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We anchored the 80'schooner Shearwater there many years ago. On the east side, there is a huge cave that you can row a skiff into. I don't remember the name of the cave. Does anyone else know it ?
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Painted Cave is a wonder, 12th largest sea cave in the world, 1,227 feet long and 130 feet high. It is located on Santa Cruz Island's north shore, about 10 miles from its neighbor, Santa Rosa Island, and accessible only by water.
My crew and I anchored off Becher’s Bay in 1980 or ‘81 (no log book and fuzzy memory). The time was November so summer winds were not a concern. We arrived after dark to find a single light on a small pier with no other references. The area was near uniform depth so the depth sounder was not useful to gauge the distance from shore (long before GPS and electronic navigation). No useful moonlight either to judge distances.
The access to the various islands was in transition between former private owners and NPS. To gain access, there was a need to call a telephone in Santa Barbara and request access. Since the permission step was not completed, we rowed around in the dinghy.
After seeing the photos from prior posts, we missed a lot. Oh well. Live and learn.
Cheers,
Ants
PS. I am not sure if the contest has been settled.
My second guess, if allowed, is the sabre tooth tiger.
There is certainly a conflict between the ages when the prehistoric animals and the apparent age of the island. One written source said the island formed 5,000 to 6,000 years ago. The finding of prehistoric animal bones would date their occurrence to 13,000 to 15,000 years ago. The information was from more than one source.
The access to the various islands was in transition between former private owners and NPS. To gain access, there was a need to call a telephone in Santa Barbara and request access. Since the permission step was not completed, we rowed around in the dinghy.
After seeing the photos from prior posts, we missed a lot. Oh well. Live and learn.
Cheers,
Ants
PS. I am not sure if the contest has been settled.
My second guess, if allowed, is the sabre tooth tiger.
There is certainly a conflict between the ages when the prehistoric animals and the apparent age of the island. One written source said the island formed 5,000 to 6,000 years ago. The finding of prehistoric animal bones would date their occurrence to 13,000 to 15,000 years ago. The information was from more than one source.
Hi Ants, Interesting stuff, the age of the Channel Islands, including Santa Rosa. There is proof the northern Channel Islands were inhabited from the sea, not from the land. These seafaring peoples were the first to inhabit North America, at least 13,000 years ago. The Arlington Springs man, actually a woman, discovered in 1959 on Santa Rosa Island, has been radiocarbon dated to 13,000 years ago, the oldest skeleton on the North American continent. At this time, the northern Channel Islands were still united together in one mega-island.
So yes, it is likely that pygmy mammoths, sabertooth tigers, and other now extinct mammals were present on the island when the first humans arrived by boat from Alaska and Siberia.
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Legendary WINDWARD PASSAGE, aka "Passage," and "WP," built on a beach in the Bahamas, is now 55 years old. What a boat. I first raced on her in the 1971 Transpac when we broke the elapsed time record and won overall as shown in this painting hung at CBC.
PASSAGE lives today and if you want to see WP in all her beauty, smoothness, and power, her she is in a glorious short video shot 2 weeks ago during the Newport Harbor YC Opening Day race from LA Harbor to Newport.
https://www.facebook.com/cheryl.beck.161/videos/226711973323525?idorvanity=411844690632904
PASSAGE lives today and if you want to see WP in all her beauty, smoothness, and power, her she is in a glorious short video shot 2 weeks ago during the Newport Harbor YC Opening Day race from LA Harbor to Newport.
https://www.facebook.com/cheryl.beck.161/videos/226711973323525?idorvanity=411844690632904
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2023 Made in Santa Cruz Race Week has begun with in-the-Harbor Jester (11) and El Toro (10) dinghy races last evening. It was all in the family, as Paul Tara won the El Toros and son Patrick Tara won the Jesters. Santa Cruz 27's and Moore 24's are arriving, many from out of town, and some from as far as Washington State.
Made in Santa Cruz (MISC) was a local industry during the 60's, 70's, and 80's, when the only thing bigger economically in our small beach town was pot being grown in the local hills. Laminators, craftsmen (Alvie, KT and Andre,) brokers, accountants, journalists, truck drivers, a new marine hardware store (West Marine). Keel pourers (Tom Carr, Doug Brower, and Dave Wahle), sailmakers (Kurt Larsen. Dave Hodges, Annie and Steve Lewis), sparmaker Buzz Ballenger, and dozens, even hundreds, more, across town and the West Coast..
