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For complete information on the Barbados 50 sailing rally see here.


Baltic Sea Seminar A Success With Jimmy Cornell

A seminar on long-distance cruising was held at Warnemünde on the Baltic Sea over the weekend.

Marina and Conference Centre Hohe Duene

Organised by the German magazine Die Yacht, the largest circulation sailing …

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Successful transatlantic seminar in Hamburg, Germany

The current series of one-day seminars held by Cornell Sailing Events came to successful end at Hamburg on Saturday.

The seminar was held at the Hamburg Sailing Club and was attended by 48 sailors.

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Report from the International Multihull Exhibition at La Grande Motte

Jimmy Cornell with Peter Gilkes and Kelly Glass.

The main attraction of our stand at this international boat show has been the Barbados 50 transatlantic event. The crews of …

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Cornell Sailing At La Grande Motte

The largest and most famous in-water show for multihull boats has opened at the seaside resort of La Grande Motte in the south of France on Wednesday, 13 April.

Some 50 boats are …

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Cape Verde Sojourn

A few years ago I stopped briefly in the Cape Verde Islands while sailing with Aventura III from Cape Town to the Canary Islands. I vowed to return one day with Gwenda and I did …

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A little bit of Caribbean Sunshine in wintry London

Jimmy and Doina Cornell held another successful day’s seminar on transatlantic voyage planning at the Cruising Association headquarters in Limehouse London on Saturday 12 March.

The sessions combined theory with practical advice and a …

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New Marina Completed in Barbados

As preparations for Barbados 50 sailing rally get underway, the latest news from the Caribbean island is that 600 ft of new dock space is completed, with services including offices for Customs, Immigration and …

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Barbados Celebrations at Düsseldorf boat show

The annual boat show opened on Saturday morning in this German city located on the banks of the River Rhine. Over the years this show has established itself as the largest, best organized and best …

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Cornell Sailing’s Canaries Odyssey

This post was first published on Calero Marinas website.

Jimmy Cornell, founder of the ARC and author of the Canary Islands Guide, has been promoting the Canaries as a cruising destination for …

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VIDEO: Jimmy Cornell on Barbados 50

Jimmy Cornell is interviewed about the Barbados 50 sailing rally. (Video: Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.)


Newsletter: Happy New Year From Cornell Sailing


Jimmy Cornell’s Transatlantic Preparation Seminar - London - 12 March 2016

Sponsored by

A very inspiring day! Ian and Lorraine Cuthbertson

Sharpened our thoughts about our own plans for cruising. Jennifer Sherlock

A wonderful introduction to Bluewater sailing. Peter Ramshaw

This …

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Meet us at the Düsseldorf Boat Show- 23-31 Jan. 2016

Jimmy Cornell will be on the Cornell Sailing Events stand (hall 14, stand B 36) the 2 week-ends of the Boot Düsseldorf 2016. Klaus Hympendahl will be at the show every day.

They …

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Islands Odyssey Reaches Successful End

The inaugural Islands Odyssey came to a successful end this weekend as the boats left Barbados and headed the few miles to Martinique to meet up with the Atlantic …

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Barbados Set For New Marina By 2016

Work is progressing well at a new marina in the Shallow Draft facility of Bridgetown Harbour, scheduled to open before summer 2016. In its first phase, the marina will have a 100 m long concrete …

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Island Odyssey Yachts Fast Tracked Into Barbados Heart of the Action

With perfect timing three Islands Odyssey boats, all of them catamarans, arrived on Wednesday morning in Bridgetown, Barbados, at the end of a fast 2000-miles passage from the Cape Verde Islands. The latest arrivals …

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First community group joins the Barbados 50 Education and Outreach programme

Alex Bell from Portland Education working on Cornell Sailing Events Education and Outreach Programme addresses the congregation of Restoration Ministries Church on Britton Hill, St Michael, Barbados.

Members of the 300 strong church community …

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First school signs up for the Barbados 50 schools education and outreach programme

Alex Bell from Portland Education working with Cornell Sailing Events and Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc joins headteacher Mr Orlando Jones outside Eagle Hall Primary School in Black Rock, St Michael, Barbados as it becomes the …

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Islands Odyssey Yachts Begin Their Atlantic Crossing

The Islands Odyssey yachts said farewell to the Canary Islands on Saturday 14 November, their final stopover being El Hierro, the smallest and most westernmost of the Canaries.

Islands Odyssey fleet in …

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Islands Odyssey Gets Underway

Most of the yachts taking part in the inaugural Islands Odyssey have arrived in Marina Lanzarote and are enjoying a few days getting to know each other before the start on 24 October.

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Welcome Improvement to Barbados Yachting Facilities

Barbados has announced a welcome expansion in its facilities for cruising yachts, which is positive news for the Odyssey rallies which will be making this Caribbean island their first stopover after crossing the Atlantic.

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July 2015 Atlantic Newsletter now online


Lanzarote: Gateway to the Atlantic

Marina Lanzarote

Due to its ideal geographical location in the NE extremity of the Canaries archipelago, the land of Lanzarote is rapidly becoming the favourite landfall for yachts arriving in the Canary Islands from …

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Press release - Barbados 50: A Sailing Odyssey

A transatlantic event to mark the 50th anniversary of Barbados Independence.

After a symbolic start in London in late July 2016 the rally will call at various ports …

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