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Pacific Crossing Guide

Art.nr: PI3125
825,-

The Pacific Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific in their own boat. From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication, health and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, the comprehensiveness of this new edition will both inspire dreamers and instil confidence in those about to depart.


This new edition has been completely restructured with Part 1 covering thorough preparation for a Pacific crossing and Part 2 covering Pacific weather patterns, major routes and landfall ports, with useful website links throughout. There are completely new sections on rallies, coral atolls and atoll navigation, the cyclone season and laying up, use of electronic charts, satellite phones versus HF radio, ongoing maintenance, and Pacific festivals.

Completely updated, expanded and refreshed for the new generation of Pacific cruisers, this is the definitive reference, relied upon by many thousands of cruisers.

Hawaii to Kodiak
 

Table of contents

Part I Preparations 

1 Casting Off
Work as a team to fulfil the dream
Taking children
Family and friends left behind
Joining a rally

2 The Pacific Ocean
Ring of fire
The formation of atolls
Human colonisation
Ethnic groups
European exploration and trade
Culture and festivals
Citizen science

3 Preparing the boat 
The perfect cruising yacht?
Monohull or multihull? 
Sail management
Downwind rigs
Stormsails
Wear on sails
Mast and spars
Standing rigging
Running rigging 
Steering systems
Self-steering: autopilot vs wind vane
Ground tackle 
The main engine
Fuel tanks
Bilge pumps
Water management
Cooking fuel
Fridges and freezers
Temperature regulation
Toilets and holding tanks
Dinghies
Outboard engines

Staying Safe
Preventing water ingress
Alarms
Spray hoods and biminis
Handholds and jack lines 
Man overboard (MOB)
Getting the casualty back on board
PLB
AIS
Lightning strike
Fire
Abandoning ship 
EPIRB 
Flares 
Liferaft 
Grab bag
Security

Navigation and charting 
The basics of navigation
Integrated or stand-alone electronics?
Electronic charting
When the electronics fail
Using satellite imagery as a navigational tool 
AIS
Radar
Ship's log 
Watch keeping
Eyeball navigation on coral atolls

Communications
Short range communications
Long range communications at sea
Mobile phones and internet access
Traditional 'snail mail'

7 The balance of power
General electrical setup: the basics
Power storage 
Power generation
Alternative power generation
Power draw and calculation of usage
AC power
Shore power
Inverters

8 Routine maintenance and spares
Corrosion
Managing your maintenance 
Backups and spare parts
Suggested spares
Tools
Manuals and parts lists

9 Provisioning and store keeping
Stores and storage
Fresh food
Dried food
Making bread
Galley hints
Water
BBQs
Fishing
Waste disposal
Hygiene and pests
Trade and barter 

10 Common health problems while cruising 
Injuries
Burns
Sunburn and skin cancer
Ears
Diarrhoea
Seasickness
Common parasites
Biting flies
Malaria
Dengue fever
Dangers in the sea
Ciguatera
Health and illness in toddlers and babies
Women's health
Common fears
Basic medical kit
Useful books to have on board
Useful websites

11 Managing the paperwork
Finance
Passports and visas
Ship's papers
Formalities
Courtesy flags
Insurance
Recruiting crew
Pets on board

12 Cyclone season and laying up
Leaving the cyclone belt
Staying inside the cyclone belt
Cyclone shelters – useful contacts
Laying up
Shipping home

Part II Passage Planning

13 Pacific weather and weather forecasts
The origin of Pacific wind systems
South Pacific wind zones 
North Pacific wind zones 
Tropical revolving storms
Pacific Ocean currents 
El Niño
La Niña
Madden Julian-Oscillation
Weather forecasts

14 Routes to the Marquesas
West Coast to Marquesas
1 San Diego 
2 Puerto Vallarta 
Panama to Galapagos
3 Balboa
The Galapagos Islands
4 Wreck Bay
5 Academy Bay
Galapagos to Marquesas

15 FrenchPolynesia (the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Society Islands)
The Marquesas
6 Atuona, Hiva Oa 
7 Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva
The Tuamotu Archipelago
The Society Islands
8 Papeete, Tahiti
9 Maeva Beach, Tahiti
10 Moorea
11 Raiatea
12 Bora Bora

16 Southern routes via Easter Island and the Australs or direct between Chile and New Zealand
Galapagos to Easter Island
Chile to Easter Island
13 Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui
Easter Island to Pitcairn
Pitcairn to the Gambiers and Tuamotus
Eastwards from New Zealand to Chile via the Australs
14 Raivavae, Austral Islands
Australs to Easter Island
Easter Island to Puerto Montt, Chile
New Zealand to Chile via the Southern Ocean
Chile
15 Puerto Montt, Chile

17 Bora Borato Tonga and Samoa via the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands
16 Avatiu, Raratonga
Niue 
Kingdom of Tonga
17 Neiafu, Vava'u Group
18 The Ha'apai Islands
19 Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu

18 Routes between 'the Islands' and New Zealand 
Tonga to Fiji
Tonga to New Zealand
New Zealand
20 Opua, Bay of Islands, North Island 
Cruising New Zealand
21 Auckland, North Island
New Zealand to 'the Islands'
Republic of Fiji
22 Suva, Viti Levu 
Fiji to Vanuatu
Vanuatu
23 Port Vila, Efate Island 
Vanuatu to New Caledonia
New Caledonia
24 Nouméa, New Caledonia

19 Routes to and from Tasmania and the East Coast of Australia
Vanuatu or New Caledonia to Australia 
Australia to New Caledonia or Vanuatu 
Australia
25 Bundaberg, Queensland
Bundaberg to Brisbane
26 Brisbane, Queensland 
Brisbane to Sydney 
27 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
28 Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney to Hobart
29 Hobart, Tasmania
Passages between Tasmania and New Zealand
Passages northwards up the New South Wales coast
Inside the Great Barrier Reef
30 Cairns, Queensland

20 Routes to and from Hawaii in the East Pacific
Panama to Hawaii via Galapagos
Hawaii
31 Honolulu, Oahu
Hawaii to Canada
Canada
32 Victoria, British Columbia
Canada or California to Hawaii
33 San Francisco, California

21 Routes south and west from Hawaii
Routes south from Hawaii 
Fast track to New Zealand
South among the islands
The Line Islands, Kiribati
Hawaii to Samoa
Samoan Islands
34 Pago Pago, Tutuila, American Samoa
35 Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa
Hawaii to Australia via the Gilbert Islands and the Solomon Islands
36 Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati 
The Solomon Islands
37 Honiara, Guadalcanal
Routes west from Hawaii
The Marshall Islands
38 Majuro
The Caroline Islands
39 Pohnpei
Guam
40 Apra

22 Routes north from New Zealand to Japan and Alaska
New Zealand to Hawaii via Tahiti
The direct route north
New Zealand to the Aleutians via Japan
Japan
41 Fukuoka (Hakata), Kyushu
Japan to the Aleutian Islands
The Aleutians
42 Dutch Harbor, Unalaska
Mainland Alaska 
43 Kodiak

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