My wife, son, and I would eventually like to sail around the world, but from what I can tell our proposed
route is unconventional if not unheard of. Basically we would like to sail around the world while staying close land in order to explore as much of the world as possible in one kind of loop. The
route, in theory, would start at the southern tip of
Florida, from there we would island hop the
Bahamas to
Cuba then on to
Haiti and the
Dominican Republic. Then we jump to
Puerto Rico, and island hop from the
Virgin Islands all the way to
Venezuela. Once in
Venezuela we would stick to close proximity to the South American coast line, in order to go a shore every few days to explore, all the way down to the mouth of the Amazon River in
Brazil. From there it would be awesome to sail up the Amazon River (an undetermined distance) before heading back out to coast of
Brazil, and from there it would be keeping close to coast down and around the tip of
South America. After that it is up the western South American coast line all the way to
Panama staying in somewhat close proximity to shore as usual. Once in
Panama we would sail up the
Central America coast line to
California, and from there it is up the western coast of the United States to
Canada before making it to southeastern
Alaska. We would then sail up and around the Alaskan coast line until we reach the Aleutian Islands, and from there we would island hop our way down to southeastern coast of Kamchatka Oblast,
Russia. Then down from its coast lines to a chain of islands that we would hop across to
Japan. From there its island hopping down the eastern coasts of the Japanese islands to
Taiwan. Then down the eastern coast of
Taiwan, and island hopping our way to the
Philippines. After island hopping the
Philippines we would do the same throughout
Indonesia before (possibly circling
Australia and part of Papua New Guinea) then heading to
Singapore, and then up the western coastline of
Malaysia up to
Thailand before continuing up and along the western coasts of Burma and Bangladesh before arriving on the eastern shores of
India. We would then sail down the eastern coast of
India before circling Sri Lanka the heading up India's western coast. We would then take the shortest crossing of the Arabian Sea from India to Oman before sailing around the Socotra Islands back up to the Gulf of Aden. After holding our breath a while we would be in the Red Sea on the western coast of Saudi Arabia sailing up the coastline to the Suez
Canal. After traversing the
canal we would take a quick detour west to the mouth of the Nile river, and again sailing up it an undetermined distance before heading back to the
Mediterranean Sea. From there its east to the western coast of
Israel before hopping across the
Mediterranean to
Cyprus. Then we would
head to the southern coast line of
Turkey taking it to
Greece. From there we would hug the entire European coast line exploring as much of it as possible before departing from
Norway, and island hopping to the Faroe Islands. We would then
head for
Iceland, and circle it before heading to the eastern coast of
Greenland. Then it would be down and around the southern tip of
Greenland before crossing over to
Canada. We would then head down the eastern coast of Canada to the eastern coast of the United States before heading down it to our starting point in
Florida. That is the route, thank you for taking the time to read it all. My question for you is has this ever been done before? What would be your guess as to how long a trip of this magnitude would take especially if taking the time to explore frequently? Is this even possible? Do I even want to know the vast amount of
red tape and potential problems that await me in order to traverse all of these coast lines?
Again thank you for your time,
Nick
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