American Samoa and Samoa
Cook Islands Fiji
Marquesas Moorea
New Caledonia
Pacific Crossing
Pacific Log Pacific Route
Pacific Passage Planning
Society Islands
Tahiti Tonga
Tuamotus Vanuatu
In Spring of 2002 we transited the Panama canal taking Ventana from the waters of the Atlantic and Caribbean into the mighty Pacific for the first time.
Our route across the Pacific in 2002 included visits to Isla Cocos, Costa Rica, the Galapagos islands of Ecuador, the Marquesas, Tuamotus, Tahiti, and the Society Islands of French Polynesia. In 2003 we continued on in French Polynesia to Huahine, Raaitea, Tahaa, Bora Bora & Mopelia. From there we traveled to the Cook Islands of Aitutaki and Palmerston, and on to Samoa, Tonga and then Fiji. Our final legs in the Pacific took us to Vanuatu & New Caledonia before arriving in Australia in late 2003.
You can follow our route by finding the islands on the maps below.
Just click each map to see a blowup and then click the back button to return here.
To read about our voyage across the vast Pacific click here.
Route Legs and Mileage
Panama Canal to Isla Cocos, Costa Rica
590 nautical miles
Isla Cocos to Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
410
Galapagos to Marquesas, French Polynesia
2980
Marquesas to Tahiti via Tuamotus
590
Tahiti to Aitutaki Cook Islands via Society Islands
605
Aitutaki to Palmerston
200
Palmerston to Samoa
520
Samoa to Tonga
410
Tonga to Fiji
440
Fiji via islands to Vanuatu
730
Vanuatu to New Caledonia
270
New Caledonia to Australia
780
8,525 approximate miles *
Average Speed 5- 6 miles per hour.
Longest passage 18 days from the Galapagos to the Marquesas.
Best one day run -- 188 nautical miles.
* In some cases the mileages include the interisland passages within the island groups.
To read about our voyage across the vast Pacific click here.