{"id":50,"date":"2011-03-05T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T21:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svbellamarina.eureka-apps.com\/2011\/03\/05\/marina-del-rey-to-ventura\/"},"modified":"2018-01-27T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T00:44:11","slug":"marina-del-rey-to-ventura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/svbellamarina.com\/2011\/03\/05\/marina-del-rey-to-ventura\/","title":{"rendered":"Marina del Rey to Ventura"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marina del Rey reminds me of Lake Union in Seattle. It’s the largest man-made marina on this coast and is located right next to Venice Beach and is a short cab ride away from LAX. Marina del Rey is possibly my new favorite place on this coast, and I would love to live here for a longer period.<\/p>\n

During my stay, I had a chance to rollerblade all the way to Santa Monica Pier. I kept a keen outlook for Pamela Anderson or any baywatch lifeguards, but alas, no luck. I also had the opportunity to visit some friends in the marina (after fixing my outboard) and had a great time here. But the goal presses on, Point Conception is waiting, so early Saturday morning I made my passage to Ventura, to be just a little closer to round Point Conception.<\/p>\n

The trip to Ventura was fast and easy. I even got to sail the last hour, before arriving in Ventura. Ventura is a very quiet place, well protected and I was very warmly received by members of Ventura Yacht Club. I had dinner and drinks at the club with yacht club members and I think Ventura Yacht Club might just be the friendliest yacht club on this coast. I stayed here for 3 days, while waiting for a gale to blow through.<\/p>\n

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Santa Monica. That’s the Santa Monica pier in the background. Always a very crowded place, but it was impossible to rollerblade on the pier (it’s made of large wooden boards).<\/p>\n

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Santa Monica’s version of Venice’ Muscle Beach. This is more of the yoga\/Thai chi crowd. Is that Pamela Anderson’s watchtower I see in the background :).<\/p>\n

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More Santa Monica Beach. They also had a gymnast wanna-bees section. I’m not impressed, because I’m married to a Romanian \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Leaving Marina del Rey, the sun had just come up. Like I said, my new favorite spot on the West Coast.<\/p>\n

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Rowing teams practicing in the morning. Brings back memories of being young and physically capable. Also reminds me of Newport.<\/p>\n

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Definitively a cute place.<\/p>\n

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According to Wikipedia (the world’s most trusted source…) there are 19 marinas here with a total capacity of 5300 boats.<\/p>\n

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Underway, I pass by Malibu. I tried to spot Charlie Sheen’s house (Two and a half men), but I have no idea what it looks like or if it even exists….<\/p>\n

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You can see the Channel Islands in the distance. If you look closely, you can also see the outlines of an oil rig.<\/p>\n

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Yes, I actually got to sail my sailboat for about 1 hour before arriving in Ventura.<\/p>\n

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A cute model of the Channel Islands that was on display in Ventura.<\/p>\n

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From a watch tower in Ventura I had a pretty good view of the harbor.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a view of the Ventura breakwater from the same tower.<\/p>\n

Location:Ventura, CA, United States<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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