The 36th annual Long Beach Marathon and all of its weekend activities have been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Long Beach has great aquatic history and often readers share ideas for stories with me when I’m in or on the water. Recently, lap swimmer John Smith suggested that there is an intriguing vessel at the impound dock near the Alamitos Bay marine office that I should investigate. Read more
The historic Seawanhaka Cup, the oldest yachting trophy originated in the United States that is still in active competition, will be rescheduled to 2022. Read more
Despite restrictions and stay-at-home orders, water-loving residents have found a way to enjoy the sports and activities they have passion for while maintaining safety guidelines. Read more
Old motorhomes and derelict boats are seemingly ideal abodes to those who are “housing challenged.” But rarely does it play out because ownership requires skills, knowledge and resources that few possess. Read more
As we put a sturdy cork in 2020, a few updates on recent stories are in order. Read more
This week brings a story about the crown jewel of wooden yachts in Shoreline Marina — Richard Lindemann’s Delta Moon, a 42-foot Chris-Craft Constellation. She is easily recognized by her distinctive bull nose and has been cruising local waters for the last few years. Read more
The leadership at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club raised a vintage flag that said “Don’t give up the ship” at the start of the pandemic, and the members have remained steadfast in their devotion to their sport and their club, according to Fleet Captain Gabe Ferramola. Read more
”Christmas won't be Christmas without a Naples Boat Parade,” grumbled Mike O’Toole while paddling a gondola (with apologies to Louisa May Alcott and the first line in the book Little Women). Read more
Have you ever gone to an open house for a home out of your league simply to look? Or gone in to a car dealership just because? I’m an on-line yacht lookie-looer and one recently caught my eye. Read more
Long Beach Marina Shipyard brings Christmas spirit to our community by going all out to when it comes to decorating. Read more
I've got it. Read more
Hot dogs are the new turkeys — at least when it comes to Alamitos Bay YC’s annual Turkey Day Regatta. In a pandemic pivot, the regatta has been replaced with another smaller event. Principal Race Officer Mark Townsend announced in an email blast, the NOT Turkey Day Regatta will be on Sunday,… Read more
Last June, Long Beach lost our own Mr. Music Man, Larry Curtis. He led the Long Beach Municipal Band for summer concerts for 27 years and was Cal State Long Beach State's conductor of bands for 25 years. The world loved him for his musical gift, but few knew he was an experienced yachtsman. Read more
Earlier this month, two Long Beach natives, avid ocean swimmers and lifeguards successfully completed a two-person relay swim across the Catalina Channel as a fundraiser for two nonprofits committed to fighting plastic pollution in our oceans, 5 Gyres and Long Beach nonprofit Algalita. Read more
Living in the Aquatic Capital of America, we are surrounding with rarified water. One of our local superstar waterwomen is Katie Rowe, who shared this insightful thought, “You can stop swimming, but swimming is always within you. Our bay is the blood that runs through all Long Beach swimmers.” Read more
Two 86-year-old British ladies — kindred spirits of sorts — met up last weekend. Their intertwined history goes back to the Great Depression, when one of them was merely a number and many had given up on the other. Read more
Patti Clark is “The 12 minute miracle lady of Naples.” On her birthday evening back in July 31, 2018, Patti, her husband Emmett and their dog went for a Duffy ride. They returned to the dock and while Emmett tended to the dog, Patti stepped onto the dock. They stowed a kayak and a couple of … Read more
Shark cage diving, bungee jumping, sky diving and a wild animal safari — and that was in just one day in the adventuresome life of Madison "Maddie" Cullen. Read more
Patience, Patience, Patience Read more
Some kids learn to walk early. Some crawl longer. And then there is Dakota Johnson who started doing flips soon after she learned to walk. By the time she was 4 years old, she was on a gymnastics team and at age 6 she was a full-fledged competitor. Read more
Paddleboarding Read more
As summer wraps up and students are heading back to school virtual or otherwise, the classic question “What did you do for your summer vacation?" may have limited answers in our stay-at-home world. It turns out Long Beach’s on the water community didn’t sit at home on the couch binge watchin… Read more
There are two bridges that span across the water on two sections of Second Street in Naples and Belmont Shore. Most folks refer to them as the Naples Bridge or the Second Street Bridge. Read more
Happy Birthday, Long Beach Marina Boat Owners Association. Read more
