Badger

Badger

Iron Bark II

Iron Bark II

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I first crossed the Atlantic in 1975 on 'Stormalong', a 28ft Wharram-designed catamaran. Back in the UK, Pete and I bought an ex 6-metre racing yacht, 'Sheila', living on her for 4 years. Wanting to do more and go further, we built 'Badger' - the best boat in the world - sailing her 110,000 miles, to the Arctic and the Antarctic, around the Atlantic North and South and into the Baltic. She had junk rig - the only rig I will ever now cruise with. Pete wanted to build a 38 ft junk-rigged catamaran, 'China Moon' - which he designed. But before the project was finished, we went our separate ways. A year later I joined Trevor Robertson aboard his 35ft 'Iron Bark'. We explored the Canadian Maritimes, crossed the Atlantic twice, wintered in Greenland and crossed the Pacific to Australia and New Zealand. I fell in love with NZ and jumping ship, bought my own boat while Trevor carried on voyaging. I put a junk rig onto ‘Fantail’ and, having decided that N Island offered better cruising opportunities than S Island, sailed up there in 2012. Looking for a boat to see me out, I built the 26ft 'FanShi' and now live on board her, pottering about, generally around the Bay of Islands.

Thursday, 20 February 2025

COOK BAY

 
Cook Bay is to the North of Possession Bay. The latter has the unenviable reputation of being the windiest spot in South Georgia - which is saying a lot -  and certainly, on the day on which Badger crossed its mouth, the wind was blowing hard from the glacier at the head of the bay, while until then, the wind experienced had been F3 from NNE.

Possession Bay was named by Captain Cook in 1775, when he made the first landing on South Georgia.


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