Another boat delivery ‘round Point Conception

Ahoy.

On Saturday morning, I will fly north to the San Francisco Bay

area for a yacht delivery from Ballena Isle Marina in Alameda to

Anacapa Isle Marina in the Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard. I will be

joined on this delivery by Capt. Chandler Bell, an experienced

captain with Bongos Sportfishing and the advertising director for my

radio show.

The weather forecasts look passable, with the San Francisco buoy

reporting swells smaller than 5 feet, and once again, this voyage

will require rounding Point Conception, but this time traveling

downhill.

We anticipate an early morning fuel stop at Morro Bay. That

usually means navigating the harbor entrance in the morning darkness

and fog. Last week, I mentioned entering Morro Bay in the fog and the

two methods I use when it is foggy.

We plan on arriving at Channels Islands Harbor on Sunday evening.

The very next morning, I will step aboard a mega-yacht destined

for Seattle. I will join two other captains, Butch Icobelli and Mitch

Keeler, on a 115-foot Codecasa from San Diego to Lake Union in

Seattle. We are seriously tracking the weather very closely up the

coast to Point Flattery, where you turn due east into the water of

Juan de Fuca between Washington and Canada.

In next week’s column, I will tell you about the yacht and share a

few of the trip’s highlights.

HOOKED ON FISHING

Also on Saturday morning, the very popular fishing radio show

“Let’s Talk Hookup” will broadcast live from Anglers Center’s fishing

expo and parking lot sale in Newport Beach. You will have the

opportunity to meet the radio show’s co-hosts, Pete Gray and Marty

Milner, during their live broadcast on San Diego’s XERB, “the Mighty”

1090 AM, from 7 to 9 a.m.

Pete, the show’s creator, was in the radio profession before the

fishing show for more than a decade as the sales manager for

KKOS/KCEO radio in San Diego. Pete is an avid angler of more than 30

years, so he decided to combine his enthusiasm for fishing with his

radio expertise by starting “Let’s Talk Hook-up,” which is now the

most successful fishing radio show in Southern California.

Martin “Marty” Milner joins Pete as co-host, and most of you

probably recognize Marty’s name from his 50 years as an actor. The

hits series “Route 66” and “Adam 12” were his most successful shows.

He has also been in films, on Broadway and is still invited for guest

appearances on TV. Marty is also an expert and avid fisherman,

including fly fishing. He travels the world to find that perfect

bite.

I met Pete and Marty years ago at their studios when I was filming

their show for a segment in my boating TV show. Not long ago they

were fishing on one of Bongo’s boats that Chandler captained for

their fishing trip.

“We had a nice trip with Chandler -- fishing was good, catching

was slow,” Pete wrote in an e-mail to me. “The Anglers Center live

remote is a great event -- good seminars and lots of great tackle

deals.”

Angler Center’s Dean Plant told me, “This is our third season

opener event and looks like it will be the best yet. The top raffle

prize is a trip to Buena Vista Beach Resort.”

Also, the Anglers Center’s Season Opener Fishing Tackle Expo and

Seminar Day will have more than 25 manufacturers set up in the

parking lot with their displays. Plant has scheduled several

seminars, including on proper rigging techniques, Baja travel and

stand-up fish fighting techniques. These seminars will be given by

fishing experts Dennis Braid, Jonathan Roldan, Barry Brightenburg and

Kit McNear.

Anglers Center is at 419 Old Newport Blvd. in Newport Beach. For

more information, call (949) 642-6662 or visit www.anglerscenter.com.

You can tune in to Pete and Marty every Saturday and Sunday on the

50,000-watt “Mighty 1090” and on the Web at www.hookup690.com.

While you are enjoying the festivities, remember those of us who

will cruise on the Pacific Ocean.

Safe voyages.

* MIKE WHITEHEAD is the Pilot’s boating and harbor columnist. Send

him your harbor and marine-related thoughts and story suggestions by

e-mail to Mike@BoathouseTV.com or visit BoathouseTV.com.