Saito Challenge 8 Waypoints

Great Capes Route —
Australia, South Africa, South America

Saito Challenge 8 Waypoints —
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	Waypoint	Location	Distance (nm)	Days to Waypoint*	Total Distance (nm)	Departure
10/02/08	0 (Start)	Kenzaki Lighthouse, near Yokohama				10/02/08
10/30/08	1	Solomon Islands, South Pacific	2,800	28	2,800	10/30/08
11/16/08	2	Sydney, Australia (repair stopover, 6 days)	1,500	17	4,300	11/24/08
11/30/08	3	Hobart, Tasmania (repair stopover, 7 days)	700	6	5,000	12/07/08
12/22/08	4	Cape Leeuwin, S. Australia (repair stopover, Fremantle 2 days)	1,500	18	6,500	12/28/08
01/23/09	5	Indian Ocean, midway to S. Africa	2,700	23	9200	1/20/09
02/13/09	6	Cape of Good Hope, S. Africa / Cape Town (repair stopover, 6 days)	2,900	22	12,100	2/19/09
02/19/09	7	020W midway between S. Africa & S. America	2,078	19	14,178	3/10/09
03/10/09	8	Cape Horn, S. America (repair & winter stopover, 6 months)	2,078	27	16,256	4/10/09
10/15/09	9	Humboldt Current, west of Chile	525	4	16,781
	10	Entering the Horse Latitudes	2,400	20	19,181
	11	Fiji, South Pacific	2,900	24	22,081
	12	Equator	1,600	13	23,681
	(Finish)	Kenzaki Lighthouse, near Yokohama	2,700	23	26,381

* "Days to Waypoint" assumes 120 nm/day. Green indicates distances actually completed, with actual No. of days it took for that leg.

 

LEG 1 — Yokohama to WP1 near Solomon Islands (2,800 nm)

LEG 2 — WP1 Solomon Islands to WP2 Sydney (1,500 nm)

LEG 3 — WP2 Sydney to WP3 Hobart (700 nm)

LEG 4 — WP3 Hobart to WP4 Cape Leeuwin (1,500 nm)

LEG 5 — WP4 Cape Leeuwin to WP5 Mid Indian Ocean (2,700 nm)

LEG 6 — WP5 Mid Indian Ocean to WP6 Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town) (2,900 nm)

LEG 7 — WP6 Cape of Good Hope to WP7 Mid S. Atlantic Ocean (2,078 nm)

LEG 8 — WP8 Mid S. Atlantic Ocean to Cape Horn, Argentina & Chile (2,078 nm)