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Some of you may be aware of the Santa Ana windstorm that whipped through Avalon Harbor on the night of December 30, 2015, killing two (including a Harbor Patrol officer) and causing significant damage. I found the following account very interesting (and hearbreaking)...

from the Sunset Aquatic Facebook Page: OC Public Works March 6 at 6:20pm IMPORTANT: LONG-TERM CLOSURE OF EDINGER AVE BRIDGE TO SUNSET AQUATIC MARINA PARK Due to structural damage to a portion of the Edinger Avenue bridge over Bolsa Chica, the County of Orange must immediately enact a long-term...

The trick is to have the ugliest dinghy -- mine is 15 years old and leaks. Perfect!

No worries -- in a 22 it's a nice ride as well... just a bit slower to avoid pounding if the wind waves are up. We usually do it in 90 minutes if we get an early start. It's about 30 miles.

Hi CDory 23. You'll have no problem at all getting a mooring on a Wednesday in April -- in fact, Avalon should be wide open. April and October are, in my view, the best months of the year in Avalon -- weather is typically warm but not crazy hot (as in summer) and the water is cool but not COLD...

Seems to take the fun out of it. Spent last weekend with my older boy teaching him how to control the boat in wind and current with a single. 'Back and fill' is way more fun than automated. Course... being able to move sideways. That's a paradigm shift.

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