Circumnavigation : Merrymaid

2008 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

MERRYMAID Route 2012	Distance	Accumulated	Days	Arrival	Depart.	Days	Days	Lat	12 September 2011
Sailed / Planned	NM	NM	kts/h	Date	Date	sail.	acc.		Cultural Program
			6
Singapore					Jan 02			01N	Getting started
Muara / Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)	777	777	5	Jan 08	Jan 10	6.0	6	05N	Very dirty sea, lots of money, small capital, little tradition
Kota Kinabalu (Sabah - Malaysia)	101	878	1	Jan 11	Jan 15	1.0	7	06N	Big, busy city, beautiful islands in front with dream beaches
Manila (Philippines)	628	1'506	4	Jan 19	Jan 21	4.0	11	15N	Huge in size, pollution & poverty, great Chinese cemetery
Vigan	279	1'785	2	Jan 23	Jan 23	2.0	13	17N	World Heritage, but not very Spanish, interesting old houses
Cape Bojeador	72	1'857	1	Jan 24	Jan 24	1.0	14	18N	Famous lighthouse but heavy weather after the tip
Hongkong (China)	462	2'319	3	Jan 27		3.0	17	22N	Famous in every aspect and worth while a visit
Taipei (Taiwan)	420	2'739	3	Feb 05					The other China
Shanghai (China)	406	3'145	3						Modern China at its best (worlds biggest harbour)
Qingdao	360	3'505	3						Visit the Olympic sailing centre
Tianjin	402	3'907	3						See the old China and eat a duck in Peking
Inch'Ǒn (South Korea)	424	4'331	3	Feb 28					Visit Seoul
Kitakyushu (Japan)	470	4'801	3						Western entrance to Japan's inland sea
Osaka	243	5'044	2						Sail through wonderful inland sea (cherry blossom)
Tokyo	358	5'402	2						See a great city and light a cigar at Fuji
Goryōkaku	520	5'922	4						See the famous fortress
Cape Shirakami	33	5'955	0						Visit the famous Matsumae Castle
Vladiwostok (Russia)	416	6'371	3	Mar 31				43N	Remember Gontscharow & the Pallas
Busan (South Korea)	506	6'877	4						The sailing city of Korea
Nagasaki (Japan)	159	7'036	1						Remember Oppenheimer & Truman (nuclear desaster)
Okinawa Hontō	407	7'443	3						High-rises, museums and temples
Taipei (Taiwan)	349	7'792	2						The other China
Hongkong (China)	447	8'239	3						The Wow City approached from the sea
Macao	32	8'271	0	Apr 30					See what the Portuguese left behind
Haikou	231	8'502	2						Interesting history
Ha Long Bay (Vietnam)	178	8'680	1						Famous World Heritage
Haiphong	14	8'694	0						See Hanoi's French influence and old temples
Nha Trang	570	9'264	4						Port, beaches and many things to see
Ho Chi Minh	230	9'494	2						Lots of history in former Saigon
Kâmpóng Saôm (Cambodia)	382	9'876	3						See old culture and visit Phnom Penh
Bangkok (Thailand)	234	10'110	2	May 31					Lots of things to see (mostly naked)
Ko Samui	225	10'335	2						See famous beaches
Pula Pemanggil (Tioman Islands - Malaysia)	481	10'816	3						Beautiful archipelago
Singapore	134	10'950	1	Jun 30				01N	Back to prepare MM for Indian Ocean & continue westbound
Total	10'950		76			17
Accumulated	46'393		322			244

MERRYMAID Route 2008 - 2009	Distance	Accumulated	Days	Arrival	Depart.	Days	Days	Long	12 April 2009
Sailed / Planned	NM	NM	kts/h	Date	Date	sail.	acc.		Cultural Program
			6
Mallorca					Aug 09			3E
Marbella	387	387	3	Aug 13	Aug 14	4.0	4	5W	Visit Maya, the only interesting thing in a Lebanese town
Gibraltar	38	425	0	Aug 15	Aug 19	0.5	5	5W	Visit Monkeys on "The Rock"
Las Palmas (Canary Islands)	718	1,143	5	Aug 23	Sep 03	4.0	9	14W	Clouds over boring city on an island without vegetation
Ilha do Sal (Cabo Verde)	1,033	2,176	7	Sep 09	Sep 17	6.0	15	23W	Wait for MOB device, enjoy beaches
Mindelo	141	2,317	1	Sep 18	Nov 02	1.0	16	25W	Wait for new crew & visit different islands
Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo (Brazil)	1,077	3,394	7	Nov 09	Nov 09	7.0	23	29W	Equator in view, exchange sweet water for fresh fish?
