Pendana

Our 184-nautical-mile trip from Kodiak to Seward was without incident and the run took a total of twenty two hours and saw Pendana finally reach the west coast of the United States of America!

After some 2,230 nautical miles we have finally made it to Kodiak, Alaska, and in doing so, have officially crossed the entire Pacific Ocean ... all 7,700 nautical miles of it (our total route distance).

During the past 5,000 nautical miles, we have been pretty lucky with the weather and have remained pretty much unscathed by the oceans force and power. This was all about to change.

Years in the making, months in planning, weeks in preparation, hours in second guessing, minutes in a panic and only seconds left (actually, a few hours) before we depart and leave Australia’s fair shores!

Pendana backs away from her home slip and makes the first step of a multi-year circumnavigation only to be thwarted by... a mattress.

As with any trip, there were some serious obstacles to overcome before we could head off into the sunset. As it turns out, the larger the adventure the larger the hurdles.

Aussie blogger James Ellingford and his familial crew aboard Pendana are preparing for a multi-year circumnavigation aboard their beloved Nordhavn 62. Read on and discover the first steps of their world tour.