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Robin and Jen – s/v Sephina
Atlantic Odyssey participants, Robin and Jen from the yacht Sephina are making their way down to Lanzarote.
While in La Coruña, they introduced themselves to the European Odyssey …
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Posted in: July 2014
When you picture the Arctic terrain, you imagine rolling ice sheets and sky-high glaciers, right? Well, ever thought about what happens in the summer when all that begins to melt and some of the ground …
The long term forecast for the ice to start retreating in the approaches to the critical part of the Northwest Passage gives the first or possibly second week of August as a …
The crews of Saphir, Triton, and Geronimo welcome their friends aboard Anne. Saphir had a cake ready, as promised. The weather is great, the seafood is fresh and delicious, and several activities are planned …
Aventura and Suilven at anchor in Dundas Harbour, Devon Island, Canadian Arctic (Lat 74°31’ N, Long 82°30’W) On July 24th two yachts met in the cold waters of Baffin Bay at 74°N, a place …
Did he raise his shaggy head in defiance and in his mind scream his annoyance at us humans bringing our metal craft to disturb his cold domain? “The name ‘Arctic’ is derived from arctos, …
Northwest Passage voyage of scientific discovery The expedition aboard the ship Aventura is part of the Blue Planet Odyssey, devised by veteran sailor and author Jimmy Cornell, which aims to raise … …
European Odyssey boats docked in Port du Moulin Blanc in Brest A foretaste of what the sailors might discover in the tropics In the tropical forest of Océanopolis Learning about …
On the boat we have an ongoing science program which includes the Secchi disk which I haven’t had a chance to use yet and will include in later blogs, and also the plastic trawl which …
Finding a new boat to sail the Northwest Passage might not appeal to most people, but most people aren’t Jimmy Cornell. Graham Snook went to test the boat Jimmy commissioned – the Garcia Exploration …
After exactly one month to the day, we bid farewell to Greenland and set a course across Baffin Bay to the Canadian side and Lancaster Sound. We spent the last day cruising through Greenland’s spectacular …
In Aasiaat the local people were quite interested in a yacht like us coming into the port. The rest of the boats were a mixture of fishing boats and little dinghies with outboard motors so …
Aventura crewTop row: Nick, Nikki, Jimmy and Marianne, Bottom row: Nera, Doina, Emily and Jean-Luc I’m giving our esteemed captain Jimmy a rest from Log writing today so that I can introduce you …
Saphir first boat in Cherbourg Saphir, Triton and Anne in Cherbourg Welcome drink in Cherbourg Wine testing in Cherbourg At last the European Odyssey fleet has gathered together in Port Chantereyne …
location: 68’42N 52’52W Jimmy explains the Arctic Circle to granddaughter Nera Yesterday we crossed the Arctic Circle, which is regarded by some as the symbolic gateway to the Northwest Passage. There is, in …
Nera crosses the Arctic circle I knew in the back of my mind that I would get seasick, but the reality is a lot less appetising than the thought. I threw up twice …
Oddly enough, when you arrive at a harbour, you expect it to be filled with squawking gulls. There really aren’t many: a few gulls and some huge and loud crows. This …
Before leaving Nuuk, I went to the port office to complete departure formalities. I handed the pontoon keys to Johannes Lindenhann, the harbour master who had so warmly welcomed us on …
Three aeroplanes, London to Copenhagen to Kangerlussaq and onwards to Nuuk. It’s fine large airbuses with lots of people, but down to a small 37 person plane I was not particularly comfortable. …
Throughout our stay in Nuuk Aventura has been tied up alongside Kisaq, a 20-metre workboat, strongly built and perfectly suited for these waters. The owner, Anders Pedersen, a former Danish Coast Guard officer, has …
Rochelle and Secchi disk I created the Secchi disk at my school – Rednock School – in their tech department. We used the laser cutter to cut the 30cm white disk with two …
Jimmy Cornell flog von seiner Yacht in Grönland zurück, um die Flotte der European Odyssey rechtzeitig am Abend vor der zweiten Etappe nach Cherbourg zu treffen. Es konnte eine „Meuterei“ auf den deutschen Booten …
Tower Bridge, London’s most iconic landmarks, will open on Saturday 12 July for the European Odyssey boats to start their next leg. They will go through the bridge at 1400 (London time) to pass by …
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Yacht Saphir in der Limehouse Marina
Die Schwing-Brücke an der Limehouse Marina öffnet sich, um Triton aus Hamburg – das letzte der Boote – in der Marina festzumachen.
Die Crews …
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