Join Us for Some Prime SoCal Cruising

If you’d love to use your boat for something more ambitious than a Central Bay daysail but aren’t ready to enter the cruising lifestyle full-time, we’ve got the perfect solution: Join us on the fourth annual SoCal Ta-Ta rally, a weeklong, one-directional cruising rally from Santa Barbara to Catalina Island. Dates are September 11-17, and we still have room for more fun-loving sailors to register.

Designed so that all legs are off the wind and can be completed in daylight hours, the rally’s reggae-themed fun begins in Santa Barbara on Sunday, September 11, with a kick-off party on the beach at the Santa Barbara YC. The next day, the fleet sails to Santa Cruz Island (25 miles) for a two-day stay that includes plenty of free time for hiking ashore, kayaking or snorkeling. On at least one night of the rally, each skipper and ‘admiral’ will be invited aboard the mothership, Profligate, for sundowners with the Rally Committee.

The next leg (18 miles) is to Channel Islands Harbor, where for the last two years the great folks at Vintage Marina and Channel Islands Marina have provided a terrific site for the fleet BBQ — and free berthing for almost the entire fleet!

Thursday is the 22-mile sail down the beach past County Line and around Point Dume to Paradise Cove, for a mellow overnight on the hook. Then it’s off to Catalina (36 miles), where we’ll spend two nights at Two Harbors, with a BBQ party ashore. 

Not only does the Ta-Ta serve as an ideal shakedown for future cruising, but it’s always a whole lot of fun for all ages, and you can’t help but forge a few lasting friendships along the way. Due to docking space limitations, we can only accept 50 entries, so don’t procrastinate. What do you say? Will this be your year to Ta-Ta? To enter, or for more info, click here.