Having never gone all the way around the world before, we don't know all that much about circumnavigations. Having never sailed before, we don't know all that much about sailboats. We will just have to sort these little details out along the way. Call us naive, you probably already are, but we think it's really quite simple. Sell all our stuff, sell our house, quit our jobs, say goodbye to friends and family, fly to Florida, buy a boat, figure out how it works, point it West and keep going until we get back to where we started from.

We left our home in Vancouver BC and arrived in Florida on August 31st 2007. To minimize hotel expense, we would like to move onto our new (used) boat as quickly as possible. We are thinking two weeks. We'll need to find one, have it surveyed, make an offer, title change and all that crap, find a slip, and load our stuff into it. It may be an aggressive time-line, but hey, we already have our name picked out and that's the hardest part... right?

Once on board we will spend a couple of months learning about all things nautical. When we're good and ready (probably early November) we will head towards Cuba, hang a right, slide down the coast of central America and squeak through the Panama Canal. Then it's across the Pacific and well, you get the idea. If you want to know more about the route we have planned here's a rough outline. Please keep in mind that dates and destinations are estimates and subject to change due to hurricane evasion maneuvers and stuff like that.

LocationStartEndComments



Atlantic Ocean - Florida to the Panama Canal   Aug 2007-Apr 2008
FloridaAug-07       
Bahamas (maybe)
Nov-07




 
Cuba






 
Mexico






 
Guatemala






 
Honduras






 
Belize






 
Panama Apr-08      









Crossing the Pacific Ocean     May 2008-Apr 2009
Galapagos May-08      
Marquesas
Jun-08




 
Tahiti
Jun-08s/b left in early June to arrive in Fiji early July 
Tonga






 
Cooke Islands






 
FijiJul-08Nov-08cyclone season Nov - Mar

 
New ZealandNov-08





 
Australia






 
New Caledonia Apr-09      









Crossing Indian Ocean      May 2009-Feb 2010
Solomon Islands        
Papa New Guinea






 
Torres Straight
Sep-09




 
Bali 
Oct-09




 
Jakarta






 
Malaysia






 
Thailand
Dec-09




 
Sri Lanka






 
Maldives Feb-10      









Middle East, The Red Sea, Mediterranean    Mar 2010-Nov 2010
Oman        
Yemen






 
Red Sea
Apr-10Suez Canal


 
Turkey






 
Greece

avoid in summer b/c of tourists

 
Italy






 
Rome






 
Monaco






 
Spain






 
Portugal


 


 
Straight of Gibralter
Oct-10




 
Morocco






 
Canarie Islands Nov-10earliest time for Atlantic crossing is after mid November









Crossing the Atlantic - South America    Dec 2010-Apr 2011
Brazil        
French Guiana






 
Suriname






 
Guyana






 
Trinidad






 
Venezuela Apr-11go south to Venezuela to avoid hurricanes for the summer









Carribean       May 2011-whenever we decide...
Trinidad  should be in the eastern caribbean before xmas 
Grenadines






 
Dominica






 
Montserrat






 
BVI






 
DR






 
Turks and Caicos






 
The Bahamas






 
Florida May-11