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# Sail Channel Islands 

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- [Luxury or Economy Sail Charter or Lessons](https://sailchannelislands.com/) - Sail Channel Islands - BOOK NOW Private lessons from beginner to advanced Channel Islands Economy Sail Charter with Captain $195/hr The best sailboat rental value in Southern California. Reserve a captained charter on Wiley for $195/hour weekdays, $225 hour Friday-Sunday. Or take an all-day trip around Anacapa Island - including lunch - for $1250 M-Thursday, $1438 Friday-Sunday. Wiley can
- [ASA 104  Bareboat training/Intermediate Coastal Cruising](https://sailchannelislands.com/asa-104-bareboat-training/) - Book Bareboat training ASA 104 bareboat training is for folks who want to sail on their own So you want to go bareboating? Perhaps you're planning on a charter in the Virgin Islands or the Mediterranean. Or maybe it'll be your own boat right here in the Channel Islands. On your own Being on your
- [Sailboat rental rates Wiley](https://sailchannelislands.com/sailboat-rental-rates-wiley/) - Click for Pricing & Availability Day Rates (up to 4 pax) non-holiday Mon-Thursday: Hourly $195/hr (min. 2 hrs) Friday-Sunday: $225/hr All day - approx 8 hours M-Th, $1375, Fri-Sunday $1531 All-day rate includes deli lunch and beverages. There is 5% harbor tax and a booking agency convenience fee on all charters. Call 805.750.7828 or send an
- [Sailboat Rental Rates Sancerre](https://sailchannelislands.com/sailboat-rental-rates/) - Click for Pricing & Availability Day Rates* Half day - 4+ hours $1695 All day - approx 8 hours $2150** Hourly (minimum two hours): $425 Rates are higher during holidays **Includes deli lunch, fruit, snacks and kayaking Overnight rates* One or two pax
- [Half day sail charter on the luxury yacht Sancerre](https://sailchannelislands.com/half-day-sail-charter-ventura/) - Click for Availability & Pricing Cruise the Ventura County coastline with Capt. Dan Sancerre is a full-on luxury yacht from France. She's sea-kindly and a delight to drive and an even better platform for simply relaxing. And you can sail with up to six people. You've got a captain, but you can do as much
- [All-Day sail aboard Sancerre](https://sailchannelislands.com/sail-charter/) - Click for Pricing & Availability It's just you and your party of up to six and your captain on a French luxury yacht circumnavigating Anacapa Island on an all-day sail charter. Do it all, or just watch us! You can drive the yacht and try your hand at navigation ... or you can just sit
- [Enjoy SoCal Under Sail](https://sailchannelislands.com/luxury-yacht/) - Click for Pricing & Availability Enjoy sailing in luxury as a guest of our yacht club Sail in style with Capt. Dan and Dennis, our gourmet chef, aboard the luxury yacht Sancerre. Spend a day or up to five days cruising the Santa Barbara Channel ... only you, your friends and family and the crew.
