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Pacific Loop Solo Sailor Bruce Maunsell
15 de mayo de 2026 · 55 min · 266 visitas
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New Zealand sailor Bruce Maunsell completed a 25,000-nautical-mile solo Pacific Loop aboard his double-ended voyaging boat Bob, departing and returning to New Zealand over roughly three years.12:25 The route ran from New Zealand north to Fiji, then directly to Japan via Micronesia and the Marianas, across the North Pacific solo — approximately 6,000 miles — to Victoria, British Columbia, down the Pacific Northwest coast to San Francisco, then back through French Polynesia (cut short by engine trouble), Tonga, and Fiji before the final leg home.4:07 On the North Pacific crossing, Maunsell's brother in New Zealand served as weather router, repositioning the boat every two to three days ahead of frontal systems arriving from the northwest.27:40 Mechanical challenges dominated: a leaking prop-shaft seal required a contorted repair through a 15-by-12-inch hatch in the quarter berth, and a forward baby stay on the starboard side — 8mm, 19-strand stainless — shed half its strands mid-passage.29:12 Storm tactics included a third reef reducing sail to roughly 40% of total area, plus a 150-meter looped warp with an anchor shackled on as a drogue weight, though the warp was never deployed.33:54 Average daily run was 117 nautical miles.12:25 A typhoon that devastated Guam narrowly missed the boat because it was running behind schedule.9:34
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