Pachuca Circumnavigation: Plan V4.0

Attached is the latest circumnavigation plan, V4.0. In differs from the last published plan as follows:

1. Departure time from Fremantle on 15 March 2008 instead of 1 March 2008
2. Bypassing Melbourne and visiting Sydney via Eden
3. Landfall in French Polynesia at Raivavae instead of Tahiti

It was unrealistic to return from the Bunbury cruise and depart on a circumnavigation 2 or 3 days later. In addition to being a lot of fun with a lot of great people the Bunbury cruise will act as a shakedown for a lot of new gear ( e.g. radar, water maker) and procedures, with my twin brother Arnold getting acquainted with a boat that he's never seen before. The two extra weeks back in Fremantle will give us time to resolve teething problems, provision the boat, and allow me to vacate and hand over my house for rental in a more orderly way.

After discussions with my friend Reg Kelly I agreed that visiting Sydney was a more attractive proposition that visiting Melbourne, and it has the advantage of reducing the leg to New Zealand by 350 miles.

Raivavae is in the Austral group of islands on the way to Tahiti and is alleged to be as beautiful as Bora Bora. It is a port of entry and is likely have simpler and quicker entry procedures.

In order to not affect our departure from Seattle and the rounding of the Horn I've compensated for the extra times by reducing the stay in Seattle ( i.e. Juan de Fuca) from 188 days in V3.2 to 168.

Pachuca's Circumnavigation Plan			V4.0
From	To	Distance NM	Sailing Days[1]	Stopover	Travel Days[2]	Departure Date	Arrival date	Core Storm Season[3]	Knots[4]	"From" Coords[5]
Fremantle	Albany	185	3	3	6	15-Mar-08	17-Mar-08		2.78	32S04, 115E44
Albany	Esperance	270	4	2	6	20-Mar-08	24-Mar-08		2.78	35S01, 117E54
Esperance	Port Lincoln	707	11	3	14	26-Mar-08	06-Apr-08		2.78	32S52, 121E54
Port Lincoln	Adelaide	129	2	3	5	09-Apr-08	11-Apr-08		2.78	34S43, 135E52
Adelaide	Eden NSW	660	10	1	11	14-Apr-08	24-Apr-08	Jan-Mar (Nov-May)[6]	2.78	34S47, 138E49
Eden NSW	Sydney	210	3	5	8	25-Apr-08	28-Apr-08	Jan-Mar (Nov-May)	2.78	37S04, 149E56
Sydney	Whangarei	1250	15	14	29	03-May-08	18-May-08	Jan-Mar (Nov-May)	3.47	33S50, 151E18
Whangarei [7]	Raivavae[8]	2090	25	7	32	01-Jun-08	26-Jun-08		3.47	35S45, 174E20
Raivavae	Papeete Tahiti	393	5	21	26	03-Jul-08	08-Jul-08		3.47	23S54, 147W42
Papeete Tahiti	Palmyra	1587	19	7	26	29-Jul-08	17-Aug-08		3.47	17S34, 149W34
Palmyra	Honolulu	958	11	10	21	24-Aug-08	04-Sep-08	Jul-Sep (May-Nov)[9]	3.47	05N53, 162W05
Honolulu	Juan De Fuca[10]	2340	28	140	168	14-Sep-08	12-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[11]	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		27161
Days Under Sail			334
Lay Days				395
Days Away					729

Miles Per Day[12]	80[13]	100[14]	120[15]

[1]

Robert Morales:
Assumptions:
1. Multiply sailing distance by 1.2 to allow for tacking, jibing, avoiding obstacles, etc
2. A choice of 3 assumptions about nautical miles sailed per 24 hours are made: B26 is the slowest, for coastal cruising or where adverse factors are expected, C26, the normal expected in low-latitude passages, D26 for the fast passages to Cape Town and Fremantle near the Roaring 40's.

[2]

Robert Morales:
Sum of Sailing Days and Stopover Days

[3]

Robert Morales:
The time span in parenthesis includes the months of lesser storm probability.

[4]

Robert Morales:
This is speed over 1.2 x distance in col C

[5]

Robert Morales:
These are the coordinates of the departure port, expressed as degrees followed by hemisphere followed by minutes, e.g. S32deg 18 min becomes 32S18

[6]

Robert Morales:
Parenthesis includes periods affected by early or late seasons.
The affected area includes: Fiji, Samoa, North island of NZ

[7]

Robert Morales:
NE coast of North island of New Zealand

[8]

Robert Morales:

[9]

Robert Morales:
"North East Pacific" but principally the west coasts of Mexico and California

[10]

Robert Morales:
Puget Sound/Seattle

[11]

Robert Morales:
Best to round the Horn in Dec or Jan