The voyage begins at Victoria on Vancouver Island with departure at the beginning of May. Transit is offshore with next landfall in early June at the Marquesas Islands. The voyage proceeds at a leisurely pace south of the line via the Tuamotu Islands then on to Tahiti in the Society Islands . Course is set through the Cook Islands and Tonga arriving in Fiji. Departure in late November for Samoa and on through Christmas Island to the Hawaiian Islands. Soak up the sun till mid April then start the long haul back to Victoria arriving in late May.

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