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
1990 – 1991
Cornwall – Algarve – Morocco – Majorca – Madeira – Azores – Greenland West Coast – Newfoundland – Nova Scotia – USA
1992
USA – UK – Algarve – Canaries – Brazil
Map not available
1993
Brazil – Uruguay – Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina – Falklands
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
1998
Algarve – Azores – Brazil – Cape Town
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
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
2016
Australia – New Caledonia – New Zealand
2017
New Zealand – Austral Islands – Mangareva – Society Islands – Tonga – New Zealand
B L O S S O M
2018
Florida – UK
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
Nova Scotia – Florida
2024
Florida – Bermuda – Cornwall
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.