Final Weeks of Preparation - Rough Itinerary
25 October 2010 | still home in Santa Barbara
Virginia Johns
It was with a little bit of regret that we read about the Baja Haha fleet leaving San Diego this morning, as we had originally intended for our extended cruise to start with that event. But about five weeks ago we assessed the projects remaining on our house remodel and for our boat preparation and determined we needed to give up on a firm departure date. Good decision....we need a couple more weeks, but hope to leave sometime in November.
Family and friends are interested in our itinerary and have asked for more details; some may be considering joining us on some leg of the trip. Our VERY ROUGH plan is to spend the first four months cruising Mexico, Central America, and South America as far as Ecuador, cruise the Galapagos in March, and then head out across the Pacific towards the Marquesas in April. We will connect up with others doing the "Puddle Jump" who are leaving from Ecuador so that we have some company during that crossing, sharing information on weather, fishing, and other items of interest over the radio. We will stay connected with those at home via Sailmail email and this website.
We will wander through the various island groups in the South Pacific and work our way to Australia and New Zealand by November of 2011. Then we will take a few months break, doing land travel in those two countries, flying home for a visit, and deciding if we are liking it well enough to continue the adventure. If all goes well, year 2 we will travel to the Med via Madagascar and the Red Sea. Year 3 we will head across the Atlantic to the Caribbean.
But most of that is sheer speculation as it all depends on the wind, the weather, and if we are still having fun!
Stay tuned.