"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:04:06 -0500, Gene Kearns wrote:

As for 19'.... I'm not familiar with your boating area, but I trust
the experience and judgment of those having made cautionary posts...

What he is proposing is comparable to going out 20 miles off the
Carolina coast.


Maybe, maybe not. The Pacific is miss named, and the channel between
Catalina and the mainland can get huge waves and swells. When the kids were
small we took the Catalina Express and chairs sliding across the deck, some
crew members sick. Even the bigger boats always figure they may have to
spend the night.