Jack London Square to Village West Marina - time?

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Hi, back again. We are actually taking the Tollycraft to Ladd's Boatyard in Stockton, but figured to spend the night at Village West Marina.

My software says it is 79-80 miles to VW from JLS. At 15 knots, under 6 hours.

I figure to fill up at JLS ($3.51 gallon diesel), then won't need to stop until we arrive in Stockton.

Have any of you traveled this route lately? Any major delays enroute? Problems to watch out for?
 
That's a great run!

Keep an eye out for dead-heads and other floating or semi-floating debris along the way.

The recent rains have kept the flotsam and jetsom on the move!

Have fun! [:-bonc01]
 
You might try the Pittsburgh or Antioch marinas as they might be a lot cheaper. Last week at Village West I think diesel was 2.81, give them all a call first.

Dove
 
There was a lot of stuff in the water last week, especially the last leg of 14 mile slough to the marina. 99.9% of it was harmless stuff like tule reeds, but I did see a couple of things floating that would ruin your day if you hit them.
 
Dave,

Do yourself a favor and don't get fuel at JLS. Antioch or Pittsburg are surely cheaper or you could duck into Emeryville Marina, just be sure top stay in the narrow channel as it is very shallow outside the channel. JLS and Willowberm simply carry fuel as a convenience and their prices are always above everybody else's. I would plan on making the run as far as the San Joaquin at 15-17 kts and then plan on a slower average speed from there on to allow for courteous passing of fishermen and anchored boats. The entire trip should be about 5-1/2 to 6 hours if you can time your trip to coincide with the flood tide.

Sorry the boat didn't sell for you, but glad you are starting to use her again. If you are bringing her to Ladds for routine maintenance though, I would save the fuel money and go to Svendsen's Marine in Alameda. They have done my work for years and have never let me down. I'm picky but they have always done the work well and have never failed to meet their promised date for completion. Call me if I can be of any help. I have a new cell no five one oh four nine nine four six six oh.
 
I understand there will be stuff in the water. Just have to be careful.

Dave, I will check into Emeryville's Marina. I have approx. 35 gallons in the stbd saddle tank and about 75 gallons in the port saddle tank. Emeryville appears to be about
8 miles from there, but they have bridge construction, etc. in that area don't they? And a narrow channel??

I will call Svendson's tomorrow. See what their schedule, etc. looks like.

Do you expect a lot of fishing, etc. in the deep water channel or immediately adjacent to it? I don't remember any, but haven't been on it in a few years.

I will try to check in with you in the next few days.
 
DLL, so nice to see you posting here again! And I'm thrilled you will be using your boat again. It has been waaaaaay to long......

I hope you can still make an excursion up to the Delta even if it is after you have her maintained in the Bay. Maybe you were meant to keep her and enjoy her again? God willing.....

Safe sailing!
 
Thanks Liz, been awhile. Packing is a major pain in the rear. We took everything off the boat, including linens, so we have the back of our Chevy PU packed to the top of the camper shell.

We plan on going to Alameda today. Not sure what we will find. Someone left the door open and it rained inside the salon area, carpet soaked/stained, etc. Expensive attempt to sell it. Radar antenna is now locked up -- 4kw open array and the antenna won't spin. $1250 for Raymarine to rebuild it. I am still hoping to find a fuse blown. The hailer on the brow was broken by something. Hard to imagine how that happened. $$$ One of our large fenders is missing, you get the idea.

When we think about selling it again, we will try to find a place where I can go see it more often. Part of these problems are because I wasn't around to supervise its care. All the electricity was turned off, all the batteries were dead. ALL!! No electricity to run the bilge pumps. It could cost me for some new batteries too. Had I been there once a week or even every other week, some of this might not have happened.

We are taking it to Ladd's Boatyard in Stockton. They have worked on it two or three times (bottom paint, bow thruster installation, etc.) Haul out, clean the bottom, replace the zincs, good bottom paint, etc.

I will be interested in seeing how the bottom paint looks. A diver in Alameda said the bottom looked fine. May not need the paint. I will probably have them do it to be safe.

Go to Alameda, unload, get dehumidifier going, move to an end tie or maybe go fill the saddle tanks, spend the night, leave Thursday am for Stockton. Oh yeah, found the info for sanitizing our fresh water tank. Need to pump out too.

If we have no problems, we should be in Stockton by 2pm easily. If we have a problem and can make Antioch, will spend the night there, go into Ladd's Friday.

My Iphone gets emails, and the internet, so I will try to check in here to see if anyone has a suggestion.