- [Overnight 2 to 5 days](https://sailchannelislands.com/overnight-charter/) - Check Availability or Book Private Multi-Day Adventures The first night on an usually finds us in Yellowbanks anchorage on Santa Cruz Island (top pic). It takes four or five hours to get there and there is usually time to kayak before dinner, though many folks prefer to have a glass of wine and simply kick
- [ASA 102 BOAT HANDLING & SAIL TRIM](https://sailchannelislands.com/asa-102-boat-handling-sail-trim/) - Sailing lessons book now Click to book or just to check availability and pricing. Prerequisites: ASA - 101 ASA 102 course objectives: ASA 102 is designed to boost your skills and give you an opportunity for what professional educators call GUIDED PRACTICE. You were exposed to the whole spectrum of near-shore sailing skills in ASA 101,
- [Learn to sail with Capt. Dan](https://sailchannelislands.com/sailing-school/) - CLASS SCHEDULES Our sailing school mission is to teach you to sail competently and confidently in the ocean, specifically the Pacific Coast of Southern California. I only teach one at a time, just you and your crew, if you have one. Click the button above to see class offerings, schedules and pricing. Call for
- [Coches Prietos Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-coches-prietos/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 33-58.01 Long: W 119-42.45 Last visit: Dec 2025 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Landing Permit Required Nature Conservancy permit app Please excuse the inaccurate spelling, it's supposed to be Coches Prietos ... dark pig. Coches Prietos There are
- [Shaws Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-shaws/) - Loc: Southeast coast Santa Cruz Lat: N34-00.0 Long: W119-30.4 Last visit: Dec 25 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Dist: 0 Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Chart 18728 Santa Cruz Channel NPS Alerts Skipper: Capt. Dan Boat: S/V Sancerre Capt. Dan Port: Chan Islands Landing Permit Not Required permit app Local Notice to Mariners NO PROTECTION First, Shaw (sometimes
- [Albert Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-albert/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 33-58.0 Long: W 119-42.5 Last visit: Nov 2025 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners permit app NPS Alerts Overview This is an intimate anchorage with good shelter from west thru north winds. Though the anchorage is in the shadow of the headland
- [Willows Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-willows/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N33-57.67 Long: W119-45.27 Last visit: Nov 2025 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Landing Permit Required Nature Conservancy permit app A Choice Anchorage There are many picturesque anchorages along the Santa Cruz southern coast, but none more so than the one
- [Morse Point](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-morse-point/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 33-58.0 Long: W 119-50.5 Last visit: Nov 2025 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Landing Permit Required Nature Conservancy permit app Overview Morse Point is probably the best single-hook anchorage on the south shore of Santa Cruz. And it is
- [Yellowbanks and Smugglers](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-yellowbanks-smugglers/) - Yellowbanks Lat:N34-00.8 Long: W119-32.8 Last visit:Nov 2025 Smugglers Lat:N34-01.2 Long: W119-32.3 Last visit: Feb. 2023 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Heavy-weather Go To Anchorages Yellowbanks and Smugglers is one of our favorite spots, particularly in strong westerlies. There's a sand bottom and a mountain between you
- [ASA 105 Coastal Navigator](https://sailchannelislands.com/asa-105-coastal-navigator/) - Prerequisites for ASA 105 Coastal Navigator: None - you don't even have to be a sailor! Course objectives: The successful student will be able to safely navigate a sailing vessel in coastal or inland waters without the aid of GPS, radar or anything else that requires electricity. You'll learn chart interpretation, be able to chart
- [Other FAQ details](https://sailchannelislands.com/faq-details/) - FAQ details Q : What do I need to know? Not very much. Common sense is the key. We all wear life jackets all the time when we're underway and I give a thorough briefing on safety considerations before we get underway. (The main one is, don't fall over the side. No one ever has
- [Cuyler Harbor](https://sailchannelislands.com/san-miguel-cuyler-harbor/) - Loc: SE San Miguel Island Lat: N 34-03.4 Long: W 120-21.3 Last visit: May 2024 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Harvest Platform WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Beauty and History Cuyler Harbor is spectacular and usually empty, but on our 2021 visit, we found 13 boats in the anchorage. That's not really a crowd, but
- [Channel Islands Cruising Guide](https://sailchannelislands.com/channel-islands-cruising-guide/) - Anacapa Island Santa Cruz Island Santa Rosa Island San Miguel Island Santa Barbara Island Channel Islands Harbor Channel Islands Weather Channel Islands National Park Closures, Warnings etc. California Regulations Warnings, cautions, caveats and so forth: I endeavor to keep this Channel Islands Cruising Guide up-to-date, but I cannot guarantee that nothing has changed since my last
