Hey chuck others who make this trip. After a 9 month illness I am able to make this trip. We are planning for the second weekend in September. Catalina is our current base location unless the fishing is still better further south. Have any of you used cabrillo beach launch. My understanding this is the most direct route without having to spend allot of time clearing the different bays. There will be 3 adults and 1 12yo on my 260 dancer. For anchoring off cat do i need to increase my rope length to 300'? We are planning to bring extra gas and water from home to avoid the high cost of you Californian tax's. I would like to hear how each of you provision you boats for this type of trip as my double check. Thanks guys.

I just hitch a ride.

Semper Fi 75

"For anchoring off cat do i need to increase my rope length to 300'?"

If I were you, I'd want AT LEAST 300' of rope and 15' or so of chain for the main anchor. I believe you can safely anchor in up to 50' with that. You should be able to find anchorage in this or less depth, but may need to anchor in as much as 70'+.

I'd also consider a second anchor for stern or back-up.

Where are you planning to launch from the mainland? Hope you have a good time and take pictures.

Yes we are going to make the crossing. Looking to launch from cabrillo beach as it seems to the most direct route but hoping on some some input on that choice?? Thanks HF for your thoughts.

If I only had some room left huh?

We usually launch out of Cabrillo when we go. Close to fast water. It is expensive though. I think we end up paying around $45-50 fro Friday evening until Sunday late morning/afternoon. Davies is cheaper and they have wash downs where Cabrillo does not.

Hey Loren - 2nd weekend in September (6th-7th) is the US Outrigger Championship race. From Newport Beach to Catalina on Saturday, and back on Sunday. So, I'll be busy that weekend. Love to do it later in the month! Never launched from Cabrillo, always use Davies in Alamitos Bay. Not sure if I understand "anchoring off Cat". Do you mean Cat's harbor on the far side of 2 Harbors? There's lots of moorings & protected anchorages available from Avalon to White's Landing. Check with the Avalon harbormaster. Need 8:1 scope when anchoring; two (bow & stern) are better than one. Heading over to Avalon today - doing an appraisal in Hamilton Cove.

I used the South Shore Launch Ramp across the L.A. River from the Catalina Express Landing. Shortest crossing from breakwater to Long Point, but a couple nm inside the harbor. Upside, you get to see the Queen Mary on the way to Queen's Gate and they have a wash-down. It cost $10/night.

I might be interested in September 26-29?

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I am putting together a list of previous post on this subject and will post that later today. Gotta do some actual work right now...

Here's some:

http://www.boatingabc.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/326631/Fixed_Radio_Question.html

http://www.boatingabc.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/328805/How_to_run_in_a_Following_Sea.html

http://www.boatingabc.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/322615/What_goes_in_a_ditch_bag.html

http://www.boatingabc.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/294356/VHF_DSC_tutorial.html

http://www.boatingabc.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/285614/What_s_it_gonna_take_to_get_to.html

You could rent an EPIRB from BoatUS. Also, don't forget to file a float plan with somebody at home.

So that makes all your costs of motoring on over there tax deductible. Sweet!

Deepv- at 12:13 you say you need to do some actual work and will get back to posting. Nine minutes later, (12:22) you follow up with the posts, what kind of job do you have?

Right after that the phone rang, so I was interupted anyway... Yeah, that's it.