04-06-2008
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Cruiser/Lats and Atts TV
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Friday Harbor, WA
Posts: 372
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From Strangeflow's comment of "I don't want to wait", it looks like he's interested in bringing the boat up here now, or at least very soon. SF to Washington this time of year would be a cold, wet, miserable slog against prevailing currents. Figure on at least a couple of weeks, most likely including time spent in harbor waiting for a weather window. Of course, you may end up waiting offshore for a window to even cross some of the bars into harbor on the Oregon coast. But it would be great adventure, that's for sure! And good reading for the rest of us... 
I had a neighbor many years ago who was a boat hauler for one of the companies on the west coast (I believe it was Norgard). He would just shake his head at all the things that would go wrong - schedules, broken boats and parts, etc. He said it really helps, though it annoys most drivers, when you follow the boat in your own car from haulout to splashing.
From everything I have heard/read, when hauling a boat that far, your chances of everything going fine and according to plan or having something go wrong are probably 50/50.
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