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Le Grand Large weekend seminar on voyage preparation

For the last 10 years the French boat-building group Le Grande Large has held each spring a seminar in Paris aimed at sailors preparing to leave on a world voyage. Many of those present …

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Séminaire Grande Croisière Avec Jimmy Cornell Paris 6-7 Avril 2019

Vous rêvez de partir naviguer autour du monde mais certaines de vos interrogations n’ont pas encore trouvé de réponses ? Le séminaire Grande Croisière est l’évènement que vous attendez pour découvrir le voyage au long …

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Sad loss of Sylvie Branton

We are very sad to report that our colleague Sylvie Branton has passed away in Grenada yesterday.

Sylvie designed the Cornell Sailing website and the previous Cornell Sailing Events websites, and has been managing them …

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Rendezvous in Antarctica for two Garcia Exploration 45 yachts

Haiyou and Kama in Antarctica

Chris de Veyrac, the owner of Haiyou, sent us this report:

Haiyou and Kama caught up in Port Lockroy in the Antarctic Peninsula in January this year. It was the second time …

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Family World Cruising Seminar with Jimmy and Doina Cornell London 23 February

Back by popular demand, this seminar was first held by the Cruising Association Suffolk Section in November.

SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2019

At the Cruising Association House Limehouse Basin London E14 …

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Final report from the Düsseldorf boat show

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 …

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Sailors from all over the world flock to the largest boat show in the world

The Jubilee edition of this most popular boat show in the world has been attracting record numbers of visitors this is opening on 19 January.

As in previous years, Cornell Sailing have a …

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Wave upon Wave

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, …

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'Highly Recommended': Rutea Reviews '200,000 Miles'

This review of Jimmy Cornell’s book 200,000 Miles – A Life of Adventure was published on the blog “S/V Rutea Sails Around the World“.

While we were at the …

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Cornell Sailing at the Paris boat show

Paris Nautic, the annual boat show held in the French capital in early December, came to an end yesterday. The thriving French nautical industry was very well represented with an impressive range of boats, both …

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Jimmy Cornell at Paris Nautic and Boot Düsseldorf​

Nautic Paris Boat Show 2018

Jimmy Cornell will be on the Garcia Yachting stand on 8, 9, 13, 14, 15 and 16 December (Hall 1, G41).

He will have his latest two books …

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A Satisfying Sail Around the World by Zeke Holland

This is the fascinating story of a successfully completed circumnavigation of the world by an ambitious and resourceful sailor whose trials and tribulations would have put off anyone else. Indeed, the …

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Jimmy and Doina Cornell's Family Seminar Goes Well At Harwich Royal Yacht Club

The Royal Harwich Yacht Club hosted sailors from around the UK and further afield for a day’s seminar with Jimmy and Doina Cornell, covering a wide range of topics designed to inspire and inform those …

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Climate change and its effects on voyage planning

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, …

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World voyager Fatty Goodlander comments on Cornells' Ocean Atlas

Now on their third circumnavigation, world voyagers Carolyn and Fatty Goodlander have arrived with S/V Ganesh in Tonga, from where Fatty sent us these comments on Cornells’ Ocean Atlas.

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‘An entertaining read and good onboard reference’ : Ocean Cruising Club Reviews '200,000 Miles'

Jimmy Cornell’s new book 200,000 Miles – A Life of Adventure has been reviewed by the Flying Fish, the OCC (Ocean Cruising Club) journal, in their …

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Jimmy Cornell's nostalgic visit to his second Aventura, now up for sale

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 …

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‘Comprehensive, detailed, accurate, relevant’: Ocean Cruising Club Reviews Ocean Atlas New Edition.

The Flying Fish, the OCC (Ocean Cruising Club)‘s flagship publication, has an excellent and comprehensive review of the new edition of Cornells’ Ocean Atlas in their …

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Jimmy Cornell returns to Lanzarote for November cruising seminar

Jimmy Cornell returns to Lanzarote for a new cruising seminar series, taking place in Marina Lanzarote from 12 to 14 November.

Jimmy Cornell will launch the 2018 Lanzarote seminar series with a convivial book-signing session …

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Cruising World reviews Cornells' Atlas second edition - a navigator's essential tool

Mark Pillsbbury reviews the updated edition of Cornells’ Ocean Atlas in the June-July issue of the Cruising World magazine:

Anyone planning an extended voyage will find a useful tool in …

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World Cruising Seminar with Jimmy and Doina Cornell at Royal Harwich Yacht Club

The Suffolk Section of the The Cruising Association (CA) will welcome back Jimmy Cornell to the Royal Harwich Yacht Club in Woolverstone, near Ipswich, on Saturday 3rd November.

In a jointly …

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Start of the Golden Globe Round the World Race

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 …

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Start of the Shetland and Viking Races

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 …

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World Cruising Routes 8th edition is now available

The 8th edition of World Cruising Routes, by Jimmy Cornell, is now available in paperback and ebook versions at Bloomsbury.com in Europe. In the USA and Canada, it will be …

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L'Atlas des Océans 2018 - 'pilot charts' de tous les océans du monde - est publié sur Amazon.fr

C’est un atlas complet de tous les océans du monde pour tous ceux qui savent lire les cartes de vent et de courant. Une énorme quantité d’information.

Jimmy Cornell, navigateur expérimenté et auteur …

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