- [FAQ](https://sailchannelislands.com/faq/) - Maps and directions to the boats Important stuff you need to know before we sail Snail Mail address Captain's Bio Bosun/Cooky/Sparky Bio Deposits & Payments
- [ASA 101 Ocean Sailing Basics](https://sailchannelislands.com/asa-101-ocean-sailing-basics/) - Sailing lessons book now Click to book or just to check availability and pricing. Prerequisites: None - ASA 101 Ocean Sailing Basics is the first step and no previous experience or knowledge is required. ASA 101 course objectives: The successful ASA 101+ Ocean Sailing Basics student will be able to sail a 36' boat in
- [Capt. Dan](https://sailchannelislands.com/capt-dan/) - Hi, I'm Capt. Dan Ryder. I'm a licensed U.S. Coast Guard Captain with more than 45 years of sailing experience. I've sailed the East Coast, the West Coast, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean as well as numerous lakes in the Midwest. I've spent the last 30 years sailing the Pacific coast and have been sailing Southern
- [Refugio](https://sailchannelislands.com/refugio/) - Loc: Mainland East of Cojo Lat: N 34° 27.57 Long: W 120°0 4.47 Last visit: Sept 2014 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Harvest Platform WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners Overview This was once the landing for the Rancho Nuestra Señora del Refugio, the only Spanish land grant in Sant Barbara county, which was awarded to José Francisco Ortega in
- [Cojo Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/cojo/) - Loc: Mainland as far west as you can go Lat: N 34-27.01 Long: W 120-57.59 Last visit: Sept 2018 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Harvest Platform WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Overview The anchorage is protected from north and northwest winds; however, it can still howl mightily in here. Fagan says Cojo is good up
- [Goleta](https://sailchannelislands.com/goleta/) - Loc: Mainland Lat: N 34-03.3 Long: W 119-55.20 Last visit: May 2024 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Harvest Platform WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners Overview Goleta is just a stone's throw from Santa Barbara Harbor. It's an open roadstead, though fairly well protected from moderate westerlies. It is untenable with winds out of the east or south. Offshore
- [Santa Barbara Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-barbara-anchorage/) - Loc: Mainland Lat: N34-24.90 Long: W119-40.69 Last visit: May 2023 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Harvest Platform WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners Overview: Santa Barbara is probably the prettiest spot on the civilized coasts. That is to say, we like the islands much better; but if you need fuel, provisions, night life or just crave a crowd,
- [Gaviota/Alcatraz](https://sailchannelislands.com/gaviota/) - Loc: East of Cojo Lat: N 34-28.13 Long: W 120-13.8 Last visit: Sept 2018 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Harvest Platform WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Overview Gaviota is the gateway to Hollister Ranch, reportedly some of the very best surfing on the west coast as well as some of the priciest real estate in
- [Johnsons Lee](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-rosa-johnsons-lee/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 33-54.2 Long: W 120-06.07 Last visit: July 2020 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Even though Santa Rosa Island is now fully under the control of the National Park Service, there are still some places you must avoid. You no
- [Ford Point](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-rosa-ford-point/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 33-55.08 Long: W 120-02.75 Last visit: July 2020 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Why Ford Point? The smart-ass answer is - because it's there. It's got a name. Other people have tried it. So we felt compelled
- [Southeast Anchorage Bechers Bay](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-rosa-southeast-anchorage/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 33-59.1 Long: W 120-00.3 Last visit: July 2020 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Santa Rosa is open ... mostly You can use most of the island most of the year. There is no more hunting on the island, but
- [Northwest Anchorage Bechers Bay](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-rosa-bechers-bay/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-00.5 Long: W 120-02.8 Last visit: July 2020 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Northwest anchorage Bechers Bay on Santa Rosa Island is well protected from swell, but the wind can come whistling over the low hills. Nevertheless, Fagan deems it
- [Forney Cove](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-forney-cove/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-03.3 Long: W 119-55.20 Last visit: May 2024 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Landing Permit Required Nature Conservancy permit app Approach Normally, getting settled into Forney Cove is pretty straight forward, simply a matter of finding the west end
- [Frenchys Cove](https://sailchannelislands.com/anacapa-frenchys-cove/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-00.5 Long: W 119-24.4 Last visit: July 2024 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Port Hueneme WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Let's Do Lunch at Frenchys Frenchys Cove, the most popular spot on the island, provides some protection from west wind and swell. We usually anchor in about 25'