As long as Santa Cruz built ultra-lights surf Pacific swells, smiles will light up and Fast Is Fun will prevail. We all have our favorite boats and favorite stories from this era. Favorite boats? 505? Moore 24? Express 27? Santa Cruz 50? In addition, Bill Lee delivered 17 68 footers, based on his iconic MERLIN, as well as dozens of SC-27's, 33's, 40's, 50's and 52's, while across town George and Lyn Olson were turning out O-30's, 25's, 29's, 34's and 40's and Alsberg brothers were building Express 27's, 34's, and 37's. As Ron Moore recalls, despite the popularity of the Moore 24, his most famous boat was the winged wonder, the Moore 30, which with a crew of 12 would plane in a whisper or capsize, whichever came first. According to Ron, his Moore 30 (designed by Gary Mull), made the cover of every sailing magazine of the day.
One of my favorite stories briefly lit up Santa Cruz Harbor one Friday afternoon after crew practice aboard SC-70 #15 MIRAGE. Owner Jim Ryley was enjoying driving his big sled under spinnaker at 16-20 knots as we approached the Harbor entrance. Our crew of 8 whispered a plot, and as MIRAGE spinnakered in the Entrance, we all slipped below, the spinny halyard tail and lazy guy in hand down the forehatch. Jim was all smiles as we passed the Crow's Nest and restaurant goers had their noses glued to the windows watching the spectacular entry of an apparent singlehander flying a spinnaker on such a large boat in such narrow confines. Jim waved and smiled a big grin to the crowd. But you could hear a note of concern in his voice as the Harbor Bridge approached. "Guys?" Hey, Guys!" "Guys!!!" Just then, as pretty as you please, the halyard was run and the spinnaker disappeared down the forehatch with no one on deck....Jim spun MIRAGE into her slip on F dock, and everyone appeared on deck, all grins. Only in Santa Cruz.
For your Friday trivia with a Beckman's rhubarb and cherry pie on the line, what Santa Cruz boat builder built more boats of one class (>200) than any other? It was not Bill Lee building 145 SC-27s, nor was it George Olson building Olson 30's or Jester dinghies. Not Ron and John Moore building Moore 24's or Terry Alsberg building Express 27's. Jim Brown, Howard Spruit, Dave Wahle, Jim Foley, Bob Thompson, and Larry Tuttle aren't the answer either, although they all built many fine and fast boats.
Your answer here_____________________
Made in Santa Cruz Race Week will be happening all weekend. Come visit!
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Made in Santa Cruz (MISC) was a local industry during the 60's, 70's, and 80's, when the only thing bigger economically in our small beach town was pot being grown in the local hills. Laminators, craftsmen (Alvie, KT and Andre,) brokers, accountants, journalists, truck drivers, a new marine hardware store (West Marine). Keel pourers (Tom Carr, Doug Brower, and Dave Wahle), sailmakers (Kurt Larsen. Dave Hodges, Annie and Steve Lewis), sparmaker Buzz Ballenger, and dozens, even hundreds, more, across town and the West Coast..
As long as Santa Cruz built ultra-lights surf Pacific swells, smiles will light up and Fast Is Fun will prevail. We all have our favorite boats and favorite stories from this era. Favorite boats? 505? Moore 24? Express 27? Santa Cruz 50? In addition, Bill Lee delivered 17 68 footers, based on his iconic MERLIN, as well as dozens of SC-27's, 33's, 40's, 50's and 52's, while across town George and Lyn Olson were turning out O-30's, 25's, 29's, 34's and 40's and Alsberg brothers were building Express 27's, 34's, and 37's. As Ron Moore recalls, despite the popularity of the Moore 24, his most famous boat was the winged wonder, the Moore 30, which with a crew of 12 would plane in a whisper or capsize, whichever came first. According to Ron, his Moore 30 (designed by Gary Mull), made the cover of every sailing magazine of the day.
