I have a 69 Coronado 25 I am docked in Wilmington CA (behind terminal island) I try to go sailing every weekend but I have been painting the interior so I haven't been out since summer (mostly because of the rains) if you do a youtube search for coronado 25, hurricane gulch, san pedro you'll find a few of my videos, just day sailing. These boats can handle the Catalina channel with no problem providing you have a good outboard, I have an 8 hp on mine and it work great. If you want to check out mine let me know.