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• Any of you ever moved a boat all the way up the west coast?
  • Haven't but...
  • East coast
    • East Coast Round Trips
      • I've only sailed the east and west coasts
        • AND, the general wind directions have, for the most part, an "offshore" direction.
          • Plus . . heading north you have the moving sidewalk . . .
        • Steve I trust you & Denny are OK after the car was totaled
          • We're OK, It's just a PITA. Yes, life
        • Steve - about the car thing..
          • That certainly an option. I did that once about
    • Maybe mix 'n match?
  • West Coast Passage
  • A LONG TIME ago .....
    • No, more of a no jobs down this way...
      • What does it cost to ship?
      • Only ONE thing to say......
        • "somehow I don't remember you as that old..."
          • GOOD PLAN!!!!!!!!!
        • Shame on you (59 is a very capable age for a sailor!!!)
          • 60 to 70 for me was an incredible change
            • Growing old sucks
              • Osteoperosis, very thin bones will stop sailing cold
                • High protein diet correlates
                  • As with so many things "as you get older", it's always a tradeoff and for......
                  • MGUS
                    • A plant-based diet might be your cure?
                      • Statistics like this give me heartburn . .
                        • You hit on some of the issues with Wikapedia
                    • There are some Osteoperoisis drugs that may mitigate, reduce, or reverse that, Dan.
                      • That would be my last resort
                        • A big price to pay.
                          • Dan - I looked up MGUS
                            • We stopped dairy a year ago
                              • Went veggie myself some 7 years ago...
          • Ya know what? It ain't so for all of us and to suggest otherwise is thoughtless.
            • Age is a crap shoot but...
              • I'm 74 two weeks, and am extremely fortunate to still have my health
            • But of course, cranky is part of my nature these days.
            • Well, I do agree that we are all different (And that you are a bit cranky at 68 )
              • I think we earned the right to be cranky!
  • No west coast exp. but I once shipped my 28'er up the east coast.
  • A book
    • It's a slog
      • 27 foot PSC Orion.
        • FWIW...
          • You could get creative and find other haulers for your boat, Gene.
  • Just got some estimates... LOL
    • You'll have to factor in the rest of the damage to the
      • Seems to me either shipping it or motoring it north...
        • I don't think so. Shipped, the boat ends up, wear and tear wise, as it leaves.
          • Ah ha... perhaps I didn't read Steve's response right...
            • Gene, I got cut short on my post by breakfast.
  • From what I've seen, it's no different
    • soem sail out acouple 100 miles and then tack back in up the coast
      • Or you short tack it at 35 and
        • Sailing?? VS slogging or motoring.
          • If you're motoring or motor/sailing it's
  • ship it
  • We've done it two ways
    • Thanks for the Dudley transport info... and yes PNW is quite beautiful...
      • Swimming
        • I had heard there were spots...
          • Warmer...
            • It's plenty deep