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Aventura Zero Logs
Logs from Jimmy’s latest boat Aventura Zero and the Elcano Challenge circumnavigation 2020-21.
By Jimmy Cornell on 30.07.2021
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
After the decision to postpone my round the world voyage and turn around in Tenerife, we sailed back to the Outremer boatyard in France to carry out some improvements …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 18.05.2021
When I left Aventura in the care of the Outremer boatyard last December, I was planning to be away for only a few weeks. But soon after I returned home, the British authorities imposed …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 08.04.2021
In my previous report I dealt with some of the most significant questions that I had been asked about my Elcano project and the latest Aventura. However, one question that I was asked on several …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 01.04.2021
An angry looking sky at sunset predicts bad weather for the coming night as we were passing the Balearics
In the three months since I returned with Aventura Zero to the Outremer boatyard at …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 06.03.2021
Here is the final instalment of the answers to the questions from students at Kurtzebarri Secondary School in Aretxabaleta, in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain.
Aretxabaleta
How do you get food supplies when you …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 27.02.2021
Last week I posted a number of questions sent from students at Kurtzebarri Secondary School in Aretxabaleta, in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa. Here are the answers to some more questions.
What do you do …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 19.02.2021
Recently I received a list of questions from students at Kurtzebarri Secondary School in Aretxabaleta, in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa. I found them so interesting that I decided to post them on our website.
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By Jimmy Cornell on 13.01.2021
I never lose: either I win, or I learn.
Nelson Mandela’s words have been haunting me ever since I took the decision to turn around at Tenerife and put my project on hold. One of …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 01.01.2021
The arrival of a new year is a usually good opportunity to turn your back on the old one and look ahead with renewed hope for a better future. Alas, these are not usual times. …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 20.12.2020
“Marinheiros da Esperança”
ISBN 978-989-8159-97-7
London, 20 December 2020
Aventura Zero is having a rest on the Outremer pontoon La Grande Motte, while I have returned to London to get my Covid vaccination and …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 12.12.2020
Journal 8
La Grande Motte
12 December 2020
Our first Mediterranean dawn
The Straits of Gibraltar marked the halfway point of our winter passage from the Canaries to Southern France. The winds continued to …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 08.12.2020
Strait of Gibraltar
5 December 2020
The decision to turn around was quickly implemented and within hours we were on our way north with a favourable SW wind whisking us along. As I turned …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 02.12.2020
My decision to abandon the Elcano Challenge has taken by surprise many of those who have been following my voyage, and I want to apologise to all of you for the disappointment this may …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 30.11.2020
On the passage from Sevilla to Tenerife we had a technical problem which we were hoping to solve on arrival. Unfortunately it turned out to be much more serious than we had expected and rather …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 28.11.2020
Aventura Zero
Journal 5
28 November 2020
Landfall! As we sighted the massive bulk of Tenerife from 37 miles distance we realised that our slow eight-day passage from Seville was getting close to its …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 19.11.2020
Aventura Zero
Journal 4
19 November 2020
Sailing down the Guadalquivir
We are off! Two weeks after our arrival in Seville our planned voyage along the route of the first circumnavigation has started and …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 10.11.2020
In the few days since our arrival in Seville I have been able to look back on Aventura Zero’s maiden voyage and the overall conclusion is that it has been a very useful and …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 06.11.2020
Aventura Zero journal
2 – 5 November
The timing of our departure from Ceuta had to be very precise so as to catch the favourable west-setting current through the Straits of …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 03.11.2020
Aventura Zero journal
24 October – 2 November
After two months of preparations, on Saturday 24 October Aventura Zero left La Grande Motte, seat of the Outremer boatyard, bound for Seville and …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 26.10.2020
My collaboration with Brookes & Gatehouse has a long history and goes back 34 years to the start of the first ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1986.
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By Cornell Sailing on 24.10.2020
Aventura Zero left La Grand Motte this morning bound for Seville.
Jimmy Cornell is finally on his way – looking pretty happy!
You can follow Aventura Zero’s progress live on the Aventura Zero …
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By Doina Cornell on 24.10.2020
Last week I travelled down to France with my mother Gwenda and brother Ivan to say goodbye to my father Jimmy before he set off on his voyage around the world. I was intrigued to …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 04.10.2020
We couldn’t have picked a more miserable day to go out for our first sail on Aventura Zero. As we left the marina, low grey skies hung over the bay of La Grande Motte …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 07.09.2020
My new Aventura has been moved into a marina and while work continues on board she is now starting to look like a finished boat.
The long wait came to an end this afternoon …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 25.08.2020
Despite the disturbances caused by the Covid crisis, the Outremer boatyard managed to maintain its production schedule and launched the latest Aventura with only a slight delay.
Towed by a large truck, Aventura Zero …
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