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Originally Posted by fxykty
Very interesting reading and great info for the OP. Day sailing up the coast is certainly an option.
But I still stand by my “no all weather harbours” - by your own description none of the places you stopped prior to Neah Bay would have been suitable in any sort of moderate or worse weather. So a day sail towards a weather closed bar/harbour suddenly becomes an overnight sail on a lee shore. Not something for someone inexperienced.
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You are correct in the “no
all weather harbours” comment.
However, a definition of daysail could well mean that one KNOWS what the weather will be doing THAT PARTICULAR day. IIRC, the longest day was 13 hours, to Neah Bay. I discussed that in detail.
My experience was that it is quite possible to do so in any "half a day."
Of course, one must choose the right time of year. And also be lucky. But we were caught in Fort Bragg for a week.
But luck should have little to do with daily weather planning. We found
Passage Weather to be excellent and spot on. NOAA and other websites were also consulted daily. Tillamook Bar (Garibaldi) was closed
until we got there, but only because of the state of the river
current until it turned to flood. "Timing (and planning) is everything," as they say.
ST&D.
The chances of weather "suddenly" turning (within any given day) rarely happens on that coast
at that time of year. Other times of year? Certainly, in that you are completely correct.
It worked for us.
We were definitely NOT dealing with
all weather issues, because that was not what my
research about the trip had indicated as far as weather was concerned.
Would it have worked the year before or the year after? I simply don't know.
And that trip is not advised for the inexperienced, boat or
skipper & crew. Ever.
Glad you and others enjoyed the story.