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Sailors of Hope: Aventura Zero Journal 9

“Marinheiros da Esperança”

ISBN 978-989-8159-97-7

London, 20 December 2020

Aventura Zero is having a rest on the Outremer pontoon La Grande Motte, while I have returned to London to get my Covid vaccination and …

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Will i Buy the bride Online?

Buy a bride online is among the easiest methods to find an individual you are compatible with. When you use a postal mail order brides’ website, you could have the ability to fulfill thousands …

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“A good adventure” : Aventura Zero Journal 8

Journal 8

La Grande Motte

12 December 2020

Our first Mediterranean dawn

The Straits of Gibraltar marked the halfway point of our winter passage from the Canaries to Southern France. The winds continued to …

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Locating a Sugar Baby

If you are looking to discover a sugar baby in Pa then you have come to the right place. Wherever you live in the point out of Pennsylvania, there are sure to be a …

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Back to the Med: Aventura Zero Journal 7

Strait of Gibraltar

5 December 2020

The decision to turn around was quickly implemented and within hours we were on our way north with a favourable SW wind whisking us along. As I turned …

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Electric Shock

My decision to abandon the Elcano Challenge has taken by surprise many of those who have been following my voyage, and I want to apologise to all of you for the disappointment this may …

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Aventura Zero - Change of Plan

On the passage from Sevilla to Tenerife we had a technical problem which we were hoping to solve on arrival. Unfortunately it turned out to be much more serious than we had expected and rather …

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Landfall in Tenerife

Aventura Zero

Journal 5

28 November 2020

Landfall! As we sighted the massive bulk of Tenerife from 37 miles distance we realised that our slow eight-day passage from Seville was getting close to its …

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Now we truly begin the challenge: Aventura Zero Blog 4

Aventura Zero

Journal 4

19 November 2020

Sailing down the Guadalquivir

We are off! Two weeks after our arrival in Seville our planned voyage along the route of the first circumnavigation has started and …

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Seville Sejour: Blog 3 from Aventura Zero

In the few days since our arrival in Seville I have been able to look back on Aventura Zero’s maiden voyage and the overall conclusion is that it has been a very useful and …

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A successful end to our maiden voyage

Aventura Zero journal

2 – 5 November

 

The timing of our departure from Ceuta had to be very precise so as to catch the favourable west-setting current through the Straits of …

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A dawn start and we are off

Aventura Zero journal

24 October – 2 November

After two months of preparations, on Saturday 24 October Aventura Zero left La Grande Motte, seat of the Outremer boatyard, bound for Seville and …

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Brookes & Gatehouse: A long and fruitful partnership

My collaboration with Brookes & Gatehouse has a long history and goes back 34 years to the start of the first ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1986.

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Track Aventura Zero around the world

Aventura Zero left La Grand Motte this morning bound for Seville.

Jimmy Cornell is finally on his way – looking pretty happy!

You can follow Aventura Zero’s progress live on the Aventura Zero …

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The new cat on the block: I get to meet Aventura Zero

Last week I travelled down to France with my mother Gwenda and brother Ivan to say goodbye to my father Jimmy before he set off on his voyage around the world. I was intrigued to …

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Aventura Zero's First Sail

We couldn’t have picked a more miserable day to go out for our first sail on Aventura Zero. As we left the marina, low grey skies hung over the bay of La Grande Motte …

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Aventura Zero progress report

My new Aventura has been moved into a marina and while work continues on board she is now starting to look like a finished boat.

The long wait came to an end this afternoon …

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Book Review: Sea, Sun and Taraipo by John Jameson

Sea, Sun and Taraipo by John Jameson

Publihed by Grosvenor House Publishing

ISBN 978-1-83975-124-0

This is the moving tale of John Jameson’s nine-year-long world voyage in a Polynesian-type catamaran; an odyssey true to the original …

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Happy days are here again!

Despite the disturbances caused by the Covid crisis, the Outremer boatyard managed to maintain its production schedule and launched the latest Aventura with only a slight delay.

Towed by a large truck, Aventura Zero …

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Progress report on the EL.CA.NO. project

Work on Aventura EL.CA.NO. is progressing well, as can be seen from these photographs taken on Friday 5 June.

The Outremer boatyard is now working at full capacity and it has been …

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Update on the EL.CA.NO. project

 

In spite of the restrictions imposed in France to deal with the current pandemic the Outremer boatyard in La Grande Motte, in the south of France, has managed to function at 70% capacity throughout …

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Corrections and amendments to World Cruising Routes 8th edition (2017)

We’ve now put online all of the corrections that have been made in the reprint of the fully revised 8th edition of World Cruising Routes published in the summer of 2019.

These also include …

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Coronavirus – possible disruption to Amazon Book Sales

Due to the impact of Coronavirus across Europe, Amazon is not currently accepting new inventory of books. You can still continue to buy our books, but if stocks run low there may be a delay …

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The longest voyage

Old Seville

Quarter of a century after the successful voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World, Seville was on its way to becoming the busiest port in the world as ships started arriving …

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The EL.CA.NO. Challenge Progress Report

This year’s Düsseldorf boat show attracted a record number of 250,000 visitors and provided an ideal opportunity to bring the EL.CA.NO. project to a larger audience. Presentations in German and English were held on …

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