Now Playing: Underway Marina Del Rey to Alamitos Bay
Palos Verdes Penninsula.
I was headed to the Island, but I hung a left for Los Alamitos where I've reserved a slip for ten days to work and do some rigging repairs.
It's been foggy since sun-up and the wind just won't blow. I'm down to a quarter of a tank of diesel anyway.
I've just rounded Long Point and am headed into the cove friend Mike Killian and I have been discussing, Smuggler's Cove.
The little east facing hook just south of that has a chart name of Inspiration Point. Being just around the bend from the nudist beach, I see what they mean.
It's the first place I ever anchored. Used to sail out of Ports O' Call in San Pedro with my friend, Rick every Sunday. The skipper of the boat used to entertain exotic dancers and many of them would sail with us.
Our first time anchoring at "Inspiration" Point, the girl's disrobed and dove off the boat into the water. I thought, "Heck, When with the Romans...." And dove in myself au natural.
I often think, "is that the reason I'm sailing today?" One perfect afternoon can change your whole life.
Too cold and foggy for a skinny-dip today. Going in for a look and pick up a GPS coordinate.
Report: Smuggler's Cove
The little bay north of that is the famous nudist beach. The little point on the north side is Portugese Point. The bay shows 3 fathoms on the chart, 18'.
I'd anchor off here on a sunny day and go in the dinghy and survey it before I'd spend the night there. You gotta know where and what you're swinging over. Protection from the NW wind. There's a 2-4 foot swell running from the SW and it doesn't seem to be hitting the shore there very hard. Good calm weather anchorage...not a place for a blow.
Now, I'll get back on course for LA Harbor.
Noel Diotte
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