In very bad news for the Ventura Harbor merchants, and Venturans the tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain have left the Ventura Harbor and sailed back to the Channel Islands Harbor. This was due to storm action and an unusually large amount of sand at the harbor entrance where conditions were getting too dangerous for them to exit and return to the harbor. Dredging equipment could not be brought in in time.
They were to be in Ventura until Feb.8.
