Well sure you can do it anyone can but ive seen it flat calm here and heard boys in renny are canceling and or vice versa last 10 years or so our weather on coast id say is well more unpredictable, a few years back a buddy of mine phoned me asked how sooke was as he was trying to get home from bamfield and he had to turn back around as beale had 15 foot seas and I said it was flat calm he had to stay for another 3 days to wait it out all the time sooke was flat calm? So you have to ask your self is it worth it?
The drive towing boat was not hard at all and the run in the canal was sweet. I guess it comes down to how much you respect the ocean. sooke to bamfied is close to 72 NM so given that on the BEST ideal conditions 3 hours being flat calm but realistically 4, and god help you if you have to rely on someone if something happens, and gravel road doing roadside repairs and changing tires on gravel doesnt sound like fun to me . sorry ill trailer it everytime on paved roads and spend the hour running up, I don't want any more STRESS in my life...