12th Annual Catalina Off-Shore Adventure for 2013

TyBoo · Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:26 pm Post subject:

Here is an album for photos of this adventure. Please!

KellyL · Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:38 pm Post subject: Catalina 2013 Video

Hey guys, I made a 2 minute video to show my wife how much she missed out on. What a great trip.Thought some of you would like to see some Gopro footage of the trip.

https://vimeo.com/72208100

Jim Gibson · Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:53 pm Post subject:

Kelly:

Thanks for the fantastic video. I liked hearing Pounder over the VHF radio! The dog pictures also were great.

Kath and I enjoyed meeting you and we are glad you could come!

Jim

C-Hawk · Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:50 pm Post subject:

boo hoo boo hoo-- sorry to have missed the trip. looks like ya'll had fun. Great video- thanks.

Dora~Jean · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:09 pm Post subject:

Another one in the books Jim and Kathy, had a great time, no, fantastic time! Wonderful seeing old friends again and meeting new ones. I think Christopher, my 1st mate on this trip, has recalled every single minute of the 4 days we were there, almost like a blink of the eye in time.

I will post a couple of pics.

Thanks again and looking for to next year.

Jim Gibson · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:02 pm Post subject:

Dear All:

Kath and I thank you all for your attendance at the Catalina Offshore Adventure. We had another great time!

This year there were several new folks and we enjoyed meeting you all and we hope you can come again. Kath and I thought you were all great additions to the trip. For you old timers, Kath and I always enjoy seeing you each year and catching up on life activities.

Steve, it was great fishing with you and Christopher. I have never been so out fished by a 12 year old in my entire life! Steve, thanks also for helping me with my tender outboard.

Roger, sorry you could not make it. Hope to see you and PJ next year.

One change for sure next year is that we will try not to depart and return out of MDR, but rather we will pick another spot for deploring from. We will likely use the launch place that Dr. Bob recommended last year.

When we got back to Marina Del Rey on Saturday morning, Bobby and Chris had their Dodge diesel truck broken into and had the dash and ignition ripped out. They were subsequently stranded for an extra day and had to rent a truck to get back to Northern California while their own truck had to be towed to a dealer for extensive repairs.

Though the West End of Catalina Island is Paradise, it is not the destination so much as the people that make these journeys so memorable. As John Eudy says, these trips are a lot of work and effort, but they are worth every minute of it. Again, thank you all for your contributions to this organization.

Jim and Kath

Jim Gibson · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:23 pm Post subject:

C-Pelican:

We wanted to thank you for the fishing waypoints that you provided to us. We used them very successfully for rock fish.

Steve and Christopher were able to get enough fish for twenty five people for our fish fry using your coordinates. We liked your spots at the very West End.

Very nice Yellow Tail by the way! Also, your aerial go pro shots are way cool.

Thanks again for your contributions to the group. Hope you can take us all out sport fishing sometime when we are down there for some big time fish.

Sincerely,
Jim

Larry Patrick · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:19 pm Post subject:

Nice photos and video.

Islander · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:56 pm Post subject:

Love the video! The music too! Who is the musician?

KellyL · Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:59 pm Post subject:

Hi Ron! Thanks. The song is "Riptide" by Vance Joy. Wish i'd taken more video of you guys, but it seemed awkward this being my first outing- "Who's this new guy taking video of us?" I'll get the "Mothership" next time.

Kelly

Lighthouse Express · Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:24 pm Post subject:

What a blast...

This was our first time with this group and we truly enjoyed everyone without exception!

The exciting fishing trip with Steve from Dora Jean...
The wise inside tips for Lake Powell from Tony and Diane from C-View...
The angler converstions with Bobby and Chris from Cora-J...
The adventurous trip to Avalon with David and Donald from Blue Eagle...
The technical advise for the engine recovery from Jim and Kathy from Pounder ...

The friendships and conversations from all. How much more could one ask for???

Thank you all very much from Diane and Heinz[/list]