- [Cat Rock](https://sailchannelislands.com/anacapa-cat-rock/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-00.25 Long: W 119-25.5 Last visit: July 2024 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Port Hueneme WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Approach In calm conditions, you can anchor either east or west of Cat Rock. The east side of the rock provides some shelter from typically west winds and
- [East Fish Camp](https://sailchannelislands.com/anacapa-east-fish-camp/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-00.28 Long: W 119-23.20 Last visit: Jan 2025 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Port Hueneme WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Approach In calm conditions, yachts anchor 100 yards off the shore all along East and Middle Anacapa. That's in VERY calm conditions. If it's not glassy, we poke into
- [Cathedral Cove](https://sailchannelislands.com/anacapa-cathedral-cove/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-00.9 Long: W 119-22.3 Last visit: Jan 2025 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Port Hueneme WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Overview: an alternative to Frenchys If you get to Anacapa later than 1200, particularly in the summer, Frenchys is likely to be quite crowded. Frenchys will hold
- [Fagans Lunch](https://sailchannelislands.com/channel-islands-cruising-guide/fagans-lunch-anacapa/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-00.6 Long: W 119-21.5 Last visit: July 2024 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Port Hueneme WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Fagans Lunch is not on the chart ... yet. But we go there so frequently and have recommended it so often, it probably should be. The Plusses -
- [Landing Cove Anacapa Island](https://sailchannelislands.com/landing-cove-anacapa/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-01.0 Long: W 119-21.5 Last visit: July 2024 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Port Hueneme WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Not really an anchorage Landing Cove Anacapa has priorities, and if you've managed to get out here on your own, you're just about dead last. By that I
- [Valley - Blue Banks anchorages](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-valley-bluebanks/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 33-58.5 Long: W 119-40.3 Last visit: May 2024 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Valley - Blue Banks Valley - Blue Banks anchorages are frequently visited by dive boats and fishermen. To be perfectly candid, I can't think of a reason to
- [Hungryman Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-hungryman/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-01.82 Long: W 119-31.415 Last visit: June 2017 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Video Description Hungryman Gulch is just south of Pt. San Pedro in the vicinity of "White Rock," as it is labeled on the plastic charts. You
- [Scorpion and Little Scorpion Anchorages](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-scorpion/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-02.80 Long: W 119-32.8 Last visit: Nov 2023 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Scorpion anchorage Scorpion, the gateway to the island's activities, is open once again and the pier is available to Island Packers, NPS and other government boats.
- [Potato Harbor](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-potato/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-02.9 Long: W 119-35.45 Last visit: July 2021 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Overview Potato Harbor is one of the prettiest anchorages on Santa Cruz. Maybe the prettiest. We're compelled by the grandeur of the cliffs to sail in
- [Chinese Harbor/China Bay](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-chinese/) - Heading to Chinese Harbor in a Santa Ana ... blowing 30 knots here. Cavern Point just off port bow. We're reefed to about 1/3 of our sail plan and moving at 7+. Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-01.613 Long: W 119-36.55 Last visit: July 2021 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation
- [Prisoners Harbor](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-prisoners/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-01.28 Long: W 119-41.11 Last visit: Ded 2023 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners permit app NPS Alerts The Debate: Prisoners or Pelican Pelican or Prisoners? Depending upon on whom you decide is your local expert - Prisoners is either almost as
- [Pelican Bay](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-pelican/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-02.1 Long: W 119-42.15 Last visit: Jan 2025 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners permit app NPS Alerts Overview Pelican Bay is one of the most popular anchorages on the north shore. It's a little too popular "in season" and you should
- [Twin Harbors](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-twin/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-02.6 Long: W 119-42.9 Last visit: May 2024 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners permit app/info NPS Alerts Overview It's called Twin Harbors and it looks like two, but realistically it's only the east side that is tenable for an overnight stay.
