| Lat | Lon | Boat name | Note | Created at | |
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| 27º 11.694' S | 153º 6.354' E | Helios | Helios is safely tied up to the dock at Scarborough Marina. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 26º 41.34' S | 153º 7.212' E | Helios | over 7 years ago | Show | |
| 25º 47.16' S | 153º 1.644' E | Helios | over 7 years ago | Show | |
| 25º 31.578' S | 152º 57.978' E | Helios | over 7 years ago | Show | |
| 25º 23.232' S | 153º 1.302' E | Helios | over 7 years ago | Show | |
| 25º 17.46' S | 152º 55.488' E | Helios | over 7 years ago | Show | |
| 24º 45.684' S | 152º 23.196' E | Helios | over 7 years ago | Show | |
| 23º 17.598' S | 154º 25.2' E | Helios | over 7 years ago | Show | |
| 21º 26.4' S | 156º 41.502' E | Helios | over 7 years ago | Show | |
| 19º 54.678' S | 158º 23.808' E | Helios | over 7 years ago | Show | |
| 19º 53.172' S | 158º 27.858' E | Helios | Motored into the spectacularly remote Chesterfield Reef anchorage at the end of Day 4 of our passage from Vanuatu. 150nm in the last 26 hours, 585nm made good from Luganville in 4 days underway. Hooked a fish coming in the pass which was quickly consumed by the black tip reef shark trailing the boat. Dropped the hook in 35ft of crystal clear water over a perfectly sandy bottom. Masked and Red Footed Boobies nesting in the thousands on the small sandy atolls lining the reef. Tiger sharks have also been spotted by our buddy boats in the anchorage if you feed them some fish guts… | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 19º 43.23' S | 158º 36.528' E | Helios | over 7 years ago | Show | |
| 19º 1.698' S | 160º 49.128' E | Helios | Spent the beginning of day 3 sailing in very light winds, and have been motoring since the wind died out around sunset. 125nm made good on day 3. Only 145nm to go to Chesterfield reef. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 17º 58.158' S | 162º 40.14' E | Helios | Continuing our push westward. Completed 159nm on day 1 and 148nm on day 2. Only 265nm to go to Chesterfield reef. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 16º 49.2' S | 164º 48.834' E | Helios | Moving West! Underway to chesterfield reef for a 4-5 day layover before pushing on to Bundaberg Australia. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 15º 31.458' S | 167º 9.81' E | Helios | Moved into Luganville to finish up our provisioning and check out of the country. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 15º 22.35' S | 167º 11.388' E | Helios | Motored up the coast for a couple days to visit Oyster Bay, Santo. Took the dinghy up a river to the wonderful 'blue hole’ for some swimming in the river. Rope swing off a banyan tree into a cool and clean fresh water river! It was awesome. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 15º 29.562' S | 167º 14.838' E | Helios | 42nm long haul motor today moving over to Santo from Ambae. Tucked into Palikulo Bay so we can walk to Luganville on Monday for provisions. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 15º 16.842' S | 167º 58.77' E | Helios | Easy day sail over to Ambae. The anchorage has a shallow pass (saw 7ft below the keel) so we’ll need to time our exit with high tide, but it’s very protected and perfectly flat. Looking forward to catching up on our rest. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 15º 14.106' S | 168º 6.84' E | Helios | Anchored near the bat cave at Mbenavui Point, after a long day of motoring in the lee of Maewo up to the Big Water Waterfall at the north end of the island near the village of Naone. The waterfalls were amazing, but the anchorage was shit, so motored back down south to our lunch anchorage. Dropped the hook in the dark, but luckily we had our waypoint marked from earlier in the day. Looking forward to a more protected anchorage and better nights sleep. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 15º 22.596' S | 168º 7.884' E | Helios | Hopped up the coast to the southern most anchorage on Maewo. Beautiful waterfall in view from the anchorage. Excited to go exploring. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 15º 32.742' S | 168º 8.64' E | Helios | Motored up the coast of Pentecost today, stopped at waterfall village to swim in the pools below the beautiful waterfall that is visible from the coast, then continued on to Lolotong bay on the north end of the island. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 15º 56.91' S | 168º 11.316' E | Helios | Sailed east from Malakula, through the lee of Ambrym and its two active volcanoes, over to Pentecost home to the original bungee jumpers aka (land divers). Caught a small ~1m Mahi Mahi on the way. