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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. Read …
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 …
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, …
(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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We just received an unconfirmed report that Drina arrived in Tuktoyaktuk on Saturday, and are continuing from here to Alaska. 
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, …
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 …
The historic center of Lisbon, a short bus or train ride away from the Marina Parque das Naçoes Saphir was the first boat to arrive at Marina Parque das Naçoes The Vasco …
An update on progress and some thoughts from Michael Thurston on Drina. Michael Thurston and Jimmy Cornell aboard Drina After being beset in ice at Port Leopold due to a wind contrary to the …
We just had news that on Friday the first sail boats managed to go through Bellot Strait westbound. The boats were Arctic Tern, Novara and Gjoa. Having overcome that major obstacle, they are now …
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