Multihull enthusiast Jerry Fiat was in Long Beach in April 2019 preparing for the Newport to Ensenada (N2E) race on an AC45, a former Oracle training boat. Young sabot sailors, professional racers and local sailing legends were all blown away with the foiling capabilities they witnessed whil… Read more
The 36th annual Long Beach Marathon and all of its weekend activities have been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
The Navy Yacht Club of Long Beach (NYCLB) clubhouse has been located in Alamitos Bay Marina’s Basin One since 2004. It is a prime spot on the point, overlooking the turning basin, directly adjacent to the fuel dock. Club members claim to have the best sunset views in all of Long Beach. Read more
The sight of her felt so wrong it hurt. High and dry, a boat with Long Beach history was ditched by the side of the road. There she was, unceremoniously dragged onto dry land. Read more
The news high school sports teams and fans had been waiting for became reality on Monday, though nobody was really surprised, except for start dates that might begin as early as December. Read more
Long Beach State men’s basketball coach Dan Monson on Thursday afternoon confirmed his 18-year-old daughter Mollie has been infected with the coronavirus. Read more
There is something incredibility romantic about an old school riverboat — the frilly woodwork, the gentle rhythm of the paddlewheels, and the Dixieland jazz music playing. Thanks to Long Beach’s protected harbor, we are one of the few non-river locations where the round bottom vessels can sa… Read more
This week Mary Beth Ives shared a Cal 20 report that her son Jeff had prepared. Read more
Grunion Season Read more
Seal Beach Yacht Club celebrated both opening day and the club’s 60th anniversary last Saturday. To keep the numbers in check, it was a members' only event. They were very creative in hosting an event in the current environment, with some of the fare provided by a food truck. Read more
Long Beach Yacht Club announced last week the cancelation of the 2020 Congressional Cup regatta, which had been planned for April 2020 and postponed to mid-October. Read more
With her usual practice sites closed down, two-time Olympic medalist April Ross managed to build her own beach volleyball court with supplies she picked up at Home Depot. Read more
This week’s boat memory comes from Naples resident and trademark/patent attorney Vern Schooley and his Columbia 34 Adversary that he co-owned with maritime attorney Tom Vyse. Read more
As we wrap up stay at home orders and early curfews, I’m taking the opportunity to reminisce. Growing up, my parents kept getting a smaller house and a bigger boat until when I was in third grade, they sold our cozy Naples house and we became full time “live-aboards” on gangway 5, in front o… Read more
If you have walked along Corso Di Napoli in Naples or been on the water in Alamitos Bay, you likely are familiar with the boat Sea Flute. Read more
Seal Beach's Junior Lifeguard program was canceled last week due to concerns of spreading the coronavirus. Read more
It was only natural that an engineering firm focused on the waterfront included a boat in the corporate fleet for touring company projects from the best vantage point possible — on the water. Read more
Two decades ago, when Dave Sparks purchased his home on Rivo Alto Canal in Naples, the sellers sweetened the deal with something magical. Read more
When Eric Gustafson, the co-owner of Flying Cloud Yacht sales, started working with a client a couple of years ago in the market for a power boat with creature comforts, he sensed his buyer was something more than a wannabe stink potter looking for a floating Barcalounger. Read more
Greg Kight described his ideal boat to his dearest childhood friend, mariner Bob Blair, as “something classic, with clean lines, vintage with character.” Read more
I’m a dockwalker. Read more
Last summer, while walking in Ala Wai Harbor visiting TransPac finishers, I came upon a boat with some Long Beach history. With everyone safer at home these days, it is an ideal opportunity to provide the current status on vessels like this one. Read more
Back in the 1960s, while anchored on our family boat in Catalina’s Cherry Cove, my brother John would wish he was at the nearby Camp Cherry Valley Scout Camp. It is located two coves north of Two Harbors, and when he was camping there with his Boy Scout troop, he wished he was in a boat anch… Read more
The Pilgrim, a full-sized replica of the merchantman brig immortalized by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. in his American seafaring classic novel "Two Years Before the Mast," keeled on March 29 and is incapacitated beyond repair. Read more
When the Fred Hall Show was in town last month, I went to crawl on boats, wiggle lures, cast rods and try everything out. It was an outdoorsman version of tire kicking — back in the good old days before social distancing. Read more
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