This 9-week course provides a foundation for both sail and power boating. Topics include anchoring, docking and line handling, close quarter maneuvering, rules of the road, marlinespike and basic knots, and more. Course completion is documented by a closed book exam graded by USPS National Headquarters. These classes start on Sept. 13 and continue every […]
This Wednesday evening boating course, Sept. 13 - 27, provides the knowledge needed to obtain a boat license or safety certification in many states. Topics include types of boats, trailering, navigation and more. Time: 7-9:30 p.m. Location: King Harbor Yacht Club, 280 Yacht Club Way, Redondo Beach, California 90277. Contact: Dick Reinhardt. Email: [email protected]. Phone: 310-375-7619. Cost: […]
REI and Brouwerij West join Catalina Island Conservancy in celebrating the launch of Trekking Catalina, a renovated trail system including 27 miles of newly expanded trails. This event is open to the public to learn more about hiking on the island with a chance to win prizes from REI. The event will have music, food […]
This USPS weather course is open to the public for low cost at the Oceanside Yacht Club classroom. Starting Sept. 14 at 7:00 p.m., the course will continue on Thursday nights through Nov. 16. In this course students will become keener observers of the weather, but weather observations only have meaning in the context of […]
Catalina Art Association hosts the 59th Annual Catalina Festival of Art during the final weekend of summer. Catalina’s longest-running art festival will feature artists from all over the country. All exhibitions will be on Crescent Avenue. Artists will be selling fine arts, sculptures, crafts and photographs. There will also be a charity art auction and […]
This two-day course is designed to teach navigation using GPS and other electronic devices as well as the back-up skill using charts, plotting tools and dead reckoning. Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Location: Channel Islands Boating Center, 3880 Blue Fin Circle, Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, California 93035. Contact: Richard G. Heller. Email: [email protected]. Phone: 805-640-1268. Cost: […]
Volunteers will be gathering at cleanup sites all over Orange County to remove litter along various coastal areas. Get the whole family involved and enjoy the after party at Trash Free OC Jamboree. The website to sign up for a location is coastkeeper.org/ccd.
Learn how to re-assemble and replace impellers. The Jabsco raw water pump, found on many marine V-8 engines, circulates sea water through a heat exchanger that provides cooling to the engine. Come and learn at this hands-on demonstration. Time: 9:30-11 a.m. Instructor: Don Johnson. Location: Chula Vista Marina. Phone: 619-691-1860.
This beginner boating class provides the knowledge needed to obtain a boat license or safety certification in many states. Topics include types of boats, trailering, navigation and more. Time: 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Location: Lake Elsinore Marine, 18010 Grand Ave., Lake Elsinore, California 92530. Contact: Peter Dawson. Email: [email protected]. Phone: 951-202-1584. Cost: $75 (breakfast and lunch […]
Port of San Diego hosts the Taste of the Port on a Thursday in September. Several San Diego chefs will cook and compete for the 2017 Green Chef of the Bay. This second annual event will also feature live entertainment, variety of waterfront restaurant cuisine and drinks from various breweries, wineries and beverage companies. Must […]
The third annual Catalina Wine Mixer returns to Descanso Beach Club and features DJs, live bands and, of course, wine. The Beach Club is located at 1 St. Catherine’s Way in Avalon.
Women on the Water, Women at the Helm (WOW-WAH), scheduled for Sept. 23 and 24 in Marina del Rey, is a regatta providing women with three options to race. The WOW category is for all women crews to participate in a buoy race. The WAH group is for co-ed crews with a woman at the […]