Long Beach is a convenient location in California from which to depart for outbound destinations depending on how far you’re willing to travel (often motoring/mortor-sailing) in ONE day (each direction). Say you’re looking at a 4-day (3 nights) round trip. How far would be your most distant ONE-DAY (each direction) destination(s), and what would it/they be? For us, 30 -35 n.mi. is an acceptable greatest one-day distance for that period of trip. Heading SE we can reach Newport Beach and Dana Point as turn-around destinations. Heading south/southwest we can reach all harbors of Santa Catalina Island, including Cat Harbor (barely). Heading NW can reach the two harbors (King Harbor and Marina del Rey) of Santa Monica Bay, plus one anchorage at Paradise Cove (barely).
For a 5/6-day (4/5 nights) round trip, what distance would you travel and what destination would be worth the one-day (each direction) travel time? At 35 - 65 n.mi. we have only Oceanside Harbor (SE) Santa Barbara Island for anchorage (WSW), and Channel Islands Harbor (NW).
At 11/12 days RT (10/11 nights) we hit our maximum one-day travel distance of about 70 to 90 n.mi., 10 to 13 hr traveling at our best VMG. That gives us San Diego Bay (SE), Ventura and Santa Barbara harbors, and Santa Cruz Island for anchorage (NW).
I find myself mulling this “equation” ever more frequently of late. I know its parameters have driven some friends over to the “dark side.”
For a 5/6-day (4/5 nights) round trip, what distance would you travel and what destination would be worth the one-day (each direction) travel time? At 35 - 65 n.mi. we have only Oceanside Harbor (SE) Santa Barbara Island for anchorage (WSW), and Channel Islands Harbor (NW).
At 11/12 days RT (10/11 nights) we hit our maximum one-day travel distance of about 70 to 90 n.mi., 10 to 13 hr traveling at our best VMG. That gives us San Diego Bay (SE), Ventura and Santa Barbara harbors, and Santa Cruz Island for anchorage (NW).
I find myself mulling this “equation” ever more frequently of late. I know its parameters have driven some friends over to the “dark side.”
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