Island Packers: California’s Gateway to the Channel Islands

Island Packers: California’s Gateway to the Channel Islands

From Ventura Harbor, the sleek white vessels of Island Packers glide out of the marina and into open water, their bows pointed toward a string of rugged islands on the horizon. The journey takes less than two hours, but in that short passage, passengers cross an invisible boundary, leaving behind the hum of freeways and commerce for a world shaped entirely by wind, tide, and time. For more than half a century, Island Packers has served as the es…