The Pacific Crossing Guide 3rd edition
RCC Pilotage Foundation
By: Kitty van Hagen
Hardcover | 20 October 2016 | Edition Number 3
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256 Pages
Revised
29.7 x 21.0 x 2.1
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The Definitive Guide to Crossing the Planet's Largest Ocean
The Pacific Crossing Guide has guided thousands of mariners across the wide Pacific. Now in its third edition, this trusted classic provides the latest on major routes, piloting information for hundreds of ports and approaches, as well as the latest on rallies, atoll navigation, and Pacific festivals you don't want to miss. The challenges of modern weather patterns (el Nino and la Nina), the unique aspects of Pacific weather, updated communications, and the latest country clearing in steps are explored in depth, as well as vessel stability, current and wind patterns unique to the Pacific, the largest body of water on the planet. Written under the watchful of the RCC Pilotage Foundation, the Pacific Crossing Guide is the definitive word on the best routes and seasons to tackle this ultimate sailing challenge.
Extensively illustrated with Navionics harbor charts, and all important mileage charts and routes maps, this is both a hardcore planning guide and a gorgeous dreamer's bible. The whole Pacific is at your fingertips in this updated edition. Dream of your landfall in Fiji and or a cruise around New Zealand. You'll also discover access to hundreds of cruising websites and online cruising guides to further help plan your life on the Pacific. Web links to the best sources for Pacific weather are also included. This edition also features the voices of others who have lived out their dreams and share their experiences, like the Hylas 46 owner who addresses the cyclone season on Vanuatu.
The Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation oversees the publication and release of cruising materials, helping sailors and cruisers passage safely all over the globe. Kitty van Hagen has sailed over 60,000 miles in the 15 years she has been cruising the Pacific.
Industry Reviews
A magnum opus of excellence * Flying Fish *
The definitive work on Pacific crossings * Cruising *
Packed with information, charts and data * Nautical Magazine *
A complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific in their own boat. * Yachting Times *
1 Casting Off
Work as a team to fulfil the dream
Taking children
Family and friends left behind
Joining a rally
2 The Pacific Ocean
Ring of fire
The formation of atolls
Human colonisation
Ethnic groups
European exploration and trade
Culture and festivals
Citizen science
3 Preparing the boat
The perfect cruising yacht?
Monohull or multihull?
Sail management
Downwind rigs
Stormsails
Wear on sails
Mast and spars
Standing rigging
Running rigging
Steering systems
Self-steering: autopilot vs wind vane
Ground tackle
The main engine
Fuel tanks
Bilge pumps
Water management
Cooking fuel
Fridges and freezers
Temperature regulation
Toilets and holding tanks
Dinghies
Outboard engines
4 Staying Safe
Preventing water ingress
Alarms
Spray hoods and biminis
Handholds and jack lines
Man overboard (MOB)
Getting the casualty back on board
PLB
AIS
Lightning strike
Fire
Abandoning ship
EPIRB
Flares
Liferaft
Grab bag
Security
5 Navigation and charting
The basics of navigation
Integrated or stand-alone electronics?
