This blog began in late 2006 with the planning and preparation for a circumnavigation of the world in my 39-foot sail boat Pachuca. It then covered a successful 5-year circumnavigation that ended in April 2013. The blog now covers life with Pachuca back home in Australia.

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Monday, October 29, 2007

Link Sheet, Lee sheets, Flags, Electronics





Debbie delivered the "link sheet", a piece of canvas that zips to the front of the bimini and is strapped to the grab rail on the back of the companionway spray dodger. The boom must be out of the way when the sheet is in place. Debbie's canvas work for Pachuca has now been completed.

I also fitted the frame for the Raymarine C120 multifunction display. The frame is very strong: Australia cedar, pinned with nails and glued with 2-part epoxy. I then teak-stained it and covered it with two coats of varnish. Notice that I had to move the B&G sail monitoring unit back to its original position. Also, the Trimble GPS will re repositioned. I've made a template and will make the required wooden piece tomorrow.

During a visit to Maritime Electronics we decided that the time was good for procuring the Raymarine radar and C120 display, and AIS system which will probably by Simrad active and passive. Greg said that the major boat shows are behind us now and no major new products or price changes were announced.

I visited Phil and Sailmakers WA to discuss the design of lee sheets for the berths in the main cabin. They should be ready by the end of next week.

We visited Tudor House and purchased New Zealand and USA courtesy flags and ordered the "Q" quarantine (pratique) flag which I picked up today. They could not provide a courtesy flag of Kiribati (an island nation between French Polynesia and Hawaii) and it would be a nightmare to sew at home (See http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/pacific/kiribati.htm). We hope to pick one up in either New Zealand or Tahiti. I consider this to be important because the smaller the country the more sensitive it is to a courtesy flag.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Picasa Web Photo Gallery

Last night I set up a public Picasa web photo gallery at http://picasaweb.google.com/robert.morales.oz

In the gallery I've put key photos of the preparation of Pachuca, many of which have already been published in this blog.

This was my first attempt with Picasa so please advise me of any problems or suggestions.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Circumnavigation Plan V4.2

When demonstrating this blog to a friend at her computer I was disappointed to see that the Plan V4.0 was not being correctly presented with Internet Explorer (V6, I think). Anyway, I now have V4.2 which I will present in another format in the hopes that both Firefox and IE can handle it OK. V.4.2 differs from V4.0 only in the first line (and some cosmetic changes). A friend pointed out that the nautical distance from Fremantle to Albany should be larger than the 185 nautical miles in V4.0. I checked my work and discovered that I had included the leg from Fremantle to Cape Leewin but omitted the leg from Cape Leewin to Albany.

Pachuca's Circumnavigation Plan

V4.2

From

To

Distance NM

Sailing Days

Stopover

Travel Days

Departure Date

Arrival date

Core Storm Season

Knots

"From" Coords

Fremantle

Albany

325

5

3

8

15-Mar-08

19-Mar-08

2.78

32S04, 115E44

Albany

Esperance

270

4

2

6

22-Mar-08

26-Mar-08

2.78

35S01, 117E54

Esperance

Port Lincoln

707

11

3

14

28-Mar-08

08-Apr-08

2.78

32S52, 121E54

Port Lincoln

Adelaide

129

2

3

5

11-Apr-08

13-Apr-08

2.78

34S43, 135E52

Adelaide

Eden NSW

660

10

1

11

16-Apr-08

26-Apr-08

Jan-Mar (Nov-May)

2.78

34S47, 138E49

Eden NSW

Sydney

210

3

5

8

27-Apr-08

30-Apr-08

Jan-Mar (Nov-May)

2.78

37S04, 149E56

Sydney

Whangarei

1250

15

14

29

05-May-08

20-May-08

Jan-Mar (Nov-May)

3.47

33S50, 151E18

Whangarei

Raivavae

2090

25

7

32

03-Jun-08

28-Jun-08

3.47

35S45, 174E20

Raivavae

Papeete Tahiti

393

5

21

26

05-Jul-08

10-Jul-08

3.47

23S54, 147W42

Papeete Tahiti

Palmyra

1587

19

7

26

31-Jul-08

19-Aug-08

3.47

17S34, 149W34

Palmyra

Honolulu

958

11

10

21

26-Aug-08

06-Sep-08

Jul-Sep (May-Nov)

3.47

05N53, 162W05

Honolulu

Juan De Fuca

2340

28

138

166

16-Sep-08

14-Oct-08

Jul-Sep (May-Nov)

3.47

21N19, 157W50

Juan de Fuca

San Diego

950

14

3

17

01-Mar-09

16-Mar-09

Jul-Sep (May-Nov)

2.78

47N34, 122W23

San Diego

Golfito Costa R

2400

36

100

136

19-Mar-09

24-Apr-09

2.78

32N43, 117W09

Golfito Costa R

Galapagos

757

9

3

12

02-Aug-09

11-Aug-09

3.47

08N38, 083W11

Galapagos

Callao,Peru

1058

13

30

43

14-Aug-09

26-Aug-09

3.47

00N00, 090W00

Callao

Valparaiso, Ch

1292

19

30

49

25-Sep-09

15-Oct-09

2.78

12S05, 077W08

Valparaiso

Cape Horn

1400

21

0

21

14-Nov-09

05-Dec-09

2.78

33S03, 071W38

Cape Horn

Falklands

435

5

3

8

05-Dec-09

10-Dec-09

3.47

55S58, 067W17

Falklands

Cape Town

3356

34

7

41

13-Dec-09

16-Jan-10

4.17

51S42, 057W49

Cape Town

St Paul Is

2840

28

3

31

23-Jan-10

20-Feb-10

4.17

33S55, 018E27

St Paul Is

Fremantle

1894

19

0

19

23-Feb-10

14-Mar-10

4.17

38S50, 077E35

Avg Speed Knots

3.4

Dist Sailed Nm

27301

Days Under Sail

336

Lay Days

393

Days Away

729

Miles Per Day

80

100

120

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