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Sailing from Santa Cruz Island to Santa Barbara Island (May 2021)
June 6, 2021 · 19 min · 904 views · Channel Islands
What this video covers
Mark and his crew depart Santa Cruz Island, California, in May 2021, bound for Santa Barbara Island.1:50 They rig an asymmetrical spinnaker for the first time, coordinating helm and sheet adjustments to manage the sail and prevent it from wrapping around the headstay.3:13 After light winds result in slow progress and a poor velocity made good, the crew douses the spinnaker to run dead downwind with the main boom out and a preventer rigged.6:51 This adjustment increases their speed to six knots and corrects their course.6:57 Upon reaching Santa Barbara Island, they anchor near Shag Rock.11:08 The return transit to Long Beach involves monitoring two cargo ships, the *Horizon Reliance* and the *Florida*, using radar to track their closest point of approach.15:15 The crew motor-sails the final leg, managing water production and monitoring the erratic maneuvers of a high-speed craft near Angels Gate.17:11
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