Headed for Two Harbors five day weekend

[caguy]

Is anyone going to Two Harbors this weekend. by the time I get there on Friday I don't expect to find any mornings available so I will stay at Cat harbor.I have been wanting to anchor there for a long time.
if anyone's going to be in the neighborhood let me know so we can down a few beers together.

 

[Rick D]

Mooring Reservations

Enjoy! While we love Cat Harbor, if you want something on the other side, there is a newly-installed on-line reservation system that may work for you. This is not the old system that was trashed. FYI, the showers are now $2 for three minutes, so it will cost you $4 unless you are really fast. Take a Sun Shower. Here's a link to the reservation system:
http://www.visitcatalinaisland.com/camping-boating/two-harbors-boating/mooring-fees

 

[caguy]

tTanks Rick I've been there many times. I tried to log on to the new system just to make sure everything went smoothly. I didn't want to wait until Thursday at 10Pm when it opens to have problems. When I had difficulty logging on I called the harbor master and she indicated that there would not be any reservations available before the opening time of 10PM Thursday.That is one of the reasons why I am staying in cat harbor.

 

[Rick D]

Understandable

tTanks Rick I've been there many times. I tried to log on to the new system just to make sure everything went smoothly. I didn't want to wait until Thursday at 10Pm when it opens to have problems. When I had difficulty logging on I called the harbor master and she indicated that there would not be any reservations available before the opening time of 10PM Thursday.That is one of the reasons why I am staying in cat harbor.

Yea, Caguy, that's what some of my other friends said too. Don't want to wait that long. Understandable. Certainly nothing the matter with Cat! After being on the wait list for Isthmus, Cherry, Emerald and Cat, I came up first in Cat after 13 years waiting. I took it figuring I would move over when I came up elsewhere. After a while, we decided we preferred Cat and removed our names from the other coves. Had the mooring for about 14 years now. Difference of about an hour and a half from Long Beach; no big deal once you're on the water.

 

[Kings Gambit]

A few years ago I tried to anchor in Cat Harbor on Friday night of LD weekend. I actually did anchor but it was so congested that I had to shoehorn between a couple of big [one really big] power boats and hang on very short scope (ca. 1.5:1) all evening. To say the place was a ZOO was an understatement. Next morning (Saturday), wife and I and another couple went to Santa Barbara Island [25 n.mi. distant from Cat]. BEAUTIFUL day; a grand total of nine (9) boats at Landing Cove. Went ashore; hiked; dinked around the island, etc. I stood in total wonderment. There we were, two nights of a 3-day weekend in a gorgeous Marine Park only 45 miles from 9 million people (or about 20,000 boats) with only 9 others to share with!!!! While most of the rest of the So. Cal. boating scene was jammed up at Catalina Island, surrounded by unending hoopla, standing in line for an overpriced Buffalo Milk, & overlain by the steady hum of Honda 2000 generators running on more than half the boats, and paying $$$ for the privilege. Have fun!!!


PS Normally, Cat Harbor is one of our favorite anchorages!!!