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Paul Irving, Tide Book Press
Many of you may met Paul Irving,
one of the Association’s Sustaining Members at our last CAHMPC
conference in Sacramento, where
he presented his custom tide books.
He’s getting ready to
publish his custom
2024 Tide Books for
his clients, but he
agreed to take the
time to talk to us for
Wheel Watch
Living on a tidal-dependent bay, I
check the tides every day to plan
my boating activities. If there’s
more than 3 feet of water in the
back bay, I row there. If not, I have
to drive to deeper water in the north end of
Morro Bay. Watching
the tides has become
second nature to me.
Wheel Watch:
Thanks for taking the
time to speak with
us. We like to learn
more about our membership through these
Wheel Watch articles.
It sounds like you go
boating, or at least
rowing, pretty often.
How long have you
been an active boater?
I have over 4 decades
of boating experience.
I ran a small sailing
school and charter
Paul Irving
For starters, where do you
company in Morro Bay back in the
live?
90’s. With a 25-ton Near Coastal
Masters Ticket, I’ve taught hunMy home port is Baywood Park,
dreds of people to sail and introlocated on the south shore of Morro
duced thousands to sailing through
Bay. As coincidence would have it,
charters on the bay and near- coastI live right across the street from
al charters. I’ve also been actively
your Board President Andrea Luracing sailboats out of the Morro
eker.
Bay Yacht Club, and I run the bigWhat got you so interested in tides
gest o昀昀shore sailing race on the
that you decided to publish tide
Central Coast.
books?
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