Kailani looged a little over 10,000 miles on ocean and coastal passages in 2010 and 2011 including crossing the Mediterranean from Turkey to Mallorca; crossing the Atlantic to the Carribean; transiting the Panama Canal and a long cruise up the coasts of central and North America to her home port of Sausalito, California.
This passage was broken in two roughly equal legs by a stop in the historic port of Valletta on the island of Malta. When the wind blew it did so primarily out of the west making much of this passage a beat to weather in the short choppy seas of the Mediterranean. We had two non-sailors aboard who worked hard to become competent crew by the end of the passage.
We escaped the Med through the Straits of Gibraltar only hours before a series of gales blew in from the west and made leaving the Med almost impossible for two weeks. By the time Kailani and crew were off the Canaries the wind had started to go light and for the next 1500 miles we averaged a little better than 5 knots. When the wind did fill in Kailani was able to show her real strengths with daily runs of over 225 miles. The crew entertained themselves during their watches by hand steering the swell to get Kailani surfing. The record: 18.8 kts over the ground. Unfortunately no crew member could take credit as Kailani was on autopilot at the time.
Kailani completed the 1,225 mile passage from St. Lucia in just under 7 days at an average speed of 7.3 kts. All but the last 7 hours was under sail until the wind died, causing her to motor sail the last 50 miles into Cristobal, Panama. A classic downwind run in the tradewinds was enjoyed by all aboard, rotating between sailing and surfing (at one point topping 13 kts, helped a bit by a favorable current!), fishing, cooking, sunrises, sunsets, all while accompanied by a waxing moon that helped ease the late night watches.
Kailani completed this 2,200 nm run, including a Panama Canal transit, in a little over 15 days. Spending most of those miles motorsailing due to light or adverse winds, Kailani and crew did an overnight stop in Huatulco, Mexico to fuel and check-in, followed by a second fuel stop in Barre Navidad, Mexico. While most of the passage was motor sailing into head seas, or making way under light winds, Kailani averaged a speed of 7.3 kts while underway. The passage highlights included dolphins by the hundreds, turtles by the score, remarkable sunsets, welcome sunrises and night watches with the moon bright enough to read by.
Kailani completed this 1,200 nm passage in just over 9 sailing days, overnighting along the way in San Diego, the Cojo anchorage, and Half Moon Bay. Waiting for the perfect weather windows by making these stops made this notoriously upwind passage to Kailani's home port a sweet adventure in the company of migrating whales.
This passage was broken in two roughly equal legs by a stop in the historic port of Valletta on the island of Malta. When the wind blew it did so primarily out of the west making much of this passage a beat to weather in the short choppy seas of the Mediterranean. We had two non-sailors aboard who worked hard to become competent crew by the end of the passage.
We escaped the Med through the Straits of Gibraltar only hours before a series of gales blew in from the west and made leaving the Med almost impossible for two weeks. By the time Kailani and crew were off the Canaries the wind had started to go light and for the next 1500 miles we averaged a little better than 5 knots. When the wind did fill in Kailani was able to show her real strengths with daily runs of over 225 miles. The crew entertained themselves during their watches by hand steering the swell to get Kailani surfing. The record: 18.8 kts over the ground. Unfortunately no crew member could take credit as Kailani was on autopilot at the time.
Kailani completed the 1,225 mile passage from St. Lucia in just under 7 days at an average speed of 7.3 kts. All but the last 7 hours was under sail until the wind died, causing her to motor sail the last 50 miles into Cristobal, Panama. A classic downwind run in the tradewinds was enjoyed by all aboard, rotating between sailing and surfing (at one point topping 13 kts, helped a bit by a favorable current!), fishing, cooking, sunrises, sunsets, all while accompanied by a waxing moon that helped ease the late night watches. 
Kailani completed this 2,200 nm run, including a Panama Canal transit, in a little over 15 days. Spending most of those miles motorsailing due to light or adverse winds, Kailani and crew did an overnight stop in Huatulco, Mexico to fuel and check-in, followed by a second fuel stop in Barre Navidad, Mexico. While most of the passage was motor sailing into head seas, or making way under light winds, Kailani averaged a speed of 7.3 kts while underway. The passage highlights included dolphins by the hundreds, turtles by the score, remarkable sunsets, welcome sunrises and night watches with the moon bright enough to read by.
Kailani completed this 1,200 nm passage in just over 9 sailing days, overnighting along the way in San Diego, the Cojo anchorage, and Half Moon Bay. Waiting for the perfect weather windows by making these stops made this notoriously upwind passage to Kailani's home port a sweet adventure in the company of migrating whales.