped. However the family formed the Catalina Island Company, a for-profit entity, and they maintained control of the developed areas around Avalon and Two Harbors.
Cat Harbor is one of the two harbors that make up the town of Two Harbors. The other is Isthmus Cove, which is where we are moored. Isthmus Cove is not as good of a natural anchorage, but the water is shallower and clearer and warmer, so the swimming is good. The mooring are very secure, so in all but the worst weather, Isthmus is totally fine. It's closer to the mainland by around 90 minutes, so it's quicker to get here. And there's few facilities, but what there is is closer to the dinghy dock at Isthmus than it is in Cat.
So we usually find ourselves in Isthmus Cove, it's a convenience thing with the dogs. Cat Harbor and Isthmus Cove are separated by a thin isthmus of land, the two coves are on opposite sides of the island but only 1/4 mile apart.
Maybe 5 or so years ago, the Catalina Island Company was looking for additional revenue streams and they got the idea that maybe they'd want to put a restaurant in at Ballast Point, right where the tiny little building is on the spit of land in the pic. So they exponentially increased the rent on the land and Cal Yacht Club decided to give the facility up, we couldn't justify the expense. We have since joined forces with the Los Angeles Yacht Club and now share a much humbler (but still totally adequate) facility at a different cove called Howlands Landing. It had a nice swimming beach so that part was a win for us.
The Ballast Point facility has been abandoned since we left it. When I rode by today, the roof was partially collapsed. It makes me sad to see it, what was the point of driving us out? Did no one any good.
As far as I know, the Ballast Point facility did not flood. It was built up a few feet above the ground level. Maybe it flooded before my time, don't know.
07-28-17, 10:31 PM
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They are supposed to stay in the cockpit. But dogs are dogs and they don't always do what they're supposed to do. Boats are boats and sometimes your attention must be diverted from the dogs. So far it has never happened that we've had a dog leave the cockpit while we were making a passage. But $hit happens and we'd much rather have the PFDs on them for a little bit of extra insurance, just in case.
07-28-17, 10:47 PM
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They are supposed to stay in the cockpit. But dogs are dogs and they don't always do what they're supposed to do. Boats are boats and sometimes your attention must be diverted from the dogs. So far it has never happened that we've had a dog leave the cockpit while we were making a passage. But $hit happens and we'd much rather have the PFDs on them for a little bit of extra insurance, just in case.
My lab wanted to walk out onto the water while the boat was going about 30 mph. Never let go of the collar.
07-28-17, 10:49 PM
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12 for the months + the total, format rows
Especially if it was me.
Especially if it was me.
07-28-17, 10:51 PM
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07-28-17, 11:06 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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07-28-17, 11:12 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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07-29-17, 02:36 AM
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smelling the roses
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07-29-17, 03:53 AM
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Should Be More Popular
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07-29-17, 03:54 AM
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07-29-17, 04:33 AM
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07-29-17, 04:36 AM
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