Whiskey Chaser
Rick: we won't be there; off to HI for a couple of weeks on a cruise. If you have not been to Two Harbors this year, you'll be impressed by the improvements to the plaza area. Yes, that's my marina (Shoreline) in downtown Long Beach, across the channel from the Queen Mary. It is 'interesting' to come in at night from the south east. The shore lights and lights from the container operations blanket the area and there are lots of anchored barges, oil islands, moorings and ships in the inner harbor. Makes for a busy bunch of targets on the radar. It would be intimidating to enter w/o a good chart plotter and radar. For example, I passed within 150 feet of the end of the breakwater in clear night conditions and could not make out the light even when I knew where it was. It was just lost amid the jumble of other lights. I use the night vision scope and binoc's too. I find I have to turn down the radar gain a lot to avoid the targets bleeding way out from their actual bearings. Good sailing. Rick D.
