We will follow the Passat Route, this is a classic route around the world following the major weather systems. This will allow us to avoid large storms and sail mainly broad reach. We will visit the following countries:
Europe (July – Dec)
- Leave The Netherlands and sail south
- Via Belgium / France to England
- Visit the English south coast till Falmouth or go the Channel Islands towards Brest
- Cross the Golf of Biscay
- Explore the Northern Spanish Ria’s
- Sail south along the Portugees coast southwards
- There we either sail east towards Madeira or south towards Morocco
- Next stop are the Canary Islands from where we will start our Atlantic adventure
Atlantic sea and Caribbean (Dec – …)
- We will cross directly to the Caribbean or first visit Cape Verde
- The crossing will take approx. 3 weeks, after which we will arrive at Barbados or Grenada
- We will take our time to explore the various Caribbean islands
Panama & Pacific Ocean
- From the Carib we will cross through the Panama Channel
- We will arrive in the beautiful Pacific Ocean and plan to visit the many atolls that can only be visited by boat
- This will included places like Galapagos islands, Marquises, France Polynesië, Cook islands to name a few
- Eventually we will arrive at Australia and New Zealand
- There we will decide if we continue sailing home or if we will fly back. However it will take a while before we have to take this decision