It depends a lot on what boat you have, how much crew, what time of year,
etc. The major part of this trip is Seattle to San Francisco. Most folks go
in late Aug, early Sept.. After you get out of the Straits and turn left,
you can plan on getting a wide variety of winds. Everything from days of
dead calm, to nice NW down wind run, to on the nose, to screaming 35kts+.
Cape Mendicinco is where the worst of it usually hits. Most of the ports on
the way down are river mouths and can be hairy to enter in rough conditions.
Stops often include Newport in OR, Crescent City or Eureka in CA. And then
San Fran.

Paul
"5200" wrote in message
...
Are there customary stopovers for fuel and parts, half&half etc? Or do
you stay 200 miles out the whole way down? Are there smaller marinas
outside huge industrial areas like SF and San Diego? Thanks.