Electronic charting
When the electronics fail
Using satellite imagery as a navigational tool
AIS
Radar
Ship's log
Watch keeping
Eyeball navigation on coral atolls
6 Communications
Short range communications
Long range communications at sea
Mobile phones and internet access
Traditional 'snail mail'
7 The balance of power
General electrical setup: the basics
Power storage
Power generation
Alternative power generation
Power draw and calculation of usage
AC power
Shore power
Inverters
8 Routine maintenance and spares
Corrosion
Managing your maintenance
Backups and spare parts
Suggested spares
Tools
Manuals and parts lists
9 Provisioning and store keeping
Stores and storage
Fresh food
Dried food
Making bread
Galley hints
Water
BBQs
Fishing
Waste disposal
Hygiene and pests
Trade and barter
10 Common health problems while cruising
Injuries
Burns
Sunburn and skin cancer
Ears
Diarrhoea
Seasickness
Common parasites
Biting flies
Malaria
Dengue fever
Dangers in the sea
Ciguatera
Health and illness in toddlers and babies
Women's health
Common fears
Basic medical kit
Useful books to have on board
Useful websites
11 Managing the paperwork
Finance
Passports and visas
Ship's papers
Formalities
Courtesy flags
Insurance
Recruiting crew
Pets on board
12 Cyclone season and laying up
Leaving the cyclone belt
Staying inside the cyclone belt
Cyclone shelters - useful contacts
Laying up
Shipping home
Part II Passage Planning
13 Pacific weather and weather forecasts
The origin of Pacific wind systems
South Pacific wind zones
North Pacific wind zones
Tropical revolving storms
Pacific Ocean currents
El Nino
La Nina
Madden Julian-Oscillation
Weather forecasts
14 Routes to the Marquesas
West Coast to Marquesas
1 San Diego
2 Puerto Vallarta
Panama to Galapagos
3 Balboa
The Galapagos Islands
4 Wreck Bay
5 Academy Bay
Galapagos to Marquesas
15 FrenchPolynesia (the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Society Islands)
The Marquesas
6 Atuona, Hiva Oa
7 Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva
The Tuamotu Archipelago
The Society Islands
8 Papeete, Tahiti
9 Maeva Beach, Tahiti
10 Moorea
11 Raiatea
12 Bora Bora
16 Southern routes via Easter Island and the Australs or direct between Chile and New Zealand
Galapagos to Easter Island
Chile to Easter Island
13 Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui
Easter Island to Pitcairn
Pitcairn to the Gambiers and Tuamotus
Eastwards from New Zealand to Chile via the Australs
14 Raivavae, Austral Islands
Australs to Easter Island
Easter Island to Puerto Montt, Chile
New Zealand to Chile via the Southern Ocean
Chile
15 Puerto Montt, Chile
17 Bora Borato Tonga and Samoa via the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands
16 Avatiu, Raratonga
Niue
Kingdom of Tonga
17 Neiafu, Vava'u Group
18 The Ha'apai Islands
19 Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu
18 Routes between 'the Islands' and New Zealand
Tonga to Fiji
Tonga to New Zealand
New Zealand
20 Opua, Bay of Islands, North Island
Cruising New Zealand
21 Auckland, North Island
New Zealand to 'the Islands'
Republic of Fiji
22 Suva, Viti Levu
Fiji to Vanuatu
Vanuatu
23 Port Vila, Efate Island
Vanuatu to New Caledonia
New Caledonia
24 Noumea, New Caledonia
19 Routes to and from Tasmania and the East Coast of Australia
Vanuatu or New Caledonia to Australia
Australia to New Caledonia or Vanuatu
Australia
25 Bundaberg, Queensland
Bundaberg to Brisbane
26 Brisbane, Queensland
Brisbane to Sydney
27 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
28 Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney to Hobart
29 Hobart, Tasmania
Passages between Tasmania and New Zealand
Passages northwards up the New South Wales coast
Inside the Great Barrier Reef
30 Cairns, Queensland
20 Routes to and from Hawaii in the East Pacific
Panama to Hawaii via Galapagos
Hawaii
31 Honolulu, Oahu
Hawaii to Canada
Canada
32 Victoria, British Columbia
Canada or California to Hawaii
33 San Francisco, California
21 Routes south and west from Hawaii
Routes south from Hawaii
Fast track to New Zealand
South among the islands
The Line Islands, Kiribati
Hawaii to Samoa
Samoan Islands
34 Pago Pago, Tutuila, American Samoa
35 Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa
Hawaii to Australia via the Gilbert Islands and the Solomon Islands
36 Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
The Solomon Islands
37 Honiara, Guadalcanal
Routes west from Hawaii
The Marshall Islands
38 Majuro
The Caroline Islands
39 Pohnpei
Guam
40 Apra
22 Routes north from New Zealand to Japan and Alaska
New Zealand to Hawaii via Tahiti
The direct route north
New Zealand to the Aleutians via Japan
Japan
41 Fukuoka (Hakata), Kyushu
Japan to the Aleutian Islands
The Aleutians
42 Dutch Harbor, Unalaska
Mainland Alaska
43 Kodiak
Hawaii to Kodiak
Appendices
ISBN: 9781472935342
ISBN-10: 1472935349
Published: 20th October 2016
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 256
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (AUS)
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 3
Edition Type: Revised
Dimensions (cm): 29.7 x 21.0 x 2.1
Weight (kg): 1.22
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