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 16º 20.382' S | 167º 45.264' E | Helios | Sailed into the beautiful Banam bay in the middle of a 20+kt squall with torrential downpour. Happy to be at anchor sitting out the remainder of the weather. Caught a 1.35m bull mahi mahi on the sail up. Quite the adventure getting it aboard while sailing fast down wind in choppy seas, but the protein was much needed onboard Helios. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 16º 28.092' S | 167º 48.9' E | Helios | Another mirror calm, super protected anchorage, with lots of dugong activity. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 16º 32.004' S | 167º 46.182' E | Helios | Mirror calm anchorage, sunny skies, friendly locals, and some promising diving locations. What’s not to love. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 16º 35.772' S | 168º 9.69' E | Helios | Great day of sailing up to Lamen Bay on Epi Island. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 17º 2.97' S | 168º 22.158' E | Helios | Quick stop at Emae Island for the night on the way up to Epi island in search of the dugongs | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 17º 33.012' S | 168º 16.908' E | Helios | Left Port Villa after a final round of provisioning and rounded the western tip of the island to move up to Havana Harbor. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 17º 44.202' S | 168º 18.468' E | Helios | Anchored off the capitol city, Port Villa Vanuatu. Finalizing custom clearances, stocking up on diesel, beer/wine, and other critical provisions for the next month of exploration in the northern islands of Vanuatu. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 19º 31.602' S | 169º 29.67' E | Helios | Moving north up the chain of islands. Now at anchor in Port Resolution on the island of Tanna. Prepping to go explore the nearby volcano Mt Yasur. Woke up this morning to the deck covered in volcanic ash and noticed the water temperature has jumped to 91 deg F thanks to the steaming vents surrounding the bay. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 20º 14.352' S | 169º 46.692' E | Helios | Caught a 1 meter long Yellow Fin Tuna. Definitely one of the tastiest fish we’ve had in the south pacific. Now at anchor in Aneityum Vanuatu, and already checked in with the authorities. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 19º 54.498' S | 172º 21.198' E | Helios | 140nm under the keel at the end of Day 2. Winds have subsided and it looks like the Iron Jib will be taking us the rest of the way to Vanuatu. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 18º 46.002' S | 174º 41.1' E | Helios | Underway to Vanuatu, 156nm under the keel on Day 1 | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 17º 46.326' S | 177º 11.124' E | Helios | Back at Musket Cove, thus completing our circumnavigation of Fiji | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 19º 0.384' S | 178º 9.342' E | Helios | Namalata Reef, unfortunately our final Kadavu anchorage | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 18º 58.26' S | 178º 16.194' E | Helios | Vunisea Bay, another beautiful Kadavu anchorage, with a bit more protection and less roll than Gasele bay. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 18º 56.514' S | 178º 18.174' E | Helios | Bumping our way west along the north coast of Kadavu. Pulled into the beautiful Gasele Bay, which like most anchorages in Kadavu we’ve had all to ourselves. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 18º 58.512' S | 178º 25.62' E | Helios | Moved back to the north side of Kadavu as the SE trades were blowing back in. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 19º 0.414' S | 178º 28.602' E | Helios | Back in Naigoro Bay to process the 5ft/50lbs wahoo that we caught trolling off the south coast of Kadavu. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 19º 2.688' S | 178º 23.166' E | Helios | Anchored near Kadavu village so we can go drink kava with the chief and check out their 22 meter waterfall. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 19º 0.414' S | 178º 28.554' E | Helios | Anchored near Naigoro Pass waiting for conditions to improve to do some drift diving | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 18º 52.764' S | 178º 27.906' E | Helios | Anchored in the lee of Ono island searching for an escape from the 25kt Katabatic winds. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 18º 45.282' S | 178º 31.182' E | Helios | Dropped the hook at Dravuni, our first island on the way down to Kandavu. Anchored in 45ft sand/coral. Cruise ships infestation broke out overnight though, so we are moving farther south this morning. