Re: Planning a Catalina trip.
Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 23:22:25 -0800
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>Dudes,
>
>What do you think about my motoring 2/3 of the way from San Diego to
>Catalina with a Nissan 3.5? The Capri is roughly the same displacement
>as the P-19. We only have wind in the afternoon, so the rest is
>motoring, anyway. Chula Vista Marina is about 100 nm from the Isthmus.
>I'm
>trying to figure how to do it in one day.
>Steve Barnes sailing a WWcaPri-16, #74, no name yet,
>and selling a WWP-14, Popeye, #561, in San Diego.
>OLDSURFDUDE
I presume you mean a 24-hour day? Even then...
I managed to use most of the daylight hours just sailing my gunter-rigged
P14 the 20 nmi across Monterey Bay in summer.
Maybe just trailer up to Dana Point or Long Beach, then start early in the
morning.
Harry