- [Orizaba Cove](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-orizaba/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-02.7 Long: W 119-43.4 Last visit: June 2017 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Overview Orizaba Cove does not offer much protection, but on a settled day like the one we last picked, it's a great spot to settle
- [Platts Harbor](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-platts/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-02.9 Long: W 119-44.2 Last visit: July 2021 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Overview Platts Harbor is a marginal overnight anchorage. Even a moderate swell will make sleeping difficult, so we've only anchored there in calm conditions. The first
- [Grotto Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-grotto/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-03.11 Long: W 119-44.8 Last visit: Dec 2019 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Overview Sheltered by steep cliffs, this spot appears immune to "canyon winds," the off shore winds that sometimes rip down the island's river valleys and make
- [Frys Harbor](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-frys/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-03.2 Long: W 119-45.3 Last visit: Jan 2025 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Great protection The heart of the anchorage is tucked under the lee of Diablo Point and is sheltered by a substantial chunk of mountain. We've been
- [Diablo Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-diablo/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-03.3 Long: W 119-46.0 Last visit: Oct 2023 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Overview We've tried it a couple of times in west winds to 15 knots and have found it fairly comfortable. At around 20 knots, the wind
- [Ladys Harbor](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-ladys/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-03.3 Long: W 119-46.1 Last visit: July 2021 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Approach The harbor lies about 6 miles east of West End. Proceeding from the west, the harbor does not open up until well past Arch
- [Cueva Valdez Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-cueva-valdez/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-03.8 Long: W 119-49.1 Last visit: Aug 2021 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Cueva Valdez Anchorage This anchorage is quite beautiful and has been a favorite picnic spot for more than a century, but it is fairly open to
- [Hazards Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/hazards-anchorage/) -  Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-006.0 Long: W 119-49.2 Last visit: Dec 2018 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Hazards Anchorage The anchorage lies about three-quarters of a mile west of Cueva Valdez and slightly less than two miles east of Painted Cave. Clearly
- [Painted Cave](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-painted-cave/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-04.1 Long: W 119-51.5 Last visit: Aug 2019 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Painted Cave Though Painted Cave is the focus of many excursions to Santa Cruz Island, it is definitely not an anchorage. And therein lies one of
- [West Cove or Fraser Cove](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz-west-cove/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 34-03.7 Long: W 119-55.4 Last visit: Sept 2014 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Getting to West Cove We stopped here for lunch on a very calm Fall day, anchoring in the drying area on the four fathom line. Fagan says
- [Pozo/Poso](https://sailchannelislands.com/pozo-poso/) - Loc: mid-south coast Santa Cruz Lat: N 33-58.01 Long: W 119-42.45 Last visit: Dec 2023 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Sun/Moon Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz WX Navigation Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Landing Permit Required Nature Conservancy permit app Overview Pozo, sometimes spelled Poso and inevitably pronounced Bozo by your crew, is an excellent place to go