Ilha de Fernando de Noronha	350	3,744	2	Nov 11	Nov 14	2.0	25	32W	Stunningly beautiful Marine National Park & customs
Salvador do Bahia	760	4,504	5	Nov 19	Dec 01	5.0	30	38W	Historic city on a great bay
Rio Paraguaçu	33	4,537	0	Dec 01	Dec 03	0.5	30	38W	Very impressive River with mangroves & crocodiles
Itaparica	26	4,563	0	Dec 03	Dec 04	0.5	31	38W	Clean town on beautiful island (& Storm)
Ilhéus	258	4,821	2	Dec 06	Dec 07	1.5	32	39W	Beaches & Night Live
Arquipelago dos Abrolhos	456	5,277	3	Dec 10	Dec 11	3.0	35	39W	Wild & beautiful bird & fish sanctuary
Vitória	210	5,487	1	Dec 12	Dec 13	1.0	36	40W	Sweet bay in a busy city
Rio de Janeiro	323	5,810	2	Dec 15	Dec 19	2.0	38	43W	Staying alive & visiting the Sugar Loaf & the Christ Statue
Baía da Ribeira - near Angra dos Reis	80	5,890	1	Dec19	Dec 20	0.5	39	44W	Paradisiac bay with impressive mountains & vegetation
Ilha Anchieta	62	5,952	0	Dec 20	Dec 21	0.5	39	45W	See Capivaras & Turtle station (remember Lady Curzon)
Porto Belo - Florianopolis	306	6,258	2	Dec 23	Dec 24	2.0	41	48W	Beautiful weather, landscape & sea, deceiving town
Punta del Este (Uruguay)	647	6,905	4	Dec 28	Dec 28	4.0	45	55W	Little Rio without crime; nice residential area & Sea Lions
Buenos Aires (Argentina)	181	7,086	1	Dec 29	Jan 07	1.0	46	58W	Elegant town with pleasant country life just 1h out of town
Mar del Plata	297	7,383	2	Jan 09	Jan 13	2.0	48	58W	Not Punta del Este, but with Sea Lions & good shipyards
Puerto Madryn - Golfo Nuevo	575	7,958	4	Jan 16	Jan 18	3.5	52	65W	Orcas, sea lions, elephant seals & Magellanic penguins
Stanley (Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas)	766	8,724	5	Jan 22	Jan 27	4.0	56	58W	Roaring Forties & Furious Fifties, Iron ladies & crazy generals
Puerto Williams (Chile)	442	9,166	3	Jan 30	Jan 31	3.0	59	68W	Good sailing & into the highly impressive Beagle Channel
Cape Horn	176	9,342	1	Feb 02	Feb 03	1.5	60	67W	Heavy sailing from E->W, calm from W->E & visit of the island
Puerto Williams	83	9,425	1	Feb 04	Feb 06	0.5	61	68W	Beautiful Channels & achoring in sweet bays with glaciers!
