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Sailing solo across the Pacific. From the Panama Canal across the Pacific to French Polynesia.
12 luglio 2023 · 11 min · 151K visualizzazioni · Pazifischer Ozean
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A solo sailor transits the Panama Canal aboard the vessel Zoraika, incurring $3,000 in fees and navigating strict requirements, including mandatory pilotage and a four-person line-handling crew for the Gatun Locks.0:41 Following a difficult departure from Panama involving immigration issues, the route leads toward the Galapagos Islands.2:27 The passage requires crossing the equator, where the sailor celebrates with a final warm beer.9:18 During the 35-day, single-handed voyage to the Marquesas Islands, the sailor manages maintenance tasks including overhauling the bilge pump, clearing a jammed wind generator, and investigating noise in the diesel tank.5:19 The wind generator provides sufficient power for the refrigerator only in winds exceeding Force 4.9:21 Navigation challenges include light winds before reaching the trade winds, which then necessitate constant beating. Wildlife encounters include flying fish and birds that roost on the mast, eventually damaging the wind vane.7:12 The journey concludes after 35 days of total isolation without sighting another vessel.10:50
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