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By Jimmy Cornell on 31.03.2015
Aventura completed the Panama Canal transit on Sunday afternoon and we are now on our way to Tahiti. We have about 4800 miles ahead of us, which I plan to sail nonstop as we need …
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By Cornell Sailing on 30.03.2015
The Galapagos Islands are a wonderful place to visit, but inevitably increasing numbers of tourists, and a growing resident population, are placing the delicate ecosystem under new pressures. As part of our series …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 29.03.2015
After having completed a transit of the Northwest Passage in summer 2014 , Michael Thurston spent the winter on his own, aboard his faithful yacht Drina at Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Islands.
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By Doina Cornell on 28.03.2015
As the boats finish their second week at sea on their passage of nearly 3000 nautical miles, here is a selection from their blogs of their experiences so far after leaving the Galapagos on March …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 25.03.2015
We are sailing
After several days of calms and very light winds, something that I had never experienced in the Caribbean Sea before, the wind finally came up… as did our Parasailor spinnaker. Dave …
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By Cornell Sailing on 24.03.2015
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By Cornell Sailing on 24.03.2015
Voyage preparation is such an important part of preparing for your Atlantic crossing that we would like to invite you to a series of free online webinars during the spring of 2015. We will focus …
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By Cornell Sailing on 22.03.2015
We continue our reports from the Galapagos Islands with some more highlights from our sailors’ blogs. Dena Singh, Libby
Land iguana – Photo: LIBBY
The Galapagos are a phenomenal place where the Humboldt and …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 22.03.2015
We passed through the Windward Passage on Friday night and entered the Caribbean Sea. By Saturday morning, the wind had gone light and we decided to hoist the spinnaker to make some speed towards Panama, …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 21.03.2015
This is the first Friday on Aventura’s first long passage in 2015. All morning I was wondering what was going to break because on many occasions whenever something broke on the boat, it was almost …
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By Cornell Sailing on 19.03.2015
On Tuesday 10 March the Blue Planet Odyssey fleet sailed west, leaving the Galapagos Islands behind after a memorable two week stay, first stopping at Baquerizo Moreno on San Cristobal and then Pursuit Puerto Ayora …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 18.03.2015
We left Fort Lauderdale Monday afternoon bound for Panama, with about 1100 miles still to go. After transiting the canal, we plan to sail nonstop to Tahiti, about 4500 miles. In Tahiti we shall join …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 17.03.2015
Jimmy Cornell is currently en route to Panama onboard Aventura. As the terrible destruction wreaked by Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu, one of the places the Blue Planet Odyssey …
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By Cornell Sailing on 16.03.2015
Two months after the rest of the Blue Planet Odyssey fleet left Key West bound for Panama, Jimmy Cornell’s Aventura and Jeff and Anne Posner onboard Joyful have left Florida en route to catch up …
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By Cornell Sailing on 11.03.2015
Libby and Chapter Two leaving the Galapagos
The Blue Planet Odyssey and Pacific Odyssey yachts brought their stopover in the Galapagos to a close on Tuesday …
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By Cornell Sailing on 05.03.2015
The first Blue Planet Odyssey drifter buoys have now been deployed in the Pacific Ocean on behalf of JCOMMOPS, NOAA and UNESCO-IOC. Yachts Lovesail and Maggie deployed the drifter buoys en route to the Galapagos …
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By Cornell Sailing on 04.03.2015
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Jimmy Cornell has launched this new rally for sailors who prefer to cross the Atlantic at a relaxed pace.
Starting in Lanzarote on 1 October 2015, the …
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By Doina Cornell on 28.02.2015
As our Blue Planet Odyssey and Pacific Odyssey participants spend the next few days with the barely onerous task of deciding which of the island and wildlife tours …
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By Cornell Sailing on 27.02.2015
‘All-age sailing for an epic ocean crossing’: Sailing Today profiles the Atlantic Odyssey and the families who sailed across the Atlantic in November 2014. Goes on sale in the UK on February 27.
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By Cornell Sailing on 26.02.2015
Kathy and Roger, who are running the BPO event office in the Galapagos, have reported that all of the following boats have been approved entry into the Galapagos: Chapter Two, Windwalker, Ransom, Tom Tom, Lovesail, …
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By S/V Libby on 25.02.2015
Sailing yacht Libby, crewed by Terry and Dena Singh, and taking part in the Blue Planet Odyssey, took onboard eight Argo floats in San Diego for deployment in the Pacific …
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By Cornell Sailing on 25.02.2015
With Finally My Darling having arrived safely in Martinique on 18th February, this was the last yacht to receive their warm welcome by the Le Marin marina staff.
The crews ended their crossing with a …
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By Cornell Sailing on 24.02.2015
As our sailors are en route to the Galapagos, it appears the Pacific is casting a spell, as evidenced by this poetic inspiration that has landed in our Inbox…
The Pacific Beckons
by Bob Shanks, …
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By S/V Joyful on 24.02.2015
Anne and Jeff Posner of Joyful, taking part in the Blue Planet Odyssey, have made links with schools in their home towns like the rest of the fleet. Students and teachers …
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By S/V Lovesail on 22.02.2015
The British yacht Lovesail, sailing in the Pacific Odyssey, has achieved two firsts today: the first boat to deploy a drifter buoy as part of the Pacific …
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