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 18º 52.482' S | 178º 29.592' E | Helios | Dropped the hook at Naqara bay, on Ono Island. Excellent protection and only a short dinghy ride away from a pass which is reported to be an excellent spot to dive with Manta Rays. Anchored in 45ft sand. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 18º 7.392' S | 178º 25.314' E | Helios | Arrived in the capital city! | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 19º 8.328' S | 178º 32.274' W | Helios | Moved the boat out closer to the Fulaga Pass for easier diving access. Stunning reefs and marine wildlife. | over 7 years ago | Show |
| 19º 9.042' S | 178º 33.72' W | Helios | Anchored in 15ft of sand inside the lagoon of Fulaga, Southern Lau Group, Fiji. This place may take the award for most beautiful anchorage in the south pacific. | almost 8 years ago | Show |
| 17º 22.23' S | 178º 53.436' W | Helios | Anchored in 40ft of sand off the uninhabited island of Munia, Lau Group, Fiji. Already spotted a crusade of King Fishers, Eels, Sea Snakes and more. | almost 8 years ago | Show |
| 17º 20.388' S | 178º 57.042' W | Helios | Anchored in 50ft of sand off the island of Susui, Vanua Balavu, Lau Group, Fiji. Heading ashore soon to meet the locals. | almost 8 years ago | Show |
| 17º 11.376' S | 178º 57.162' W | Helios | Anchored in 35ft of sand at the mouth of Little Bay, Vanua Balavu, Lau Group, Fiji. | almost 8 years ago | Show |
| 17º 11.238' S | 179º 0.072' W | Helios | Anchored in 55ft of sand at Bavatu Harbor, Vanua Balavu, Lau Group, Fiji. Big protected anchorage just below the cliffs of a local plantation. | almost 8 years ago | Show |
| 17º 10.638' S | 179º 0.9' W | Helios | Dropped the hook in 30ft of sand at Ship’s Sound, Qilaqila, (aka Bay of Islands) Vanua Balavu, Lau Group, Fiji. One of the most idyllic anchorages we’ve enjoyed to date. | almost 8 years ago | Show |
| 17º 40.812' S | 177º 23.148' E | Helios | Tied up at Vuda Point Marina, in Fiji. All checked in with custom's, immigration, and bio-security. Stocked up on fresh fruit, food, and some local beers. Awaiting our Fiji coastal cruising permit, and then after filling up the diesel we'll be heading out to the mamanuca group. | almost 8 years ago | Show |
| 24º 25.998' S | 177º 23.502' E | Helios | Calm seas, with little wind. Motoring north, 390nm to go to Fiji | almost 8 years ago | Show |
| 35º 12.876' S | 174º 13.338' E | Helios | Otago Bay, shallow anchorage with good protection from the N-SE. Great day of hiking on the island. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 35º 15.69' S | 174º 6.798' E | Helios | Anchored off of the historic town of Russel to stalk up on provisions. Checked out the museum and sampled the local oysters and micro brew's. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 35º 15.318' S | 174º 11.85' E | Helios | Anchored in Orokawa Bay (#45) to get protection from the gusty Northerlies. Beautiful walk on the beach but most of the surrounding land is privately owned, thus limited hiking opportunities. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 35º 14.118' S | 174º 10.128' E | Helios | Anchored at the lovely Roberton's Island where Captain Cook first anchored when he made landfall in New Zealand. Amazing hike up to the peak provides excellent views of the anchorage and surrounding islands. Not to be missed! | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 35º 18.918' S | 174º 7.308' E | Helios | Tied up to the Dock in Opua! Bringing to an end our 2015 pacific crossing. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 33º 40.83' S | 174º 50.718' E | Helios | 125nm run today tacking upwind in 25kt south-southwesterly winds with 2m seas and current against us. Made 67nm good towards Opua with the main triple reefed and jib furled down to 50% still doing 6kts over night. Tough sailing for sure. Coldest conditions that we’ve seen since leaving San Francisco. Layered up in our foulies with enough Gore-Tex and fleece for an arctic expedition. As of noon on the start of day 9 seas have subsided enough to fire up the iron jib and start motor sailing to Opua. With 104nm to go we should be able to make landfall tomorrow morning. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 32º 26.898' S | 174º 11.268' E | Helios | 135nm run, all under sail in some of the most intense conditions we’ve experienced to date. Spent the evening in sustained 30kt winds (gusts to 35) under staysail and triple reefed main, making as many miles south while we had the NW winds before the cold front. Early morning brought rain, the trailing edge of the cold front with final gusts to 45kts before a dramatic wind shift to due S and the most confused sloppy seas. We got the boat under sail taking off to the west to get away from the front, then began beating into the southerly wind making our final miles to Opua. