After a six-day stopover in Mindelo’s welcoming marina, the Caribbean Odyssey yachts set sail for their Caribbean destination. The first to leave, one day earlier than the others because of time constraints, was Olena.
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Welcome party for the Caribbean Odyssey participants hosted by Laura and Lutz Meyer-Scheel (in foreground) in Marina Mindelo’s floating bar. The stopover in this welcoming marina was too short to sail across to …
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 …
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 …
The Odyssey sailors welcomed kids from the SOS Children’s Villages aboard their boat on 18 November, then hosted a potluck meal for them at Marina Mindelo. The SOS Children’s Villages foundation supports abandoned …
This is an extract from Jimmy Cornell’s latest book “200,000 Miles – A Life of Adventure“. My interest in the global movement of cruising boats goes …
Follow the ITCHY FOOT crew as they sail over the ocean with the Atlantic Odyssey 2016 from Tenerife in the Canary Islands to Barbados in the Caribbean, with a stopover in the Cape Verdes. …
To receive our next newsletters, subscribe to our mailing list. Carlisle Bay, Barbados Spring 2017 – Cornell Sailing Spring News Foreword from Jimmy Cornell – Join the Odyssey – Cape …
In the four years since I launched this new series of transatlantic rallies, some had started from Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma in the Canaries, or from Sao Vicente in the Cape Verde Islands. Some …
Barbados 50 boats in Mindelo After more than three weeks in the Cape Verde Islands, the 33 boats in the Barbados 50 Odyssey have left on the longest leg of their epic voyage that …
Luc Callebaut, who is sailing with the fleet, reports. Santiago Sailing from Fogo, it took the fleet a lot of tacking to clear the north of Fogo as the island did not want to …
Luc Callebaut continues to the story of the Barbados 50 fleet cruise around the Cape Verdes… Never before seen in Fogo, Harbor of Vale de Cavaleiros: 16 yachts docked together! Thanks to the …
Luc Callebaut from Cornell Sailing Events, who is sailing with the fleet, reports on the cruise so far. (Due to the smaller size of some of the harbours and anchorages, the fleet was divided …
The sailors from the Barbados 50 rally had been asked to help bring much needed supplies for the SOS Children’s Village in Mindelo. SOS Children’s Villages are a non-governmental organisation that works …
A few years ago I stopped briefly in the Cape Verde Islands while sailing with Aventura III from Cape Town to the Canary Islands. I vowed to return one day with Gwenda and I did …
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Day 11 – Tuesday 19 January 2016 Fenicia Noon position 17Deg 04min N, 030Deg 30min W sailing at 5.7 …
The Islands Odyssey yachts made their departure from the Cape Verdes on the morning of Tuesday 24 November, setting their course west for the Caribbean island of Barbados some 2020 nautical miles away. Although most …
The first Islands Odyssey yachts have arrived in the Cape Verdes following a 700 mile passage from El Hierro in the Cape Verdes. Vetocean was the first to arrive on Thursday 19th November. By midday …
The Islands Odyssey yachts said farewell to the Canary Islands on Saturday 14 November, their final stopover being El Hierro, the smallest and most westernmost of the Canaries. Islands Odyssey fleet in …
Download high resolution pictures A transatlantic event to mark the 50th anniversary of Barbados Independence. After a symbolic start in London in late July 2016 the rally will call at various ports …
Download high resolution pictures Jimmy Cornell has launched this new rally for sailors who prefer to cross the Atlantic at a relaxed pace. Starting in Lanzarote on 1 October 2015, the …
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