Pacific Ocean crossing: Honolulu, Hawaii to Seattle, Washington
Approximate distance: 2600 nm
Expected sailing time: 3 weeks.
Expected departure: End of June 2010
Watches: 3-4 hour Watches with a
4-5 person crew
Tracking Provided By
winlink.org
ID: KE7STU
SSB radio callsign: KE7STU
See the current
Weather in the Pacific
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average Speed
Days at Sea
3 knts
36
4 knts
27
5 knts
22
6 knts
18
7 knts
15
The Shopping List
Dry Ingredients
Flour- book suggests 80 lbs
Potato Flakes- 1 medium box
Oatmeal- 80 servings
Black beans' 10 lbs dry
lentils- 2 lbs dry
pinto beans- 10 lbs dry
soup mix and bouillon- 40 servings
baking powder- 1 jar
baking soda- 1 jar
yeast- 60 oz.
rice- 25 lbs
spaghetti-20 lbs
linguine- 5 lbs
mac n cheese- 12 boxes
cous cous- 2 lbs dry
cooking ingredients
white sugar- 4 lbs
brown sugar- 10 lbs
cinnamon- one jar
mustard- 2 bottles
ginger- either 10 pieces or one jar
vinegar- 25 oz +/-
balsamic- 1 bottle
pepper and salt
limes- 20 oz juice
honey- 50 oz +
soy sauce- 40 oz
chile pepper- 1 bottle
cumin- 1 bottle
tabasco
garlic- 20 cloves cilantro
oregano, basil, and rosemary or italian seasoning mix
bay leaves- to keep weavils out of flour
pesto- 5 packets
sun dried tomatoes- Butter- in cans- 8 lbs
olive oil- 80 oz.
mayonnaise- 3 jars
mozzerella- 8 lbs
parmesan- 2 jars of fake stuff
feta?
cheddar- 8 lbs
Beverages
hot chocolate- 50-60 servings
black tea- 80 bags
green tea- 60 bags
herbal tea- 80 bags
tang- 3 jars +
booze
Snacks and Accessories
Raisins- 6 lbs
bananas-5 lbs
other dried fruits- 5 lbs
nuts- 7 lbs +
beef jerky- 1 bag
hard sausage- 2 logs/4 lbs
olives- 4 cans
crackers- 6 lbs
pretzels- 4 lbs
cookies- 240
peanut butter- 2 big jars
jam- 80 servings +
hummus or garbanzo beans- 100 servings
chocolate- 12 bars and 3 bags of chips
brownie mix- 3 packages
pudding- 3 packages instant
other fun latin american stuff like chili lime salted roast lima beans
Fresh Food
long life milk- 20 liters
powdered milk- 2 lbs
sweetened condensed milk- 3 cans
eggs-200
watermelon- small- 4
melon- 2 cantaloupe
ango- 6
citrus- tangerines or thick peel- 30
apples- get green if possible- 30-40
bananas- 12
plantains- 2
cabbage- 5 heads/18 kilos
onions- 18 kilos
mushrooms- if dried- 1 lbs
avocado- 5
tomatoes- 50
potato- 8 kilos
squash- 4
lettuce- tightly packed type- 4 heads
carrots- 16-20
yams- 8 kilos
cucumber- 16
peppers- 40 green
lemons- 6
Canned Foods
cream of mushroom soup- 2 cans
tomato soup- 4 cans
other flavors soup- 20 servings
tuna- 15 cans or pouches
canned chicken- 5 cans
garbanzo beans- 5 cans- depending on hummus situation
kidney beans- 10 cans
heart of palm- 7 cans
olives 7 cans
salsa- green and red- 15 cans or 32 oz
diced tomatoes- 15 cans
tomato sauce- 5 cans
coconut milk- 6 cans
peaches- 20 cans
pears- 10 cans
mandarin oranges- 10 cans
mushrooms- 5 cans
peppers- 5 cans
other fun things- ???