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 30º 39.798' S | 175º 10.698' E | Helios | 150nm nm run. More motoring over night in light winds and sloppy seas, but day break brought N then NW winds so we are now on a beam reach screaming towards the oncoming weather, then the final upwind leg towards Opua, New Zealand. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 28º 19.302' S | 175º 49.302' E | Helios | 148nm nm run. Some motoring over night in light winds, but the day broke to a perfect easterly breeze and smooth seas with only a long period swell. Made for gorgeous sailing conditions. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 26º 5.28' S | 176º 52.698' E | Helios | 145nm nm run in howling 25-30kt winds and 2-3m confused seas. The high pressure zone generated the winds needed to help propel Helios south, but we could have done without the lumpy seas. Crew is a little sleep deprived, but otherwise all is well on board and still sailing southward toward New Zealand. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 24º 30.498' S | 178º 48.348' E | Helios | 136 nm run with some sailing when the winds picked up at night, but mostly motoring otherwise. A high pressure zone should move up from New Zealand and provide us with some much needed south easterly wind tonight. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 23º 14.79' S | 179º 16.59' W | Helios | 141 nm run with a mix of sailing, and motor sailing on day 2 of our passage to New Zealand. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 21º 54.402' S | 177º 13.752' W | Helios | 132 nm run with a mix of sailing, and motoring sailing on day 1 of our passage to New Zealand. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 21º 7.59' S | 175º 9.816' W | Helios | Anchored in 65ft of water in front of Big Mama’s yacht club Nuku’alofa. Busy prepping the boat for our final big passage of the season, Tonga to Opua New Zealand. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 20º 30.144' S | 174º 44.418' W | Helios | Dropped the hook at the southern most anchorage in the Ha’apai group, the rough and raw island of Kelefesia. Threaded through the narrow reef with breaking waves to port and starboard. Anchored in 20-25 ft with sand bottom and a few scattered yet very tall coral heads. Only room for 2-3 boats in this tiny anchorage. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 19º 57.846' S | 174º 29.688' W | Helios | Dropped the hook between the spectacular Uonukukhihifo and Uonukuhahake islands. Some of the more remote and uninhabited islands we’ve visited to date. Absolutely stunning diving in the pass which is teaming with snapper, coral trout, dog tooth tuna, and even a bull shark or two! | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 19º 56.52' S | 174º 43.038' W | Helios | Anchored in Ha'afeva in the Ha’apai group of Tonga. Beach bonfires and wreck diving are just a few of the highlights in this gem of an anchorage. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 19º 50.946' S | 174º 25.044' W | Helios | Anchored in the beautiful bay of Uoleva in the Ha’apai group of Tonga. Excellent diving in the pass and adjacent reef with spectacular and healthy marine life. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 19º 44.076' S | 174º 18.162' W | Helios | Anchored in the lee of Foa island in the Ha’apai group of Tonga. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 19º 40.266' S | 174º 17.394' W | Helios | Arrived at the beautiful Ha’ano island in the Ha’apai group of Tonga. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 18º 41.796' S | 173º 59.928' W | Helios | Anchorage #10 in Vava’u Tonga, Enjoying the lush cliffs, fruits bats, and well protected anchorage while the trade winds are howling at 25+ kts | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 18º 41.472' S | 173º 59.55' W | Helios | over 8 years ago | Show | |
| 18º 41.562' S | 173º 55.452' W | Helios | over 8 years ago | Show | |
| 18º 42.18' S | 173º 59.16' W | Helios | over 8 years ago | Show | |
| 18º 41.442' S | 174º 7.458' W | Helios | over 8 years ago | Show | |
| 18º 44.988' S | 174º 4.914' W | Helios | Anchorage #40 in Vava’u Tonga, relaxing off the beach of Ovalau Island | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 18º 42.66' S | 174º 2.262' W | Helios | Anchorage #8 in Tonga, caught our first Wahoo trolling from the dinghy.
