All great advice, I did the same trip a year ago and we were only able
to receive the Pt Reyes station reliably, and did so on the entire
passage. We used the same station on the return trip to the NW.
I used a similar radio, the ICOM 702MKGII and used the MSCAN METEO
software to downloaded directly to my laptop. I also kept in touch with
the others making the same passage.
I am sure you are aware of Don of Summer Passage. If you get his
check in schedule, he does a pretty good job of weather routing.
My son just reminded me to suggest that you keep a fishing line out
every day. We caught fish all the way across and even more coming back.
Any big green lure and the biggest cable you can through out the back.


John