EP 30: Sailing Channel Islands - Albert's and Yellowbanks In this episode, we continue our sailing to the Channel Islands, we point our bow towards Santa Cruz Island and get a little bit of sailing in before anchoring at Alberts anchorage. The fog finally burns off and we spend time fishing and exploring before setting off to Yellow Banks anchorage, another favorite in Channel Islands National Park. We explore the remote islands and get a real taste of cruising in California. We hope you enjoy this adventure and join us as we spend a couple weeks cruising west coast and enjoying the remote anchorages!! Cheers, Jack and Sonya, and boat cat Fathom Two the Horizon crew ❤️ Make sure to subscribe to our channel to follow along on our sailing adventures! -- Thanks to our Patron crew for their endless support to continue making these videos! -- BECOME A PATRON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/twothehorizonsailing Need gear for your own boat? We absolutely love all of our Mantus Marine products and they have the best customer service! They over engineer their products which range from waterproof headlamps to anchors and scuba gear! Shop using the link below, it's free to you and we receive a small kickback that goes straight into the cruising kitty! https://www.mantusmarine.com/?affiliates=111 Check out our official Merchandise and snag on of our original designs: https://my-store-11480708.creator-spring.com - Music: Wander - Ikson Excelsior - River Foxcroft Loxely - Of Water Waterfall - Cristen Astin - https://www.stellandsnuggs.com/​ I Remember Well - Cody Francis Borrowed Matches - Tape Machine #Channelislands #sailingchannelislands #sailchannelislands #pacificsailing #offshoresailing #visitchannelislands

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when we left off we had packed up the

boat with provisions and headed down the

california coast with our friend nikki

we arrived to exciting weather at santa

rosa island

just to wake up the next morning to a

complete calm as if the wind had never

been there the night before

we raised our sails and pointed our bow

towards santa cruz island

headed for our next anchorage

all right well the fog has rolled in

we just loaded right into it

so coaches is just over there in the fog

we just went to try and check it out but

it's really small and there's one boat

already in there

so we're gonna take a look at albert

sanchez which is just around this corner

we'll see what we find it's really tough

because it's super foggy out

ready

all right i am on the paddle board i

just set our stern hook

it's really small and tucked in between

these crazy rock faces

all right fog burn off whenever you'd

like we weren't about to let a little

fog

keep us from enjoying our surroundings

one two three

alberts anchorage was made a popular

dive destination back in the 60s

they set up small beach huts on shore to

welcome visitors who came by boat to

dive the clear waters

guests would spend a couple of days

diving and sleeping in the beach huts

but with wet winters dangerous

landslides

and too many roaming guests exploring

parts of the island that weren't allowed

they closed up shop by 1969

jack grabbed the gopro and went to check

out our running gear below the water

line

her bottom looked pretty clean but when

he got close to the prop

he noticed something very alarming see

the bronze ring to the left of the anode

that's our cutlass bearing it's not

supposed to be visible like that

but don't worry we'll eventually open

that whole can of worms but that'll have

to be for a future video

the fog burned off and by the afternoon

that's when the fish began to bite

we were stoked to be putting food on the

table in the most sustainable way

possible

straight from the ocean

yes fish tacos

another fish kitties in the net okay

get out of there get out of there so i

can cover this

thanks everyone for your efforts team

effort once again

anchoring fishing cooking cleaning

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all right we are headed to coaches to

check it out by dinghy

gemini is over there and we're headed

over there

to check out this other little anchorage

looked like a sweet spot so we made a

mental note to come back to this

anchorage the next time we came to the

islands

all right it is time to move to our next

anchorage

we are leaving albert's anchorage and we

are heading

i think to yellow banks so that's at the

eastern end of santa cruz island we're

gonna go check that out

there is also smuggler's cove right

around the corner so we might also go

there

but we're ready to move on so we'll see

what we find at the next spot

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as i detangled the stern hook from kelp

