06 December 2006

World Cruise 2007 - Van Gogh

Next month, January 4th, the crew of Pluto will desert the UK for three months to cruise around the world.

Slightly larger than Pluto, the Van Gogh is about 500ft long by 70ft beam, approx 15,000tons.

For those of you who are interested, here is our itinerary:-

PORT

DATE ARRIVE DEPART

FALMOUTH, UK

4th January 1600

Cruising at Sea

PONTA DELGADA. Azores

7th January 2000

8th January 1230

Cruising at Sea

ST JOHN'S. Antigua

14th January 1100 1900

POINTE-A-PITRE. Guadeloupe

15th January 0800 2300

Cruising at Sea

WILLEMSTAD. Curacao

17th January 0800 1600

Cruising at Sea

SAN BLAS. Panama

19th January 0900 1600

Cruise through PANAMA CANAL

20th January 2000

Cruising at Sea

MANTA. Ecuador

22nd January 1100 1600

Cruising at Sea

Cruise past GALAPAGOS

24th January 0800 2000

Cruising at Sea

HIVA QA. Marquesas Islands

1st February 0800 1300

Cruising at Sea

PAPEETE. Tahiti

3rd February 1500

4th February 2200

BORA. BORA. French Polynesia

5th February 0900 1800

Cruising at Sea

NUKU'ALOFA. Tonga

10th February 0900 2100

Cruising at Sea

SUVA. Fill Islands

12th February 0700 1200

Cruising at Sea

TAURANGA. New Zealand

16th February 0800 2100

BAY OF ISLANDS. New Zealand

17th February 0800 1500

Cruising at Sea

SYDNEY. Australia

20th February 1600

21st February 1800

Cruising at Sea

DEVONPORT. Tasmania

23rd February 0700 1300

Cruising at Sea

FREMANTLE for Perth). Australia

28th February 0800 1800

Cruising at Sea

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius

9th March 1300 2200

ST DENIS. Reunion

10th March 0800 1400

Cruising at Sea

DURBAN. South Africa

14th March 1500 2200

Cruising at Sea

CAPE TOWN, South Africa

17th March 0800

18th March 1500

Cruising at Sea

JAMESTOWN. St Helena

23rd March 0700 1300

Cruising at Sea

GEORGETOWN. Ascension Island

25th March 1400 1900

Cruising at Sea

PRAIA. SAP TIAGO. Cape Verde

30th March 0700 1300

Cruising at Sea

FUNCHAL. Madeira

2nd April 1400 2200

Cruising at Sea

FALMOUTH, UK

6th April 0700