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A Unit of United States Power Squadrons® - District 28 Sail and Power Boating  Boating is fun..We'll show you how |
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(OFC XV) 31 May - 5 June 2009 |
The Catalina Channel Islands Cruise for 2009 (formerly known as the OFC) is scheduled from 31 May to 5 June. Our plan is to leave San Diego harbor on the morning of Sunday 31 May to arrive in Oceanside harbor that afternoon. We each arrange for a slip in Oceanside beforehand with the Oceanside Harbor Police at 760.435.4000, or contact them when arriving. (There is no designated anchorage area in Oceanside Harbor.) We usually try for slips near the Jolly Roger Restaurant.
On the morning of Monday 1 June we will leave for Avalon Harbor to arrive there in the early afternoon. When we arrive at the entrance to Avalon we wait for the Avalon Harbor to meet us to arrange for a mooring. (Or call Avalon Harbor Department on VHF Channel 12.) We plan to stay in Avalon for three nights. The skipper and crew of "Bata Mor" usually have a happy hour one afternoon and the skipper and crew of "Wind Tree" have one another afternoon. Sometimes we have visited restaurants in Avalon for meals, sometimes sharing meals on our boats. (By the way, dingy docks in Avalon have a maximum length of 14' and Avalon shoreboat service is on VHF Channel 9.)
We will be leaving Avalon on Thursday 4 June for Oceanside Harbor and Friday 5 June for San Diego Harbor to be back in our home slips that evening. We will be in greater San Diego in time to attend the USPS District 28 Council Meeting on Saturday 6 June in the Chula Vista Yacht Club, located in the California Yacht Marina, 640 Marina Parkway, in Chula Vista, CA.
For more information contact Frank Fitzgerald on home phone: 928.771.9261, or cell phone: 619.838.9551, or E-mail: frankttfitz@aol.com.
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1 - 7 June 2008 Avalon, Catalina Island |
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BÃTA MÕR (Gaelic for "Nice Boat)"  Tim Harrington - Skipper Sally Harrington Bill Belt Virginia Belt |
WIND TREE (This one is pretty nice also)  Frank Fitzgerald - Skipper Bob Schloeman Lee Whitehead Gail Todd |
OFC XIV was an adventure by two boats, BÃTA MÕR and WIND TREE. Fitzgerald, Schloeman, Whitehead and Todd took WIND TREE from San Diego to Oceanside, then to Catalina Island, back to Oceanside and return to San Diego. They were followed one day later by the Harringtons and Belts which took BÃTA MÕR from San Diego to Oceanside, then to Catalina Island and back to Oceanside and return to San Diego
(all times are PDT)
6/1/2008
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| 0713 | Depart Southwest Yacht Club, 32° 42.84' N, 117° 13.99' W |
| 1537 | Arrive Oceanside Jolly Roger end tie, 33° 12.67' N, 117° 23.73' W |
6/02/2008
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| 0709 | Depart Oceanside for Avalon, Catalina Island, CA |
| 1639 | Arrive Avalon. Moored on buoy 146, 33° 20.74' N, 118° 19.51' W |
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| Moored Avalon buoy 146. Showers in Avalon $2.00 for five minutes. BÃTA MÕR arrives at 1443 and is moored on adjacent mooring. They come aboard for happy hour and then all enjoy dinner aboard. BÃTA MÕR that evening |
 WIND TREE crew man the rails (l-r) Frank Fitzgerald, Bob Schloeman, Gail Todd and Lee Whitehead |
 BÃTA MÕR crew (l-r) of Bill Belt, Virginia Belt, Sally Harrington and Tim Harrington |
 Going out to dinner OFC style |
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| Moored Avalon buoy 146. Fuel filters changed by shore mechanic in hopes it would solve the engine surging that was experienced during the passage from Oceanside to Avalon. It later proves to solve the engine problem. |
 Royal Caribbean MONARCH OF THE SEAS pays a visit to Avalon |
 Avalon harbor |
 Gail and Lee return from a trip ashore. |
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6/05/2008
Time Position 0805 Depart Avalon mooring 146 for Oceanside, 33° 20.84' N, 118° 19.26' W 1538 Tied up at the Jolly Roger, Oceanside, 33° 12.67' N, 117° 23.73' W 6/06/2008
Time Position 0708 Depart Oceanside for San Diego, CA, 33° 12.67' N, 117° 23.73' W 1400 Pearson Fuel Dock. 35.7 gal 1641 Arrive California Yacht Marina
For those not familiar with this exercise this was an OFC, O stands for OLD and C stands for CRUISE. You have to make up your own mind what the F stands for.
