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ABOUT ME from Pride Of Cucamonga 1/30/2007 4:19:54 PM (0 comments) Login to Add a CommentPermission to come aboard?
Jefferson Asbury Here,
Born Again Son of a Sailor. I work as a Graphic Designer for Packaging Corporation of America in the Los Angeles area. I had gained a lot of sailing experience from age 7 first on Northern California Lakes with my Fathers 16' open Tiburon. Then Dad moved right up to a 1966 Islander 33 flush deck (Lady Porpoise) when we moved to the Puget Sound. A big and not so pretty boat, but it was a practical for a family of seven to cruise the San Juan Islands in. I was single handing that sailing aircraft carrier by the time I was 15. As the five kids started moving out, Dad down sized to a Canadian made Bayfield 25 (Scrimshaw) in 1975. She was moored on Lake Washington with access to the Sound and beyond. The Bayfield became as much mine as my Fathers boat through the 70's & 80's and I enjoyed exploring the San Juan's and Vancouver Island.
Then I did a dumb thing. I moved to California in 1982 and left my access to my Dads boat. It wasn't until 2000 that I finally bought a little 22' McGregor trailer sailor. I sailed out of Channel Islands harbor in Oxnard for a couple of years until I got my ass kicked it heavy conditions (Santa Anna Winds) sailing back from Santa Cruz Island in the Santa Barbara Channel in too small a boat. The Mcgregor and I survived but I then realized that Blue Water sailing off the So Cal coast was quite different than sailing the inland passages of Puget Sound. That's about when I decided to up grade to and restore my 1973 E-27, the "Pride of Cucamonga".
Now I live in San Pedro about 10 blocks from my marina. I sail just about every weekend year round. I have lost track of how many times I have sailed to Catalina Island with my E-27. On my McGregor I visited Anacapa I Santa Cruz Islands several times. My longest passage here in Southern California was when I purchased my E-27 and brought it up the coast 100 miles from San Diego. My Father single handed his 25 footer to Alaska from Seattle and back when he retired and I crewed with him for a couple of weeks through the Tongas National Forest, talk about weather!
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