| June 2003 | Boat Launch | Canet en Roussillon | The start of our voyages | Summer 2003 | Crusing | France, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Mallorca, Spain, Gibraltar | Getting familiar with the boat in the Med. | Autumn 2003 | Passage | Gibraltar, Morocco, Canary Islands | Into the Atlantic | November 2003 | Passage | Las Palmas to St. Lucia | ARC Transatlantic Rally | Winter 2003 | Cruising | Guadeloupe, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Martin, Anguilla, BVI's, USVI's, Porto Rico | Enjoying the Caribbean | Spring 2004 | Cruising | Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, Florida | On to the USA | Summer 2004 | Cruising | Florida, Georgia, Carolinas, New Jersey, New York, Long Island, Cape Cod and New England | East Coast USA | Autumn 2004 | Crusing | New York (again),Delaware, Chesapeake Bay, Washington, Virginia etc. | Back to Florida | Winter 2004 | Cruising | More of the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Porto Rico | Xmas in Staniel Cay, New Year in Nassau | Spring 2005 | Cruising | USVI's, BVI's, St. Martin, Saba, St. Eustacia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Grenada, Trinidad. | Back South to Trinidad | Summer 2005 | On Land | Boat stored ashore for Hurricane Season | Had a break from sailing on a South America / Antartic Trip | Autumn 2005 | Passages and Crusing | Islands of Los Testogos, Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curucao, Aruba. Then Cartagena (Columbia), San Blas Islands and Panama | Leaving the Carribean | Winter 2005 | Passages | Panama Canal, Isla del Coco, Galapagos Islands | Into the Pacific for magical adventures | Spring 2006 | Passages | Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Tahiti, Moorea | The longest passage (19 days) then spectacular isles. | Summer 2006 | Passages | Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora, Cook Islands, Nuie, Tonga, Fiji | South Sea Islands, Idyllic | Autumn 2006 | Passage | Fiji to New Zealand | Out of the Tropics | Winter 2006 | Passage | New Zealand to Australia | Across the Tasman Sea | Spring 2007 | Cruising / Passages | Sydney, Gold Coast, Whitsunday Islands, Barrier Reef, Cape York to Darwin | East Coast and across the top of Oz | Summer 2007 | Passage and Cruising | Indonesian Islands (Timor, Alor, Flores, Komodo, Sumbawa, Lombok, Bali). Borneo | Dragons and Orangutans | Autumn 2007 | Cruising | Singapore, Malaysia | Thunderstorms and Humidity but shops with food | Winter 2007 | Cruising | Thailand | Xmas in Phuket, New Year in Bangkok, Visited Cambodia | Spring 2008 | Big Problem | Surin Islands, Thailand | Boat struck by lightning | Summer 2008 | On Land | Boat stored on land in Phuket | In UK sorting out repairs, parts and insurance | Autumn 2008 | On Land | Phuket | Repairs and Refit of Electrics / Electronics | Winter 2008 | Passages | Thailand, Andaman Islands to Cochin (India), Oman, Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt | Across Indian Ocean and through Gulf of Aden into Red Sea | Spring 2009 | Passages | Suez Canal, Cyprus, Kos (Greece) | Back to the Med. for the end of the adventure |
The boat is now sold. But we're sure the new owners will have many happy times onboard. We can now reflect on all the cruising we did in some beautiful areas of the world. As well as the challenging passages we undertook.
We have really appreciated all the crew who have helped particularly on the longer passages. We hope you have taken home wonderful memories of your time on Papillon !!!
