Andres
I am from Dana Point as well and I work on a yacht in the harbor as a deckhand/second ticket, the going rate for captains is 1000 per foot per year (65'=65000k) give or take the variables of experience and qualifications. I have known very few people to just get handed the captains seat without years of experience on the deck/in the cockpit as a fulltime crew member, the Catalina express captains I believe make around 100-125 a year plus benefits I could be wrong though. Not bad for driving and boat back and forth 32.2 miles haha.
As far as deliveries go it is usually based on a few factors the total cost of fuel and supplies as well as distance and days at sea. There is really no set rate for deliveries because there are a lot of people that do them therefore many different price rates. for a captain on a delivery I would expect about 250-350 a day depending on the size of the boat and difficulty of the trip, iv done some where you just get on the boat and drive iv done others where we had to load the boat with the supplies and fuel (with the owners credit card of course)
I would love to talk to you some more about it if you would like, feel free to shoot me an email and we can chat
Mvheavyd@yahoo.com
Chris