I would give myself 2 weeks to make this move. Get the boat prepared, make sure all systems are ready and able. If you just bought the boat, get used to it.
Make the trip in stages. Plan to stop in Port Townsend or Port Angeles or both for rest and refit. Get to Neah Bay. Rest and refit. Currents in the strait can be 5-6 knots, in and out bound. Lots of shipping. Lots of fog. Listen to VTS. Grays Harbor is really the only feasible rest stop between the Cape and The Columbia. Grays Harbor has a long bar. I spoke with a couple at Westport who had sailed up from Portland in a Cat 27, with an outboard like I have. They planned around the weather, and stayed put when the forecast was questionable. It can be done. La Push is a tiny inlet, and should not be considered as a rest stop. Iv'e been behind Destruction Island, the lee of the island anchoring area is rocky. (great bottom fishing) I have been off the Wash. coast in July and August in flat ass calms, and 30MPH+ winds, with long swells and thick summer fog. Use a GPS. Back in the late 70s and early 80s. we would voyage south down the 125 W line, lot of trawlers were out that far. I don't know if that fishery is still out there. As a former CG guy, I've been over the Columbia Bar in summer calms, and summer nastys. Watch the forecasts. Currents there are always variable, and strong. The winds can be strong. This is not a trip to be taken as a lark. Be prepared for the worst. File a float plan. Do a comms check in with the CG twice a day. Be willing to sit out and wait until bar conditions are favorable. I've been fishing in nice ocean swells with little wind 20 miles off. When recrossing the bar, it was a different world. It's not called the Graveyard of the Pacific for nothing. The river itself always has an outbound current. Give yourself 2 days to get from the mouth to Portland. Hiring a trucker is always an option. Rob K Hull # 1701, Cigognes in Olympia. --- In [email protected], Mark Akerman <akerma...@...> wrote: > > Probably two days with good weather. Just plan your timing accross > the Columbia River bar. I have not done this yet, so I can't advise you much. > > Mark A > Mad Hatter > C27 #5306 > Portland OR > > --- On Thu, 7/15/10, Mark Robertson <mrobert...@...> wrote: > > > From: Mark Robertson <mrobert...@...> > Subject: Re: [IC27A] boat move from seattle to portland > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 8:29 AM > > > How long would it take to sail from Seattle to Portland? That would be a > great adventure. > > >>> Mark Akerman <akerma...@...> 7/15/2010 9:25 AM >>> > > > > > > > > Congratulations and welcome! Where are you thinking of mooring your boat in > Portland? > > Mark A. > Mad Hatter > C27 #5306 > > --- On Thu, 7/15/10, lennytran <lenny.t...@gmail. com> wrote: > > > From: lennytran <lenny.t...@gmail. com> > Subject: [IC27A] boat move from seattle to portland > To: ic...@yahoogroups. com > Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 2:16 AM > > > > > hello, > > i'm fairly new to the forum - mostly 'looking around' for awhile but finally > bought my 1981 catalina 27 last night. anyway, the boat is currently in the > seattle area but i would like to move it down to portland this summer. what's > the best (and most economical) way to do this? i assume on a truck/trailer > but i have neither. any help would be greatly appreciated. > > and if anyone in the area has the appropriate truck/trailer and would like to > help, i would gladly pay a fair rate. next summer, i'd like to drop it back > in the seattle area and cruise the san juans. > > thx! >
