Been watching your videos to get familiar with the various SoCal marinas and harbors. Very informative. Thank you for taking the time to post and share.
i feel for the guy. he really should have thought of such a contingency as a hole in the rudder's trailing edge that lines could be attached to. i might try a c-clamp if i had one. if it was tightened with a large wrench, it might provide enough 'bite' into the rudder that a couple lines could be attached to it. i can hardly believe how unconcerned he acts about spending the next 3 weeks drifting toward hawaii, with the drogue steering...perhaps there is nothing that can be done to rig the rudder, and that is the best he can do. i would be thinking about constructing a rudder out of the spinnaker pole and a bunkboard. the lower end of the pole could be attached at the keel with a piece of line, the upper end at the stern...a hole in the bunk board at the trailing edge provides for steering lines. good luck amigo!
@@tonysmario817 he attempted to rig something up but the conditions were too gnarly. He barley had the energy to get back on the boat. He seems to be on course now. Just moving a bit slower.
@@tonysmario817 75 dollars for a rudder at Home Depot, 1- sheet of plywood and 2- 2x4’s, now I understand Christian Williams mindset. Go James, just don’t miss the islands! Peace Brother
I’m following your voyage, sounds like you’re getting along ok with your emergency steering. Good luck and fair winds, hope you make it in without any more drama.
Thanks James. I know King Harbor really well as a kayaker. I launch from the 'Nice Dinghy Dock' (Self Launch Ramp). The advantages of this harbor is it's the best on the Santa Monica Bay for sea kayaks. Launch closest to the opening, paddling along PV is interesting, lots of kelp. I do a 10nMile loop out and around 10PV buoy off the corner of Palos Verdes. (Takes about three hours). This area consistently has the most sea life. I've paddled with blue, grey, and humpback whales in this part of SM Bay. I've seen more molas here than anywhere else. The beach actually goes all the way from 'Rat Beach' at corner of the Palos Verdes Pennisula, almost all the way to Malibu with interruptions at Kings Harbor, Marina del Rey and I think that's it. (Breakwater to walk around near Gladstone's (If you dinghy or paddle north up the coast to the Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach strands swing wide away from the outside face of the breakwater. It's almost always very choppy and rough there. And the notch at it's north end you can sometimes experience (I think) clapotis waves - a very energetic type of standing wave. I've also seen near standing waves in the bay a mile or two SW of the harbor. And when the waves hit that corner at Rats Beach, they can reflect out. I've been blindsided twice by those waves in a very narrow kayak I made. I'd be bracing against the waves moving towards shore and then one of these hits me from the other side. In a sailboat you might not notice any of this. Hope you're getting close to Hawaii James.
Glad I missed the official dinghy dock. We saw a lot of closed down restaurants, etc. at the waterfront. It was a little depressing. I hope they fund some renovations (but not like what they are doing to Dana Point!).
thank you james, these boater guides are my favorite as im launching soon san dog. however what do you do if you have to wait out a weather window , i mean with anchoring and ball time limits, not to mention cost? regards , s/v blondie
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Been watching your videos to get familiar with the various SoCal marinas and harbors. Very informative. Thank you for taking the time to post and share.
Happy to hear they are still helping sailors 👍🏻
This review is spot on. King Harbor is the oldest, most rustic, dirtiest pier in Southern California. My favorite pier by far and it's not even close.
I loved the hat :)
Thank you I love Redondo
Redondo Beach California my hometown
Nice one bud- Hope your staying safe out there!
Who else is checking in on James everyday on his way to Hawaii without a rudder?
i feel for the guy. he really should have thought of such a contingency as a hole in the rudder's trailing edge that lines could be attached to. i might try a c-clamp if i had one. if it was tightened with a large wrench, it might provide enough 'bite' into the rudder that a couple lines could be attached to it.
i can hardly believe how unconcerned he acts about spending the next 3 weeks drifting toward hawaii, with the drogue steering...perhaps there is nothing that can be done to rig the rudder, and that is the best he can do.
i would be thinking about constructing a rudder out of the spinnaker pole and a bunkboard. the lower end of the pole could be attached at the keel with a piece of line, the upper end at the stern...a hole in the bunk board at the trailing edge provides for steering lines.
good luck amigo!
@@tonysmario817 he attempted to rig something up but the conditions were too gnarly. He barley had the energy to get back on the boat. He seems to be on course now. Just moving a bit slower.
@@tonysmario817 75 dollars for a rudder at Home Depot, 1- sheet of plywood and 2- 2x4’s, now I understand Christian Williams mindset. Go James, just don’t miss the islands! Peace Brother
Awesome
I’m following your voyage, sounds like you’re getting along ok with your emergency steering. Good luck and fair winds, hope you make it in without any more drama.
Thanks James.
I know King Harbor really well as a kayaker. I launch from the 'Nice Dinghy Dock' (Self Launch Ramp). The advantages of this harbor is it's the best on the Santa Monica Bay for sea kayaks. Launch closest to the opening, paddling along PV is interesting, lots of kelp. I do a 10nMile loop out and around 10PV buoy off the corner of Palos Verdes. (Takes about three hours). This area consistently has the most sea life. I've paddled with blue, grey, and humpback whales in this part of SM Bay. I've seen more molas here than anywhere else.
The beach actually goes all the way from 'Rat Beach' at corner of the Palos Verdes Pennisula, almost all the way to Malibu with interruptions at Kings Harbor, Marina del Rey and I think that's it. (Breakwater to walk around near Gladstone's
(If you dinghy or paddle north up the coast to the Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach strands swing wide away from the outside face of the breakwater. It's almost always very choppy and rough there. And the notch at it's north end you can sometimes experience (I think) clapotis waves - a very energetic type of standing wave. I've also seen near standing waves in the bay a mile or two SW of the harbor. And when the waves hit that corner at Rats Beach, they can reflect out. I've been blindsided twice by those waves in a very narrow kayak I made. I'd be bracing against the waves moving towards shore and then one of these hits me from the other side. In a sailboat you might not notice any of this. Hope you're getting close to Hawaii James.
my old stomping grounds when I was a kid mid 60s
Portofino right next-door
Glad I missed the official dinghy dock. We saw a lot of closed down restaurants, etc. at the waterfront. It was a little depressing. I hope they fund some renovations (but not like what they are doing to Dana Point!).
thank you james, these boater guides are my favorite as im launching soon san dog. however what do you do if you have to wait out a weather window , i mean with anchoring and ball time limits, not to mention cost? regards , s/v blondie
This is great!! any upcoming episodes for harbors in the 805 on this series?
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