Opua to Opua in less than 18 months:  April 21, 2008 to October 10, 2009. 


Days underway:  213.  This is any day in which the boat moved forward, including one of only five miles inside the lagoon at Raiatea, the partial days at the beginnings and ends of passages, and those daysailing inside the Great Barrier Reef between Cairns and Cape York, Australia.


Sailing time:  193 days, 10 hours, beating EGREGIOUS’s then world record time of 203 sailing days.


Miles:  23992  This is the total of daily runs measured between noon positions.  The actual number of miles sailed is greater.




Daily Runs


2008


      Opua to Cairns

              April      21                   16

                   

              April     22                  120

                           23                  136

                           24                  111   

                           25                  118

                           26                  108

                           27                    80

                           28                  116                   week:    789


                           29                  106

                           30                  164

              May       1                  155

                            2                   125

                            3                   138

                            4                   136

                            5                   139                   week:    963

           

                            6                   128

                            7                   133                   total:    2029



      Cairns to Darwin

             May     13                     35

                          14                     74

                          15                     21

                          16                     77

                          17                     15

                          18                     60

                          19                     60

                          20                     48

                          21                     48

                          22                     44 arrive Cape York (482)

                          23                     27  leave Cape York

                          24                   121

                          25                   144

                          26                   147

                          27                   151

                          28                   126 anchored Hotham

                          30                     33                  total:     1231



      Darwin to Bali

             June    21                     29

                         22                   135

                         23                   134

                         24                   117

                         25                   128

                         26                   126

                         27                   102

                         28                   116

                         29                     81                  total:   968


      Bali to Cocos

             July     25                     26

           

                         26                    88

                         27                  117 

                         28                  116

                         29                  165

                         30                  145

                         31                  110

             Aug       1                  137                  week:   878

           

                           2                  117

                           3                    97                   total:   1118


      Cocos to Durban

             Aug     11                   22

       

                         12                 146

                         13                 150

                         14                 151

                         15                 144

                         16                 146

                         17                 161

                         18                 151                  weeK:   1049

           

                         19                 152

                         20                 159

                         21                 142

                         22                 149

                         23                 158

                         24                 153

                         25                 145                  week:   1058

       

                         26                 136 

                         27                 131

                         28                 120

                         29                   76

                         30                 112

                         31                 145

             Sept      1                 140                  week:    860

           

                           2                   81

                           3                 115

                           4                 115

                           5                 119

                           6                 124

                           7                   77

                           8                 146                  week:    777

           

                           9                 109                  total:   3875                


             Total for year:   9221 miles; underway 83 days




2009



      Durban to Port Elizabeth

             January 28                  5

                            29              145

                            30              157

                            31                93                    total:        400        


      Port Elizabeth to Antigua

             February  5                32

   

                              6               163

                              7               161

                              8               140

                              9               107

                            10               139

                            11               159

                            12               152                     week:  1021


                            13               159

                            14               148

                            15               144

                            16               128

                            17               122

                            18               101

                            19                 86                    week:   888                


                            20               112 

                            21               132

                            22               134

                            23               128

                            24               131

                            25               132

                            26               127                    week:   896     


                            27               124

                            28               118

             March      1               141

                              2               144

                              3               146

                              4                 84

                              5                 87                    week:   844


                              6               103

                              7               120

                              8               102  

                              9                 85

                            10               150

                            11               175

                            12               169                    week:   904

   

                            13               163

                            14               153

                            15               158

                            16               162

                            17               155

                            18               162

                            19               158                    week:  1111 


                            20               148

                            21               120                     total:   6040       


         Antigua to St. Thomas

             April         1                 28

                              2               145

                              2                 27      (after 1200)   total   200       




         St. Thomas to Panama

             April       21                 28

                           22                152

                           23                150

                           24                146

                           25                168

                           26                142

                           27                134

                           28                111                    total:    1031



         The Panama Canal

             May        8                  11

                             9                  38                   total:        49



         Panama to Nuku Hiva

             May       11                 13

   

                            12               122

                            13                 84

                            14               114

                            15                 88

                            16               100

                            17               110

                            18                 64                    week:    682    


                            19                 69

                            20               130

                            21               171

                            22               158

                            23               167

                            24               137

                            25               110                    week:     942


                            26               130

                            27               163

                            28               170

                            29               167

                            30               160

                            31               158

             June         1               154                    week:   1102


                              2               144

                              3               121

                              4               119

                              5               141

                              6               134

                              7               128

                              8               120                    week:    907

   

                              9               104

                             10                75

                             11                87                    total:    3899



         Nuku Hiva to Raiatea

         June            15                30


                             16               121

                             17               117

                             18               114

                             19                 92

                             20                 68

                             21                 75

                             22                109                    week:   696


                             23                  90

                             24                    5                    total:    821  



         Raiatea to Bora-Bora

           Sept.           9                 25                     total:     25



         Bora-Bora to Opua

           Sept.         15                26

       

                             16              137

                             17              150

                             18              150

                             19              112

                             20                67

                             21              121

                             22              108                    week:   845


                             23                67

                             24                82

                             25                52

                             26                56

                             27                93

                             28                97

                             29                66                    week:   513

       

                             30                88

           Oct.             1               99

                                2               81

                                3               90

                                5             146  (no Oct. 4.  International Dateline)

                                6               67

                                7               90                    week:   661

       

                                8               73

                                9             129

                               10              59 (since previous noon)                   total:   2306

   

         total for year:  14771 miles; underway 130 days