Hawaii would definitely be the natural choice to break up that 45 day voyage, but it'll be a yucky LONG voyage. I personally could not beat my brains out for that long of a consistent duration with no relief, but I suppose I'm just wimpy. I'd push towards the end of May before I'd even consider the possibility as April still provides too much adverse
weather opportunity for comfort once you get north of
San Francisco. But all things considered, there would have to be one hell of a compelling reason for me to seriously consider that voyage.
Perhaps some of our more seasoned veterans might find at least one redeeming thing about such a trip as a sail, but I certainly can't come up with one. I'd preference sailing down to Esmeraldas
Ecuador, gassing up on the
cheap <1/10 the
diesel cost>. (
yeah the law changed this year but it's still easy to get a local to fuel ya) and plan on motoring the entire way up close to the coast. Seems a lot better than attempting that sail imo. Do that, and you can come in under 30 days. But sailing it?