Our Route To Date

Our route so far... 

We put the Golden Gate Bridge astern on October 11, 2004 and headed down the California coast to San Diego.  We then joined the 2004 Baja Ha-Ha Cruising Rally and made our way to Cabo San Lucas Mexico.  We spent the next six months cruising the Mexican waters before striking out across the Pacific Ocean from Puerto Vallarta. 

We reached our first landfall of Nuku Hiva in the Marquessas islands 31 days later.  We spent the next five months following the coconut run route through the South Pacific, visiting French Polynesia, The Cook Islands, Niue Island, and Tonga. 

In October of 2005 we left Tonga and spent 15 days at sea before reaching New Zealand's north Island. 

The 2006/2007 South Pacific Cyclone Season was spent in New Zealand and Starship was refit while we both returned to the United States to work and feed the cruising kitty. 

In mid 2007 we sailed across the "Terrible Tasman Sea" to Sydney Australia.  The remainder of the cruising season was spent in Australia resolving an engine failure.  It is currently Cyclone Season again and Pam is working in Australia while Scott is working in the Washington DC area.  We will depart Australia this coming May to continue the Blind Circumnavigation.    

Places we have visited

The United States

• Half Moon Bay
• Santa Cruz
• San Pedro
• San Diego

Mexico

• Turtle Bay
• Cabo San Lucas
• Las Fralies
• Los Muertos
• La Paz
• Isla Isabella
• Puerto Vallarta
• Tennacatita
• Ixtapa
• Zihuatanejo
• Barra de Navidad
• Nuevo Vallarta

French Polynesia

• Nuku Hiva
• Tahiti
• Moorea
• Huahine
• Tahaa
• Bora Bora

The Cook Islands

• Rarotonga
• Palmerston Island

Niue Island

Tonga

• Neiafu

New Zealand

• Whangarei
• Great Barrier Island
• Tutukaka
• Whangaruru
• Whangamumu
• Russell
• Opua, Bay of Islands

Australia

• Sydney
• Pittwater
• Newcastle
• Port Stephens

  New Caledonia

• Koumac
• Noumea

Where to next?

We recently read a quote from an unknown source - "Sailors don't make plans they have intentions".  This quote sums up our track record of predicting our route.  Just when you think you know where you will go next, out of nowhere comes an emergency appendectomy, or you learn that there is a reef in the middle of the ocean where you can stop and catch lobsters.  So we now believe that the best we can do is share our intentions. 

We are currently in Newcastle, Australia and we have just completed installation of our new Volvo Penta engine, hopefully bringing an end to our Australian engine saga.   

As it is getting late in the 2007 cruising season and cyclone season is looming ever closer, we have decided to wait out the cyclone season in Oz. 

We hope to sample all of the beautiful cruising grounds that Australia has to offer.  Please visit the website for updates!   

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