Been checking into logistics for the San Diego Gathering. Looks like it will be an anchor and raft up type gathering. Slips are hard to come by on San Diego Bay, and when you find one it will be very expensive...from $45 on up per night. There are very few guest ties on the bay...and they are mostly first come/first served...with stays limited to a few hours. There is a very nice well protected anchorage near Coronado called Glorietta Bay, and you can stay there free for up to 72 hours. You must sign up with the Harbor Patrol...but I have arranged to do this for the group all at once...I will just need some boat info when the time comes. There are few launch ramps on the bay and only one that allows overnight parking which means we will need to launch at the ramp on Shelter Island. This is within a few blocks of the huge San Diego West Marine store...a destination itself. We should be able to facilitate shore activities fairly conveniently using the water taxi service and/or our dinghys.
Activities could include cruising the bay which is very large with lots of interesting things to see, whale watching (should be prime time for the California Grey Whale Migration), touring a number of different ships to include the USS Midway (aircraft carrier), The Star of India (1863 Barque), A Soviet Attack Submarine, and a number of other ships at the San Diego Maritime Museum. Also, there is the Gaslamp District...the high point of which (in my view at least) is a huge collection of fabulous retaurants. And if the weather/ocean cooperates...we could cruise up to Mission Bay and see the sights there. Speaking of weather....it's anybody's guess what it will be...but we often have sunshine and warm days even during "winter". However, we do get an occasional storm...which could alter our plans a bit...but I've been to some great gatherings in miserable weather.
So of course we need dates...I'm thinking February 16-19, 2006.
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