I had hoped to finish crossing to my last three Southern California oil rigs today, June 21, 2010, but the weather forecast off Gaviota seemed iffy, so I decided to cross again to oil rig Eureka, but this time from another direction. Eureka is 8 nautical miles off the coast and the southernmost oil rig in California. When I crossed to it previously, I launched from Alamitos Bay, which in the City of Long Beach and County of Los Angeles.This time I wanted to bring oil rig Eureka down to Orange County, where so many people chanted, “Drill, Baby, Drill!” So I launched from Newport Harbor for the 25 nautical mile round trip.
With west swell and light south wind, the water was lumpy and crossed up. Progress was slow, and after about 2 hours, I almost turned around, but I decided the suffering would be good for me. It took me 4 hours to get to Eureka and 3½ hours to get back to Newport. It was a long day bouncing around on the water but worth it to make the Orange County connection.
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