Over the years, Pete has received numerous sailing awards in recognition of his extraordinary seamanship and voyages.
Awarding Club or Institutions
- Cruising Club of America – CCA
- Royal Cruising Club – RCC
- Ocean Cruising Club – OCC
- Royal Institute of Navigation – RIN
2025 – CCA Blue Water Medal
The prestigious Blue Water Medal was inaugurated by the Cruising Club of America in 1923 to:
reward meritorious seamanship and adventure upon the sea displayed by amateur sailors of all nationalities, that might otherwise go unrecognized.
Yachting World 2014 – Elaine Bunting wrote in tribute to Jeanne Socrates:
This award is stratospherically prestigious in cruising circles, annually recognising the highest achievements of cruising yachtsmen of any nationality, CCA members or otherwise. Over the years, recipients have included such luminaries as the Smeetons, Rod Stephens, Amyr Klink, Hal Roth, Bill King, Minoru Saito and Pete Goss – mostly amateur sailors who, while not generally celebrities, are greatly revered by those in the know. Indeed, their great voyages and achievements emphasise what an exhiliarating gap exists between sailing for personal endeavour and the public perception of sailing as a sport.
2025 – RCC Medal for Seamanship – Awarded to Pete Hill and Linda Crew-Gee.
During 2025 they sailed from Tasmania to New Zealand in Pete’s self-designed junk-rigged catamaran China Moon. On passage they encountered extreme conditions, suffered substantial damage to the steering system, lost two drogues and Pete had to climb the mast to cut down a sheet. Their experience is eloquently described by Linda: “we were both looking forward to our Tasman Sea crossing. The sea, with its infinite cleansing powers, should have washed away all that land life brings. Instead, it nearly wiped out our earthly lives, but against many odds, we survived.”
2013 – RCC Founder’s Cup
2006 – OCC Inaugural Jester Medal
2004 – RCC Founder’s Cup
2003 – RCC Juno’s Cup
1998 – RIN Yacht Astro Navigation Award:
A passage of over 1000 miles.
Pete navigated from: South Georgia to Gough Island
1997 – RCC Juno’s Cup
1995 – RCC Goldsmith Exploration Award
1995 – RCC Challenge Cup
1993 – RCC Romola Cup
1991 – RCC Goldsmith Exploration Award
1990 – RCC Irish Cruising Club Decanter