A Sipes family (Tamara and Daniel with Sophie, 9 and Max, 8) tradition is to take our boat, the Tamara, from San Diego (Mission Bay Yacht Club) to Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island after Christmas and st
To me as a Professional mariner of 48 yrs someone did not monitor the weather as all professional do every 6hrs, forecast change but; because of tech knowledge have the ability to see want the weather has changed for the good and bad that’s about to come. As a Harbor Master in the procedures he should be every season change inspect mooring too and not trust the public to ensure all mooring are safe and dock mooring are done with the proper amount of line and the best leads that can be made while some vessel made need to be double up and the fenders of vessel arrangement to protect the dock as well as vessels. some times you must move larger vessel to a location which has a lee of high winds and seas.
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To me as a Professional mariner of 48 yrs someone did not monitor the weather as all professional do every 6hrs, forecast change but; because of tech knowledge have the ability to see want the weather has changed for the good and bad that’s about to come. As a Harbor Master in the procedures he should be every season change inspect mooring too and not trust the public to ensure all mooring are safe and dock mooring are done with the proper amount of line and the best leads that can be made while some vessel made need to be double up and the fenders of vessel arrangement to protect the dock as well as vessels. some times you must move larger vessel to a location which has a lee of high winds and seas.