The Route

The stuff in yellow up to Panama we did in from April 2000 to March 2001
The stuff in yellow and red up to Cape Town we did from April 2001 - January 2002
The stuff in red we did from February 2002 to May 2002

Our basic route took us around the world mostly through the souther hemisphere.

In 2 years of sailing we sailed 22500 nautical miles. We sailed that distance in 315 days of sailing. We visited 23 different countries. Anchored in 102 different spots. Have about 200 names in our guest log, and met hundreds more. We took over 1000 photos. 700 which are on the web. We also have over 13 hours of video footage, summarized in 11 music videos (about 3 minutes each).

Memorable Bars (in order of discovery)

  1. Loose Mongoose - Trellis Bay, Tortola
  2. The Bight - Chaguaramas, Trinidad
  3. Karl's Bar - Curacao
  4. Panama Canal Yacht Club - Panama
  5. Chappy's - Tahiti
  6. Billfish - Tonga
  7. Mermaid - Tonga
  8. Green Iguana - Richards Bay, South Africa
  9. Buccaneer - Knysna, South Africa
  10. Standard Bar - Santa Helena
  11. Phillippe's Bar - Cabedelo, Brasil

Here are the basic numbers once we crossed the Panama Canal

Arrived Source Stayed (days) Left Destination Miles Days Hours
  Balboa (Panama)   21-Mar-01 Galapagos (San Cristobal) 912 7 6
29-Mar-01 Galapagos (San Cristobal) 3 01-Apr-01 Galapagos (Santa Cruz) 43 0 10
01-Apr-01 Galapagos (Santa Cruz) 4 06-Apr-01 Galapagos (Isabella) 47 0 10
06-Apr-01 Galapagos (Isabella) 5 11-Apr-01 Marquesas (Fatu Hiva) 2971 22 0
02-May-01 Marquesas (Fatu Hiva) 4 06-May-01 Marquesas (Hiva Oa) 45 0 9
06-May-01 Marquesas (Hiva Oa) 4 10-May-01 Marquesas (Tahuata - Hana Moe Noa) 10 0 2
10-May-01 Marquesas (Tahuata - Hana Moe Noa) 2 12-May-01 Marquesas (Tahuata - Baie Vaitahu) 3 0 2
06-May-01 Tahuata - Marquesas 1 13-May-01 Ahe, Tuamotu 485 4 4
17-May-01 Ahe, Tuamotu 4 21-May-01 Papetee (Tahiti) 295 3 16
24-May-01 Papetee (Tahiti) 10 03-Jun-01 Tonga (Tonga tapu) 1450 13 2
17-Jun-01 Tonga (Tonga Tapu) 19 06-Jul-01 Tonga (Vavao) 175 1 18
08-Jul-01 Tonga (Vavao) 4 12-Jul-01 Suva (Fiji) 456 3 4
16-Jul-01 Fiji 4 20-Jul-01 Vanuatu 606 4 23
25-Jul-01 Vanuatu 4 29-Jul-01 Townsville 1252 10 2
    68     8750 67 108
               
07-Aug-01 Townsville 27 13-Sep-01 Hinchinbrook 56 0 10
13-Sep-01 Hinchinbrook 1 14-Sep-01 Cairns 100 1 6
15-Sep-01 Cairns 2 16-Sep-01 Cooktown 88 1 0
17-Sep-01 Cooktown 2 19-Sep-01 Lizard Island 64 0 10
19-Sep-01 Lizard Island 1 20-Sep-01 Darwin 1140 7 12
  Total For Pacific  33     1448 9 38
               
28-Sep-01 Darwin 11 09-Oct-01 Christmas Island 1475 12 22
22-Oct-01 Christmas Island 2 24-Oct-01 Cocos Keeling 530 3 16
28-Oct-01 Cocos Keeling 2 30-Oct-01 Mauritius 2382 14 21
14-Nov-01 Mauritius 5 19-Nov-01 Richards Bay (South Africa) 1502 12  
  Total For Indian  20     5889 29 59
               
01-Dec-01 Richard Bay 11 12-Dec-01 Durban 98    
13-Dec-01 Durban (South Africa) 19 02-Jan-02 East London 277    
04-Jan-02 East London 4 08-Jan-02 Knysna 200    
10-Jan-02 Knysna 9 19-Jan-02 Mossel Bay 45    
20-Jan-02 Mossel Bay 13 02-Feb-02 Haut Bay 230    
04-Feb-02 Haut Bay 7 09-Feb-02 Capetown (South Africa) 20    
  Total for South Africa  63     870    
               
09-Feb-02 Capetown (South Africa) 7 16-Feb-02 St Helena 1693 12 6
28-Feb-02 St Helena 6 06-Mar-02 Salvador 1907 15 18
21-Mar-02 Salvador 20 10-Apr-02 Cabedelo 450  
15-Apr-02 Cabedelo 10 25-Apr-02 Tobago 1930 14   
  Total for Trip - Caribe 215     21507 222  

 

The leg summaries can be found in the Caribbean Leg , Pacific Leg , and Indian Ocean summaries. Details on rounding Cape of Good Hope can also be seen here and finally we have the Atlantic Leg