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A five year voyage

February 9th, 2010

LTS in iceCruising and exploring distant horizons irrevocably calls for very personal decisions; on which coasts to call, where to anchor and land? What to leave to port or starboard for another time? Below follows Long Tall Sally’s five year itinerary. It illustrates the possibilities and is meant to inspire rather than to present prospective owners with a fixed route. Long Tall Sally’s design is based on the requirements set by the itinerary’s destinations. So her cruising will be focussed on higher latitude destinations.

Year 1

  • Apr: launching, seatrials and commissioning
  • May: entertainment for owners, their family, friends and business relations
  • May: warranty and finishing touch
  • June – Aug: Norway and Spitsbergen
  • Sept: Atlantic crossing in two legs to Brasil
  • Oct: southward along the Argentinian coast to Ushaia
  • Nov/Dec: roundtrip to Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, prepare for Antarctica
  • Jan – March: three trips to Antarctica
  • Apr/May: Chilian west coast, dry docking and maintenance

Year 2

  • June – Aug: Easter Island and Pacific Ocean
  • Sept: New Zealand (north to south)
  • Oct: New Zealand (south to north)
  • Nov/Dec: Australia
  • Jan – March: voyage to China
  • Apr/May: China, drydocking and maintenance

Year 3

  • June/July: Kamtsjatka
  • Aug: via Beringstrait to Alaska
  • Sept/Oct: southward along the coast of Alaska
  • Nov: further southward along the westcoast of U.S. of America
  • Dec – Feb: Galapagos archipelago
  • March/Apr: Panama channel, Caribean, east coast U.S. of A, drydocking and maintenance

Year 4

  • May/June: New Foundland en Greenland
  • July – Sept: Northwest Passage
  • Oct: southward along the coast of Alaska
  • Nov/Dec: via Hawaï to New Zealand
  • Jan/Feb: New Zealand – Tierra del Fuego
  • March/Apr: Antarctica – Cape Town
  • May: Cape Town, drydocking and maintenance

Year 5

  • June/July: Madagascar
  • Aug: Mozambique
  • Sept: Cape Town – Brasil
  • Oct: south along the Argentinian coast to Ushaia
  • Nov/Dec: roundtrip Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, prepare for Antarctica
  • Jan/Feb: two trips to Antarctica
  • March/Apr: Antarctica – Cape Town
  • May: Cape Town, drydocking and maintenance
  • June/July: Atlantic crossing to the Netherlands