Catalina

topic posted Mon, July 16, 2007 - 10:46 AM by  Alan
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So I was under the impression that Catalina from San Francisco was a bit of an endevour, however, Latitude 38 refered to it as a good three day trip. Is that a ridiculously optimistic summation or a realistic assessment? Are they just refering to the trouble free downwind leg on the way there and ignoring a tedious upwind journey back? Has anyone in this forum ever sailed there? I would really like to hear about your experience. Also, on a completely different subject, I have a cng system with a rusted out tank. I am looking for a replacement but finding it rather hard. Has cng gone the way of shag carpets. Should I consider switching to propane, or is it a fairliy expensive conversion
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Alan
SF Bay Area
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  • Re: Catalina

    Mon, July 16, 2007 - 9:40 PM
    They have to be referring to just the downwind leg. I've gone from LA to SF uphill once and several times from SF to Catalina. Either way its an offshore venture and should be treated as such.

    If I were thinking of going south I'd just go to Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and San Miguel islands.
  • Re: Catalina

    Tue, July 24, 2007 - 7:15 PM
    I'm going to Cabo in Oct...I expect it to be ok on the down leg but a bit of a long reach coming home
  • Re: Catalina

    Tue, July 24, 2007 - 7:16 PM
    Alan are you in marina bay ?
    • Re: Catalina

      Tue, July 24, 2007 - 11:07 PM
      You could do it in three solid days motoring up the coast. I would allow for some stopovers. The San Juan's are worth visiting. You can stop in the Coho anchorage if you need to wait out weather going around conception. Morro Bay is one of my favorite places, friendly people and dingy docks at the restaurants. San Simion is a nice stopover. Santa Cruz will make accomadation for you even if it's a sidetie. I enjoy my propane system. I leave the tank on all the time, don't have a shutoff sellinoid, no fancy sniffers in the bilge or any of the other safety stuff. I haven't blown myself to bits yet, but I make sure my hoses, fittings are tight and in good repair. That my housekeeping is good and I sniff for strange smells. like my food going off, laundry moulding, or propane leaking. One interesting thing about propane is that if you were to have a leak and be away from the boat for a long period. The sulfer that is used to make it stink would settle out. So, one could come back to a boat full of propane that you can't smell.
    • Re: Catalina

      Thu, July 26, 2007 - 3:47 PM
      No I am out of Emery Cove at the moment, but I may be making a switch to oyster point soon for commute puroses.
      • Re: Catalina

        Sat, July 28, 2007 - 8:12 AM
        If your set up well enough to make it to Cabo, Catalina to the Bay area should be fine. Offshore the Baha is a serious streach of water. I've had my butt kicked more there then on the California coast.

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