Around-the-World Sailing Guide

This book describes an unparalleled experience through the world's most breathtaking waters. This book is your planning guide on how to sail around the world. It explains how to leverage the trade winds to cross major oceans while avoiding revolving storms. It ensures a fabulous seamless voyage, steering clear of tumultuous weather. Embarking on a journey to circumnavigate the world is a dream shared by many—an adventure filled with discovery and the ultimate freedom of the open sea. For those seeking to traverse the globe with ease, safety, and warmth this book is your lifeline. This book gives all the information necessary to plan your sailing voyage around the world. All of the technical knowledge that you will need to do your own circumnavigation plus insights into the lifestyle, as well as insights into the philosophy and ideals of the cruising lifestyle. There are illustrations and maps. There are hundreds of interactive links. Alan Phillips has sailed the routes in this book with over 100,000 miles at sea. There is a lot to think about so let's get started… A detailed planning itinerary for your voyage around the world. The routes, and the seasons clearly laid out for all to understand. So you want to sail around the world? Which way do you go? What is the "milk run" ? How? When? Where to go? What are the sailing seasons ? The mental test, the boat, the weather, the crew, the equipment, the food, the philosophy, the lifestyle, the tricks, the anchorages, the harbors, the navigation, the dangers, the tools, the paperwork, money, communication, safety, poetry, responsibility, FAQ, seasickness, first aid, politics, clothes, expenses, watchkeeping, knots, anchors, cyclones, prayers, becalmed, hurricanes, latitudes, engine, toilet, lightening, information on everything that you possibly need to know. ( The tradewinds blow in winter) You must stay out of the hurricane areas. ( Hurricanes occur in summer). The Mediterranean is best in the summer The Red Sea is best in spring Cars crash, diseases appear from nowhere, loved ones die, careers evaporate. There is no safety. Misfortune can hit anywhere anytime. There is nowhere to hide. The more you try, the more vulnerable you are. So do not waste your life trying to be protected. Instead set out to live. We have only one life, only one chance to live. If we do not live it, it is gone and wasted. Why not think of the joys of living a full and interesting life? Why not throw your financial caution to the wind and sail off around the world? Have the courage to live The Atlantic crossing in the trade wind belt is from Canary Islands to the Caribbean in the northern winter. In the North Atlantic Ocean the trade winds blow from November to April between latitudes 3 degrees to 25 degrees. Then the hurricanes can occur in the northern summer between latitudes 5 degrees and 30 degrees. They are most dangerous from August to October. The Pacific Ocean crossing from Panama to New Zealand is in the southern winter. Then through Panama Canal and down into the Southern Hemisphere looking for the trade winds in the southern winter from April to October between latitudes 3 degrees and 25 degrees. The cyclones (hurricanes) occur in this ocean in the southern summer from November to March between latitudes 5 degrees and 25 degrees. They are most dangerous from January to March.