- [Economy Day Sailing](https://sailchannelislands.com/economy-day-sailing/) - Click for Pricing & Availability Economy Day Sailing Everyday Sail for as little as two hours at $195/hour weekdays, $225/hour Friday - Sunday, after hours $275/hour Or stay with us all day for lunch as we circumnavigate Anacapa Island for $1250 weekdays, $1438 Friday-Sunday. A bit more on holiday weekends. You have a captain, but you
- [ASA 103 Coastal Cruising  Skipper training at Sail Channel Islands](https://sailchannelislands.com/asa-103-coastal-cruising-skipper/) - Click for availability ASA 103 Coastal Cruising Skipper Prerequisites: ASA 101 Ocean Sailing Basics or previous ocean experience as skipper on 27-38 foot sailboat. This course comprises four lessons. ASA 103 A, B and C are approximately three and a half hours each. ASA 103D is an all-day cruise. Text: Coastal Cruising Made Easy ASA
- [Channel Islands Sailing Weather](https://sailchannelislands.com/channel-islands-sailing-weather/) - We sail all year - ALL YEAR The average temperature in summer is about 10 degrees warmer than winter. In fact, some of the best sailing is in January and February. Average Channel Islands sailing weather ranges from pretty good to downright beautiful. We have roughly 335 days when it is safe to sail, 315
- [ASA 106 Advanced Coastal Cruising Bareboat Coaching](https://sailchannelislands.com/advanced-coastal-cruising-bareboat-coaching/) - Book ASA 106 Advanced Coastal Cruising "You're just about ready to tackle this on your own, but you want a bit more practice before flying to Nice." ASA 106 Advanced Coastal Cruising/ Bareboat Coaching You've done all the basic maneuvers: You've tacked and jibed enough for it to be second nature, you don't look at
- [Wedding at sea](https://sailchannelislands.com/wedding-at-sea/) - Book a Wedding at Sea Capt./Chaplain Dan will work with you to create a wedding at sea as unique as you are. Capt./Chaplain Dan will make your wedding at sea intimate, charming and affordable. We can celebrate all day or be home in two hours. We can take up to six in the wedding party.
- [Funerals at sea](https://sailchannelislands.com/funerals-at-sea/) - Book Funeral at Sea Sail Channel Islands provides memorial services and funerals at sea Though many cruises are strictly for fun and entertainment, we carry on the most serious business we humans know – saying the final good-bye to loved ones and friends. Here, on the bosom of the Pacific, we lay to rest the
- [ASA 111 - Refresher training](https://sailchannelislands.com/asa-111-refresher-training/) - Book a Refresher Course ASA 111 Who is this course for? Actually, it's for my friend Dawn. That's who came to mind when I started to devise a refresher curriculum for folks who got started sailing but then couldn't find time to continue beyond ASA 103. Dawn took lessons with me years ago but hasn't
- [About Sancerre](https://sailchannelislands.com/sancerre/) - Click for Pricing and Availability Sancerre is our flagship Sancerre was built by Jeanneau at their factory Les Herbier, France in 2002. She is a cultivated yacht built for the high seas. A great number of these “Sun Odyssey 45.2” yachts were put into charter fleets such as the Moorings because of their durability, ease of sailing and
- [Economy Sailboat Charter](https://sailchannelislands.com/economy-sailboat-charter-day/) - Wiley is the perfect boat for economy sailboat charter for up to four people Book Economy Charter Sail for a few hours ... or sail all day.* For $195/hour M-Th and $225/ hour Fri-Sunday, you'll have a captain and a yacht and a chance to sail a most beautiful stretch of the Pacific Ocean. Click BOOK
- [Santa Barbara Island](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-barbara/) - Santa Barbara Island Lat:N33-28.9 Long: W119-01.8 Last visit: Sept 2022 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Dist: 0 Santa Barbara Island WX Skipper: Capt. Dan Boat: S/V Sancerre Capt. Dan Channel Islands Landing Permit No Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Correction:the dolphins in the video are common dolphins, not white-sided as stated. The Island is open .... sort of
- [San Miguel Island](https://sailchannelislands.com/san-miguel/) - We try to make a San Miguel run every year. Our favorite spot to overnight is Cuyler Harbor, but we've also explored most of the other anchorages as well as kayaked many of the little bays. Mouse over the San Miguel chart near the name Cuyler Harbor and you'll go right to our favorite spot.
