In the first leg of our five-year circumnavigation, we sailed and cruised from the East Coast of the U.S. to New Zealand via the Panama Canal and the South Pacific Ocean. We were underway for 14 months and during that time we were in marinas and hooked up to shore power for only 20 nights. That’s all. The rest of the time was spent lying to our own anchors, which meant that we had to be entirely self-sufficient. Read more.
