phil, thanks for the info! a potential c27 buyer was asking me if sailing it home to portland was a good idea. sounds like not so much.
--- In [email protected], "Phil Agur" <pja...@...> wrote: > > Rod, > > > > That's one bad piece of water with nowhere to take shelter north of Bodega > Bay and reefs breaking the surface some 5 miles offshore in some places. If > you reach the Columbia River Bar you will have reached the consistently > roughest patch of water in the US, home to the USCG Heavy Weather School > because they can literally practice every day. > > > > A strong adventure going north from SF Bay is to go up to Tamales Bay. > Going south is quite a bit easier. Half-moon Bay is quite doable as long as > you can navigate. You can't do it safely as a visual approach and a friend > from Intel proved that even with a GPS, you can sink a boat there rather > easily if you don't know navigation. > > > > Santa Cruz and Monterey are also doable but you will be exposed to an area > known for rouge waves. It's not an everyday thing but you have to sail > closed up as if it is just in case. It's best done during daylight hours in > deep water. I've only seen one from a beach and the 100 feet of dry sand to > the cliff wound up under 2 feet of water. > > > > Entering Santa Cruz you have to deal with a small bar which takes some local > knowledge or high tide. At low tide waves can break across the entrance and > stuff you on the rocks. And a couple of friends successfully proved wave > counting doesn't work. Certainly as dangerous as the GGB south tower devil. > > > > South of Monterey things get tricky again. There is a rock pinnacle a half > mile off shore near Carmel that's comes up 60-70 feet to just break the > surface at low tide. Even daylight doesn't help as it just looks like a > white cap. Off Big Sur is sea mount central which really tears it up. > Occasionally it will sink a heavy ocean cruiser in there off what the locals > call hurricane point. > > > > Phil Agur > <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip > C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > RobAdkins > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 7:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IC27A] Re: sailing north > > > > > > why, a catalina 27 of course > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> , "Phil Agur" > <pjagur@> wrote: > > > > Rob, > > > > What kind of boat? > > > > Phil > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf > Of > > RobAdkins > > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 10:37 AM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [IC27A] sailing north > > > > > > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > has anyone sailed the route from sf bay to portland? what are the > conditions > > like? thanks in advance -rob > > >
