Voyages

Here is an overview of Pete’s sailing and boat building years.

If of further interest, please navigate via the blog categories for more posts either by choosing a voyage, boat or chronology. We added some of the main articles on this page too.

Years

Voyages – Destinations (& Boat Building)

Boats

2025

Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia, New Zealand

China Moon

2024

Florida – Cornwall UK – Wales – Northern Ireland – Scotland – Cornwall

Kokachin

2023

Tobago – Grenada – Martinique – Guadeloupe – Bermuda – Nova Scotia – Newfoundland – Nova Scotia – Florida

Kokachin

2022

England – France – Spain – Portugal – Canary Is – Cape Verde

Kokachin

2019 – 2022

Building Kokachin / Cornwall – UK

Kokachin

2018

Florida – England

Blossom

2017

New Zealand – Austral Islands – Mangareva – Society Islands – Tonga – New Zealand

Oryx

2016

Australia – New Caledonia – New Zealand

Oryx

2015

South Africa – Mauritius – Australia

Oryx

2014

Uruguay – Argentina – Brazil – South Africa

Oryx

2013

Cape Verdi Islands – Brazil – Uruguay

Oryx

2012

UK – France – Spain – Portugal – Canaries – Cape Verde Islands

Oryx

2010 – 2012

Building Oryx / Cornwall – UK

Oryx

2010

Brazil – Frenchy Guyana – Tobago – USVI – Azores – UK

Pelican

2009

Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina – Paraguay – Brazil

Pelican

2008

Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina – South Africa – St Helena – Ascension Island – Brazil

Pelican

2007

Bermuda – USA – Brazil

Pelican

2006

USA – Bermuda

Moonshine

2006

UK – USA

Shanti

2006

Brazil – Tasmania

China Moon

2005

Tristan da Cunha – South Africa – Brazil – Trinidad – Grenada – Nevis – BVI – Bermuda – Chesapeake Bay – Brazil

China Moon

2004

Argentina – Ushuai Chile – South Shetlands – South Georgia – Tristan da Cunha

China Moon

2003

Argentina – Ushuai Chile – Argentina – Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina

China Moon

2002

South Africa – St Helena – Ascension Islands – Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina

China Moon

1999 – 2002

Building China Moon / South Africa

China Moon

1998

Algarve – Azores – Brazil – Cape Town

Badger

1997

Caribbean – Nova Scotia – Labrador – Baffin Island – Azores – Algarve

Badger

1996

Cape Town – St Helena – Ascension Islands – Azores – UK – Canaries – Caribbean

Badger

1995

South Orkneys – South Georgia – Gough Island – Cape Town

Badger

1994

Falklands – South Orkneys

Badger

1993

Brazil – Uruguay – Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina – Falklands

Badger

1992

USA – ICW – BVI – Azores – UK – Algarve – Canaries – Brazil

Badger

1990 – 1991

Cornwall – Algarve – Morocco – Majorca – Madeira – Azores – Greenland West Coast – Newfoundland – Nova Scotia – USA

Badger

1989 – 1990

Cornwall – Algarve – Canaries – Cuba – Bahamas – Bermuda – Scotland – Norway – Sweden – Denmark – UK

Badger

1988

Cornwall – Brittany – Cornwall

Missee Lee

1987 – 1989

Working in Falmouth

Badger / Missee Lee

1986 – 1987

Scotland – Portugal – Canaries – Venezuela – Dominican Republic – Bahamas – Azores – Cornwall

Badger

1983 – 1985

Scotland – Canaries – BVI – Chesapeake Bay – Florida – BVI – Nova Scotia – Ireland – Iceland – Lofoten Norway – Shetlands – Lancashire

Badger

1980 – 1983

Buiding Badger / UK – Lancashire

Badger

1977 – 1979

Refit – Glasson Docks – Sailed to Solent – South Ireland – Glasson Docks

Sheila

1975 – 1976

UK – Spain – Canary – Barbados – BVI – Azores – UK

Stormalong

1972 – 1974

Building Stormalong / UK – Lancashire

Stormalong

1972

Transatlantic: Newport R.I. – Azores – Spain – France

Aloha VII

S T O R M A L O N G

1975 – 1976

UK – Spain – Canary – Barbados – British Virgin Islands – Azores – UK

1977 – 1979

S H E I L A

Glasson Docks – Solent – South Ireland – Glasson Docks

Map not available

B A D G E R

1983 – 1985

Scotland – Canaries – British Virgin Islands – Chesapeake Bay – Florida – British Virgin Islands – Nova Scotia – Ireland – Norway – Shetlands – Lancashire

