05/06/2018
Avalon Rotary Club
Third Annual Catalina Island Chili Cook Off, Call for Entries.
Avalon Rotary Club Foundation is inviting cooks, chefs and novices to join in the third annual Catalina Island Chili Cook Off. Competition categories include Judges and People’s choices for Chili recipes and People’s Choice for Salsa recipes. Prizes totaling over $3,000 will be awarded.
Entrants are responsible for delivering prepared food by 11 am on Festival Day, May 26th, 2018. Creative naming to draw attention to its unique characteristics is encouraged as are team entries like fire departments, business or industry groups. Participants who attend and serve their food will be issued two complimentary tickets to the event.
The Chili Cook Off is slated for Saturday May 26th (Memorial Day Weekend), from 1 to 6 pm. On Avalon’s South Beach. Adult admission is $20, children 5-11 are $5 and under age 5 are free. There will be booths for chili and salsa tastings, beer and wine, snacks, raffle items and souvenirs. The top winner gets an entry into the End Polio Now Chili Cook Off at Angel Stadium September 15, 2018. A dunk tank and Lego’s for kids will also be available.
The event is sponsored by the Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau Holiday Inn Resort Catalina Island, Vons store of Avalon and the Catalina Island Foundation. Southern Wine & Spirits, Catalina Beverage Company, Catalina Divers Supply, City of Avalon, Island Water Charters, Journey Catalina, Catalina Island Company, Lost Coast Brewery, Brown's Bikes, Lloyds of Avalon Confectionery, Catalina Business Enterprises, Catalina Hot Spots, Catalina Printing, Fine Line Construction, Hotel Mac Rae on Catalina Island, Catalina Island Jet Ski and Electric Bike Rentals, Leo's Catalina Drug Store, Chet's Hardware, the Bombard Family, Catalina Island Golf Cart Rentals, Ciao-Baci Catalina Island, Catalina Room Escape, and IEX Helicopters.
For more information or to pay your entry fees on line go to Eventbrite.com and search Catalina Island Chili Cook Off. Contact Nicole Hohenstein for entry information @ [email protected] .
04/15/2018
Luckily this guy had Boat US insurance!
09/18/2017
TowBoatUS Catalina Rescues Man Lost At Sea - BD Outdoors
Captain Nathan Lins saves a man overboard from extreme peril.
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Captain Nathan Lins of TowBoatUS Catalina was in the right spot and the right time and became a hero when he found and saved a man lost at sea recently.
08/01/2017
San Clemente Island, Near Fish Hook. We've been there many times this last week. Free tows back with your gold card.
07/27/2017
Sunset cruises here at we're always working for our members.
07/12/2017
BoatUS
Don't forget to snap a photo on the water to enter our Photo Contest! You'll be entered for a chance to win an Airhead cockpit tube, SailorBags duffel, ThrowRaft device, and more boating prize packs! See contest details at BoatUS.com/pride.
07/06/2017
Picture taken of our boat from boat. Baywatch responded with LA County Fire to this vessel in distress with reported engine fire. Firefighters quickly determined there was no fire and secured the oil leak causing the smoke. We then towed the vessel to Huntington Harbor at no charge under his gold card membership. :TowBoatUS Capt:
06/26/2017
Monday's at the office...
05/28/2017
BoatUS Foundation
Discounted float coats for only $30! Coast Guard approved! Get yours before they are gone! boatus.org/bodyglove
05/21/2017
HUGE thank you goes out to for keeping our crew full when we drag members back to Newport. They not only have a great staff but the best around. Give them a follow, better yet, go eat good food!!
05/13/2017
See ya Isthmus... next stop San Pedro. All for free with this members gold card. It pays (or saves) to be a member. Sign up today!
05/03/2017
It's a beautiful day out here in Avalon, Catalina. Head on over to the island this week before the rain comes! BUT! Don't forget to buy your unlimited towing membership first.
05/02/2017
TowBoatUS San Francisco Bay & Delta
Check out BoatUS's new and improved free app.
Check out the updated Towing App!! It's a great tool for all our customers.
http://www.boatus.com/towing/app.asp
04/24/2017
Birds eye view of our "TowBoatU.S. Catalina" coming back into Avalon harbor after a cross channel tow.
04/20/2017
Came across our neighbors from .s._san_pedro_del_rey in their Rocky Point boat.
04/19/2017
C-PORT (Conference of Professional Operators for Response Towing)
Read the latest news and information affecting the marine assistance towing and salvage industry.
04/16/2017
Happy Easter! Boat is fueled up and ready to assist boaters and continue this busy weekend.
04/09/2017
The sunrises here on Catalina aren't too bad. Thanks for sending us your picture.
04/09/2017
BoatUS
Is that a chartplotter in your pocket? Read about a powerful new navigation app for your smartphone in this week’s most-read article from BoatUS Magazine.
04/07/2017
Licensed captains with commercial towing endorsement. Please email Greg at [email protected]
03/24/2017
With all the recent rain we have got, the ocean views of this island aren't the only beautiful thing to look at.
03/14/2017
Avalon's Green Pier today in the fog.
03/13/2017
BoatUS
Summer is closer than you think! Time to get ready for a fun, safe and successful season.
Boating season is right around the corner. Run through this countdown to make sure all systems are a go.
03/02/2017
Our captain Gregory Dreischmeyer () attended the 2nd annual California Boating Congress with C-PORT to lobby on behalf of recreational boaters and the Professional Towing industry to make our waterways and boaters safer.
02/17/2017
Southern California is having a storm right now, so head on over to website to sign up/renew/upgrade your so you won't have to pay to see this boat this summer.
02/13/2017
Thanks for keeping our wheels clean.
02/10/2017
You can see us coming miles away...
02/07/2017
It's been about two years since we played sand box on front beach to dig out three grounded vessels after the storm on 12/30/15.
02/04/2017
...and another happy member delivered to Davies ramp in Los Alamitos Bay, Long Beach CA at no charge. 📷 PC:
02/02/2017
Getting a call at 4AM ✔️ Catch another beautiful SoCal sunrise ✔️ Another happy member that received a free tow ✔️ ... go sign up!
01/28/2017
Congratulations to Greg Dreischmeyer for receiving Dispatches Choice Award two years in a row!!! 👍🏻👍🏻
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