Author: VbooksPublisher:
ISBN: 9781089403852
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Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
THE PACIFIC GREAT LOOP is 20 exotic countries, south sea islands, wonderful ocean passages, thousands of miles with the wind behind the beam, the adventures of a lifetime. Many islands still rarely visited. The Pacific Great Loop describes the warmest, easiest and safest route to best enjoy a boating circumnavigation of the Pacific Ocean. This route utilizes the natural winds and currents while avoiding the knowable dangers.You will be sailing into the most dangerous cyclone, hurricane, typhoon areas on earth. Your timing has to be right or you will die. We are trying to achieve the following;1. Use the natural winds and currents to propel us around the Pacific Loop.2. Avoid serious storms and adverse conditions.3. Live life to the max. Be safe, be warm & be happy. APRIL: Leave the west coast of Americas. SOUTHERN WINTER: Visit dozens of South Sea Islands. NOVEMBER: Head north across equator out of the cyclone areas on the west side of the ocean. NORTHERN WINTER: Tropical Islands, Philippines & Japan.MAY: Go further north out of the typhoon areas of Asia towards Japan.NORTHERN SUMMER: Go east back across the North Pacific Ocean to U.S.A.All of the original Wind Pilot Charts for the North Pacific and the South Pacific Oceans are linked in the apps. Also the NASA wind charts from the Seawinds satellite are included. A free app is included with photos and links to masses of interesting and useful information. There are animations linked in the book which have had 10,000,000 views. Links to four complete sets of wind pilot charts.Links to stunning visualization of current ships at sea.Links to storm tracker and wave height tracker.Cyclones in the South Pacific occur in the southern summer from November to March.Typhoons in Asia from May to December (most frequent from July to October).Hurricanes strike Central America from June to October (most common in August and September). The Pacific Great Loop avoids these areas. This book is the work of Alan Phillips who has two circumnavigations, seven crossings of China Sea and sailed most of the route described. Tried and tested.
