@Brian1946 The Hunter Passage 420 sloop has 3.5 tons of lead in a bullet-design winged keel resulting in a 6.5 foot draft which is OK in both bluewater and shoal sailing. I would increase the sail area from the stock triangular (Bermuda rig) 823.23 ft2 / 76.48 m2 by gaff rigging, and possibly extend the keel wings a bit if I were to do the Pacific. Actually, I would prefer to do the Pacific in a Morgan 46 or a Pierson 50 motor sailer which are better rigged both inside and out for bigwater and distance.
A couple of years ago, I took her from Barbados along the coast of South America to Belém, Brazil at the mouth of the Amazon, then across the Atlantic to Ascension Island and back. There were design problems. That trip pretty much got the whole circumnavigation thing out of my system. I turn 64 today. There is a point in a person’s life when they have to begin accepting certain physical limitations. Sadly, I must admit, I’ve met that point. There will be no trans-Pacific voyage for me. Not solo, anyway.