[CINC] Family-run Island Packers takes visitors to see ocean life

[staci at savzsea.com]

Very good article about Island Packers in todays July 6th Ventura County
Star newspaper.
Also on the same page (on the web) in the Media player is a short but
informative video about San Nicolas Island.

http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/06/still-on-board/

Family-run Island Packers takes visitors to see ocean life and on trips
to the islands 
 
Just off our coast, humpback whales are leaping out of water, to the
delight of throngs, and blue whales, the largest sentient beings ever,
are about to arrive for a summer's stay. At Anacapa Island, the foghorn
sounds every 12 seconds — an especially eerie groan in the dead of
night. Campsites on nearby Santa Cruz Island are as popular as ever.
Farther out, the wind howls at San Miguel Island with a fury that
stretches back before recorded time. For 40 years now, another constant
has been Island Packers, the Ventura-based boat company that has been
the public's gateway to marine wildlife, hiking, camping, sea dives and
a host of other experiences in Channel Islands National Park.

Providing service to a string of rocks strewn across the local expanse
of sea is not your average everyday bit of commerce. Nor is the story of
Island Packers an ordinary one.

Island Packers began as Bill Connally's dream .....
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/06/still-on-board/