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The Cape Horn of the Pacific? Point Conception and the Channel Islands
14 December 2022 · 7 min · 724 views · Santa Cruz Island
What this video covers
Palomita sails from San Simeon to Port St. Louis, then rounds Point Conception, the boundary between California’s central coast and warmer southern waters.1:09 The crew encounters heavy shipping traffic but experiences calm conditions during the rounding.1:15 They transit 25 miles offshore to the Channel Islands, anchoring for four nights at Santa Rosa Island.1:31 While hiking, a companion from the Cascade Yachts 36 De Novo sustains a deep knee laceration, which is treated with butterfly bandages by a nurse from a neighbouring vessel.3:10 The crew then crosses the Santa Barbara Channel to Santa Barbara, spending one rolly night at anchor and two nights on a dock.4:45 They observe the rebounding population of Santa Cruz Island foxes on Santa Cruz Island, where they hike near preserved ranch infrastructure and snorkel in kelp beds.5:27 After a wind shift makes the Santa Cruz anchorage untenable, the vessel departs for a 50-mile run to Redondo Beach.6:51
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