Catalina Crossing -SUMMER 2014
 

Cancelled due to injury /slow recovery
Will try again 2015~



* Makobob & friends may still be doing the paddle?
Catalina Crossing II

Yes im in been talking about this for a while

Depending on date. June is out for me. I'll be in San Quintin, Baja.

Are Mirage drives allowed? :)

Way down!

What ever floats your boat. I will use mine.

I'm not joining but I'm curious....................are you guys going to have a support boat?

Is the plan to carry camping gear on the yaks or is that being shipped or hauled by a support boat (assuming there is one).

This was on my list of things to do this year that never got marked off my list. I like September though.

This crossing is done by more people than you think. Best spot is Cabrillo. I have rented kayaks several times for people as support boats to people SWIMMING the 22 mile crossing. I like John's disclaimer.

Now if you are a really hardcore paddler


http://www.expeditionkayak.com/compl...of-california/

I think im going to need something different than my x factor im liking the soind of a tarpon 160

Im sure there are a few of us who also own boats that will be willing to support.

Put me on the list to pedal my Revo or just crew a support boat. I'm an old news photog' so put me down to snag a few pix and video too. Might be able to get my wife to help too.

I would be interested, sounds like nice challenge.

one way trip
distance x pace = est. time
22 miles x 4mph = about 5hrs 30mins

Count me in.

I might be in. What's the plan fishing wise? You aren't gonna try and troll on the way there are you?

I'm in.

I'm out. If I don't get a nap after 9 miles of paddling I get cranky. Man's got to know his limitations.

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VERY slim chance that this type of a pace will be maintained by you for close to 6 hours.



Good luck guys.


Take lots of photos and be safe.

a more realistic pace would probably be 2-3 mph. I don't think any one of us could hold a 4mph pace for 5+ hrs. You guys should take a few practice runs; pedal/paddle from Redondo to Santa Monica or something similar, at a minimum this will give you a good idea of what to expect.

Its gonna be brutal but rewarding!

You guys make it...you should get some sort of trophy for your signature line...!:D

Sewer crew is a bunch of pwimpy good luck tho .... If I went I would just slow you all down!!!!

I really hope this is still something you guys wanna do. Just got me a PA 14 and I'm ready to go on an adventure!

I am not in shape for something like this, but I might have a boat available for support. Might.

Plenty of time to get in shape!. Five-six more months until this adventure, what are you waiting for? No excuses...........:kayak-surfer:

...theres no way I could do it :kayak-surfer: ...I'll take the skippy over ;)

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You might consider a couple of Mission Bay to SD Bay paddles for a warm up this spring. Find out what pace you can maintain over a long distance in open waters.

Sounds like a great Adventure, good luck.

Yea I'm sure everyone that wants to go has their own route of practice. For me I have otay lake in my backyard so I just paddle around the lake for a few hours. Plus when I'm with a group, I won't be the one slowing the pace down so I'm in the clear haha

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This is how I would go... I'm sure this is the outfit I'd wear too, chicks dig outfits like this...


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Hope you have a pfd and a vhf haha

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Just came up on this prototype kayak- it's one of 2 as the other one will be on display at the Fred Hall Show. I'm sure this can make the trek to Catalina, hell I probably won't even get wet.


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Werd. I used to ride the Yamaha VFR from Dana to Avalon when nobody said I could... I guess this is just a little slower... and shorter... and less motorized! LOL

Man i want to get prepped for this. The idea of camping/fishing Catalina is what made me want a kayak. I need ti get some serious hours in. Also, would we be fishing from long beach to two harbors or would that make the paddle take too long?


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I doubt we will fish along the way, but if you wanna troll and hook up ill stay back with you. I have a mirage drive so the extra time and distancd makes no difference to me really

Thats awesome man! Any rough estimates on how long it takes to just straight paddle there on an average trip with a group? And how much longer would it take to troll some different gear for the better part of the trip? I know you can try to average a speed for the distance but that never really equates to what it really takes to do anything real. Hopefully theres someone on here who has done the trip a couple times.


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I've never made the voyage before but off the top of my head I can think of many variables that will determine the length of the trip and I'm sure I'm still missing some:
Wind
Current
Speed
Stops
Trolling
Duration of potential fight
Distance drifted off course from potential fight
Weight of loadout on kayak
Etc.
Hopefully we can get a boat to accompany us out there to take some of the load off kayaks. I would personally troll a big kroc spoon or a waxwing

I really need to get some salt/trolling gear. I only have my freshwater spin-casters, a cheapo walmart ocean spin-caster, and a really old sportfisher ocean side 5'1 medium with a penn 350 levelwind. I just pulled the levelwind apart and cleaned it up(and lost and replaced the springs for the reverse lock and levelwind clicker) but once i started spooling it up i realized that the drag washers are shot(or so i think), if enough tension is put on the line, the drag loosens up enough to basically let the line free spool, doubt it could even bring in a crappie:


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I did a 17 mile group trip from Pensacola pier to Navarre pier while in Florida. We had 8 yaks and went out about 2.5 miles at the most which added a little more distance to the 17mile straight line course. We traveled at a constant 2.5 nauts and with the wind and swell to our backs were able to get up to 6nmph for about half an hour. The faster trolling speed really set off the bite. Anyways, we launched at 6 am, had to make rudder repairs to one yak mid trip, which cost us an hour, and landed at our destination after 5pm. It should have only took Us 7 hours, but between landing fish and keeping the group together and operational, it took almost 12hours.

Just something to consider.

Oh wow the whole ridder thing didnt cross my mind, is that kinda needed to make the crossing? Also my explorer is only 11'3", does that pose a problem? If theres anyone out there who does the crossing in something smaller like a minix or play please let me know so i can feel a little more comfortable haha
And it sounds like its at least a 12 hour trip? So do you leave ant like 5-6 in the morning or is there certain times that you can let the current and wind help push you along?


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