Sydney to Cairns 1,253 nautical miles
Cairns to Guam 2,150 nautical miles
Guam to Osaka 1,380 nautical miles
Osaka to Hiroshima 178 nautical miles
Hiroshina to Inchon (Seoul) 565 nautical miles
Inchon to Shanghai 438 nautical miles
Shanghai to Hong Kong 809 nautical miles
Total Distance traveled from Sydney to Hong
Kong 6,773 nautical miles
Leaving Sydney the ship took a Northerly
course toward the next port of call, Cairns, Australia. The first sea day
maintained the Northerly course and the second maintained the Northerly course
across the Great Barrier Reef. The third sea day altered to a North-Westerly
course passing a few islands like Calder Island, Linne Island, and St. Helen.
Then around noon, we passed South Mole Island and in the evening Pelorus
Island.
From Cairns, we headed in a North-Easterly
course towards Guam. The first sea day we exited the Great Barrier Reef and
followed a North-Easterly course. The next sea day we passed the south coast of
Papua New Guinea. We then altered to a North-Westerly direction and entered the
Solomon Sea. Throughout the day we kept the Main Island on our port side and
passed Trobriand Islands of Agum Atoll and Kitava on our starboard side.
The next sea day we continued our Notherly
Westerly course passing the island of New Britain on our Starboard side and
entering the Bismarck Sea, reaching the Admiralty Islands. Then we altered our
course on a Northerly direction, towards Guam.
Throughout the next sea day we steamed on a
Northerly course across the Bismark Sea towards Guam. At 00:42 we crossed the
Equator and entered the Northern Hemisphere. Later that evening we passed
through the Caroline Island Group. The next sea day we continued on our
Northerly across the Philippine Sea towards Guam.
We then made our way through the “Glass
Breakwaters” and Harbour of Guam. That evening we went back through the Glass
Breakwaters and continued our Northerly course across the Philippine Sea
towards Osaka, Japan. We then continued towards Osaka across the “Sikoku
Basin”.
Early in the morning we entered the
“Tomogashima Suido” Strait. We made our way through the “Nanko breakwaters” in
Osaka Harbour. Leaving Osaka the Captain maneuvered the vessel through the
Osaka Wan bay heading towards Hiroshima.
During our passage to Hiroshima we navigated
through the “Akashi Narrow” and then the “Bisanseto” and “Kurushima” Straits.
We passed under the Kurushima Bridge and then passed Aishima Island into
Hiroshima Harbour.
Leaving Hiroshima we passed by Gurokami Shima
Island and ten Kudako Shima Island.
Throughout the next day we steamed on in a
Westerly direction over the Korea Strait heading towards Inchon, Korea. That
morning we passed under the “Grand Bridge” and as we approached the harbor, we
had to enter the lock. We were inside the lock at 07:21 and were outside the
lock at 08:21. Departing Inchon we entered the lock at 17:58 and were outside
the lock at 19:13. We then headed in a South-Westerly course towards Shanghai.
Throughout the next day we continued in our
South-Westerly course across the Yellow Sea towards Shanghai. Early the next
morning the Pacific Princess entered the “Belcao Shuidao” which is the buoyed
channel which lead us into the main river “Nanggang Shuidao”. Then we followed
the Traffic Separation Scheme up the river until the entrance to Huangpu Jiang.
We departed Shanghai towards Hong Kong in a
South-Westerly course crossing the East China Sea. Next day the ship passed
through the Taiwan Strait towards Hong Kong.
The Pacific Princess approached the harbor
entering the Tathong Channel and continued up the Southern fairway to enter the
Central fairway where the ship was berthed for 2 days.
End of Segment 2 of the world cruise.
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