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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 23.11.2014
Skipper Nicolas Hauzy had to be evacuated from his yacht on Saturday evening after he broke his ankle in rough seas. Nicholas was attempting to fix a fault in the hydraulic steering when the accident …
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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 19.11.2014
The largest sailing event ever to have left from the island of Lanzarote on the Canary islands took place on Sunday 16 November as 31 sailing yachts in the Atlantic Odyssey crossed the start line off Arrecife bound for Martinique 2750 nautical miles away. …
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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 Cornell Sailing on 09.11.2014
PRESS RELEASE
A fleet of 32 sailing yachts flying the flag of 13 nations are gathering in the new Marina Lanzarote for the start of the Atlantic Odyssey which leaves Lanzarote in the Canary …
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By Cornell Sailing on 09.11.2014
Pasifika Truthfully:
“Gwenda Cornell is an extraordinary woman. 35 years ago she packed her family and set out on a journey across the Pacific Ocean. She shares her adventures in an engaging memoir called ‘Read more
By Cornell Sailing on 06.11.2014
With over 20 boats already in Marina Lanzarote for the start of the Atlantic Odyssey, an early birds party was held with a fancy dress competition so sailors could get to meet each other. With …
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By Cornell Sailing on 21.10.2014
Crowds flocked to Marina Lanzarote for the grand opening on Saturday October 18, where local and regional public officials led by Paulino Rivero, President of the Canarian Government lauded Mr. Jose Calero’s most impressive …
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By Cornell Sailing on 20.10.2014
Photo: Russ Dillingham/ Sun Journal
Blue Planet Odyssey participant Zeke Holland (S/V No Regrets) talked to Lewiston middle school students (Maine, USA) Friday morning about his upcoming 2½-year journey around the world.
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By Cornell Sailing on 10.10.2014
An estimated 300 people visited Aventura on the opening day of this, the largest and most popular boat show in the United States. As many as one third of the visitors came …
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By Cornell Sailing on 29.09.2014
In preparation for his forthcoming circumnavigation with the Blue Planet Odyssey round the world rally, Jimmy Cornell completed this summer a grueling test of his new 45 foot Aventura, …
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By Cornell Sailing on 29.09.2014
(photo: Emily Penn aboard Drina)
Michael Thurston, the owner of the Australian yacht Drina, sent us a message from Nome, Alaska, to inform us that he and his crew had reached the Pacific Ocean …
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By Cornell Sailing on 24.09.2014
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By Cornell Sailing on 14.09.2014
We just received an unconfirmed report that Drina arrived in Tuktoyaktuk on Saturday, and are continuing from here to Alaska.
By Cornell Sailing on 13.09.2014
The latest photographs from Marina Lanzarote show the new marina is looking smart and ready to welcome the yachts for the second Atlantic Odyssey which leaves in November 2014.
Gazel Rebel, …
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By Cornell Sailing on 03.09.2014
Michael Thurston reports:
We arrived Gjoa on Monday morning to find it was a long weekend for Labor Day Holiday so everything was closed. We did however manage to clear in to Canada and …
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