Pacific Ocean Advice

[Gobo]

Hello one and all,

First post, so apologies if I commit an internet faux pas.

I've been offered a place on a container ship in October sailing from Pusan (Korea) to Long Beach, 11 days long, as a paying passenger.

Has anyone been on the pacific ocean at that time of year? Is it generally rough at that time of year or is it one of the more calmer times? I've not got my sea legs it would be fair to say so I literally have no idea what to expect. I'm perhaps not so worried about becoming seasick,moreso of being scared to within an inch of my life.

Any knowledge or advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

 

[Capt Cautious]

She'll be going north from Korea, and through Tsugaru Kaiko . Expect it to get very cold as you nose out into the Pacific. You'll be doing GC most probably, so it'll be cold, lumpy and with mod to bad vis for a lot of the passage, at least until you get close to the US coast. I do the passage 4 or 5 times a year, and nowadays opt for a composite GC to get better weather, less damage, and very often a better speed. The Box boats don't have the luxury of much choice - being tightly scheduled.
CC

 

[jackmark]

Sevylor Tahiti is most everyone's first IK, tho they're coloured
yellow and the one in the photo wasn't, as I recall. It was my first,
too. Mostly I was on my Sea Eagle 380SX later on. I had it all over,
in the Atlantic off the coasts of Brooklyn and Long Island, in the LI
Sound, in lakes and ponds and rivers. Yes, the weak point of IK's is
the wind, but I lived in an apartment so I could easily store and
transport my boat. I even used to put it into my backpack, and tump
line it through the woods to nice lakes all my own, like Rotten Pond
in NJ. I remember one time breaking through the ice to get it into
the middle of that lake. They have some nicer lighter more rigid IK's
now, in case I ever get another one.