Peter Blake was one of the best-known sailors of our time; he served as a Special Envoy of the United Nations Environment Program and took great interest in sustainable economic development. In a 30-year sailing career he won every significant bluewater race on the planet, including the America's Cup and the Whitbread Around the World; and slashed the record for the fastest non-stop circumnavigation under sail. His murder in the Amazon made headlines worldwide.

Following the late Sir Peter Blake on his final voyage, this title tracks the legendary adventurer as he takes the blake expeditions exploration vessel Seamaster to the environmental pulse points of the planet in order to generate greater awareness of the need to take better care of our world.

The paperback edition of the best-selling biography of the late Sir Peter Blake, the celebrated yachtsman and adventurer. Sir Peter Blake: An Amazing Life was the major New Zealand book of 2004.. In the biography, Alan Sefton, a close friend and colleague, traces Blake's extraordinary life, from the small boy crazy about the sea, to the rigours of ocean racing and the America's Cup triumphs, to the decision to devote his life to saving the world's oceans, and to Blake's sad end on the Amazon. The book tells the true story of what happened behind the scenes at Team New Zealand as the crew broke up and Coutts and Butterworth jumped ship. The biography has the full backing of Pippa, Lady Blake, who has made Sir Peter's files and papers available to Sefton.