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welcome to channel islands national park
the park headquarters is located in
ventura please arrive on time
when you arrive take one of the life
jackets we have provided and then sign
the boat manifest
remain on the back deck until crane
operations are over
if you are a first timer on the park
boat you will receive a one-time
briefing from the superintendent or
designated park staff explaining the
rules
you will also receive current tide and
weather information from the boat
captain you must honestly consider all
of the information provided before
deciding to continue onto the park boat
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on this trip you will be traveling to
santa barbara island on board the ocean
ranger
santa barbara is 54 miles from ventura
and with a brief stop at anacapa it
could take over three hours to reach the
island
you will be arriving at the landing cove
where you will go ashore
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please remember our boat captains are in
charge and must be obeyed
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anytime you are outside the cabin you
must have your life jacket on and
buckled properly
if you feel for any reason that you
should not step across to the island
please speak up and you can stay on
board
the captain with cause can order you to
stay on board and you must follow their
instructions in order to ride on park
boats in the future
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the boat does not tie up to the dock but
instead maneuvers alongside of it in an
operation called live boating
a deckhand on board will help you cross
to the island safely please listen to
what they have to say
when the platform on the boat lines up
with the ladder on the dock you will be
instructed to go
and you must go carefully because the
boat will not stay in position for long
crossing to the island may look easy but
it is not you must focus on what you are
doing
ignore distractions
and avoid normalizing risk
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well i'm gonna i'm up here because
you're watching the data council
but
but i haven't talked you back onto the
boat to this boat done island packers
step from the boat here but now you're
going to go down the ladder
third round
okay third rod
and then i'm gonna be standing there
and i'm going to be in a good solid
position so if you
you go down you do your pirouette you
one of these i'm going to grab you or
you can grab me i'm going to be in a
good video okay okay pretty good
no nobody pushes your ankle nothing
everybody's solid
okay let's go
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when getting back on the boat the tide
might be lower and you will have to go
down the ladder a few rungs
the deckhand on board may ask you to
wait while the boat gets back into
position please listen to what they have
to say
and then move carefully and decisively
back to the boat
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