Monday, May 04, 2015

Sailing adventure statistics

Stats:
Started- Seattle, WA- September 1, 2013
Finished- Opua, NZ - December 22, 2014
Total Miles- 14,800 Nautical Miles
Average speed- 4.4 knots
Top speed- 10.1 knots (downwind, down-current, down hill!)
Best day- 138 Nautical miles
Worst day- 16 Nautical miles backwards (doll-drums!!)
Longest crossing without land- 39 days
Number of diesel fillups- 3 ($1300 average cost)
Number of propane fillups- 4
Countries visited- 11 (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, American Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia)
Favorite countries- Guatemala and Tonga
Favorite experience- Swimming with Humpback Whales in Tonga
Favorite  food- Poisson Cru in French Polynesia
Most memorable people- Fiji family that invited us over for dinner frequently
Pirates spotted- zero
Shipping containers spotted- zero
Roughest anchorage- Suwarrow, Cook Islands
Roughest seas- Strait between Tahiti and Moorea (took a blue water wave into the cockpit)
Best marina- Good ol' Bremerton Marina believe it or not was the best!!
Worst marina- Huatulco mexico, sorry
Best hotel- Pearl Lodge Nuku Hiva for atmosphere and we just came of the 39 day crossing or Sarah Nui in Tahiti for the fast Wi-Fi


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