I’d be willing to go out on a limb and say boating westward, from Panama, in the pacific would be basically impossible in a pedestrian boat.

On the contrary, that's the usual way to do it. Apparently there's basically a whole flotilla of cruisers who do the passage from the Galapagos to the Marquesas around February each year.

https://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/Trans_Pacific_(%22Puddle-Jump%22)

As far as I can tell, it's a lot easier and more popular than trying to traverse eastward (Japan →Hawaii →California). It seems like it's often the first big ocean crossing cruisers starting in the Caribbean do, being less intimidating than trying to cross the North Atlantic via the Gulf Stream.

Speaking of influencers and "pedestrian" boats, a few years ago a YouTuber named "Wind Hippie Sailing" did the passage in a 27-foot sloop, solo. Apparently it took her 41 days.