[C38] wow, north along the Pacific coast?

[D. R. Strong]

Anders: It won't be much sailing from here to Puget sound. It will be 
lots of lots of bashing into north winds and waves. Another way of 
putting it is as "one mutha of a motor against prevailing winds with 
widely separated, difficult to enter, refuges . A guy in our marina did 
it in some huge nordic trawler and used multiple thousands of gallons of 
fuel. Stayed up there two years before returning.  Another guy I know 
cruised from SF to Puget Sound on I10 at 55 mph behind a truck that he 
hired, then he cruised back down by the same route. Said he had a lovely 
time. An oceanographer friend of mine begins technical presentations 
with the observation that norCal, Oregon, and Washington combine to make 
the windiest coast in the world outside of the Southern Ocean.
Don

Anders Finn wrote:
> I've never been out there but if you need any crew for a portion of it
> to or from SF, gimme a shout!
>
> Anders
>
> On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 16:17 -0800, ssorton at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>   
>> This summer during July/August I'm contemplating sailing our boat from
>> Southern California North to Puget Sound- some 1450 miles.  The
>> distance actually traveled could be twice the point to point distance
>> due head winds.  My question to the Cat 38 group is, does anybody have
>> experience making this trip?  Do you follow the coast putting into 3
>> or 4 ports, or sail westerly and make a right return?
>>  
>> Thank you for any advice,  Steve Orton (Santa Susanna- # 304)
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