How much does a slip cost you guys out on the Left coast? ~Dan
--- On Thu, 7/15/10, LT <[email protected]> wrote: From: LT <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] Re: boat move from seattle to portland To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 2:13 PM hi all - thx for all the comments so far. i took a sailing class a few months ago and the instructor captains boats from seattle to portland on the side. i sent him a note about it yesterday and would only make this trip with a seasoned sailor. but i see a lot of cat27 with trailers for sale so i'm guessing that is probably a better route. mark and ralph - still need to find moorage. i'm out in pumpkin ridge (west of hillsboro) so i was thinking somewhere west off columbia. any recommendations? st helens is a little too far and not sure i'm up for i5 traffic for hayden island. i hear fred's, off willamette, may be ok. --- In [email protected], "Rob" <robkay...@...> wrote: > > 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 <akermanml@> 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 <mrobertson@> wrote: > > > > > > From: Mark Robertson <mrobertson@> > > 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 <akermanml@> 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! > > >
