{"id":286,"date":"2026-09-25T17:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T07:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=286"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T23:05:40","slug":"across-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=286","title":{"rendered":"Across the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Panama I crossed the Pacific through the Galapagos and French Polynesia, then continued west towards Tonga, Fiji and New Caledonia before the final passage home.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2014 2014 \u2014 Original Journal<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n
Read more \u2014 Pacific 2014 \u2014 Original Voyage Notes<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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CHAPTER 01<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galapagos 2014<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The islands, land travel and preparation for the longest solo passage of the voyage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CHAPTER 02<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solo Across the Pacific \u2014 Galapagos to Marquesas<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nineteen days alone aboard Malua \u2014 about 3,000 nautical miles from the Galapagos to the Marquesas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CHAPTER 03<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marquesas and Tuamotu<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Landfall in the Marquesas and onward into the low coral atolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CHAPTER 04<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

French Polynesia \u2014 Atolls to Bora Bora<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fakarava, the Tuamotu and west through French Polynesia towards Bora Bora. I did some spectacular diving in the atols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CHAPTER 05<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonga, Fiji and New Caledonia<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Across the western Pacific through Tonga and Fiji to the final staging point before Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photographs and route<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Malua in Fiji during the Pacific voyage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n