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Sailors share their experiences of what it is like to Sail the Odyssey: from boat preparations to life at sea, from parties ashore to welcome landfalls.
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By Cornell Sailing on 06.12.2014
Sephina
Balancing act. The last few days of light wind we have been happy to cover 120-130M per day, averaging just over 5K, but the forecast is for little or no wind in a …
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By Cornell Sailing on 04.12.2014
Martinique arrivals
The friendly spirit of the Atlantic Odyssey showed itself again today as the first boats to finish, Mahe 3 and The Larrikin, decided to cross the finish line together at 09:00 local …
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By Cornell Sailing on 03.12.2014
Sea Dragon
Photo: eXXpedition
The Future, climate, and toxics
After our trawl work, we had a mission. We are supporting a campaign called The Future. This campaign is spreading awareness on climate change and …
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By Cornell Sailing on 02.12.2014
Om
So,we are zig-zagging the ocean looking for a decent angle for the spinnaker. We keep the windvane system at 155-160 degrees and keep gybing as needed. We are grateful for the sunny weather …
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By Cornell Sailing on 01.12.2014
Kristine
It’s raining fish.
We’ve literally gotten fish every day even though the weather has been too bad for fishing. Just this evening a flying fish jumped into the cockpit right beside me! Maybe …
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By Cornell Sailing on 30.11.2014
Por Dos
All is well here on Por Dos 6 days after leaving Tenerife. Only 1680 miles to go. Good winds since our delayed departure have given us a great run so far. We …
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By Cornell Sailing on 29.11.2014
The Larrikin
We look forward to meeting Pascal (Guiraudou) on the dock in Martinique, just leave some rum for us to enjoy after the crossing.
We are watching with interest Mahé 3 as she …
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By Cornell Sailing on 29.11.2014
Om
Antonio:
I have to say that crossing the oceans is a lot more civilized that used to be years ago. It is very well to say that the boats were simpler to maintain …
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By Cornell Sailing on 28.11.2014
Sea Dragon
Exploration, Inspiration, Serendipity We have all been winding through diverse and varied landscapes – physical, social, psychological – yet have converged in this one space aboard Sea Dragon, where our similarities and …
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By Cornell Sailing on 26.11.2014
Bear
We are having fun. Two patches in the leach of the genoa. Old sail, oh well. Watermaker bearing is leaking onto head floor slightly. No sweat because we have a spare. Does make …
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By Cornell Sailing on 25.11.2014
Sephina
Atlantic crossing – week one
Nov 24 A little too much excitement. At around 0200 with rising winds we decided we needed to drop the parasailor. Wind was a steady 25K gusting to …
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By Cornell Sailing on 24.11.2014
Sea Dragon
Finally after days of rain, storm and strong winds, we made our first trawl. The trawl was an ‘all hands on deck’ task. We put out the trawl in calm seas, travelling …
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By Cornell Sailing on 23.11.2014
Alytes
Everything is great on Alytes. We are running on Parasailor now. The crew is mostly busy with preparing our barbecue.
So far we got three dorades. Stopped for a moment to eat them …
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By Cornell Sailing on 22.11.2014
The Larrikin
Lou sun baking on the trampoline, Gordon fishing off the port hull and Phil catching up on sleep looking very relaxed.
More seriously, ParaSailor is up and crew very relaxed, clear sky’s …
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By Cornell Sailing on 21.11.2014
Serenity
Sorry no update yesterday–it was too rough.
We have changed course to 190 T to try and get to the trades faster as we are getting tired of rocking and rolling. Had …
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By Cornell Sailing on 19.11.2014
Kristine
Bumpy road. So the last few days we had very uncool winds. Straight on the nose, forcing us to either head for Mauritania or Greenland, not really getting anywhere. This morning we got …
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By Cornell Sailing on 18.11.2014
Serenity
Well, we have covered about 250 miles heading SW–all motor sailing with light winds usually on our nose (this is a Cornett family tradition). We hope to see some NW-N winds tomorrow evening …
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By Cornell Sailing on 17.11.2014
By Doina Cornell on 13.11.2014
Antonio Pasquale of Om organised a group of Atlantic Odyssey sailors to go enjoy an Italian Sunday lunch at the El Principe restaurant in Arrecife.
The children helped out in the restaurant kitchen beforehand with …
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By Doina Cornell on 10.11.2014
As the first week of activities draws to a close, the Atlantic Odyssey sailors start to come together as a community. Life onboard goes on at a quiet pace, flags are raised, new boats arrive, …
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By Doina Cornell on 09.11.2014
Preparing for an Atlantic crossing of anywhere between 2 to 4 weeks, depending on the speed of the boat, requires careful planning of what provisions to buy.
The quality of fresh fruit and vegetables is …
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By Doina Cornell on 04.11.2014
Gordon and Louise Coates on ‘The Larrikin’, a Fountaine Pajot Helia 44, were the first to check in to the Atlantic Odyssey today.
By Doina Cornell on 03.11.2014
The sun sets over the new Marina Lanzarote.
Tomorrow the Atlantic Odyssey office opens and the event will truly begin.
By S/V Ransom on 03.10.2014
Ransom is being worked on BIG TIME, but she is in Newport and we are four hours away.
Tim & Ceci King: Jimmy’s book says we should stop there.
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By S/V Strangetrader on 01.10.2014
At present we are in Gibraltar and just had our hydrovane fitted, an amazing bit of kit that is not easy to fit but sounds as if it will be very efficient. We have also spent the last few weeks sorting the boat out and …
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