Aas seen in Cruising World Magazine
Cruisin' Santa Cruz
A charter in California’s Channel Islands proves you don’t have to go abroad to find adventure.
Seventy-five miles northwest of Los Angeles, the Pacific
rushes up to the tidy Mediterranean-style city of Santa Barbara, at the
foot of the Santa Ynez Mountains. Chic shops and galleries line State
Street, tasting rooms and restaurants nestle in the Funk Zone, and rusty
trawlers make room for luxury yachts in the marina, opposite timeworn
Stearns Wharf.
Santa Barbara is one of the key jumping-off points for California’s
Channel Islands, a chain that parallels the coastline. Embraced as both a
national park and a marine sanctuary, the land and surrounding waters
have been protected since 1980.
Twenty miles long and 6 miles at its widest point, Santa Cruz Island is rugged, verdant, and the jewel of the Channel Islands. Last summer it was our destination for a brief cruise with photographer Sharon Green and her partner, Brad Brown; friends Samantha and Steve Worzman; and Capt. Ken Miller ....
Seventy-five miles northwest of Los Angeles, the Pacific
rushes up to the tidy Mediterranean-style city of Santa Barbara, at the
foot of the Santa Ynez Mountains. Chic shops and galleries line State
Street, tasting rooms and restaurants nestle in the Funk Zone, and rusty
trawlers make room for luxury yachts in the marina, opposite timeworn
Stearns Wharf.
Santa Barbara is one of the key jumping-off points for California’s
Channel Islands, a chain that parallels the coastline. Embraced as both a
national park and a marine sanctuary, the land and surrounding waters
have been protected since 1980.Twenty miles long and 6 miles at its widest point, Santa Cruz Island is rugged, verdant, and the jewel of the Channel Islands. Last summer it was our destination for a brief cruise with photographer Sharon Green and her partner, Brad Brown; friends Samantha and Steve Worzman; and Capt. Ken Miller ....
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