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| 18º 42.0' S | 174º 1.902' W | Helios | Safely anchored in the Vava’u group of Tonga, after 2.5 days and 318nm at sea.
Destination: Tonga | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 15º 35.1' S | 172º 8.1' W | Helios | Samoa to Tonga, Day 1
127nm run in 24 hours. Not bad considering we spent the first 7 hours after leaving Apia bashing into the wind and choppy seas before we could turn south around the eastern tip of the island. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 13º 49.656' S | 171º 45.54' W | Helios | Tied up to the dock in Apia Samoa. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 15º 27.0' S | 170º 44.1' W | Helios | End of Day 8 at sea, Samoa will soon be looming on the horizon.
142nm run today, only 116nm to go. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 15º 58.398' S | 168º 33.702' W | Helios | End of Day 7 at sea, still enroute to Apia Samoa.
135nm run today. | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 16º 19.2' S | 166º 20.298' W | Helios | End of Day 6 at sea, still enroute to Apia Samoa
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| 16º 51.102' S | 163º 48.3' W | Helios | Gunning it to Apia Samoa
Destination: Samoa | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 17º 36.45' S | 161º 28.17' W | Helios | Adjusting course to Samoa to avoid the upcoming weather front.
Destination: Samoa | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 17º 14.82' S | 159º 27.09' W | Helios | Palmerston bound, Day 3
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| 16º 48.912' S | 157º 7.404' W | Helios | Smooth sailing, on the way to Palmerston Atoll, Day 2
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| 16º 14.13' S | 154º 26.406' W | Helios | Underway to Palmerston Atoll
Destination: Palmerston Atoll | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 16º 31.968' S | 151º 42.414' W | Helios | Anchored in the South East corner of Bora Bora off of Motu Piti Aau.
Destination: Bora Bora | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 16º 31.062' S | 151º 46.482' W | Helios | Anchored behind the motu in Bora Bora!
Destination: Bora Bora | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 16º 34.752' S | 151º 29.784' W | Helios | Anchored behind the motu in Bora Bora!
Destination: Bora Bora | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 16º 34.752' S | 151º 29.784' W | Helios | Anchored off the town of Patio, Tahaa
Destination: Bora Bora | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 16º 38.298' S | 151º 28.98' W | Helios | Anchored in the hurricane hole of Haamene Bay.
Destination: Bora Bora | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 16º 38.208' S | 151º 25.8' W | Helios | Moved out to the reef near the pass
Destination: Bora Bora | over 8 years ago | Show |
| 16º 48.66' S | 150º 59.736' W | Helios | Anchored off the lovely beach of Avea Bay Huahine.
Destination: Huahine | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 16º 43.344' S | 151º 2.394' W | Helios | Anchored in 70ft of water off the town of Fare Huahine.
