An Epic Party Of Pirates & Wenches In Southern California Yes I am a pirate, 200 years to late... Arrrrg! This chant echoes through the coves and over the hills of Catalina Island's Two Harbors the first of October each year like the sound of cannons thundering on the high seas back in the 1800s. Except that here there's nothing to plunder, aside from other party … [Read more...]
Hold Off On That Sailboat Trip To The British Virgin Islands For Now
BVIs Travel Rules & Regulations By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Blue skies and water to match it, calm seas and islands to explore. The British Virgin Islands are a sailor's paradise but with it's current COVID-19 travel restrictions in place, it's best keep your plans in port for now. To vacation in the BVIs requires a series of steps … [Read more...]
Fun Things To Do In San Diego: Sailing Aboard An America’s Cup Sailboat
Sail USA 11 Provides A Unique Three-Hour Tour Of San Diego Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger It is one thing to look out onto beautiful San Diego Bay and quite another to be on San Diego Bay. There are a few ways to do this – aboard a Flagship or Hornblower cruise, the Coronado ferry, a jet ski or even a kayak – but there's nothing like the … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Get Me Back On A Sailboat In The Virgin Islands
BVIs, Beach Bars, Rum & Tropical Music Are Always Calling Me By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger We raised the sails in Tortola And dropped a hook in Jost Van Dyke Killed our pain at the Soggy Dollar, Foxy's and the Paradise... – Eric Stone, "Sunsail" I was going through some photos of previous PubClub trips when I ran across pictures of me on a … [Read more...]
Sail Into Paradise With TropRock Singer Eric Stone On A Caribbean Boat Trip
How To Sign Up For Vacation That Includes Grenada & St. Lucia Among The Destinations By Eric Stone, Special To PubClub.com If you're ever listening to any of my songs, reading my Tour Tales blog here on PubClub.com, seeing my Facebook posts or watching my FB Live shows from warm-weather destinations around the world and say "I would like to be there," well … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: A Choppy Sailboat Ride From Catalina To Los Angeles
Sailing Isn't A Lot Of Fun In These Conditions By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger On the mainland, the wind was whipping so hard windows were rattling and the Pacific Ocean waves were exploding into the jetties protecting the Southern California harbors. The beaches were not only empty, it was far too windy for even the daily die-hards to be playing … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Traveling By Sailboat Takes A Lot Of Planning
There's A Lot To Do Before You Sail Away Like In A Song By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Packing for a trip on a sailboat is easy. Provisioning it is not. In the suitcase, about all you need are a couple of bathing suits, tank tops, t-shirts, a skirt and couple of cute tops for you ladies, a towel, a hat, a light jacket in case of rain and the … [Read more...]
5 Things To Know When People Invite You To Go Sailing
Tales From The Seas: Sailboats, Skippers & Cocktails By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger A friend of mine – let's call her Jane – was all excited. She had just met a skipper who invited her to go sailing. While Jane had been around boats, she had actually never been on a sailboat. The skipper promised a sail from one Los Angeles marina to another, lunch at … [Read more...]
Catalina Island Two Harbors Travel Guide & Harbor Reef Bar Restaurant
Things To Do, Where To Eat, Stay & All About Buccaneer Days And then there is Two Harbors, far removed from even the relative hustle and bustle of the "other" Catalina Island. It's a small harbor with a beautiful lagoon, palm trees, dirt roads (what suffices for a road here, anyway), few vehicles, a restaurant and a bar with dancing under the stars. For those seeking … [Read more...]
Virgin Islands Sailboat Charters Tips, The Islands, Sights & Beach Bars
"Sailing Life is What I Choose, Imported Rum is My Kind of Booze... Sailing Life is Made For Me, I Raise My Spinnaker and I'm Free..." - Singer/Songwriter Eric Stone The water is blue – many shades of blue, in fact – the wind is blowing but hardly howling, captain and crew are going "fast enough to get there but slow enough to see" as the Jimmy Buffett song possibly … [Read more...]
Congressional Cup Sailing Brings The Party To Long Beach’s Belmont Pier
Bands And The Stella Artois Beer Garden Bring Out The Belmont Shore Singles Here's why I like sailing and people who sail. Those who sail like to party! Take, for instance, the organizers of the Congressional Cup. This is an annual event that takes place in Long Beach, CA. It features some of the world's top skippers in America's Cup-style racing. In fact, in this year … [Read more...]
Grand Prix And Sailing Race Make Long Beach LA’s Top Party City In April
By Sea And By Land: Congressional Cup And World's Fastest Beach Party If you're looking to party in the Los Angeles area this month, then look no further than Long Beach. This city by the sea has two fun events in back-to-back weeks featuring sailboats and race cars. And each event has a big party element to it. The first is the Congressional Cup and the second is the … [Read more...]
Like Natalie Wood, I Fell Off A Sailboat in Catalina’s Two Harbors
The Harbor Reef Bar and Buffalo Milk Cocktails Make For A Fun Party Location Natalie Wood remains a mystery 40+ years after she drowned off Catalina Island and she's got back in the news somewhat recently after a Los Angeles coroner changed her death from "accidental drowning" to "drowning and other underdermined factors." There's a lot of speculation about exactly what … [Read more...]