Wow, can you believe I actually made it across the Pacific Ocean!?!?!?!?

Well I DIDN’T.

Well not yet, turns out that Marquises is less than HALF way, so in addition to the 3000 miles I just sailed, I have about 4000 more to go before I get to Australia. But screw the technicalities, YAY I MADE IT!!!!!!!!……. It took 28 days to sail a distance of 2981 miles, that’s averaging about 106 miles per day or an average speed of about 4.5kts. Certainly not any record breaking times but considering that I nearly never used the motor and on a 30-foot boat I think that’s pretty damn good. Not to mention my course was a good bit longer that the 2981 mile rum line since sailing in a straight line to your destination generally isn’t the quickest route. I’ll post a much more detailed report as soon as I have a chance, probably in about a week when I arrive in Nuka Hiva. Right now I am in Hiva Oa, and my landfall this trip was in Fatu Hiva. These are all islands of the Marquises here in French Polynesia.


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