Anacapa Island Cruise

I recently joined the Fairwind Sailing Club and this weekend went on one of their frequent cruises (this one being just a day cruise). We sailed out to Anacapa Island, the closest of the Channel Islands, which is about 10 miles offshore. The original plan had been to anchor near the island and do a hike, but strongs winds stopped that from happening and we just ended up sailing around the island. But the strong winds did make for some great sailing and the great weather made for good photographs. We did meet up briefly with one of the club's other boats, the 40-foot Angelsea, but it soon left our smaller boat behind. However, we did get the opportunity to watch some of the tall ships from Oxnard's Tall Ship Festival sailing near the marina, as well as a small mock battle between some of the ships.