Catalina Island – Chasing Sunsets

Twenty Years Ago Today: 26 June 1998

Twenty Years Ago, Today, Friday, June 26, 1998: Marmaris, Turkey

LOG: Fixed fuel pump leak. Entered waypoints, loaded dinghy. Departed 1430 for Marmaris. 25-30 knot head winds entire way – arrived Marmaris 1830.

CHASING SUNSETS: p 221-2, “MARMARIS. A huge marina and two miles of shoulder-to-shoulder restaurants lining the waterfront made up the total town, except for the carpet shops.

Carole: My relatives loved this place with its shops and restaurants and partied well into the night. We had gotten used to our 8:00 bedtime, but were perfect hosts and stayed up with them – sometimes. Their reactions made us realize how we had changed over the years, now preferring the simple pleasures of life on board to the frenzy of the land.”

Twenty Years Ago Today: March 17, 1996: Catalina, California

Twenty Years Ago Today: March 17, 1996: The second day of the circumnavigation of DOLPHIN SPIRIT.

LOG:

CHASING SUNSETS:

Original plans were for one night in Avalon, but Laurie kindly agreed to let me spend another night there with my family. We were cruising, albeit for only one day, so timetables did not matter, sort of.

Twenty Years Ago Today, Saturday, March 16, 1996: Marina Del Rey, California

Do you remember where you were twenty years ago today? ….My family and I were on the first leg of our circumnavigation – all the way to……Catalina Island. Several of my family and friends began that journey with us from Marina Del Rey or met us in Avalon, our first port of call. The next morning, when Ryan was ready for his first breakfast aboard DOLPHIN SPIRIT, he thought the milk had already gone bad…….it was green. The adventure of my life was about to begin…….if only I would have known then I would live to tell about it! (Please click on each picture…the story continues.)
Twenty Years Ago:March 16, 1996: This was the beginning of our odyssey to CHASE SUNSETS.

Dolphin Spirit

Family Photo

Breakfast