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 everything we own, quit our jobs, say goodbye to friends and family, buy a boat, point it West and keep going until we get back to where we started.

This is our proposed itinerary.

Location

Scheduled Arrival

 
Actual
 
Approx distance (nm)
Vancouver - Florida
Sept 2007
 
Aug 2007 - Jan 2008
 

2400

Florida - Bahamas
Jan 2008
 

Jan 2008 - March 2008

 

80

Bahamas - Cuba
Feb 2008
 

March 2008 - April 2008

 

70

Cuba -Jamaica
April 2008
 

April 2008

 

320

Jamaica - Panama

May 2008

 

April 2008

 

490

Panama - Galapagos

June 2008

 

April 2008 - June 2008

 

1060

Galapagos - Marquesas

July 2008

 

June 2008 - July 2008

 

3300

Marqueses - Tuamotos - Societies

July/Aug 2008

 

July 2008 - Sept 2008

 

800

Societies - Cooks

Sept 2008

 

Sept 2008 - Oct 2008

 

600

Cooks - Tonga

Oct 2008

 

Oct 2008 - Nov 2008

 

600

Tonga - New Zealand

Nov/Dec 2008

 

Nov 2008 - May 2009

 

1000

Location

Arrival

 
Actual
 
Approx distance (nm)
New Zealand - Fiji
May 2009
 

May - June - July 2009

 

1100

Fiji - Vanuatu
June 2009
 

July - Sept 2009

 

580

Vanuatu - Solomon Islands
July 2009
 
Sept - Oct 2009
 

595

Solomon Islands - PNG
August 2009
 

Oct 2009

 

870

PNG - Australia - Indonesia

Sept 2009

 

Nov 2009

 

1900

Indonesia - Singapore

Oct 2009

 

Dec 2009 - Indonesia to Vancouver

 

1300

Singapore - Thailand

Nov/Dec 2009

 

Schedule for 2010

 

600

Location

Arrival

 
Actual
 
Approx distance (nm)
Indonesia - Singapore
August 2010
 

 

900

Singapore - Malaysia
Sept 2010
 


 

200

Malaysia - Thailand
Oct 2010
 


 

340

Thailand - Vietnam - Cambodia
Nov 2010 - Jan 2011
 


 

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