Saw your posting from last year: USA to Australia in One Year Starting February .. we did this, pretty close to what you are trying to do... check out our blog it is on sailblogs dot com, search for the boat named Nemesis .. also you can google "sailblogs nemesis" and get there... there is a link on the left for the first page of the blog .. bought the boat in mexico, spent six months there.. then a year coming across the pacific.. all the details in the blog.. let me know how you go, we are in Sydney now... be happy to have a chat with you if your still doing it.. jeff