Puerto Natales	491	9,916	3	Feb 16	Feb 18	3.5	64	73W	Visited Torres del Paine & Punta Arenas, great glacier sailing
Puerto Eden	334	10,250	2	Feb 23	Feb 24	2.5	67	74W	Impressive fjords & glaciers, exciting sailing, small town
Puerto Montt	652	10,902	5	Mar 03	Mar 07	4.0	71	73W	Sailing trough Golfo de Penas & Golfo de ultima Esperanza
Valparaiso	712	11,614	5	Mar 11	Mar 14	4.0	75	72W	See beautiful Valparaiso & huge Santiago de Chile
Arica	943	12,557	7	Mar 19	Mar 21	5.5	80	70W	Sailing the Pacific & see what Bolivia lost in an useless war
Callao - Lima (Peru)	628	13,185	4	Mar 25	Mar 28	4.0	84	77W	Visited Machu Picchu with famous train & wonderful Cuzco
Salinas (Ecuador)	703	13,888	5	Apr 01	Apr 04	4.5	89	81W	Thousands of miles of beaches and busy beach life
Gorgona (Columbia) via Tumaco	435	14,323	3	Apr 08	Apr 09	3.0	92	78W	Unique National Park with exciting night diving
Panama City	443	14,766	3	Apr 12		3.0	95	80W	See interesting city and impressive canal
Total	14,766		103			95

MERRYMAID Route 2010	Distance	Accumulated	Days	Arrival	Depart.	Days	Days	Long	01 Nov 2010
Sailed / Planned	NM	NM	kts/h	Date	Date	sail.	acc.		Cultural Program
			6
Havanna (Cuba)					Feb 02			82W	Beautiful but sorry sight of "Socialismo Real"
George Town - Cayman Islands (UK)	900	900	6	Feb 10	Feb 15	4.0	4	81W	The devil's off-shore centre is - boring (lack of history)
Port Antanio (Jamaica)	345	1'245	2	Feb 17	Feb 19	2.0	6	78W	Remember Errol Flynn in a beautiful small tropic harbour
Kingston	80	1'325	1	Feb 19	Feb 21	0.5	7	77W	Only the blue mountains & the Bob Marley Museum to see
Kuna Yala (San Blas Islands - Panama)	670	1'995	5	Mar 04	Mar 13	5.0	12	79W	Terrific Islands with very friendly indians
Panama City	219	2'214	2	Mar 17	Mar 24	2.5	14	80W	Passed impressive canal staying one night in Lake Gatun
Puerto Baquerizo (Galapagos - Ecuador)	944	3'158	7	Mar 30	Apr 02	6.0	20	90W	Interesting history including Darwin and pirates
- local sailing	548	3'706	4	Apr 02	Apr 12	3.0	23	90W	Incredible view of endemic animals & beautiful landscapes
Rapa Nui (Easter Island - Chile)	2'025	5'731	14	Apr 25	May 05	13.0	36	109W	Surprisingly beautiful island with great statues & people
Pitcairn Island (UK)	1'382	7'113	10	May 13	May 16	8.0	44	130W	Friendly people on very small island (Mutiny doesn't pay!)
Mangareva (Gambier Islands - French Polynesia)	359	7'472	2	May 17	May 22	2.2	46	135W	Big islands in huge coral reef & interesting pearl farms
Amanu (Tuamotu Islands)	608	8'080	4	May 26	Jun 01	4.0	50	141W	Stern to a dreamlike island in small lagoon lines on palms
Papeete/Moorea (Tahiti - Society Islands)	581	8'661	4	Jun 05	Jun 14	4.0	54	150W	Beautiful Moorea and busy Papeete
Bora Bora	190	8'851	1	Jun 16	Jun 22	2.0	56	152W	Stunningly beautiful volcanic island with tricky lagoon
Suvarov (Cook Island - UK)	934	9'785	6	Jun 27	Jun 29	5.0	61	163W	The classic dream of a pacific island (remember Tom Neale)
Pago Pago (American Samoa - US)	514	10'299	4	Jul 03	Jul 05	4.0	65	171W	Natural harbor surrounded by high mountains - rundown
Apia (Samoa - self-governed)	93	10'392	1	Jul 05	Jul 10	0.5	66	172W	Eden's vegetation with friendly Polynesians (R.L.Stevenson)
