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Originally Posted by Paul Elliott  I'm always happy to bring a little joy into someone's life. How many times did you say you've made either of these passages on a sailboat?
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Paul,
I wasn't taking a shot at you. After all, you agreed that it's do-able going up the coast. As I understood it, you turned around due to deadlines, and we all know that deadlines are the mortal enemies of sailors. I say you made a good call. I note also that you stayed pretty close to the shore - I recommended going further off and not harbour-hopping up the coast. And you'll note I stated in my first post that I never made the passage on a sailboat - but I've made that particular passage (both ways) roughly 40 to 50 times, so I know the conditions.
My comment reflected that our various antipodean friends on CF often talk of their typical sailing conditions; so it must be amusing to them to read comments such as "don't sail to weather" "10-foot seas, oh my!" "can't sail in winds forecast at 25-35 kts" and "have the boat trucked the 700 miles" (I'm exaggerating of course
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I recall with the inverted Voyage 440, that the delivery captain was criticized post-mortem for leaving San Fran or San Diego, with a storm approaching. That storm turned out to be a typhoon and it was in December, which is typically rougher than July.