Gordon wrote:
You be going agin the grain! Winds typically from the NW. Going the great
circle probably not a great idea in November either.
G
"tlindly" wrote in message
ups.com...

I'm going to sail a 60 year old, 48' (LOA) ketch from SFO to Seattle.
I was wondering what the best time of year would be for a trip of this
nature.
One fellow told me that now (Sept.) would be a pretty good time but
Life is going to keep me hear untill Nov. at the least.
I've been trying to search for prevailing wind patterns on the pacific
coast but there doesn't seem to be much info out there (or perhaps
google is just not what I thought it ws).

Anyone made this passage before?

Any suggestions?

Is there a better forum for this question?

thanks,
tom
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p.s. looking for crew for this trip...




There is no great circle. The trip will be upwind against the current
all the way to Juan de Fuca. The best way to do it would be to sail to
Hawaii next June and sail NNW out of Hawaii in July or early August
until you are north of the pacific high then do the run down the west
coast of Vancouver Island to Juan de Fuca. Otherwise, if you want to go
now, stay close to shore and coast hop north. You'll be motoring a lot.
You'll have to pay your crew. A 60 year old ketch won't beat to
windward worth a damn.

I sailed an 80 year old ketch (102') up last summer (05). it was two
and a half days going south and seven motorsailing coming north. You
could probably track us on google earth by the slick of barf we left.

Gary