- [Santa Cruz Island](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-cruz/) - Going Ashore on Santa Cruz Island Santa Cruz Island is roughly 25 miles long and a skoshi under 100 square miles, making it the largest island in the Channel Islands chain. The shoreline presents a microcosm of California: pine and oak on the north shore and arid, nearly desert on the south, and an area strangely
- [Middle Anchorage](https://sailchannelislands.com/sant-cruz-middle-anchorage/) - Loc: East End Santa Cruz Island Lat: N33-59.86 Long: W119-32.75 Last visit: Apr 2021 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Dist: 12 Prisoner's Harbor WX Chart 18729 Anacapa Passage NPS Alerts Skipper: Capt. Dan Boat: Landing Permit Not Reqd Local Notice to Mariners Description Middle of what? No matter, Middle Anchorage is not a suitable anchorage. True, divers go in
- [Directions to Sail Channel Islands and Capt. Dan](https://sailchannelislands.com/directions-to-sail-channel-islands/) - Maps and Driving Directions to Sail Channel Islands yachts The Sailing Yachts Sancerre and Wiley are located in the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, California in the Vintage Marina (Look for the big blue sign) If you have an onboard GPS, enter: 3150 S. Harbor Blvd Oxnard, CA 93035 -- Our home is through GATE 4 on "J"
- [Sailing Club](https://sailchannelislands.com/sailing-club/) - “The two happiest days in a sailor’s life ….” We’ve all heard that story – his happiest days are the day he buys his boat and the day he sells it. But if you’re in our sailing club you neither buy nor sell a boat. You just sail. You don’t do the maintenance. You just
- [Club Members' Overnights](https://sailchannelislands.com/club-members-overnight-adventures/) - Private Multi-Day Charter Low-key adventure in comfort The first night on an overnighter usually finds our members in Yellowbanks anchorage on Santa Cruz Island (top pic). It takes four or five hours to get there and you usually have time to kayak before dinner, though many folks prefer to have a glass of wine and
- [Kellers Shelter](https://sailchannelislands.com/kellers-shelter/) - Loc: Malibu Lat: N34-02.12N Long: W118-40.36 Last visit: Jan 2020 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Dist: 0 Santa Monica WX Chart 18744 Santa Monica Skipper: Capt. Dan Boat: S/V Sancerre Capt. Dan Port: Channel Islands Overview: Not much shelter here at Kellers, but a nice place for lunch and maybe a nap. Locals report a great deal of
- [Paradise Cove](https://sailchannelislands.com/paradise-cove/) - Loc: Malibu Lat: N34-00.8 Long: W118-47.2 Last visit: July 2020 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Dist: 14 Santa Monica WX Chart 18744 Santa Monica Google Earth Skipper: Capt. Dan Boat: S/V Sancerre Capt. Dan Port: Channel Islands Overview: Paradise Cove. In our opinion, "Paradise" overstates the case. As you may have read here, we like all of the
- [Mainland Anchorages](https://sailchannelislands.com/mainland-anchorages/) - Santa Barbara Anchorage Cojo Anchorage
- [Menus](https://sailchannelislands.com/menus/) - Menus by Chef Dennis Chef Dennis will end our great day of sailing with a great dinner and great wines from the GRAEF Winery. He likes to be securely anchored an hour or two before sunset and then serves aperitifs on deck as we watch the sun slip behind the mountains. Meanwhile, he slips below to
- [Skunk Point](https://sailchannelislands.com/skunk-point/) - Loc: north coast Santa Rosa Lat: N34-58.4 Long: W119-58.64 Last visit: Sept 19 Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Dist: 9 Bechers Bay WX Chart 18728 Santa Cruz Channel NPS Alerts Skipper: Capt. Dan Boat: S/V Sancerre Capt. Dan Port: Channel Islands Landing Permit Not Required Local Notice to Mariners Skunk Point Anchorage We've only spent one night here and
