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From: Eldridge, J.Delaney (no email)
Date: Wed Nov 01 2000 - 15:17:24 EST
My partner and I are just about ready to close on a Mason 44 that's located
in Seattle. Due to the vagaries of California and Washington State
use/sales tax law, we need to take this boat from Seattle (probably Elliot
Bay)to BC for a few days during our first 45 days of ownership -- i.e.
between now and Christmas.
We're planning to go to Victoria, as it seems to be the most convenient
point in Canada from Seattle. We'll stop first in Port Townsend, and from
there cross the straight of San Juan de Fuca to BC. We have radar, GPS and
a plotter on the Mason, but as we didn't have these on our previous boat, we
have little recent experience using them. We're planning to spend
Thanksgiving week in Seattle, getting to know the boat, and are hoping that
that time will provide some insight into the operation of these systems.
We have about 45 years of combined sailing experience, mostly on the SF and
Cheasapeake bays, although Art's done some offshore sailing as well. Art's
comfortable handling boats this size with competent crew (which he considers
me to be), while all of my experience is on much smaller boats -- i.e.
Lasers & El Toros as a kid and the O'day 34 we owned for the past 3 years.
We're not so much concerned with our ability to make the passage as we are
with how uncomfortable we may be with the weather, visibility and cold.
We're giving ourselves 9 days, with the option of extending the trip to 16
days if needed on account of weather. Obviously, we'd like to have time to
enjoy the boat once we finally get it down here to SF, so we'd prefer to do
this as expeditiously as possible so that we don't burn all of our vacation
time sailing around in the cold. On the other hand, we know better than to
rush, as being on a schedule seems to lead folks to ignore things like the
weather in favor of making their planned date.
My questions are:
1. Are we nuts to even consider this during December? If you think we're
nuts, why?
3. How cold is it really going to be? (It was plenty cold during the survey
Monday...) What do those of you who are up there full time do to keep warm
while you're sailing in the winter? (or do you not sail during the winter?)
4. How prevalent is fog, and how often does visibility drop below, say 1/2
mile?
5. Any thoughts on fun things to do during our 2-3 day "tax exile" in
Victoria? I hear it's a great town in the summer, but haven't turned up
much info on winter activities
6. Any suggestions on marinas to seek out (or avoid) in Seattle or
Victoria?
Any advice, hints or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Thx.
Jaye Eldridge
Managing Director/Chief of Staff
STech Retail Technology
w. 415-667-4422
p. 888-927-8505
m. 415-860-5931
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