The Fifth Circle: the Passage Log
The Fifth Circle: The Passage Log Webb Chiles After I completed my fourth circumnavigation in Sydney, Australia, in February, 2003, I sailed THE HAWKE OF TUONELA across the Tasman to New Zealand, where she found a home at Opua in the Bay of Islands. I bought her a mooring; and I paid the duty so that she could remain in New Zealand permanently, although I can not. For several years I divided my time between the 37’ sloop, which I sailed up to French Polynesia and back one year, and to Tonga and Fiji and back another, and being with Carol, my wife, in the United States, I was happy in Opua and found unexpected peace there. But after a while I wanted to go for a sail. These are the passage logs as I wrote them at sea. They have been only minimally edited, mostly to reduce typographical errors and repetition. This is raw data, the immediate experience. Opua, New Zealand to Cairns, Australia April-May, 2008 5 Cairns to Darwin, Australia May, 2008 48 Darwin, Australia to Bali, Indonesia June 2008 100 Bali, Indonesia to Cocos, Australia July-August 2008 119 Cocos, Australia to Durban, South Africa Aug.-Sept. 2008 143 Durban to Port Elizabeth, South Africa January 2009 214 Port Elizabeth, South Africa to Antigua Feb.-March 2009 225 Antigua to US Virgin Islands March 2009 361 US Virgin Islands to Panama April 2009 367 The Panama Canal May 2009 388 Panama to Nuku Hiva May-June 2009 396 Nuku Hiva to Raiatea, The Society Islands June 2009 455 Raiatea to Bora-Bora, The Society Islands Sept.
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