and raised it into the dinghy

i didn't even notice that i had brought

a stowaway on board

so i just picked up our stern hook

and look what i found

in the dinghy oh my goodness

wow hi little guy

wow they're so crazy how they move

with our octopus friend safely back in

the water we headed for the eastern end

of the island towards yellow banks

anchorage

here we have yellow banks

anchorage and then just past this little

rock formation here it kind of sticks

out

we've got smugglers cove which is right

ahead of us here

anna kappa is over there

in the distance behind us

once we settled in it was time to cool

off

i went for the classic cannonball but

jack took a slightly sillier approach

okay guys

while we cooled off nikki whipped up

some tasty tacos with the fish from our

catch at alberts

good luck all right we are on a fishing

excursion nikki's on the boat with

fathom

and we are hopefully coming back with

some dinner

we caught one rockfish and spent a while

swimming off the dinghy before heading

back to the mothership

we're back

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you want to see a fish when we got here

earlier today it was just us

in the anchorage and then we swam

and we went fishing and we went took a

little nap

and then we woke up and

there are boats and we live

behind us and one of our neighbors

dinghy was drifting away so jack just

went to save it

how'd it go it was definitely drifting

huh

well good thing you saved it save the

day

it is night what four of hodgepodge

dinners

we've been pretty good for hodgepodge

finding whatever veggies need to be

eaten first

out of the fridge and usually either

rice or quinoa or pasta

tonight we're having some grilled

sausages with it

and one little fish that we caught today

sweet it's gonna be delicious we had an

early night as we planned to go hiking

on shore the next morning

we landed the dinghy at smuggler's cove

not super gracefully at all

what do you think nikki my clothes were

very wet

we almost flipped the dinghy it's

definitely not the easiest spot to

beat your dinghy maybe someone's got a

trick that we don't know about

but we're gonna go on a hike now and see

what we can find

up in the mountains off we go

[Applause]

as we gained elevation our filmmaking

got more and more

dramatic

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you guys did amazing

single take on that shot we're killing

it today

just killing it with the cinematography

here on santa cruz island

it's just so picturesque and beautiful

nothing could go wrong

beside the fact that i'm sweating and

this

uphill never seems to end

as we reach the top of the hill we could

see santa barbara channel

little scorpion and scorpion anchorage

we also noticed

that the land around us was scorched

from a large fire that had ravished the

island

just six months before it was then that

we ran into a park ranger

who kindly told us that we weren't

supposed to be hiking through the burn

area but we wouldn't know this because

the signs that marked the closed trail

had been delayed delivery due to covid

how long did it take to get the fire to

patrol

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so we are back at smugglers

we are back at smugglers cove we went on

a beautiful hike

and now we are back at the beach and the

tide has gone out

significantly which i'm hoping will help

our whole

dinghy situation because landing it was

definitely not very smooth so

fingers crossed we can do better on the

way out

okay it's still there

back at the beach we passed the remnants

of an old shipwreck on shore

and made our plan to avoid swamping the

dinghy on the way back out

we decided that jack would hop in the

dinghy and fire up the outboard to get

past the breaking waves go for it

though the gopro footage doesn't do it

justice

jack barely made it over that wave nikki

and i followed him out past the break

and hopped back into the dinghy

we deemed the dinghy mission successful

and headed back to the boat for lunch

beautiful so that here's the deal with

the turkey guys

okay it was slimy but it didn't smell

bad

it didn't taste bad so i rinsed it great

and i dry those

napkins i love it real cruising life

we left yellow banks after breakfast and

had our sights set on going to little

scorpion anchorage

which we had heard wonders about all

right so we woke up this morning in

yellow banks

and we decided we were heading to little

scorpion

anchorage just around the corner but we

got here and there's about

four or five boats anchored it is a

sunday

so there's probably a lot more people

out than normal

so now we are headed west towards

potato harbor so

right over there is scorpion anchorage

we saw it from the hilltop up there

yesterday on our hike

and it's cool to see it from a different

angle

let's see what's around this point here

join us next time as we bypass

crowded little scorpion to anchor at the

most beautiful spot we have seen

so far thanks for watching

we'll catch you next time and until then

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