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Sailors share their experiences of what it is like to Sail the Odyssey: from boat preparations to life at sea, from parties ashore to welcome landfalls.
By Cornell Sailing on 26.01.2015
In Martinique
DOUDOU, the first French boat, arrived Monday night and anchored off Sainte-Anne.
SATTWA ETA is 1800UTC Tuesday
THEMI 50
THEMI arrival in Martinique
We crossed the finish line at 0012 UTC 25th …
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By Cornell Sailing on 24.01.2015
MARTINIQUE ARRIVALS
ROXY arrived at 1410 Saturday.THEMI 50 will arrive Sunday morning.
ROXY arrival in Le Marin, Martinique
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NAVIGO
Due to engine failure, …
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By Cornell Sailing on 23.01.2015
MARTINIQUE ARRIVALS
LAHAINA has arrived in Martinique! ROXY is expected on Saturday.
LAHAINA in Martinique
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PENNY LANE
Food & Fishing
Trying to …
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By Cornell Sailing on 22.01.2015
PENNY LANE
The Atlantic Crossing According to Sam
Rosie’s scarf
A flying fish had a boxing fight with Adam last night, it nearly slapped itself into Adams’s face when it flew into the cockpit. …
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By Cornell Sailing on 21.01.2015
THEMI 50 Yesterday the tradewinds vanished more or less, our speed was down to 3.5 to 4 knts during the day, overnight the wind increased a little and speeds us up to 5 knts. Some …
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By Cornell Sailing on 21.01.2015
The Blue Planet Odyssey and Pacific Odyssey boats are on the move again. The tracking map might look complicated, but it means all our boats are slowly converging… …
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By Cornell Sailing on 20.01.2015
PENNY LANE
Atlantic Sailing for Novices, by Oscar
Oscar pressing both buttons
I have never heard of anyone sailing across the Atlantic but this may be due to the fact that the closest thing …
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By Doina Cornell on 20.01.2015
As the southern part of the Blue Planet Odyssey gets well and truly underway, we will be bringing you regular updates from the boats – extracts from their blogs, photos, and any other news we …
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By Cornell Sailing on 19.01.2015
THEMI 50 Wind is still decreasing, weather gray and rainy. Wind less the 15 knt easterly some boosts from time to time bring us forward a little bit. On board all well.
Der Atlantik …
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By s/v Penny Lane on 19.01.2015
Pete has been getting a bit whimsical on his blog posts so thought I would share some of the reality of living at sea in the middle of the Atlantic:
Food. My life preoccupation. …
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By Cornell Sailing on 18.01.2015
CALYPSO 1 Calypso 1 have an electrical failure and have had to shut down all systems. They are all currently okay!
THEMI 50 Light easterly winds 15 knt. Heading still SE due to wind conditions …
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By Cornell Sailing on 17.01.2015
THEMI 50 Had various winds during the night with forces between 15 and 40 Knt. Influenced by clouds and rain but made still good progress. Everything is fine on board.
Gestern haben wir …
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By s/v Penny Lane on 17.01.2015
The mystery of our wacky GPS positions has been solved, with help from Pascal and the Cornell Sailing crew.
What was happening was that our Iridium GO sat phone, fixed to the wall next …
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By Cornell Sailing on 17.01.2015
After a busy day spent preparing for Sunday’s departure for the San Blas islands, the Blue Planet Odyssey fleet kicked back and took advantage of a special opportunity to share fishing techniques.
The Blue …
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By Cornell Sailing on 16.01.2015
FINALLY MY DARLING By now it’s obvious Finally My Darling is sadly out of the rally. In fact, we’ve tracked backwards! As previously reported, the head was torn out of our original Lagoon mainsail when …
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By Cornell Sailing on 15.01.2015
THEMI 50 Everything is ok on board, we did a little more south yesterday now again on westerly course.
Ein ruhiger Tag an Bord, eine sehr schöne Dorade ist uns leider im letzten Augenblick …
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By s/v Penny Lane on 15.01.2015
It is now day 6 of Penny Lane’s Atlantic crossing, and we’re only just now beginning to turn her head to the west and the Caribbean. In the early days we were heading south …
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By Cornell Sailing on 15.01.2015
The first Blue Planet Odyssey yachts arrive in Montego Bay, Jamaica today, after a relatively fast passage from Key West on 10th January.
Chapter Two
CHAPTER TWO leaving Key West
14th January Passing …
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By Cornell Sailing on 14.01.2015
THEMI 50 Heute zeigt sich der Atlantik bewölkt, grau in grau und manchmal mit etwas Regen. Ein ruhiger Tag, morgen gibt es ja wahrscheinlich – wenn wir wie bisher weiterkommen – das Bergfest, die halbe …
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By Cornell Sailing on 12.01.2015
THEMI 50 No good news from Themi today, the parasailor hailyard is broken. Took us 1 hour to bring it out of the sea back on deck. We will continue with only white sails. Most …
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By Cornell Sailing on 10.01.2015
9 January 2015
DOUDOU
Ca y est, nous y sommes, et très étonnamment, nous n’étions pas stressés pour partir.
Après un départ très cool, sous-toilé pour parer aux accélérations de vent sur la côte …
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By Cornell Sailing on 10.12.2014
Martinique arrivals
5 boats arrived today: • STARSHIP ANNIE (during the night)
• then SEVEN SEAS ADVENTURE
Jimmy Cornell with the crew of Seven Seas Adventure
We made it to Martinique Yes…this morning …
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By Cornell Sailing on 10.12.2014
Martinique arrivals
Among the six boats which arrived today, several count a dog as part of their crew.
The first to reach the marina was Nyctea, in the middle of the night, and we met …
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By Cornell Sailing on 09.12.2014
Martinique arrivals Dehooké
Dehooké, the French Beneteau First 40 owned by Frédérik Giraud and Alice de Montoussé, was the first to enter the Cul de Sac du Marin at dawn, and docked quietly on pontoon …
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By Cornell Sailing on 07.12.2014
Om
Antonio: What a night!
The spinnaker down in the afternoon yesterday with the main and code 0, reaching. Good. Then main and jib, 60 degrees apparent wind from South. and then a lot …
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