Sea Kayaking Brief Summary – Paul Caffyn 1977-78 – First solo kayak circumnavigation of South Island, New Zealand; 1,550 miles, 75 days. In print as Obscured by Waves, by Paul Caffyn 1978-79 – First solo kayak circumnavigation of North Island, New Zealand; 1,700 miles, 86 days, plus a solo crossing of Cook Strait. In print as Cresting the Restless Waves by Paul Caffyn August 1979 – first kayak crossing of Foveaux Strait and circumnavigation of Stewart Island, 140 miles with Max Reynolds. In print as Dark Side of the Wave by P. Caffyn 1980 – first kayak circumnavigation of Britain, 2,305 miles, with Nigel Denis, 85 days. England, Scotland and Wales. 1982 – first solo kayak circumnavigation of Australia, 9420 miles (15,072 kms), 360 days The book The Dreamtime Voyage – back in print as a 25th anniversary edition. 1985 – first solo kayak circumnavigation of Japan, 4,021 miles, 112 days. 1987 & 1989 – two attempts to kayak across the Tasman Sea from Tasmania to New Zealand – thwarted by the authorities and bad weather. 1989 – 1991 – first solo kayak circumnavigation of Alaska; 4,729 miles, 179 days: Prince Rupert, in British Columbia, to Inuvik in the North-West Territories. 1997 – 550 mile first kayak circumnavigation of New Caledonia 1998 – 690 mile paddle along south-west coast of Greenland 1999 – 700 mile paddle along the west coast of Greenland 2001 – 2002: 610 mile trip from Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, to and around the island of Phuket, in Thailand 2007 – Kayaking in the Angmagssalik region of East Greenland, 429 miles 2008: 691 mile paddle down the SE coast of Greenland, 2009: April, a fly in by helicopter to Fiordland, for a two-week kayak trip re-visiting historical sites in Dusky Sound. 2010: August – a 25th anniversary edition of The Dreamtime Voyage self-published, with both a soft-cover and limited-edition casebound edition printed. 2012: Paul was awarded a ONZM in the New Year honour’s list, for services to water safety and sea kayaking. 2017: February – March, Paul charted a yacht to take a team of 6 Kiwi and one Aussie paddlers from Ushuia at the tip of South America to the Antarctic Peninsula, from where they paddled down to the Argentine Island, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the 1935-37 BGLE (British Graham Land Expedition). The Kayaks Paul’s kayak Isadora, used for the New Zealand circumnavigation, is on permanent display at the Auckland National Maritime Museum, while Lalaguli (the round Aussie kayak) is on permanent display at the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum in Victoria. paulcaffyn.co.nz