Trans Pacific ("Puddle-Jump")

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Contents 1 Passage - Americas to Australasia 1.1 Departure Points 1.2 Crossing the ITCZ 1.3 Route 1.4 Charts 1.5 Weather Windows 1.6 Climate & Weather Information 1.7 Radio Nets 1.8 Provisioning Points 1.9 References 1.10 CruiserLog Forum discussions 1.11 External Links 1.12 Personal Experiences

Passage - Americas to Australasia

Trans-Pacific East to West

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The Pacific is the largest of the oceans of the world.

This section to describe the passage across the Pacific Ocean - East to West.

Departure Points

Possible departures from:

• N America
• Mexico (........)
• Panama Canal
• S America

Crossing the ITCZ

• Crossing the ITCZ

Route

The traditional route is commonly called "The Milk Run" by cruisers and roughly follows the route below (but not necessarily). The cruising passage can take anything from 4 months to many years, depending on how many stops you wish to make and how long those "stops" are for.

• Panama
• Galapagos
• Marquesas Islands
• French Polynesia
• Cook Islands
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Fiji
• And westward to New Zealand and Australia

Charts

List the charts required for this passage.

Weather Windows

(best time/s for this passage)

Climate & Weather Information

Expected climatic and weather conditions?

Sources of weather information for the Pacific.

Radio Nets

Also see World Cruising Nets

List radio Nets covering the Pacific.

Provisioning Points

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References

Books, guides, etc.

CruiserLog Forum discussions

Links to discussions on the CruiserLog Forum

External Links

Links to relevant websites.

Personal Experiences

Personal experiences of this passage.

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