16 | Voyage across the Central Pacific on a Wooden Boat

After waiting for a weather window, we set sail from French Polynesia for an 1800 nautical mile passage to Fiji. This stretch of ocean is notoriously squally and unpredictable. We experienced variable winds and some significant swell rolling in from systems in the southern ocean. After a successful voyage, we made landfall in the beautiful country of Fiji. Our boat Julia is an Atkin designed Ingrid ketch. She is a traditional wooden boat, built of fir and cedar on an oak frame in 1960. This type of blue water passage making is exactly what she was designed for. music: Olympus by Dream Cave / courtesy of The Pyramide by Edgar Hopp / courtesy of A Million Upheavals by Edgar Hopp / courtesy of In the Red Soil by Bonnie Grace / courtesy of Across the Waters by Dream Cave / courtesy of