Europe’s and possibly the world’s largest in-water boat show opened yesterday in this historic port on the French Atlantic coast.
Once again, this annual boat fest is showing off the unparalleled range of France’s thriving …
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This is an extract from Jimmy Cornell’s book “200,000 Miles – A Life of Adventure“. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill …
The 50th edition of Boot 2019 came to a successful end on Sunday, by setting a new record, with nearly 250,000 water sports enthusiasts coming to Düsseldorf from over 100 countries to visit the leading …
Wave upon Wave, by Andrew DigginsPublished by World Cruising This well researched and highly enjoyable book is a record of the enduring success of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers. Since its launch in 1986, …
This is an extract from Jimmy Cornell’s book “200,000 Miles – A Life of Adventure“. Choosing a boat for offshore cruising is not a decision to be taken lightly. I have researched this …
Few sailors would now disagree that global weather conditions are undergoing a radical change. The warming of the planet is unequivocal: the atmosphere and oceans have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, …
There’s a saying that you should never revisit places that you have enjoyed in the past as what you find may disappoint you. Yesterday this piece of advice was proved to be totally wrong. Twenty-three …
Eighteen valiant sailors are ready to start tomorrow on one of the most challenging events ever conceived. This single-handed non-stop event marks the 50th anniversary of the first single-handed non-stop circumnavigation achieved by Robin Knox …
Bergen, Norway Today saw the start of the Bergen to Shetlands Race, now a classic event on the Norwegian racing calendar. The race is organised by the Bergen Sailing Association and since …
The fourth edition of this annual boat show came to an end on Saturday. In spite of the showery weather, the last day attracted the largest audience of the three-day show. As with every …
The London On-Water boat show opened this morning in St Katherine’s marina located right by the iconic Tower Bridge. Cornell Sailing have a small stand displaying my latest books 
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Thousands of people lined the streets of Santa Cruz, the capital of Tenerife, on Friday evening to watch the Three Kings procession windings its way along a 3-kilometre route. This annual event takes place …
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