Our travels so far

In June of 2001 we circumnavigated Vancouver Island to check out the boat systems. We left Seattle on August 4, 2001. Since then we have traveled to many places and had many an adventure. Below is a map of our route and some details about the trip to date. This is where we have been so far Around Vancouver Island Seattle, Aug. 4, 2001 San Francisco Bay Area California Coast Mexico Baja California, Baja Sur Mazatlan, San Blas, Puerto Vallarta, Tenacatita French Polynesia Marquises, Tuamotos, Society Islands Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Aug. 4, 2002 Beveridge Reef and Niue Kingdom of Tonga New Zealand Australia, Aug. 4, 2003 Australia continued, Aug. 4, 2004 Our nights For those of you who are interested in statistics and such, here are fun facts to think about. From August 4, 2001 to August 3, 2002, 365 nights 51 nights on passage, 14 % 142 nights at anchor, 39 % 143 nights at a marina, 39 % 29 nights on land, 8 % From August 4, 2002 to August 3, 2003, 365 nights 33 nights on passage, 9 % 86 nights at anchor, 24 % 196 nights at a marina, 54 % 48 nights on land, 13 % 2 nights lost crossing the International dateline (once by boat, once by plane) From August 4, 2003 to August 3, 2004, 365 nights 6 nights on passage, 2 %, one by train, one by airplane 29 nights at anchor, 8 % 295 nights at a marina, 80 % 35 nights on land, 10 % On the boat we have traveled approximately 11200 nautical miles from August 4, 2001 to August 3, 2004. Points of the compass Northern most point: 50’54.453N, 127’58.180W, Bull Harbor, British Columbia, Canada Eastern most point: 19’17.953N, 104’50.032W, Bahia Tenecatita, Mexico Southern most point: by boat: 36’49.259S, 174’45.895E, Auckland, New Zealand, by car: 45’52.117S, 170’28.367E, Dunedin, New Zealand Western most point: 16’55,113S, 145’46.910E, Cairns, Australia, so far. Countries and Islands We have visited 9 countries: United States, Canada, Mexico, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Niue, Kingdom of Tonga, New Zealand (twice) and Australia We have visited 32 islands: Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz (US), Nuka Hiva, Ua Pou, Raroia, Makemo, Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora (FP), Rarotonga (CI), Niue, Vava’u, Vaka’eitu, Tapana, Lape, Ha’ano, Lifuka, Nuku’alofa (Tonga), North Island, South Island, Kawau Island, Great Barrier Island (NZ), Great Keppel Island, Hamilton Island, Magnetic Island, Fitzroy Island, Hinchinbrook Island, Hook Island, Long Island, Fraser Island (Australia). Position Updates Over the past three years we wrote 316 position updates. These updates were sent out to 12 people. It was then distributed out to another 133 people that I know about. It does not include the many people who received paper copies of the updates and shared them with friends, family, bridge clubs, co-workers, etc. I hope you enjoyed reading them as much as we enjoyed writing them.