Keep your fingers crossed...Dave

PS - thanks for the email and info Dave W.
 
DLL, Where did you leave the boat in Alameda to have all of those issues?
 
So sorry to hear of all the problems. Let's face it, NO ONE treats our boat as we do. She just doesn't like to be ignored!!!!! I can't down to my boat until April. I hope she won't be too mad at me for my neglect!

Best of luck and keep us updated.
 
Marina Village. I found what appears to be a bad 30 Breaker today. That would explain no power to the boat
each time we came down. Dead batteries again, no bilge pumps working. Maybe my boat has a short in it??

Doubt we will bring it back here again....good salesman but
we don't need the extra expenses.
 
DLL,
I was wondering how he could be a good salesman if he didn't sell the boat? It doesn't sound like he got you much traffic. And he really didn't take the time to make sure all systems were good if he was going to show it.

Dave
 
Even the very best salesman can't sell a boat when no one is looking..... It is a very tough time to sell anything!!!
 
We made it from Alameda to our house in one day! Of course neither of us can walk this morning... :) (Took 6 hours)

Dave, you were right about needing a shoe-horn to get in and out of that slip. Bow thruster helped a lot. Fuel docks don't stay open 24/7, so we couldn't leave until after 8:30 Thursday morning. Filled up,pumped out and headed out.

Boarded by Coast Guard around Red Rock, said all was well and we got underway again. They asked us to slow down, so I lost "time" there. I was trying to make the boat yard before they closed. We went by Antioch a little before 2pm and into Ladd's Boatyard about 4pm.

Might have to take a nap today. Good to be home. Next journey will be from Stockton to Sacramento. We will keep it up here until we get the repairs done. Radar Antenna won't rotate, salon A/C won't run, macerator is now inop, rear A/C not working right ... you get the idea. There is more.

IF you put a boat on the sales docks, make sure you check on it if possible. When you lose all shore power, eventually your batteries go dead and you have NO bilge pumps. I told the salesmen about the circuit breaker popping so often (popped while we were there too). Very puzzling about the lack of attention being paid our boat. The mirrors in both heads looked like someone had taken a hot shower. Water 6 inches deep under the engines. A good portion of this is because I didn't feel like going down there to check on it. We had some offers on the boat, but they could not get the financing. Bad market right now. For everyone.
 
I would think if you were keeping it at the brokers dock at a minimum they would be checking on it each week and let you know right away if there was a problem. If they really want to sell the boat they would make sure it was being maintained well so if a buyer comes by the boat is ready to show. I wouldn't really expect them to do everything for you but a five minute weekly check with a call to you would have allowed you to deal with things timely without you having to travel there several times per month. I went by the Marina Village boat show several weeks ago. There were a number of boat that smelled musty as soon as you entered them. I was just looking but if I were buying I wouldn't even consider those boats. That is really too bad the boat has all the issues it has now. Seems to me you may have had more interested buyers if the broker was keeping you up to date on issues so you could have been dealing with them along the way.

I hope the repairs go well and you are able to enjoy your boat without any nagging problems going forward.
 
I know my comments are a bit beyond what this subject line is, but it seems to be an extension of where it has gone.
Last year my wife and I made an extended trip in our camper, especially to view several 40ft Hyatts (5). Some were at the brokers dock and others at the owners location. Not one of them was washed and all of them were cluttered with the owners possessions. All of them had at least two weeks notice that we were coming. The brokers all were well established and had many, many boats listed for sale. Keeping the boats clean was not their duty, although many had cleaning crews available for the owners to hire if they chose to. What this trip accomplished for us was we no longer have the Hyatt on our list. There are a lot of boats for sale in todays market! Making yours the one that the buyer cannot pass up may just start with how clean it is or if the batteries are charged!
 
KGD, you make an excellent point. We still have the boat listed with him for the moment, but will probably take it off the market while repairs are being made. I don't want their initial impression to be the boat is a junker.

As for keeping boats clean, smelling good, etc. Amen to that. THAT is why it will stay up here. I would not have wanted to buy my boat either.

We really like this guy and he has been a straight shooter in the past, so we aren't quitting him just yet.

We have paid at least $500 for the boat to be washed in the last 8 or 9 months. It was not ignored on the outside. Everything was improved, updated in 2003-2005. We really tried to have it done right, but it has not been pampered in the last couple of years.

Flutterby, don't worry, no matter how many hours of back breaking labor it takes, I will see to it my wife finishes it right! :)
 
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