[quote=DamonLinkous]This is a trip for a very experienced and well prepared sailor. There are a lot of issues besides the shear distance. First that come to mind.
The Pacific is Cold! Even in Southern California in the summer.
Looking at a weather marker near Santa Barbara
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46054
Air Temperature (ATMP): 57.6 °F
5-day plot - Water Temperature Water Temperature (WTMP): 57.7 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 21.4 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 23.3 kts
Big swells like you don't see in the Atlantic, much less the Gulf.
Big currents around and through the islands.
Massive amounts of shipping traffic, big giant auto piloted container ships headed to busy ports.
But it's a cool trip if you can do it, many have, in the early days of this site there was a group that made that trip regularly. At first on Hobie 16's but they needed more carrying capacity, lots did it on Hobie 18's and then on the 20 foot boats.
Old story from a very experienced Island Trip maker who had a bad day in these waters on their Hobie 16.
[url]http://www.thebeachcats.com/news/33/the-milt-ingram-story-an-unsuccessful-attempt-on-a-hobie-16/[/url]
Good info in the archives
[url]http://www.thebeachcats.com/OnTheWire/home1/res07lm8/hobie/archives/v5-i1/feature1.htm[/url]
[url]http://www.thebeachcats.com/OnTheWire/wwwcatsail/feature1.htm[/url]
If you still want to try it after reading all that then you can be the new Channel Islands reporter and update the info!
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