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By Cornell Sailing on 16.01.2018
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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By Jimmy Cornell on 13.01.2018
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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By Jimmy Cornell on 12.01.2018
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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By Jimmy Cornell on 07.01.2018
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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By Jimmy Cornell on 06.01.2018
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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By Jimmy Cornell on 05.01.2018
Participants in the Caribbean Odyssey in front of the map of Tenerife at the Royal Yacht Club of Tenerife.
A welcome party for participants in the Caribbean Odyssey was held at the luxurious …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 23.12.2017
By Cornell Sailing on 22.12.2017
We really enjoyed the day and found it to be very helpful on a number of levels. It was particularly useful for my wife as she hasn’t had the sailing I have been lucky …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 18.12.2017
In 2013, almost exactly 15 years after I had stopped my involvement with the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers), I decided to launch the Atlantic Odyssey, the aim of which was to bring back the …
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By Cornell Sailing on 13.12.2017
The safe conclusion of the Atlantic Odyssey was celebrated on Tuesday evening at the Barbados Yacht Club.
As in all Odysseys every child received a special diploma …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 12.12.2017
The last three Atlantic Odyssey boats made a safe landfall in Barbados today, with perfect timing for tonight’s welcome and prize giving party at the Barbados Yacht Club.
The first to arrive was Wellis.
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By Jimmy Cornell on 11.12.2017
Every morning just after dawn an unusual ritual takes place on the beach in Carlisle Bay. As I watch from my hotel room balcony, what I presume to be stable-hands from the nearby race …
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By Cornell Sailing on 10.12.2017
Christmas trees bring a festive spirit to the centre of Barbados and the small boat harbour, each tree representing a Commonwealth country. Most trees were decorated by the pupils of various local schools.
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By Cornell Sailing on 09.12.2017
A surprise arrival in the area of Bridgetown harbour normally reserved for visiting yachts and local charter boat was the modern five-masted schooner Wind Song. Its massive hull dwarfed the Atlantic Odyssey boats arriving …
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By Cornell Sailing on 08.12.2017
Five Atlantic Odyssey boats, Finally, Akouavi, A Capella, Spinnwill and Yuana, made a safe landfall in Barbados late on Thursday evening or early on Friday.
Some anchored for the night in Carlisle Bay, and all …
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By Cornell Sailing on 07.12.2017
Three Atlantic Odysey boats, Mr Grey, Infinity and Callisto, arrived late last night in Barbados, anchored for the night in Carlisle Bay, and completed clearance formalities this morning.
Arrival Mr Grey
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By Cornell Sailing on 06.12.2017
The first two yachts from a combined fleet of 36 sailing boats arrived in Barbados late on Tuesday evening.
Sea Dragon had left Tenerife on 18 November and in spite of several days of …
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By Cornell Sailing on 26.11.2017
At a ceremony held in the German port of Cuxhaven on Saturday evening, Martin Birkhoff, the President of Trans-Ocean Club, one of the largest cruising clubs in the world, presented Jimmy Cornell with …
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By Cornell Sailing on 18.11.2017
A fleet of 11 yachts in the Atlantic Odyssey took the start from Santa Cruz de Tenerife today at 11 a.m. local time bound for Barbados. The only boat unable to start was the German …
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By Cornell Sailing on 13.11.2017
Around midday of Saturday 11th November the Atlantic Odyssey CV yachts headed out of Santa Cruz marina, bound for the Cape Verde.
INFINITY is on her way
All the boats left on time, after …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 12.11.2017
We have just been informed that from now on transits of the Northwest Passage will be much more difficult.
Sailing past Cuming glacier
Because of the irresponsible behaviour of a sailor who transited the …
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By Cornell Sailing on 10.11.2017
Sailors taking part in the Atlantic Odyssey have arrived in Marina Santa Cruz next to the capital of the island of Tenerife, before their departure across the Atlantic to Barbados.
Atlantic Odyssey sailors gather …
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By Cornell Sailing on 28.10.2017
The last few days of the Islands Odyssey stay in Santa Cruz de Tenerife were a mixture of last minute repairs and stress over spare parts arriving at the last minute, but also moments of …
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By Cornell Sailing on 22.10.2017
The two day seminars at the Santa Cruz Yacht Club concluded on Friday with a talk by Martin Kramp from Tamouré on his work with UNESCO and the JCOMMOPs global monitoring programme that deploys Read more
By Cornell Sailing on 18.10.2017
With temperatures in Santa Cruz de Tenerife reaching unseasonable levels for October, the sailors from the Islands Odyssey created some warmth of their own by gathering for a ‘potluck’ or bring and share dinner at …
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