If you’re curious about our ports and anchorages during our three-year Firebird journey, check out our NOMAD map below showing our sailing course.

Trace the journey

You can trace our journey from beginning to end on the map below, starting at Newport Beach, California (The Firebird Journey Begins). Next, click the right arrow next to the caption below the map to move to the next destination. You can even select any green destination dot for more details about that specific destination.

Journey Statistics

If you’re a numbers person, you may be interested in the journey stats:

• 3 years | Duration
• 40,120 | Miles Covered
• 226 | Port & Anchorages
• 112 | Islands Visited
• 36 | Countries Visited
• 15 | Seas Crossed
• 4 | Oceans Sailed
• 4 | Straits Visited

Key Ports & Anchorages

Of the 226 ports and anchorages we visited, we chose 22 of the most memorable to post to the map so you can see the complete three-year sailing course. Here’s how they break down:

	Location
1	Newport Beach, United States
2	Mazatlán, Mexico
3	Acapulco, Mexico
4	Northern Group, French Polynesia
5	Tuamotus Islands, French Polynesia
6	French Polynesia
7	Suva, Fiji
8	New Caledonia
9	Sydney, Australia
10	Queensland, Australia
11	Thursday Island, Australia
12	Bali, Indonesia
13	Seychelles Islands
14	Ismailia, Egypt
15	Rhodes, Greece
16	Porto Cervo, Italy
17	Gibraltar, Gibraltar
18	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
19	Caribbean islands
20	Cristóbal, Panama
21	Golfito, Costa Rica
22	San Diego, United States