SeaEagleii

And sh*t yea!!!! Make sure you take SAT comms or SSB and know how to use them ! Sat comm is cheap and easy to send email- from laptop! If you keep it small and text- You can send regular texts and I think in the north connection or coverage good-is not hard at all ! SSB expensive to set up Internet but you can- Both allow you to get GRIB files which is raw weather data- if you don't know how to read and get this- learn it! Along with your barometer that predicts your navigation and over long distanc s can save you huge!

Oooo I'd go do a crossing before you take it on- How much and what kind of sailing have you done? If you in Auckland Id be happy to meet you.. Chat about stuff.. Sounds like you have a lot to learn before you go unless you asking those questions by the by.. Either route there is some serious sailing ! And the pacific not great if you not hot on nav and have a lot of gut feel in what the elements are saying- or experienced in reading them- lots of uncharted ground- Each subjects you ask need time .. And depends on numbers, time sailing route etc etc You will skipper? What study an

Open crossings are yip safer in terms of can't crash - but anything else it can be tough- gear failure - sick people- Wears you down to the bone- no catching weather windows- 7 meter seas and 70 knots of wind... You just gota deal with that mother... Long crossing are relentless unless you are good with your mind- tired and shattered or not there is no stopping- broken things demand your attention and your 'fix it with nothing' stills should be quite high.. Port to port you can rest till you and weather ready- you can experience crazy people and places and enjoy fresh food:) You pick

Easiest route is through panama of course- if you have money and time to wait to get through there- Then it's a bunch of milk runs really- but big pacific to cross 4o days I imagine- And then play the weather and seasons from island to island.. However - I like exciting - sooo I would go down the West coast of Africa - port to port .. If you have time to catch the weather- not super easy sailing but doable and very interesting- It's a bit of a beat from St Helena to Cape Town but after that - it's quite nice hopping around the southern South Africa ( cheap) up the east coast ( sh*t hot