Destination: Huahine | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 17º 30.78' S | 149º 51.096' W | Helios | At anchor in Opunohu, Moorea
Destination: Moorea | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 17º 30.222' S | 149º 49.224' W | Helios | At anchor in beautiful Cooks Bay, Moorea
Destination: Moorea | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 17º 32.424' S | 149º 34.158' W | Helios | At the marina finishing up the boat projects and provisioning before heading to Moorea | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 17º 34.722' S | 149º 37.224' W | Helios | Papeete, Tahiti. Made it to the big city in the South Pacific. Busy working on boat projects and reprovisioning, while enjoying all the fresh food we've been missing out on since the Marquesas.
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| 16º 31.296' S | 145º 28.446' W | Helios | Fakarava, Tuamotus.
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| 16º 57.366' S | 144º 34.938' W | Helios | Tahanea, Tuamotus. Exquisitely serene anchorage.
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| 16º 31.182' S | 143º 49.338' W | Helios | Makemo, Tuamotus, anchorage #2. Loving this beautiful coral reef and perfectly calm white sandy beach. | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 16º 37.65' S | 143º 34.38' W | Helios | Makemo, Tuamotus! Helios and crew are enjoying their first coral atoll after 4 days at sea from Nuka Hiva and barely making it through the pass during a 3+ knot ebb. | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 8º 49.41' S | 140º 3.852' W | Helios | Anaho Bay - beautiful and very calm anchorage, absolute heaven!
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| 8º 55.062' S | 140º 5.832' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 23, logged 134nm in 24hrs. Made landfall in Nuka Hiva, Marquesas, French Polynesia
2985 miles traveled since Mexico in 23 days. | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 7º 34.362' S | 138º 23.148' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 22, logged 157nm in 24hrs. Great tradewind sailing conditions, an easy beam reach in 15-25kts of wind.
2851 miles traveled since Mexico 157nm to Nuka Hiva! | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 5º 46.248' S | 136º 22.722' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 21, logged 162nm in 24hrs, our best yet!
2694 miles traveled since Mexico 287nm to Nuka Hiva | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 3º 44.628' S | 134º 21.222' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 20, logged 149nm in 24hrs. Wind quickly built last night to 35+kts, with 10-15ft choppy seas which required us to slow the boat down until the late morning. Still managed a solid daily mileage.
2532 miles traveled since Mexico 455 miles to Nuka Hiva | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 2º 2.748' S | 132º 28.398' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 19, logged 149nm in 24hrs. The Southern Hemisphere and her SE trade winds have been treating us well thus far. | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 0º 22.422' S | 130º 50.358' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 18, logged 140nm in 24hrs and we crossed the equator. The crew of Helios our now official shellbacks.
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| 1º 21.06' N | 129º 34.782' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 17, logged 125nm in 24hrs. SE trade winds filled in this morning to bring the boat speed up on our push to the equator.
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| 3º 1.458' N | 128º 33.6' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 16, logged 117nm in 24hrs. Sailing in squalls all day long, and battling light SE winds to make the equator.
Distance traveled from Mexico: 1970nm Destination: French Polynesia | almost 9 years ago | Show |
| 4º 31.878' N | 128º 11.832' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 15, logged 117nm in 24hrs. Half motoring, half sailing, still making progress south.
Distance traveled from Mexico: 1853nm | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 6º 11.736' N | 127º 43.848' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 14, logged 118nm in 24hrs. Mainly motoring due south with some sailing in squalls.
