We left Plymouth in July 2005 and reached Brazil in January 2006. From there we went to Trinidad, where Sentinel was laid up for the 2006 hurricane season. We cruised the Caribbean to Cuba from October 2006 to March 2007, and then up the eastern USA seaboard to New York in June. From there our route took us along the Erie Canal and through the Great Lakes, ending at Chicago in October 2007.

From Chicago, Sentinel was trucked to Anacortes near Seattle on the northwest coast of USA, and then sailed to Sidney on Vancouver Island, Canada where she was laid up to overwinter in 2007/8. We rejoined her in April 2008 and cruised northwards through British Columbia in May/June, not quite reaching Alaska, but returning to Vancouver for some refitting before starting on our way south to California. Sentinel was laid up in San Diego for a couple of months over Christmas. Early in 2009 we continued south into Mexico, reaching Barra de Navidad at the end of March, from where we headed out into the Pacific.

We arrived at the Marquesa Islands in May, cruised through French Polynesia to Tahiti and then on to Samoa, Fiji, and finally arrived in New Zealand in November 2009. Our original plan was to leave in June 2010 and sail to Australia by way of Tonga, Fiji (again), Vanuatu, and New Caledonia (see map). However Andrew's illness in May 2010 has meant an extended stay in New Zealand, and at the present time we are uncertain as to our forthcoming plans.