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In article t,
wrote:

Is it possible to choose the time & route to cross the Pacific
(from California to Asia or Australia) without encountering
any storm (or with a very small chance of encountering one) ?

I'm not thinking about doing this on a 26' MacGregor but still
would like to be as safe as possible.

If you have the time, you might want to go to your main library and look
up the most recent edition of a publication produced by the Naval
Weather Service Environmental Detachment, Ashville, N. Carolina. At one
time you were able to buy it at one of our U.S Government Printing
offices (under NAVAIR 50-1C-61 when I got one ages ago). It's official
title was "Mariners Worldwide Climatic Guide to Tropical Storms at Sea".

43 pages of interesting information regarding tropical cyclones,
tropical storms, and hurricanes.

63 charts (it's "Worldwide") showing, on a monthly or bi-weekly basis,
the storm and hurricane tracks throughout a given region (like Eastern
North Pacific) - giving the average speed, and average number for that
time period.

312 charts broken down into three groups (cyclone, storm, or hurricane)
giving a month by month breakdown in 10 X 10 degree sections of a
particular region (like Southwest Pacific & Australian) of the mean
speed for the storm/cyclone/hurricane, frequency of a given direction
for that speed with % of occurrence in that direction, average speed and
direction for all the aforementioned information plus statistical data
(like probability of having a storm/cyclone/hurricane in this area for
the given month).

Amazingly enough, all of the above information is packed into a single
weather rose and there are four weather roses per 10X10 section - one
for each quadrant.

Talk about information overload! And all you get are the odds (but
that's the way it is with weather).

Shows you what we can get for our tax dollars

Personally, I think Len has the right idea. There are quite a number of
cruisers who have been sailing the Pacific for many years. Some of them
have been interested in helping people like you get the information you
need in order to cruise the Pacific in manner that is safe and
rewarding. You may even find them in this newsgroup and elsewhere on the
internet but, short of knowing someone who has been sailing the Pacific
for some time, I think a little time spent at the right library or
bookstore would be your best bet.

Lots of luck.

ron