According to the Navy weather site, it looks like this afternoon, waves
of 12' to 15' are forecasted off Cape Mendocino.  You might want to
consider taking the inside route, about 1.75 miles off the point as it
should be a little calmer inside.  Just a thought.

Good luck on your trip and travel safe.

Bob Lowe
MV-Dreamer in Mexico

night we
hosted the Nordhavn folks to a dock party and boat tour/Atlantic Rally
Reunion.  Jim and Dan, Amy and Leah, Brad Smith and Eric Leishman among
others were in attendance.

Today at noon our position was 35 00 N 120 50 W, 12 Miles SW of Port San
Luis.  Long westerly swell, wind ten knots on the stern, light rain.
Our
luck with weather continues as it looks like we'll have light winds for
the
next few days then 20-30 knots on our stern after we pass Cape Mendocino
in
48 hours or so.

Tomorrow noon, we expect to be off Fort Bragg
Tuesday noon, off Cape Mendocino.
Wednesday noon, 40 nm south of Newport, OR
Thursday noon, off Grays Harbor, WA
Friday noon, off Victoria, BC

--
Hal Wyman
Que Linda<<<

Bob Lowe wrote:

Cutting the corner on the Cape in high swell is plenty dangerous. There
are uncharted ledges east of the 2BR buoy. The coast pilot refers to
breakers in this area during high swell, even in 60 feet of water. The
reality is that the breaks are most likely over some of these uncharted
shallow spots. The survey reports of this area indicate that the survey
lines were just too far apart to pick up some of these ledges of which I
speak.

These comments of mine are based on dozens of trips through the area
east of the buoy and I have had reason to regret being there when the
swell was above 10 feet.

Regards,
Mike

Capt. Mike Maurice
Beaverton Oregon(Near Portland)