Savusavu (Fiji - self-governed)	615	11'007	4	Jul 15	Jul 17	4.0	70	179E	180° passed! Drank kava & seen wonderful landscapes
Suva	344	11'351	2	Jul 24	Aug 01	2.5	72	178E	Main port of Fiji after a great week in the outer islands
Nukualofa (Kingdom of Tonga)	872	12'223	6	Aug 06	Aug 09	5.5	78	175W	Capital of a group of beautiful atolls
Auckland (New Zealand)	1'226	13'449	9	Aug 17	Aug 22	8.0	86	175E	Small city, nice people, terrible weather, great landscapes
Sidney (Australia)	1'712	15'161	12	Sep 03	Sep 08	11.5	97	151E	Great City after challenging Tasman Sea, lots to see
Lady Musgrave Island (Bunker Group - QLD)	935	16'096	6	Sep 15	Sep 16	7.0	104	152E	Start of the Barrier Reef in a perfect coral lagoon
Whitsunday Island / Hamilton Island	330	16'426	2	Sep 18	Sep 20	2.0	106	149E	World famous for it's Whitehaven Beach with fine sand
Cairns	319	16'745	2	Sep 22	Sep 24	2.0	108	146E	See barrier reef, tableland, crocodile farms & cable railway
Port Moresby (Papua-New Guinea)	464	17'209	3	Sep 26	Sep 28	2.0	110	147E	Far better than expected, great landscapes & nice people
Thursday Island (Australia)	352	17'561	2	Sep 30	Oct 01	2.0	112	142E	Remember W. Somerset Maugham (not much else)
Kei Kecil (Indonesia)	762	18'323	5	Oct 06	Oct 11	4.5	117	133E	Beautiful beaches & obtrusive coral reefs
Maumere	728	19'051	5	Oct 16	Oct 17	5.0	122	122E	People are Muslim, poor, happy and friendly
Rindja Island / Komodo Island	180	19'231	1	Oct 18	Oct 19	1.0	123	120E	Incredibly beautiful & famous pink beach & crazy varans
Benoa (Bali)	313	19'544	2	Oct 21	Oct 24	2.0	125	115E	Wonderful Bail! Great Hindu culture & landscapes
Cirebon (Java)	517	20'061	4	Oct 27	Oct 28	3.5	128	109E	Unintresting city with nice kartons (palaces of the sultans)
Singapore	616	20'677	4	Oct 31	Nov 01	4.0	132	104E	Again arrived right on schedule with a still shiny boat!
Total	20'677		144			132
Accumulated	35'443		246			227

MERRYMAID Route 2012 - 2013	Distance	Accumulated	Days	Arrival	Depart.	Days	Days	Long	09 May 2010
Sailed / Planned	NM	NM	kts/h	Date	Date	sail.	acc.		Cultural Program
			6
Singapore					Dec 01			104E	Getting started
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)	200	200	1
Phuket (Thailand)	400	600	3						Visit James Bond Islands
Port Blair (Andamàn Islands - India)	420	1'020	3
Rangoon (Birma)	450	1'470	3						Great history
Kalkutta (India)	690	2'160	5						The classic Indian harbour
Madras	700	2'860	5
Colombo (Sri Lanka)	400	3'260	3						See different culture
Male (Maledives)	410	3'670	3						Visit Cocoa Island
Mahé (Seychelles)	1'450	5'120	10						Visit famous tourist islands
Port Louis (Mauritius)	930	6'050	6						French culture with wonderful beaches
Saint-Dénis (Réunion)	180	6'230	1
Tôlanaro (Madagascar)	540	6'770	4
Durban (South Africa)	900	7'670	6						See the true South Africa
Cape Town	880	8'550	6	May 31				18E	See wonderful landscapes & remember the Portuguese
Total	8'550		59			0
Accumulated	54'995		382			192

MERRYMAID Route 2013 - 2014	Distance	Accumulated	Days	Arrival	Depart.	Days	Days	Long	29 May 2010
Sailed / Planned	NM	NM	kts/h	Date	Date	sail.	acc.		Cultural Program
			6
Cape Town (Cape of Good Hope)					Dec01				Getting started
