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For the avid boater, Orange Coast College is planning its Sailing

Adventures Series for January and February.

This year’s four-part series, in its 26th season, will begin with a

lecture Jan. 14 titled “A Family Sails Mexico.” It will recount the trip

taken by Orange County’s Fullerton family. They took a refurbished

35-foot sloop and traveled the length of Mexico’s western coast.

The second lecture “And, Oh! . . . the Places You Cruise,” on Jan.

19, will recount the sailing adventures of former Dana Point resident

L.W. Lawson and her husband, Carl.

The third lecture, “Adventure on the Sea of Cortez,” will feature

veteran sailor Gerry Cunningham, who has sailed throughout the Gulf of

California.

The last lecture, scheduled for Feb. 2, will be put on by marine

artist Scott Kennedy and is titled ‘An Artist’s Creative Look at

Sailing.”

Advance tickets for the series are $40 and are on sale at OCC’s

Community Education Office, next to the library. It is open from 9 a.m.

to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and from

8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Single lecture tickets are $11, and children’s tickets are $5.

Information: (714) 432-5880.