One of my favorite stories briefly lit up Santa Cruz Harbor one Friday afternoon after crew practice aboard SC-70 #15 MIRAGE. Owner Jim Ryley was enjoying driving his big sled under spinnaker at 16-20 knots as we approached the Harbor entrance. Our crew of 8 whispered a plot, and as MIRAGE spinnakered in the Entrance, we all slipped below, the spinny halyard tail and lazy guy in hand down the forehatch. Jim was all smiles as we passed the Crow's Nest and restaurant goers had their noses glued to the windows watching the spectacular entry of an apparent singlehander flying a spinnaker on such a large boat in such narrow confines. Jim waved and smiled a big grin to the crowd. But you could hear a note of concern in his voice as the Harbor Bridge approached. "Guys?" Hey, Guys!" "Guys!!!" Just then, as pretty as you please, the halyard was run and the spinnaker disappeared down the forehatch with no one on deck....Jim spun MIRAGE into her slip on F dock, and everyone appeared on deck, all grins. Only in Santa Cruz.
For your Friday trivia with a Beckman's rhubarb and cherry pie on the line, what Santa Cruz boat builder built more boats of one class (>200) than any other? It was not Bill Lee building 145 SC-27s, nor was it George Olson building Olson 30's or Jester dinghies. Not Ron and John Moore building Moore 24's or Terry Alsberg building Express 27's. Jim Brown, Howard Spruit, Dave Wahle, Jim Foley, Bob Thompson, and Larry Tuttle aren't the answer either, although they all built many fine and fast boats.
Your answer here_____________________
Made in Santa Cruz Race Week will be happening all weekend. Come visit!
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Jonathan Gutoff
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Gary Caballero and El Toros?
Ron Moore and the el Toro.
As for the plaque commemorating Built in Santa Cruz, it was nice to see Wildflower mentioned along woth the others. I wish the Mair 28 had made it onto that display, however with only 1 boat completed and another never finished in the molds, it was too much to ask.
Mair 28 designed by Robin Mair and built by C & B Marine.
Ants
As for the plaque commemorating Built in Santa Cruz, it was nice to see Wildflower mentioned along woth the others. I wish the Mair 28 had made it onto that display, however with only 1 boat completed and another never finished in the molds, it was too much to ask.
Mair 28 designed by Robin Mair and built by C & B Marine.
Ants
I think Santa Cruz County would be more like it. Not to put too fine of a point on it, but Bill Lee Yachts was in Soquel, George Olson and Alsberg were in Live Oak, Wyliecat in Watsonville, Pelicans in Davenport, Water Rat in La Selva Beach. Any place "Over the Hill", south of Davenport, east of Steamer Lane, and north of the Pajaro River is Santa Cruz on the mind.
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Sorry, but not Gary Caballero and El Toros.
Sorry, but not Ron and John Moore's El Toros, although they did build quite a few. But not over 200. The Friday question remains: "For your Friday trivia with a Beckman's rhubarb and cherry pie on the line, what Santa Cruz boat builder built more boats of one class (>200) than any other? It was not Bill Lee building 145 SC-27s, nor was it George Olson building Olson 30's or Jester dinghies. Not Ron and John Moore building Moore 24's or Terry Alsberg building Express 27's. Jim Brown, Howard Spruit, Dave Wahle, Jim Foley, Bob Thompson, and Larry Tuttle aren't the answer either."
Frankly, I hope no one guesses this, as yummy Beckman's pies are $25. And you gotta have a slice with ice cream, right?
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Philpott
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That pie sounds yummy. I plan to leave Oakland early tomorrow morning, try to beat the traffic down to Monterey. Then my plan is to go over to the Monterey Yacht Club, wait for the SF to Monterey boats to arrive during the first leg of the California Offshore Week. Lots of RYC boats participating, none singlehanded, but ... well, they're sailors on boats, right? I'll post photos and stories here, of course.
Rumour has it that the yacht club keeps the chili pot hot for late arrivals. I had a brief chat with two of the crew of Moonshine, a Dogpatch 26 out of Sloop Tavern YC. The boat owner's last name is Klimaschewski. I asked the two fellas how to pronounce it but neither of them knew. They didn't get in until 4 am last year. Unless I'm having a REALLY good time I might not wait up for them.
Rumour has it that the yacht club keeps the chili pot hot for late arrivals. I had a brief chat with two of the crew of Moonshine, a Dogpatch 26 out of Sloop Tavern YC. The boat owner's last name is Klimaschewski. I asked the two fellas how to pronounce it but neither of them knew. They didn't get in until 4 am last year. Unless I'm having a REALLY good time I might not wait up for them.
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