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
https://junkrigventures.org/1985/01/01/badger-scotland-to-canaries/
1986 – 1987
Scotland – Portugal – Canaries – Venezuela – Dominican Republic – Bahamas – Azores – Cornwall
https://junkrigventures.org/1985/01/04/badger-shoal-water-cruising/
M I S S E E L E E
1988
Cornwall – Brittany – Cornwall
https://junkrigventures.org/1988/01/01/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
https://junkrigventures.org/1990/01/01/cuban-coffee/
1990 – 1991
Cornwall – Algarve – Morocco – Majorca – Madeira – Azores – Greenland West Coast – Newfoundland – Nova Scotia – USA
https://junkrigventures.org/1991/01/01/north-to-uummannaq/
1992
USA – UK – Algarve – Canaries – Brazil
Map not available
1993
Brazil – Uruguay – Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina – Falklands
https://junkrigventures.org/1993/01/01/south-to-stanley/
1994
Falklands – South Orkneys
https://junkrigventures.org/1994/01/01/badger-to-beaver-and-back/
1995
South Orkneys – South Georgia – Gough Island – Cape Town
https://junkrigventures.org/1995/01/01/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
https://junkrigventures.org/1997/01/01/meta-ursa-incognita/
1998
Algarve – Azores – Brazil – Cape Town
https://junkrigventures.org/1998/01/01/a-passage-south/
C H I N A M O O N
2002
South Africa – St Helena – Ascension Islands – Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina
https://junkrigventures.org/2003/02/26/china-moon-maiden-voyage/
2003
Argentina – Chile – Argentina – Brazil – Uruguay – Argentina
https://junkrigventures.org/2003/04/01/make-do-and-mend/
2004
Argentina – Chile – South Shetlands – South Georgia – Tristan da Cunha
https://junkrigventures.org/2004/01/01/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
https://junkrigventures.org/2009/01/01/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
https://junkrigventures.org/2013/01/01/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
https://junkrigventures.org/2015/01/01/oryx-sails-further-east/
2016
Australia – New Caledonia – New Zealand
2017
New Zealand – Austral Islands – Mangareva – Society Islands – Tonga – New Zealand
https://junkrigventures.org/2017/01/01/french-polynesia/
B L O S S O M
2018
Florida – UK
https://junkrigventures.org/2018/01/01/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
https://junkrigventures.org/2023/10/01/towards-newfoundland/
Nova Scotia – Florida
2024
Florida – Bermuda – Cornwall
https://junkrigventures.org/2024/09/09/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.