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By Jimmy Cornell on 22.12.2013
Visit with crew Nick Carter to Allures Yachting boatyard in Cherbourg. Installation of various utility systems and cable runs well advanced.
Jimmy Cornell with Nick Carter
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By Cornell Sailing on 17.12.2013
Oliver and Nesa from BLUE PEARL realised the crucial importance of SSB during the rally for getting in touch with the other yachts. Left photo: Dag Rørslett
Oliver Henrichsen on German yacht BLUE PEARL …
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By Cornell Sailing on 08.12.2013
Hot from the Paris Boat Show!
By Jimmy Cornell on 01.12.2013
The Southeast Asia Pilot, by Andy Dowden and Bill O’Leary – 4th edition – Published by Image Asia (www.image-asia.com)
Born as the Andaman Sea Pilot a quarter of a century ago, the fourth edition, …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 29.11.2013
The metal work on my boat will be finished today and the hull will be transported from the Garcia boatyard to Allures Yachting, in Cherbourg, for finishing.
The work is therefore on schedule for a …
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By Cornell Sailing on 18.11.2013
Sunday 17 November marked a unique moment for the people of Lanzarote as for the first time in the island’s long and eventful history a sailing event set off across the Atlantic for …
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By Cornell Sailing on 11.11.2013
PRESS RELEASE
Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 1987, offshore navigation has undergone a number of major changes, and this new edition has been thoroughly revised to meet the requirements …
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By Cornell Sailing on 24.10.2013
The Atlantic Odyssey has selected Global Telesat Communications (GTC), one of the UK’s leading suppliers of satellite tracking and communications equipment, to provide the satellite tracking solution for yachts participating in the Atlantic …
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By Cornell Sailing on 22.10.2013
The Long Distance Seminar gets going – looks a bit serious at this point!
Fabulous seminar this Annapolis Boat Show weekend. We are humbled and inspired by the organizers. See you all on the …
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By Cornell Sailing on 21.10.2013
This article was published in the Blue Planet Log magazine (Issue 2 – July 2013)
We need volunteer vessels to deploy autonomous instruments
It may be a bit of a mouthful, but …
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By Emily Penn on 21.10.2013
This article was published in the Blue Planet Log magazine (Issue 2 – July 2013)
Ideas for provisioning Buying in bulk or wholesale means your products come with less, or even no …
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By Cornell Sailing on 16.10.2013
By Jimmy Cornell on 09.10.2013
Tuvalu, South Pacific: “This used to be our planting field. Now it is regularly flooded by the tide.” Scenes from Tuvalu, South Pacific
Much has been written about this phenomenon and few sailors would …
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By Cornell Sailing on 09.10.2013
Check out the latest photos (on FlickR) as Aventura IV is turned over …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 08.10.2013
This article was published on Cruising World’s website (April 10, 2013)
Try and set a realistic figure for the cost of voyaging before you leave home. Though that estimate isn’t easy to …
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By Cornell Sailing on 06.10.2013
Jimmy Cornell’s new Aventura, currently in construction at the Garcia Yachting boatyard in Normandy, France, attracted much interest the Grand Pavois boat show that was held in La Rochelle recently. Here are the latest images produced by Olivier Racoupeau’s design office: …
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By Cornell Sailing on 23.09.2013
Excellent report in Yachting World magazine written by the editor David Glenn: Exploration 45: Jimmy’s dream cruiser (PDF) (Yachting World – October 2013) …
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By Cornell Sailing on 20.09.2013
We have a lot of new photos of Aventura IV, taken at the Garcia Yachting boatyard in Normandy …
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By Cornell Sailing on 09.09.2013
Jimmy Cornell believes that ocean cruising rallies can help protect the marine environment:
Read the article (PDF): Jimmy’s profile: The doyen of ocean rallies explains his new projects Yachting Monthly …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 06.09.2013
By tradition, a ship is born when its keel is laid and, in the case, of Aventura IV this took place earlier this week at the Garcia boatyard in Condé-sur-Noireau, a small village in Central Normandy. This unusual location for a boatyard, some 30 miles from the sea, is due to a decision taken by the two Garcia brothers some 40 years ago …
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By Cornell Sailing on 15.08.2013
Can we rely on the weather data anymore?
Read Jimmy Cornell’s opinion and comments, on Attainable Adventure Cruising’s website: Our Changing Oceans
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By Jimmy Cornell on 02.08.2013
A long time has passed since my last report on the progress of my new boat and I apologize for the long wait. The reason for the delay is that I felt that there was little to be added to what I had already said before all the design features had been decided and finalized. That stage has now been reached and work on the boat has started. …
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By Cornell Sailing on 30.07.2013
In preparation for a transit of the Northwest Passage, as part of the Blue Planet Odyssey, in the summer of 2014, the French boatbuilder Garcia Yachting started building my new boat last week. “Building this yacht for Jimmy Cornell is like a dream come true,” says Stephan Constance, chairman of Grand Large Yachting. “It’s like …
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By Cornell Sailing on 16.07.2013
Rick Lumpkin is at the wheel, Pablo Aguilera in the middle and Shaun Dolk on the starboard side of the boat.
On Sunday last, Blue Planet Odyssey participant Pablo Aguilera took Dr. Rick Lumpkin, …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 14.05.2013
The first report on the plans for my new boat has generated much interest, and I had several questions. I’ll deal with the most frequently asked ones first. Why aluminium? The first Aventura was a strong well built GRP boat which survived a three hour grounding on a reef on the Caicos Bank …
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