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Family weekend seminar in Marstrand, Sweden

Over the years I have held seminars and lectures in a variety of places, from a barge moored on the banks of the River Seine to the impressive America’s Cup Hall of Fame at …

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Meet Jimmy Cornell at Pacific Boat Show, Richmond, California

Jimmy Cornell will be present at the Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show in Richmond, California from 19 to 22 April 2018.

The best-selling author, who has sailed more than 200,000 nautical miles, can …

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VIDEOS: OLENA family's Atlantic crossing with the last Caribbean odyssey

The OLENA family sailed across the Atlantic with the last Odyssey rally (Caribbean Odyssey – January 2018), from Tenerife to Barbados, with a stopover in Mindelo, Cape Verde.

To get a small taste of their …

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Fatal accident forces urgent sale of 44-foot fully equipped catamaran

Francis Houdré, who had taken part in the Islands Odyssey in 2015 on his catamaran Vétocéan lost his life in a tragic accident in Grenada in December last year.

His yacht is now for …

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PODCAST: Barbados 50 SAMEERA is interviewed by Bayern 3 Radio

Astrid Kunert and her son Gabriel, who took part in the Barbados 50 Odyssey rally (2016) aboard SAMEERA, are interviewed by Bayern 3 Radio about family sailing (in German)!

Astrid Kunert und ihr …

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BLAUWASSER.DE: Alternative zu den klassischen Monatskarten, Jimmy Cornells 'Atlas der Ozeane'

BLAUWASSER.DE rezensiert “Cornells Atlas der Ozeane, 2. Auflage“:

Weltumsegler Jimmy Cornell hat eine Neuauflage des „Atlas der Ozeane“ herausgebracht. Eine Alternative zu den klassischen Monatskarten (Pilot Charts)…

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Séminaire Grande Croisière avec Jimmy Cornell, Paris 7-8 avril 2018

Le séminaire Grande Croisière vous propose de réfléchir sereinement à votre projet de grand voyage.

Avec des personnalités de la voile sous la houlette de Jimmy Cornell, avec des experts et des familles …

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Caribbean Odyssey farewell party brings the Odysseys to a happy end!

The farewell party was hosted at the Barbados Yacht Club beach restaurant.

The evening started with a special prize for Andreas and Sandra of the yacht Pico, who had missed the start of …

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All Caribbean Odyssey boats have arrived safely in Barbados

Late on Thursday afternoon saw the arrival of Tubalcain, whose crew were happy to make landfall after their 2020 miles of 14 days passage from Mindelo in the Cape Verde Islands.

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SAILING SA reviews Jimmy Cornell's latest book '200,000 MILES'

SAILING SA reviews Jimmy Cornell’s latest book : “200,000 MILES – A Life of Adventure“:

Cornell is not a man who sits back and writes about cruising. He gets ‘down and dirty’ …

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Australian yacht Sandro is the second Caribbean Odyssey arrival in Barbados

The crew of Olena are on hand to take Sandro’s lines.

Happy reunion after two weeks at sea

The next to arrive just before nightfall will be Tubalcain, followed …

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Jimmy Cornell's interview with the No Frills Sailing blog

Lars Reisberg of the No Frills Sailing blog interviewed Jimmy Cornell at the Düsseldorf boat show.

“Jimmy is 78 years old by now but is bristling with energy: The Romanian born man speaks no …

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The first Caribbean Odyssey boat makes landfall in Barbados

At midday on Tuesday, the Swiss yacht Olena squeezed past the huge bulk of the cruiseship Pullmantur into the small craft area of Bridgetown Harbour after a 13-day passage from the Cape Verde Islands.

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The curtain falls over this year’s Düsseldorf boat show

During the last 9 days, 247,000 people from 94 countries visited this, the largest and undoubtedly best boat show in the world.

This was also a year of records for boot Düsseldorf: 1,923 …

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News from the Caribbean Odyssey fleet - 24-28 Jan.

Note: You can put the texts into Google Translate to translate them into your language.

Wednesday 24 January Serenity

Der Schlaf-Wache Rhythmus hat sich bei uns gut eingependelt. Ich …

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A meeting point for friends old and new

The Düsseldorf boat show has established itself as the premier nautical exhibition in the world, both for the wide range of yachts and marine equipment and the number of visitors.

One …

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YACHT ONLINE: Neue Pilot Charts von Jimmy Cornell

YACHT ONLINE rezensiert “Cornells Atlas der Ozeane, 2. Auflage“:

Die erste Auflage des “Atlas der Ozeane”, erschienen 2012, basierte auf Satellitenaufzeichnungen der vorhergehenden 20 Jahre (1991 bis 2011).

In die nun …

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News from the Caribbean Odyssey fleet - 18-23 Jan.

Thursday 18 January Serenity

Nacheinander fahren wir pünktlich um 10 Uhr aus dem Hafen raus, begleitet von vielen winkenden bekannten und unbekannten Händen.

Der Wind und die Welle zwischen den Inseln sind …

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Busy day at Boot Düsseldorf

Boot Düsseldorf, the largest boat show in the world opened its doors today.

Jimmy Cornell will be on the Blue Yachting – Garcia Yachting stand (Halle 16 / D42 ) for the entire duration of …

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The Caribbean Odyssey yachts start the transatlantic passage to Barbados

After a six-day stopover in Mindelo’s welcoming marina, the Caribbean Odyssey yachts set sail for their Caribbean destination. The first to leave, one day earlier than the others because of time constraints, was Olena.

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Participants in the Caribbean Odyssey are enjoying their Cape Verdes stopover

Welcome party for the Caribbean Odyssey participants hosted by Laura and Lutz Meyer-Scheel (in foreground) in Marina Mindelo’s floating bar.

The stopover in this welcoming marina was too short to sail across to …

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Meet Jimmy Cornell in Düsseldorf, Paris or London

Sailors have lots of opportunities to meet Jimmy Cornell in person over the next couple of months, to hear one of his talks, buy a book, or climb aboard the Garcia 45, the yacht …

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All Caribbean Odyssey boats have arrived in the Cape Verde Islands

The French yacht Tubalcain makes a safe landfall in Mindelo late on Friday.

The crew of Tubalcain, happy to have made it into the marina just before nightfall at the end …

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First Caribbean Odyssey yachts arrive in Mindelo, São Vicente

The Swiss catamaran Olena made landfall in the Cape Verdes at noon on Friday almost exactly one week after the start in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

The slower than expected 830-mile passage was blamed …

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Caribbean Odyssey starts from Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

After a wonderful start to the new year with days of cobalt blue skies, steady NE winds and pleasant temperatures, culminating with a balmy night for the Three Kings’ procession, …

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