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of sunny, warm weather. Such
was not the case, however, on this
particular weekend and trouble
started brewing early when stormy
weather began forming
on, yes, Friday the 13th.
By Saturday, the
northwesterly winds
had blown into a full-
scale gale and on Sun-
day, the day of the race,
the race committee
wisely decided to trans-
form the "Around the
Island" race into tWO
round trips from Avalon
to Ship Rock at the Isth-
mus, a course which theoretically
kept participants in the leeward
and presumably Calmer waters of
the Island's lee side.
On the day of the race, Movi-
etone camera crews were strategi-
cally placed around the Island and
a seaplane flew overhead to keep
an eye on things.
Once the race began, the 30-odd
contestants faced pounding swells.
"All of the contestants received a
terrible jouncing," according to
the Catalina Islander story on the
event. The story adds that many
of the gasoline cans stored on the
vessels were punctured, filling the
Jim Watson
Columnist
cockpits with sloshing fuel.
Things got really bad once the
flotilla rounded Long Point, thus
exposing the craft to the North-
westedy swells wrapping around
the West End. There, the race
became one of "physical endur-
ance, skill and courage
of the drivers, rather
than the speed of the
different motors," ac-
cording to the Islander.
It was here, past Long
Point, that most of the
boats were swamped
and all of the contes-
tants-save "one--had
to be rescued.
That one surviving
craft was the "Sea Sled"
owned by a Raymond V. Morris of
San Diego and skippered by Ley-
land Jenkins, also of San Diego. At
2:01 p.m., after nearly four hours
of brutal pounding, the "Sea Sled"
crossed the finish line at Avalon
Bay, earning Morris and Jenkins
the winner's trophy.
Of special (and nowadays
quaint) recognition on the part of
Mott was the effort by "Miss Lo-
retta Turnbull,:' driver of the boat
"By Gum." She was awarded a
trophy by Jim Fouch of radio sta-
tion KMIC who exclaimed, "Any
girl that will battle such choppy
seas in a little outboard motor for
redness
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tnore than two hours is entitled to
a trophy ... "
Despite hearty proclamations
of holding the race again at some
future date, no attempt was made
to continuethe race as an annual
event. Today, the "Sea Sled" resides
in the collections of the Catalina Is-
land Museum, perhaps one day to
be exhibited again to the world.
PLANNING COMMISSION, CITY OF AVALON
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER19, 2012 AT 7:00 RM.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Avalon Planning Commission
will hold PUBLIC HEARINGS to consider the following items at the
September meeting to be held on Wednesday, September 19, 2012,
at 7:00 p.m., in the COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 410 AVALON CANYON
ROAD, AVALON CALIFORNIA,
1 .Consideration of an Ordinance amendiog the Avalon Municipal
Code related to High Density Residential Development Stanclards to
allow existing hotels in the High Density zone the use of a Restaurant/
Bar/Caf~ with a Conditional Use Permit.
2.A Public Hearing for a Local Coastal Development Permit, Setback
Variances, and Site Plan application for a Multi- Unit Structure, at 115
Upper Terrace Road. This application is outside of the appealable area
to the Coastal Commission. (A determination as to this project's status
under the California Environmental Quality Act will be made by the
Commission).
Owner: Catalina Irrevocable Trust-
Suzanne Vasu Trustee
Applicant:Same
Location: 115 Upper Terrace Road
APN: 7480-009-007
PC#2493 Zone: Medium Density
File Date:August 21, 2012
3.A Public Hearing for a Negative Declaration and Site Plan appli-
cation to repair the seawall at 302 and 304 Crescent Avenue. This
Coastal Commission will process the Local Coastal Permit for this ap-
plication.
Owner: Santa Catalina Island Company
Applicant:Same
Location: 302 & 304 Crescent Avenue
APN: 7480-021-007
PC#2494 Zone: Resort/Recreational
Members from the Public who would like to address the Planning
Commission may appear at the public hearing during the consid-
eration of this item and state their opinion. Written comments may
also be submitted to the planning Department, attention Planning-
Director Cook, PC Box 707, Avalon, CA 90704 prior to the Planning
Commission's consideration of the item. If you challenge the actions
of the Planning Commission in court, you may be limited to raising
only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing
described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the
Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Anyone may appeal any decision made by the Commission to the
City Council. To appeal, you must file a written appeal, and include an
appeal fee of $842.00 with the City Clerk within fifteen (15) calendar
days of such action. Any person challenging actions of the Planning
Commission may be limited to issues he or someone else raises in
writing prior to or orally at the hearing. All actions on Local Coastal
Development permits seaward of the appealable area boundary
(within 300 ft. of established mean high tide line) may be appealed by
any aggrieved person to the Coastal Commission
By: Amanda Cook, Director of Planning
Posted: City Hall, Friday, September 7, 2012
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