San Diego to San Francisco

[donradcliffe]

If you have enough patience, there are weather windows. The problem is that in a slow boat, the windows may not be long enough to get between safe ports. The best time of year would be October-November; lighter northwesterlys and before the winter storm southerlies and the truly nasty northwesterlys as the high gets reestablished. As mentioned, the San Diego to Santa Barbara part is by far the easiest. If you have problems on that leg, its time for the trailer. Try going against the wind in 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 knots to see what progress you will make. Plan on running the motor the entire trip, and figure out in advance how much gas you need to bring.

Also remember that going against the wind means wear and tear on the boat and the crew.

Details for Flicka Flicka Trailer

[Buzzman]

Originally Posted by donradcliffe

Details for Flicka Flicka Trailer

OK, so SD to SF is 500-ish miles. That's around 10 hours non-stop or, with traffic etc, call it a weekend.

Buy that trailer in the post above for $2200, spend $500 on fuel, food and a motel overnight, and get the boat home for less than $3K in two days.

Borrow a pick-up if you don't own one. Pay a friend a cuppla hundred on top of fuel to do the tow with you if you cna't find someone to loan you a truck. Someone, somewhere, would do it for a cuppla hundred over fuel. And you'd probably still be inside $3K. And own a trailer to keep it on into the bargain.

Big advantage (esp if you own or are willing to buy) a pickup is that the boat can live on your driveway, not in an expensive marina. Maybe drop it in for the sailing season over summer and then haul it home and save boat bucks on unnecessary marina fees rest of the year.

The cost of the trailer would be amortised in those savings in a year or two.

It's a no-brainer. Trailer it.