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On 31 March, while sailing en route to Tahiti, an unexpected matter requiring my presence back home forced me to make a drastic change to my long term plans. So I have decided to …
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Aventuras Log Aventura, Jimmy Cornells ideale Fahrtenyacht, versuchte zwei Mal die Nordwest-Passage zu bewältigen. Beim zweiten Mal hat es geklappt. • Standorte auf einer Karte anzeigen
Aventura completed the Panama Canal transit on Sunday afternoon and we are now on our way to Tahiti. We have about 4800 miles ahead of us, which I plan to sail nonstop as we need …
We are sailing After several days of calms and very light winds, something that I had never experienced in the Caribbean Sea before, the wind finally came up… as did our Parasailor spinnaker. Dave …
We passed through the Windward Passage on Friday night and entered the Caribbean Sea. By Saturday morning, the wind had gone light and we decided to hoist the spinnaker to make some speed towards Panama, …
This is the first Friday on Aventura’s first long passage in 2015. All morning I was wondering what was going to break because on many occasions whenever something broke on the boat, it was almost …
We left Fort Lauderdale Monday afternoon bound for Panama, with about 1100 miles still to go. After transiting the canal, we plan to sail nonstop to Tahiti, about 4500 miles. In Tahiti we shall join …
Having spent two months in Annapolis, Maryland, the week before Christmas Aventura left southbound for Key West, in South Florida. We had a good sail down Chesapeake Bay with good winds on a cold, but …
Cruising World Magazine have just announced that the Garcia Exploration 45, of which Jimmy Cornell’s Aventura was the prototype, has won the 2015 Boat of the Year competition for Best Full-Size …
An estimated 300 people visited Aventura on the opening day of this, the largest and most popular boat show in the United States. As many as one third of the visitors came …
39 07.2 N 76 19.89 W After her gruelling and eventful maiden voyage of over 8000 miles Aventura was left in the care of the New England Boatworks in Portsmouth, R.I., to give her a …
In preparation for his forthcoming circumnavigation with the Blue Planet Odyssey round the world rally, Jimmy Cornell completed this summer a grueling test of his new 45 foot Aventura, …
Aventura makes landfall at St John’s However much sailors love being at sea, landfall after a long passage is always sweet. When Jimmy woke me early in the morning of Friday 5th September, I …
An update on progress and some thoughts from Michael Thurston on Drina. Michael Thurston and Jimmy Cornell aboard Drina After being beset in ice at Port Leopold due to a wind contrary to the …
location 57′ 10N, 51′ 43W Today, 31 August, is exactly 3 months since Aventura left London bound for Arctic Canada and the Northwest Passage. Since then we have covered over 6000 miles and are now …
We just had news that on Friday the first sail boats managed to go through Bellot Strait westbound. The boats were Arctic Tern, Novara and Gjoa. Having overcome that major obstacle, they are now …
location: 60′ 39N, 51’03W Iceberg in front of Nuuk With Doina’s exception, all Aventura’s remaining crew disembarked in Nuuk, and flew home. We had just finished preparing Aventura for the long passage …
Michael Thurston on Drina reports from Port Leopold: The ice situation is almost unchanged. No yacht has gone through Bellot Strait as yet. We on Drina are still at Port Leopold, have not made our …
Based on a report received from Michael Thurston on Drina. One week since Aventura gave up the attempt to transit the NW Passage, the ice situation remains uncertain. We are now anchored at Port …
Yesterday we finally escaped the grip of Lancaster Sound and reached the open sea. We are now sailing past Baffin Island with icebergs dotted about around us, but easy to …
Michael Thurston (left) and Jimmy Cornell aboard Drina in Dundas Harbour, Devon Island Despite the decisions by the captains of both Suilven and Aventura to turn back east and not attempt the Northwest …
Located at the western end of Lancaster Sound, Beechey Island is the site where the ill-fated expedition led by Sir John Franklin, spent their first Arctic winter in 1845-46. Two well-equipped ships, Terror and …
Cuming Inlet is a deep fjord that penetrates some 11 miles into the heart of Devon Island. Its steep sides, rising to several hundreds of meters, are a silent reminder of the passage of …
The Inuit name for Arctic Bay, Ikpiarjuk, ‘the pocket’, describes this bay best, a deep indent protected on three sides by tall hills. Arctic Bay is located off Admiralty Inlet, on the northern tip of …
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