Distance traveled: 1736nm Destination: Nuka Hiva, Marquises | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 8º 10.122' N | 127º 42.312' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 13, logged 133nm in 24hrs. Made it to the ITCZ. Motoring due south to get through the monsoons and find the SE trade winds. Traveled 1618nm from Mexico
Destination: Nuka Hiva, Marquises | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 8º 52.368' N | 127º 34.272' W | Helios | about 9 years ago | Show | |
| 13º 3.462' N | 126º 45.282' W | Helios | about 9 years ago | Show | |
| 11º 56.502' N | 127º 3.48' W | Helios | about 9 years ago | Show | |
| 17º 13.962' N | 123º 44.43' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 8, NE trades blowing 20-30kts, logged 148nm in 24hrs. Building winds and sea’s much higher than forecasted…. | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 15º 51.108' N | 124º 8.31' W | Helios | about 9 years ago | Show | |
| 17º 54.432' N | 123º 33.168' W | Helios | about 9 years ago | Show | |
| 19º 21.762' N | 122º 39.468' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 7, at long last entered the NE trades, logged 128nm in 24hrs. Strong consistent winds and following sea’s taking us south. | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 21º 22.104' N | 122º 3.462' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 6, more light wind and patches of dead air, logged 94nm in 24hrs. Looking forward to the NE trades to fill in soon.
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| 21º 56.322' N | 121º 59.202' W | Helios | about 9 years ago | Show | |
| 22º 55.578' N | 121º 50.592' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 5, despite periods of dead calm we logged 107nm in 24hrs.
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| 24º 24.648' N | 120º 44.352' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 4, logged 133nm in 24hrs
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| 24º 59.4' N | 120º 21.15' W | Helios | about 9 years ago | Show | |
| 26º 22.878' N | 119º 40.164' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 3, logged 116nm in 24hrs
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| 26º 52.098' N | 119º 31.248' W | Helios | about 9 years ago | Show | |
| 29º 9.3' N | 118º 42.462' W | Helios | about 9 years ago | Show | |
| 28º 16.002' N | 119º 0.474' W | Helios | Pacific Crossing Day 2, logged 138nm in 24hrs | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 30º 29.478' N | 117º 53.322' W | Helios | about 9 years ago | Show | |
| 31º 51.348' N | 116º 37.29' W | Helios | about 9 years ago | Show | |
| 31º 51.558' N | 116º 37.542' W | Helios | Back in Ensenada after a 672nm shake down cruise. | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 31º 51.564' N | 116º 37.482' W | Helios | Baja Naval boat yard, Ensenada Mexico | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 32º 42.624' N | 117º 14.178' W | Helios | Shelter Island, San Diego | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 32º 45.78' N | 117º 14.868' W | Helios | Mission Bay, San Diego | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 33º 12.486' N | 117º 23.67' W | Helios | Oceanside, CA | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 33º 23.55' N | 118º 22.08' W | Helios | White's Landing, Santa Catalina Island, CA | about 9 years ago | Show |
| 33º 20.766' N | 118º 19.536' W | Helios | Avalon, Santa Catalina island | over 9 years ago | Show |
| 33º 58.284' N | 118º 27.12' W | Helios | Marina del Rey | over 9 years ago | Show |
| 34º 14.79' N | 119º 15.648' W | Helios | Ventura marina | over 9 years ago | Show |
| 34º 24.858' N | 119º 40.968' W | Helios | Safe and sound in Santa Barbara after our longest passage to date...113nm. | over 9 years ago | Show |
| 35º 21.78' N | 120º 51.168' W | Helios | In Morro Bay for the night. | over 9 years ago | Show |
| 35º 38.406' N | 121º 11.466' W | Helios | In San Simeon after a intense 93nm sail down from Monterey in gale force conditions. Latitude: 35.640064 Longitude: -121.191068 | over 9 years ago | Show |
| 36º 36.486' N | 121º 53.652' W | Helios | Made it to Monterey! | over 9 years ago | Show |
| 36º 57.9' N | 122º 0.108' W | Helios | In Santa Cruz after a beautiful day sail down from Half Moon Bay | over 9 years ago | Show |
| 37º 30.192' N | 122º 29.478' W | Helios | San Francisco to Half Moon Bay, a great first day at sea. | over 9 years ago | Show |
| 37º 51.606' N | 122º 28.044' W | Helios | Anchoring out in Sausalito for the night | over 9 years ago | Show |
| 37º 47.16' N | 122º 16.02' W | Helios | At the dock! | almost 10 years ago | Show |
