Delivery to Ventura

My friend Barry has fallen head over heels for sailing. He met up with us on our voyage to Mexico in 2018. We took him to Santa Cruz Island (off Santa Barbara) for a long weekend. Lots of highlights on one of my favorite islands. Then we chartered in La Paz, Mexico and Tahiti. He was hooked. He looked around for a suitable boat and deciided on a Catalina 36. He found a 2006 in Alameda. We waited a few months to get it to his home waters 300 miles south. We decided on late September. We took off on the 23rd of September and harbor hopped down the coast in calm and fogless coinditions. Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz and Monterey are all day sails with overnight stops in each port. Our first big hop was 90 miles to Morro Bay and our first overnigh sail on his boat. We arrived at sun up and spent the day at the Morro Yacht Club. Next morning we were off to Santa Barbara for another 100 mile overnight sail. As we were rounding Pt. Conception, we could see Vandenberg Airforce Base. Just for fun, I looked to see when the next Spacex lift off was. It was coming up in 30 minutes! We were 3 miles offshore when she took off, unload her payload and then landed on a barge for reuse. How cool was that? We made it into the Santa Barbara harbor about 10am the next morning. We love Santa Barbara and several friends visited. We went for a cool day sail the next day in 10 knot winds that was very relaxing. Barry is loving his new to him boat. The next day we were off to to his home port in Ventura. This is a huge marina. The next day we drove back to the bay after a very successful delivery. We saw some whales, lots of dolphins and 2 mermaids! Thanks to all of our visitors: Claire and Mark, Robin, Ricky and Cindy, Dan, Andy, Kendra and Joe.