Sailing Los Angeles to vancouver

[delite]

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?

[erps]

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

[dabnis]

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

[delite]

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

[Faster]

Go to Hawaii first.... no kidding!

[imagine2frolic]

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

[jackdale]

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

"truck it."

[tdw]

What does go early mean ? January February ?

[imagine2frolic]

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

[tdw]

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.