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This comprehensive one-day seminar is based both on Jimmy Cornell’s considerable personal experience and the practical information gathered as the organiser of over 24 transatlantic and six round the world rallies.
In the last 40 years Jimmy has sailed over 200,000 miles, including three circumnavigations as well as voyages to Antarctica and the Northwest Passage.
The seminar will take place:
- At the Cruising Association House
Limehouse
London, UK - Saturday 12 March 2016
PRICE
- £75 per person
£125 per couple - Cruising Association members and Cornell Sailing Events participants will get a 10 % discount.
- Booking fee includes hand-outs, lunch, coffee and refreshments.
BOOKING
To reserve a place and for more information,
contact seminar@cornellsailing.com
Tel: 01453 543872
PROGRAMME
| 0900 – 1030 | Southbound: Essential aspects of preparations and execution of a successful voyage from Northern Europe to the Mediterranean, Madeira, Canary Islands, Eastern Caribbean, and the return voyage home. |
| 1030 – 1045 | Break |
| 1045 – 1115 | Off-shore communications: • Satellite • SSB radio • Email • Weather |
| 1115 – 1130 | Q&A on communications |
| 1130 – 1200 | Energy consumption and generation on a transatlantic voyage |
| 1200 – 1215 | Q&A on energy |
| 1215 – 1315 | Lunch |
| 1315 – 1430 | The main factors that can contribute to the success or failure of a transatlantic voyage. • Choice of boat and equipment • Financial aspects, the cost of cruising • Self-sufficiency: dealing with emergencies, tools and spares. • Crew (with Doina Cornell) |
| 1430 – 1530 | Practical session onboard Aventura Hands-on demonstrations of special offshore features onboard Aventura, docked in Limehouse Basin following her successful transit of the Northwest Passage |
| 1530 – 1600 | Q&A on Aventura |
| 1600 – 1615 | Break |
| 1615 – 1730 | Offshore routines • Watches • Downwind sails • Provisions for short-handed sailing •Tips on sailing in the tropics • Fishing |
| 1730 – 1800 | Q&A on the day’s essential subjects |
