Preparing for Catalina Island sail tour

How ya going DW..?
Heres my crew checking out the new goods earlier this year .."nice little tuna boat" they said..but "wheres our fish..?" Are you still fixing to do CAT-alina this year? Any word from CCK on your A.I. ?

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Good looking crew. What type of cat? They look similar to Bengals.

No AI, no word. Catalina by kayak almost certainly a 2007 thing.

It will be sweeter for the wait, I guess.

Hey DW ...
Make no mistake, these two monkey's are both card carrying black belt Bengals. I guess the CAT-alina trip be more enjoyable then with ample time to prepare and sort things out. More time for recon..more time in the boat..more time to train the crew

Happy Friday
-Kepnutz-

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Hey kep,
Great pics and great-looking cats! BTW, for us photog types, what kind of camera are you using?

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This is waaay off topic, but I love Bengals. My crew is exclusively Bengals, though I am considering opening tryouts for a Savannah or two.

Thanks for the great pictures.

Catalina will happen. I should be able to get the powerboat scouting circumnavigation in this year. Hopefully the Hobie AI will show up and I can work on the rigging and equipping.

In the meantime I am constantly adding gear and trip ideas from web and other resources. I will post summaries of the planning from time to time.

It would be great to put together a small fleet of AI and other yak sailors and paddlers to do various stages of the trip. Some could do crossings, some could do parts or all of the circumnavigation, either on their own yaks shipped to the island or even rental yaks. Some could do the whole round trip from Newport, whatever would work for them.

I plan to meet / hire some Catalina yak guides for local fisihing tips, maybe diving tips, etc. as part of the whole experience, too.

It will be an open invitation deal - and a great adventure!

My camera is a little Kodak easy share CX7430 from a couple years back 4.0 mega pix. Mrs Kep got it for me as a gift before our trip to Oahu in 2004. Seems to do the job..nuttin fancy. We love our Bengals DW they are a great breed. Off to work then...
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My Sacramento, California dealer called to say my Adventure Island may, MAY, arrive in about 10 days.

Why cant they induce labor for an earlier delivery ? Those babies are starting to walk and talk they've been up in there so long..
-Kepnutz-