Pacific Crossing

Brita
Ocean Crossing, Pacific, Passage Making

I crossed the Pacific Ocean under sail: nearly 10,000nm/11,500mi/18,500km, six months shore to shore, 90 days underway, stopping in Panama, Ecuador (Galapagos), French Polynesia (Marquesas, Tuamotos and Society Islands), Niue, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and Australia.  We entered the Pacific with

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Life in the (Not-So) Fast Lane

Brita
Boat Living, Boats, Pacific

We finished a 1200+ nautical mile passage from Tahiti to Niue in almost 8 days (184 hours) last week, averaging 7 knots / 8.1 statute miles per hour / 13.1 kilometers per hour. Welcome to life in the “not-so-fast” lane. A

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