/blog/badger-scotland-to-canaries

1986 – 1987

Scotland – Portugal – Canaries – Venezuela – Dominican Republic – Bahamas – Azores – Cornwall

/blog/badger-shoal-water-cruising

M I S S E E L E E

1988

Cornwall – Brittany – Cornwall

/blog/in-and-out-of-brittany-2

B A D G E R

1989 – 1990

Cornwall – Algarve – Canaries – Cuba – Bahamas – Bermuda – Scotland – Norway – Sweden – Denmark – UK

/blog/cuban-coffee

1990 – 1991

Cornwall – Algarve – Morocco – Majorca – Madeira – Azores – Greenland West Coast – Newfoundland – Nova Scotia – USA

/blog/north-to-uummannaq

1992

USA – UK – Algarve – Canaries – Brazil

Map not available

1993

Brazil – Uruguay – Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina – Falklands

/blog/south-to-stanley

1994

Falklands – South Orkneys

/blog/badger-to-beaver-and-back

1995

South Orkneys – South Georgia – Gough Island – Cape Town

/blog/a-penguin-on-the-foredeck

1996

Cape Town – St Helena – Ascension Islands – Azores – UK – Canaries – Caribbean

Map not available

1997

Caribbean – Nova Scotia – Labrador – Baffin Island – Azores – Algarve

/blog/meta-ursa-incognita

1998

Algarve – Azores – Brazil – Cape Town

/blog/a-passage-south

C H I N A M O O N

2002

South Africa – St Helena – Ascension Islands – Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina

/blog/china-moon-maiden-voyage

2003

Argentina – Chile – Argentina – Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina

/blog/make-do-and-mend

Make Do Mend CHART

2004

Argentina – Chile – South Shetlands – South Georgia – Tristan da Cunha

/blog/klingons-on-the-starboard-bow

2005

Tristan da Cunha – South Africa – Brazil – Trinidad – Grenada – Nevis – BVI – Bermuda – Chesapeake Bay – Brazil

Map not available

2006

Brazil – Tasmania

Map not available

S H A N T I

UK – USA

Map not available

M O O N S H I N E

USA – Bermuda

Map not available

P E L I C A N

2007

Bermuda – USA – Brazil

Map not available

2008

Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina – South Africa – St Helena – Ascension Island – Brazil

Map not available

2009

Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina – Paraguay – Brazil

/blog/rios-parana-and-paraguay

2010

Brazil – French Guyana – Tobago – US Virgin Island – Azores – UK

Map not available

O R Y X

2012

UK – France – Spain – Portugal – Canary Islands

France – Spain

Spain – Portugal – Canary Islands

2013

Cape Verdi Islands – Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina – Brazil – South Africa

/blog/a-short-passage-to-uruguay

Brazil

Brazil – Uruguay

Uruguay

2014

Uruguay – Argentina – Brazil – South Africa

Argentina

Brazil

Brazil – South Africa

2015

South Africa – Mauritius – Australia

/blog/oryx-sails-further-east

2016

Australia – New Caledonia – New Zealand

2017

New Zealand – Austral Islands – Mangareva – Society Islands – Tonga – New Zealand

/blog/french-polynesia

B L O S S O M

2018

Florida – UK

/blog/delivering-my-new-baby

K O K A C H I N

2022

Cornwall – France – Spain – Portugal – Canary Is – Cape Verde

2023

Tobago – Grenada – Martinique – Guadeloupe – Bermuda – Nova Scotia – Newfoundland – Nova Scotia – Florida

/blog/towards-newfoundland

Nova Scotia – Florida

2024

Florida – Bermuda – Cornwall

/blog/atlantic-crossing

Cornwall – Wales – Northern Ireland – Scotland – Cornwall

C H I N A M O O N

2025

Tasmania – New Zealand

New Zealand – New Caledonia – New Zealand

No map available. It was a short uneventful passage there and back.