4 Men, a Boat and a Catalina Island Trip That Gave Me Perspective on Sailing Into Midlife

Turning 30 signals a new period in life. Time to cross something off your bucket list.

Catalina, about 30 nautical miles off the coast, is a common overnight sailing destination from Los Angeles. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS

By Terry Castleman From Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES—As the seasons turned from summer to fall this year, I turned 30 years old. To mark the milestone, I wrote an account of my sailing adventure to Catalina Island—the first first-person piece of my 4½ years at The Times.