Lüderitz (Namibia)	470	470	3					15E	Remember Bismarck & Wilhelm & see old colonial Germany
Jamestown (St. Helena - UK)	1'400	1'870	10					6W	360° done! (remember poor Napoleon)
Georgetown (Ascension - UK)	700	2'570	5						Visit beautiful island in the middle of nowhere
Fortaleza (Brazil)	1'500	4'070	10						See the beginning of the rain forest
Belem	660	4'730	5						Entering Amazonia & see Para River
Manaus - Amazonas	700	5'430	5						See famous Amazon River & remember Sir Peter Blake
Cayenne (French Guiana)	1'000	6'430	7						See Ariane Space Centre & remember Papillon
Paramaribo (Suriname)	210	6'640	1						See if the Wild Coast has improved & avoid guerrillas
Georgetown (Guyana)	190	6'830	1						See real Venice of South America
Port-of-Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)	340	7'170	2						See famous De Mas carnival & visit home of calypso music
Caracas (Venezuela)	350	7'520	2						See the famous islands & Orinoco Delta
St George's (Grenada)	320	7'840	2						See beautiful island & sail destination (remember Dad)
Bridgetown (Barbados)	150	7'990	1						See wild rock formations & beaches
Fort-de-France (Martinique)	130	8'120	1						See beautiful French island & make a detour to St Barth
English Harbour (Antigua)	180	8'300	1	May 31					See beautiful harbour & centre of WI yachting
Total	8'300		58			0
Accumulated	63'295		440			192

MERRYMAID Route 2015	Distance	Accumulated	Days	Arrival	Depart.	Days	Days	Long	21 August 2010
Sailed / Planned	NM	NM	kts/h	Date	Date	sail.	acc.		Cultural Program
			6
English Harbour (Antigua)					Feb 01				Getting started
San Juan (Santo Domingo)	240	240	2
Nassau (Bahamas)	750	990	5
Key West (USA)	280	1'270	2
Tampa	190	1'460	1
New Orleans	400	1'860	3
Tampico (Mexico)	730	2'590	5
Merida	440	3'030	3
Miami (USA)	560	3'590	4
Savannah	375	3'965	3	Mar 31
New York	760	4'725	5
Boston	190	4'915	1
Halifax	360	5'275	3
Quebec	800	6'075	6	Apr 30
Saint John's (Newfoundland)	730	6'805	5
Nain (Labrador)	600	7'405	4
Hudson Bay	2'400	9'805	17
Cape Farewell (Greenland)	1'100	10'905	8	Jun 30
Reykjavik (Iceland)	760	11'665	5
Southampton	1'300	12'965	9	Jul 31
Total	12'965		90			0
Accumulated	76'260		530			192

MERRYMAID Route 2016	Distance	Accumulated	Days	Arrival	Depart.	Days	Days	Long	21 August 2010
Sailed / Planned	NM	NM	kts/h	Date	Date	sail.	acc.		Cultural Program
			6
Southampton					Jun 01				Getting started
Cork	340	340	2
Dublin	200	540	1
Glasgow	120	660	1
Outer Hebrides	220	880	2
Torshavn (Faeroes)	225	1'105	2
Reykjavic (Iceland)	480	1'585	3
Prince Christian Sound (Greenland)	640	2'225	4
Upernavik incl. local sailing	500	2'725	3
Clyde River (Baffin Island) incl. local sailing	500	3'225	3
Pond Inlet	350	3'575	2	Jul 31
Resolute	370	3'945	3
Gjoa Haven	600	4'545	4
Cambridge Bay	260	4'805	2
Kugluktuk	250	5'055	2	Aug 31
Barrow	950	6'005	7
Nome	600	6'605	4
Anchorage	1'330	7'935	9
Vancouver	1'300	9'235	9
San Francisco	810	10,045	6	Oct 31
Los Angeles	315	10'360	2
Mazatlán	1'000	11'360	7
Acapulco	580	11'940	4
Guatemala	570	12'510	4
El Salvador	100	12'610	1
Nicaragua	160	12'770	1
Costa Rica	200	12'970	1
Panama	430	13'400	3	Nov 30
Total	13,400		64			0
Accumulated	89,660		594			192