Greetings all.
It has been a while since anything has been sent out on the “Pacific
crossing” mailing list. And, actually, most effort lately has not had
anything to do with the Pacific crossing. My current plan is still to cross to Hawaii in Spring 2009, although
that still seems very far away.
I have been checking
slip availability in Hawaii, and was told that
for a boat our size, our only option is the Ko Olina marina in Honolulu http://www.koolina.com/marina.html
. I checked on slip availability, and they don’t take reservations, but
have slips available now, and seem happy to start billing anytime I want. I
have been given feedback that it is an easy marina to get into, and this won’t
be a problem. My gut reaction is to start paying some number of months in
advance to make sure I get in, even though I’ve been told this won’t
be needed.
Short-term, my focus
has been on our cruising this winter. Our plan is to do the Fubar (San Diego -> La Paz Mexico) rally, and then continue south to Costa Rica,
arriving there in March. I contacted Los Suenos, and they have a fishing
tournament then, and aren’t sure we’ll get in. I’m going to
keep pushing on them, but there’s a new marina someone told me about that
I’m also going to research (I’ve forgotten the name, and hope I can
figure it out).
Several other boats
will be meeting up with us in Costa
Rica, for transport north, in Spring 08, to
the Pacific NW. There has been a lot of communication about how to do this. No
one likes the idea of the long uphill slog along the west coast. The bad news
is that Dockwise has decided not to do any west coast runs in 2008, and the
worse news is that the only other real option (short of running the boat north
on its own bottom) is Yacht Path, who has a mixed reputation. My current
plan is to take a chance on Yacht Path. They have boats going north in both
March and April. Hopefully this won’t be a problem.
Below is the latest
cruising schedule I have for everyone on this list. If you see anything you’d
like changed, let me know and I’ll publish a new list.
-Ken Williams
Nordhavn 68, Sans Souci
PS There are about
40 people on this mailing list. To send to the list, you can send an email to: pacific@talkspot.com Keep in mind that
most of us are on boats with limited bandwidth. Don’t send attachments,
or pictures in your email. And.. if you have such limited bandwidth, that you
don’t want to receive these mails while you are cruising, email me (Ken
Williams kenw @ seanet.com) offline and I’ll temporarily take you off the
list until you want the emails started again.
2008 – Galapagos – Polynesia
N40 -- Scott and Marian Bulger (uncertain)
N55 – Roger and Joan Allard
N64 – Richard and Ann Rinaldi
N47 – Larry and Deedee Biggs
Willard 40 – Patrick Gehrety (prefers to bypass the Galapagos – and
go straight to the Marquesas)
N43 -- Patrick Coonan
Selene 53 - Les and Rosemary Dobbe
2009 – San Francisco – Hawaii
N68 -- David and Debbie Sidbury
N68 – Ken and Roberta Williams
N62 – Braun and Tina Jones
N57 – Chris Samuelson and Sonaia Maryon-Davis
2009 - - Galapagos
– Polynesia
N55 – David Bock
N64 – Eric and Annie Bloomquist (prefers to go direct to Marquesas)
Selene 53 – John and Kathy Youngblood
N62 - Steven Argosy
Following is my list of who will be in Alaska,
and when. I don’t know that any of the boats traveling to Alaska will want to
travel together .. I’m just listing this because I have the
information…
2007 – Alaska
N47 – Larry and Deedee Biggs
N55 -- Buddy and Kathy Bethea
N43 -- Patrick Coonan
2008 – Alaska
N64 -- Eric and Annie Bloomquist
N68 – Ken and Roberta Williams
N57 – Chris Samuelson and Sonaia Maryon-Davis
N62 -- Braun and Tina Jones
N47 -- Scott and Teri Strickland
N62 -- Steven Argosy
N40 -- David McConaghy