- [Santa Rosa Island Anchorages](https://sailchannelislands.com/santa-rosa/) - There are two Santa Rosa Island anchorages we frequent: Northwest Anchorage in Bechers Bay and Johnsons Lee plus three others that we have done just for the cruising guide and the right to say, "been there." The Northwest Anchorage at Bechers and Johnsons are both excellent anchorages, requiring only one hook. They're easy to find and protected
- [Channel Islands Harbor](https://sailchannelislands.com/channel-islands-harbor/) - Loc:1nm North of Hueneme Light Lat: N 34-09.25 Long: W 119-13.81 Last visit: Homeport Tide/Sun/Moon/WX Dist: 1 Port Hueneme WX Chart 18725 Pt. Hueneme to SB Google Map Local Notice to Mariners NPS Alerts Getting there Channel Islands Harbor lies apporximately 28nm ESE of the Santa Barbara Light and about 1.5 nm NW of the
- [Anacapa Island](https://sailchannelislands.com/anacapa/) - Capt. Dan's Guide to Anacapa Island Anchorages Anacapa is our favorite destination for daysailing. Less than a 3-hour sail from Oxnard, its rugged coast and soaring peaks provide a magnificent backdrop for lunch and its many caves offer excellent kayaking opportunities. This guide is designed for folks who want to sail to Channel Islands National
- [Bosun-Cookie-Sparky](https://sailchannelislands.com/bosun-cookie-sparky/) - The Bosun - Dennis Dreith The Sailing Yacht Sancerre's second in command. And the chef of highest acclaim in our islands. And the guy who fixes stuff afloat. Hence - Bosun-Cookie-Sparky. When not at sea, the Bosun can be found at his "land" job as the Chief the Independent Administrator of the AFM & AFTRA
- [Deposits and Payments](https://sailchannelislands.com/deposits-payments/) - Deposits: If we are forced to cancel due to weather or other unfavorable conditions, your deposit will be refunded; however, the deposit is not refundable if you change or cancel your reservation within 10 calendar days of your scheduled departure. Gees, that sounds mean and I apologize. I just don't know a more subtle way
- [Snail Mail](https://sailchannelislands.com/snail-mail/) - Need to send something to Capt. Dan? Here's the snail mail address - Capt. Dan Sail Channel Islands 409 Santa Cruz Cir Port Hueneme, CA 93041 Note: This is not the boat location. The boats are at Vintage Marina, 3150 S. Harbor Blvd, Oxnard Call 805.750.7828 and we'll open the gate.
- [Ceremonies](https://sailchannelislands.com/ceremonies/) - Wedding ceremonies at sea Small, very intimate ceremonies in the most romantic setting imaginable. Can be all-day adventure including gourmet luncheon or streamlined two-hour ceremony in sight of land. See more Wedding ceremonies on the beach We're prepared to perform your secular wedding ceremony anywhere in our area ... maybe a bit beyond. Pick
- [California wedding on the beach](https://sailchannelislands.com/california-wedding-on-the-beach/) - Who wants a California wedding on the beach? Those who want Capt./Chaplain Dan to officiate but who get seasick Those who want more than six people in the wedding party Those who don't want to take a long break from surfing How's it work? There are as many reasons to have a California wedding on
- [Student comments](https://sailchannelislands.com/student-comments/) - Dennis I took my first sailing lesson from Captain Dan and through his expert instruction quickly gained the confidence to skipper local sails in the Santa Barbara Channel. As my confidence grew so did my desire to increase my abilities. Captain Dan encouraged me to expand my knowledge and skills. He shepherded me through the
- [Release of liability](https://sailchannelislands.com/release-liability/) - In consideration of boarding a Sail Channel Island’s vessel, I hereby release Sail Channel Islands, LLC and its agents and employees from any and all liability, claims, demands, actions and causes of actions to accrue to me as a consequence of any accident, injury or death. I further hereby expressly agree to indemnify Sail Channel