Can someone tell me where I should look to discover info as to how
long it would take to sail a 40' boat from Puerto Vallarta to San
Diego? I understand winds, currents, weather, etc, all play a
factor-- but where do I start?


I do not know where you can look but I have made the trip before. It is 2 to 5
days to get from Puerto Vallarta to Cabo San Lucas. In the winter that will be
kind of up wind so you may want to go to Mazitlan first and then go across. It
is about 750 miles from Cabo San Lucas to San Diego. A 40 foot boat with a big
engine can make it in a week if the weather is good. There are two deisel stops
between Cabo and San Diego. The Pemex station at the head of the pier in San
Carlos in Mag bay has deisel and Turtle bay has deisel. I made the trip leaving
at the end of April from Cabo San Lucas on a small sailboat and made the trip
to San Diego in 3 weeks. There are boats that travel this route all year.

Plan to motor sail.

Dick