Sailing from Tahiti to Hawaii (June 2025)

In this episode, Tuck joins as crew for the 2500+ nautical mile passage from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia to Hilo, Hawaii, USA. This is a tough passage - with bashing and beam seas averaging about 2.5 meters and winds frequently hovering around 20+ knots. The conventional route from Tahiti is to head Northeast until you get to the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) so that you can pick up favorable sailing angles when you enter the NE trade winds. This puts us closed hauled for much of the first part of the passage and on a close to beam reach for the second part. Bashing and beam seas make this 22-day passage consistently unconfortable. We still have one more long passage for the Great Pacific Adventure: Hawaii to California. Please like the video and subscribe to catch the rest of the adventure! --- Tracker: https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV_Keeldragger/ Supporting the Channel: We appreciate your Likes, Channel Subscription, and Comments! If you are Inclined to provide financial support for our adventure, YouTube Memberships, Patreon, and donations on PayPal are humbly accepted :-) YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHbGnGuwDWdjitpVf7npNAA/join Patreon: https://patreon.com/keeldragger?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=R3JCDW4RGKS7N