Unfortunatly the parking at the Alamitos Ramp also charges overnight.
There is parking where you could park for free and then pay another $6.00
to pick up your boat, but you would have to walk a ways back to the ramp.
Probably worth it money wise,but Its makes the trip to the west end of
Catalina about 10 miles further.
Regards, Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: RAeschlima@aol.com <RAeschlima@aol.com>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Sunday, September 26, 1999 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: Catalina
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>In a message dated 9/26/99 8:27:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>eezilbert@ucdavis.edu writes:
>
><< To the individual wondering about Catalina. The last post had a few
> inaccuracies. There were 6 boats to Catalina. We left from the ramp near
> the Cabrillo Marina which is on the north end of Longbeach Harbor. We
> stayed first at the Isthmus, then at Emerald Bay (very nice). The marina
> at Cabrillo is pristine and the restrooms huge and very clean. - Eric >>
>
>I might add to Eric's observations that the fee for launching and keeping
>your car/trailer (they must be attatched to each other) at Cabrillo is
>$8.00/day.
>
>There might well have been another Potter Catalina sail from Alamitos,
>though, I didn't hear of it. The confusion might have come about because
Dave
>sailed back to Alamitos on his return from Catalina, I believe.
>
>I was the last of the group to leave Catalina. I had a grand time on the
rest
>of my Catalina cruise. Sailed among dolfins while sailing around West End
to
>Cat Harbor, which was cold and WINDY. Next day on to Little Harbor
>(delightful). Wednesday sailed around east end. Fast exhilerating downwind
>sail until I rounded the end of the Island where wind dropped off. Thought
I
>would spend the night in Avalon but it was too much for me, Gaaggg! It
would
>have been like trying to sleep in Disneyland's parking lot! Went on to
>Little Gibraltar and had a wonderful evening all to myself. There was a
crow
>there that was absolutely fascinated with the sound of my cornet. Sailed
back
>Thursday, arrived in strong wind at Cabrillo. I paid about fifty dollars to
>keep my rig at Cabrillo. If parking at the Alamitos ramp is free that would
>be nice to know.
>
>Ralph Aeschliman
>HMS-18 #67 Moby Duck
>Flagstaff, AZ
>