Hi all, I live up in Juneau Alaska... two boats I have been looking at
are a 29' Cascade with an 8' 3" beam, 22 hp Yanmar with 2500 hours on
it.... Good sails... The other is a 30' Catalina with a 10' 10"
beam.. Tall mast, good shape, needs some wood work and a new jib... has
an Atomic 4 cylinder... The Catalina is priced about 3k less than the
Cascade....

My question is... And I preface this by saying it would be a year or
two before I attempted this, but I would eventually like to sail from
Alaska down to Seattle and on down the pacific coast of the US towards
southern cali and maybe even central america... I'm guessing the
wider beam of the Catalina is going to make it the better choice for
such a trip... Are there any opions out there about this?

Muchas Gracious,
David