November 2004 — early 2005
Panama → Pacific → Sydney
Panama · Galápagos · Marquesas · French Polynesia · Fiji · Sydney
The classic Pacific milk-run. Through the Canal in November, then west across two thousand miles of open ocean to the Galápagos, on to the Marquesas, the long way through French Polynesia, north to Hawaii, and finally south-west to Australia in time for the Sydney–Hobart. The crew rotated leg by leg. The departure photographs from the Canaries — also covered here — were the only ones written into the log; the Pacific itself stayed undocumented in prose.
Stops along the way
Nov 2004
Panama Canal transit
Dec 2004 – Jan 2005
Galápagos Islands
~900 nm west of Panama
Jan – Feb 2005
Marquesas · Tuamotus · French Polynesia
The longest leg — three weeks at sea
Feb 2005
Samoa · Fiji · New Caledonia
Late 2004
Arrival in Sydney
Refit for southern summer
Photographs