Catalina Crossing -SUMMER 2014

[alanw]

Originally Posted by Fishwhisperer619

You could always rent a hobie from oex sunset beach and make the trip that much easier with a mirage drive. I just got a PA 14 and will be making the voyage with that. I had planned on doing it with my wilderness systems ride 120 but sold it and got this. Ready to rock! Mine is caguama, just waiting on my elite-4 hdi to come in now

Dude that might be a tough peddle on a wide barge like the PA. Go with the Adventure Island

[Fishwhisperer619]

Originally Posted by alanw

Dude that might be a tough peddle on a wide barge like the PA. Go with the Adventure Island

Believe me I would love to take one of those things out there, but ill be fine in the PA. This is my pride and joy and will take me everywhere. Plus I figure I might as well do it while I'm younger haha. The PA isn't that slow honestly. It still beats the hell out of paddling and I was prepared to do that before I got this.

[Bert Vega]

Originally Posted by Fishwhisperer619

Believe me I would love to take one of those things out there, but ill be fine in the PA. This is my pride and joy and will take me everywhere. Plus I figure I might as well do it while I'm younger haha. The PA isn't that slow honestly. It still beats the hell out of paddling and I was prepared to do that before I got this.

you can also put a sail on it and cruise it on over. That is if the SS group that is putting it on will let you go.

[Phatford]

I vote that if you want to be approved for the trip you have to take a trip with Josh (darkhorse) and he can sign you off if you keep up with him all day! ha ha WE PUT IN SOME MILES!!!
I haven't been that sore in years!

[Fishwhisperer619]

Originally Posted by Bert Vega

you can also put a sail on it and cruise it on over. That is if the SS group that is putting it on will let you go.

Yea I've seen a few guys sailing their PA's before but that's money I don't think will be put to good use for me at least might use it twice and then never see it again haha.
Well apparently if you aren't already part of the pre determined select group to do this trip then there is a lot of proving that you need to do. I feel bad for people who want to get into kayak fishing and visited this thread or current members that got excited about this trip and then realized how discouraging it became because nazis run it. What happened to the friendly message this thread started out with?

[Zed]

^Boo hoo. Maybe you could set up a long paddle with people you know are fit enough. Let me ask you these, seriously. Have you capsized in deep water, and righted your PA alone? How much open water experience do you have? Can you surf launch and land that thing? There will be one of each. What's in your safety gear?

IMO this does NOT inspire confidence:

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

In Cabo's defense, there was a time when putting up a post like this, one would know who the respondents are. Personally. Now there are many more kayak fishers in many more craft. He doesn't know you, but you seem gung ho. Ordinarily that would be dangerous. Too gung ho may be putting what's in your head before reality. He doesn't know if that's you.

All Cabo's saying is that this is a serious trip, through the shipping lanes, with sometimes unpredictable weather off Fermin. It's not a trip where after 8 hours you can just hit the beach for a rest --like other through paddles. You may still have 4 more hours bucking wind and current. His post was meant to be a stern reminder of these things, not that it is some exclusive trip. You're missing the point. If it was that exclusive it wouldn't be out on the forums, and you would just be reading a TR.