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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Me, too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Mike Brown<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
info-bounces@list.ckf.org [mailto:info-bounces@list.ckf.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Lee A. Shurie<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:08
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> FryCat@aol.com; CKF Friends
Email List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [CKF Info] Trip
Report</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Wow. What an adventure Ken and Dave! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Reading it made me feel like I was there
and made me wish I had been there too. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Lee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> info-bounces@list.ckf.org
[mailto:info-bounces@list.ckf.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>FryCat@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, April 08, 2008
12:29 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> FryCat@aol.com;
ckf@paddlewise.net; webmaster@ckf.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CKF Info] Trip Report</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial id="role_document"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Trip Report 4/2/2008 <st1:place
w:st="on">Santa Cruz Island</st1:place> via Anacapa.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Well before the crack of dawn, Dublin
Dave arrived to load up my Explorer on his Ford Explorer. We were on the
road to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Channel Islands</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Harbor</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> at 03:30 AM.
After a brief hunt for the boat ramp, we had our boats loaded and ready to go
by 7:00 AM. The first fly in the ointment presented itself. The
sign on the parking lot pay box read, "Cars without trailers will be
cited." I called up the Harbor Master on VHF channel 12 and he
suggested we park in the opposite lot to avoid confusion. Voila! The
VHF radio worked.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Just to be on the safe side, we
paddled to Gina. The workers, if there were any, were still in the
sack. However the seals on the buoy were happy to see us. After a
brief rest and a SPOT OK transmission we were on our way to the Anacapa landing
cove. About a mile out, three Orcas (a.k.a. Killer Whales) crossed our
bow. There was no mistake on the identification of this whale species as
the dorsal fins were easily spotted. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Around 10:30 AM we arrived at the landing
cove. The ranger had just received his provisions from the CI park boat
and was on the dock. He wasn't the most talkative ranger we had ever met,
but he was able to utter a few questions. "Where did you come
from?" "Have you ever been here before?" and lastly, "How
are you going to get your boats up on the dock." Looking up at the
davit, we noticed it was missing the block and tackle. The second fly in
the ointment just landed. Ranger Bob, as we later named him, wasn't about
to let us use the National Park Service hoist, but was more than helpful by
throwing us a rope. Ranger Bob disappeared and was never to be seen
again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>So to make a miserable story less
miserable, I'll spare the details on how we got the boats up on the dock.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Basically, we unloaded the boats and
muscled my boat up with the rope. Just as we had all the gear out of
Dave's boat, the Island Packer boat arrived and pulled Dave's boat onto the
stern, walked it to the bow, and guided it onto the dock. After kissing
all the female crew members and shaking hands with the captain we felt a sense
of relief. Island Packer were our saviors. Admittedly, my drysuit
was a little overkill on the crossing and I did a few sculling
braces to cool off. But, when we were unloading boats, I spent a lot
of time in the water and was toasty warm. Ask Dave how cold the water
was. A hatch cover got ripped from it's tether and Dave had to dive for
it. P. S. Drysuits aren't compatible with diving. That was my
excuse.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>With the exception of a few
sprinkles, our stay on Anacapa was perfect. The coreopsis were
in full bloom and the Western gulls were getting their nesting sites ready
for the big event. Maybe ranger Bob was in hiding but as far as we could
figure, we were the only inhabitants on the island. We drank
some of our wine to lighten our load for our Anacapa Passage crossing planned
for the next day. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The crack of dawn had long passed as
we loaded our boats and lowered them into the water. Launching was far
easier than hoisting those boats onto the dock. We circumnavigated the
island clockwise or around the back side. Dave was feeling a tad
under the weather, possibly from contaminated drinking water.
In the middle of the channel we were divided on whether to go to Scorpion
or Smugglers. After looking at Dumpy square in the eyes, I
think we should have gone on to Scorpion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>No problems landing at Smugglers.
We took a lunch break and then noticed that Dumpy had raised its ugly
head. Hmmmm... How are we going to get off this beach? The thought of
camping at Smugglers actually crossed our minds. Being able to count to
ten, I noticed the sets seemed to be grouped in seven with about a five minute
lull. That theory worked and Dave launched with no problems.
Getting those fully loaded boat off the beach with no help was not an easy task
and I almost exceeded my five minute window. We made it!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>As we rounded San Pedro point we
were met by a 15 knot wind and we slugged our way to Scorpion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>It was late afternoon when we landed and
by the time we set up camp it was dinner time. Barb came over the next
day to resupply our provisions. We kicked around Scorpion for the day and
put Barb on the 4 PM boat. Saturday it was blowing hard so Dave and I
practiced rolls and rescues. Our original plan was to paddle back to
Anacapa on Sunday but with a broken davit we scrapped that plan. The next
option was to paddle back to CI Harbor but my sorry ass likes the shorter
distance. We made a reservation with Island Packers and returned on the
Sunday noon boat.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The final fly landed in the
ointment. Our gracious CKF Pres, Steve Holtzman, met us at <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ventura</st1:place></st1:City> and shuttled Dave
back to CI Harbor to pick up his car. Ah! As I was waiting for
Dave, our blue and yellow Explorers were picture perfect contrasting with the
green lawn. The picture would have been complete with my Superior carbon <st1:place
w:st="on">Greenland</st1:place> paddle and Dave's euro paddle lying across the
decks. Island Packers forgot to bring them out of the hold and they were
long gone. We had to wait for three hour for the boat to
return. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>They eased our pain with two free tickets
to Anacapa/Santa Cruz good for two years. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Let's all plan a "fix the
davit" paddle. All it needs is a block and tackle and some line.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Planning
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Travel Guides</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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