Sailing Los Angeles to vancouver
 

I was wondering if anyone has sailed the west coast from LA to Vancouver at this time of year or any other. How was the trip? I have heard it is an uncomfortable sail heading north, is that true?

This is a bad time to go. Killed some folks on the Washington Coast just a week or so back and there was a discussion about a similar trip made a couple years ago here:

http://www.sailnet.com/forums/genera...boat-lost.html

Delite,
This subject has been covered before, try this:
http://www.sailnet.com/forums/cruisi...ov-2008-a.html

Kind of long but pretty much covers it

Dabnis

Thanks for your thoughts. I wont be doing this trip.

Go to Hawaii first.... no kidding!

exactly, make it fun, and go through Hawaii. The bvest time to go north along the coast is early. but Hawaii will always be easier.....i2f

Other than going to Hawaii, the standard two word answer is:

"truck it."

What does go early mean ? January February ?

SORRY,


Early fall you can get some good windows of flat calm. Otherwise it can be hell. Have you read 2 YEARS BEFORE THE MAST?

In my gallery are 2 dolphins in flat calm crossing my bow at Point Conception. 2 years earlier in the exact same spot it was 50+mph wind, and 20ft+ seas. Winter is not a good time to do the coast north......i2f

Early fall...OK that makes more sense.....Jan, Feb seemed like a good way to commit suicide.

Hawaii sounds good.

ps -yep read Dana....but some years ago now...maybe time for a re read.