Great Capes Route -- Australia, South Africa, South America

Saito Challenge 8 Waypoints — See waypoint maps by scrolling down.

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)