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Pablo Berrus outlines his planned solo circumnavigation, departing from San Carlos de la Rápida near Barcelona.0:18 The route divides into three ocean legs, color-coded on a chart: blue for the Pacific, green for the Atlantic, and yellow for the Indian Ocean.0:10 Heading southwest first, he plans to stop at the Canary Islands and Cabo Verde before crossing the Atlantic around mid-November, arriving in the Caribbean in December and island-hopping until March.0:23 He then transits the Panama Canal into the Pacific, with the longest single leg running from Panama to the Marquesas Islands — roughly a month or more at sea.0:45 From there the route continues through French Polynesia to Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and through the Torres Strait — timed for September to avoid cyclone season — then on to Bali.1:13 The Indian Ocean crossing includes stops at Christmas Island, Cocos Island, Rodrigues Island, and Mauritius before reaching Madagascar.1:39 He rounds the Cape of Good Hope back into the Atlantic, stopping at Saint Helena and Ascension Island, then returns north via Cabo Verde and the Canary Islands to the Mediterranean and home.2:07

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