Brazil - Hawaii

I've chosen to write about this specific journey because I'm a big fan of Hawaiian culture, I enjoy their very relaxed and laid back attitude to life and connection to nature.

On February 2, 1804, they were done repairing the boats and Rezanov with his people had returned to the vessel. According to the first plan, they had to go past Cape Horn in January 1805. Krusenstern planned the boats would diverge and go on two seperate journeys by April 12 and they would both head to Nuku-Hiva independently. However, if the split of the ships was not possible, then they would have to head to Concepción and then sail off to Hawaii.

There was another problem besides having to encounter the strongest storms in the area known as the "Roaring Forties", there was also not that much fresh water left, which was supposed to last for four months. Because of that, from February 7, a new rule was introduced – two caps of water per person.

Because of the storm on March 25, the ships eventually lost sight of each other. Since the closest shore was Valparaíso, a 1000 miles to the East, Lisyansky decided to head for Easter Island. The storm was so strong that Lisyansky changed his whole view of the world, it shook him personally, in his diaries he prays to God and asked for Providence (the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power).

The storm that split both the ships continued until March 31, but the weather stabilized a week later. The first warm day on Nadezhda was on the 10th of April and the whole day was spent with the crew cleaning up artillery that had been displaced.

Since Rezanov demanded that goods be delivered as quickly as possible to their destinations, Krusenstern headed to Nuku Hiva, bypassing Easter island directly. After a heavy storm on May 5, at sunrise, the crew saw Fatu-Hiva, Hiva Oa and Ua Huka islands. Because of fog, the ship had to lower all sails and it reached Nuku-Hiva around 5 pm.

They spent a quite a long time on the island of Nuku-Hiva. Once they were done there, they headed to Hawaii.

Because the route they wanted to go was too long (Northern part of the Pacific Ocean to Japan), the ships had to visit the Hawaiian islands to update their stocks. Since the crew failed to get fresh meat on Nuku Hiva, Krusenstern was afraid of an outbreak of disease even though none of the crew members had any signs or symptoms.

Some locals on the Nuku Hiva island.