{"id":61994,"date":"2014-06-22T00:51:38","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T00:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/sobre-nosotros\/jimmy-cornell\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T18:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T17:11:59","slug":"jimmy-cornell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/es\/sobre-nosotros\/jimmy-cornell\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Cornell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"box-menu\" style=\"margin: auto;\">\n<div id=\"hor-list-menu\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<li><a href=\"#shortbio\"><strong>Short biography<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#longbio\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#bibliography\"><strong>Bibliography<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comments-multi\">\n<blockquote><div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/jimmy-cornell-aventura-1-no.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Cornell aboard his first Aventura in 1974<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I started preparing for my first voyage, I had little cruising experience, so I read avidly every available book on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>In those days most books on sailing had one major drawback, they reflected the point of view of only one person, the author. They tended to be subjective, sometimes dogmatic, and seldom gave alternative points of view a good hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Having sailed in the company of people who made cruising their way of life, I realised that there was a vast font of knowledge among those experienced sailors waiting to be tapped.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years I have taken full advantage of that wealth of wisdom by conducting several surveys on all aspects of cruising, their findings being used <a href=\"\/publications\/all-books\/\">in my various books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/authors\/gwenda-cornell\/\">Gwenda<\/a>, <a href=\"\/authors\/doina-cornell\/\">Doina<\/a> and <a href=\"\/authors\/ivan-cornell\/\">Ivan<\/a> have helped me at every stage, and have also authored their own books. Some of the more recent editions have been written in close collaboration with Ivan or Doina, in the hope that they will completely take over future editions.<\/p>\n<p>Cornell Sailing is indeed a family affair.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/Cornells-2018-3-800px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gwenda, Doina, Jimmy and Ivan Cornell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"shortbio\" name=\"shortbio\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"margin-top-large\">Short biography<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/BPO-P-Jimmy-Cornell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Cornell has influenced the contemporary cruising scene more than any other sailor. An accomplished sailor, public speaker and author, he has sailed over 200,000 miles in all oceans of the world including three circumnavigations as well as voyages to Antarctica and the Northwest Passage.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of sailors have fulfilled their dream of blue water cruising with the help of Jimmy Cornell\u2019s books, among them the international bestseller <a href=\"\/publications\/world-cruising-routes\/\"><em><strong>World Cruising Routes<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Now in its 9th edition, and with over 200,000 copies sold to date, this is one of the best selling nautical publications in the world.<\/p>\n<p>As the founder of the highly successful <em>ARC transatlantic rally<\/em>, Jimmy Cornell is credited with having devised the offshore cruising rally concept. In the last four decades, Jimmy Cornell has organized 38 transatlantic rallies, six round the world rallies and one round the world race, with over 3,000 boats and 15,000 sailors having participated in his sailing events.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-medium\"><a href=\"#longbio\">Read more below <span class=\"color-orange\">\u25bc <\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"longbio\" name=\"longbio\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"back-to-top\"><a href=\"#backtop\"><strong>Back to top <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 class=\"margin-top-large\">Biography<\/h2>\n<p>Jimmy Cornell was born in Romania in <strong>1940<\/strong>. He grew up in Brasov, where he attended the German Honterus Gymnasium. He later attended Bucharest University where he studied economics.&nbsp; With his British wife Gwenda, he moved to London in 1969. He took up sailing while working as a reporter for the <em>BBC World Service<\/em> in London.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>1974<\/strong> Jimmy Cornell fitted out a 36 foot fibreglass hull (<em>Trintella III, van de Stadt design &#8211; <a href=\"\/aventura\/previous-aventuras\/#Aventura1\"><strong>the first Aventura<\/strong><\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>1975<\/strong> he left England with <a href=\"\/authors\/gwenda-cornell\/\"><strong>Gwenda<\/strong><\/a> and their two children (<a href=\"\/authors\/doina-cornell\/\"><strong>Doina<\/strong><\/a> 7 and <a href=\"\/authors\/ivan-cornell\/\"><strong>Ivan<\/strong><\/a> 5) on a world voyage lasting <strong>six years<\/strong>, which took them to some 70 countries and totalled 68,000 miles. During the voyage Jimmy Cornell sent back regular radio reports to the <em>BBC World Service<\/em> and also made regular freelance contributions for various magazines and radio stations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"list-pic\">\n<ul class=\"caption\">\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/Cornell-family-aventura1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\"> <br \/>\n The Cornell family aboard the first Aventura<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/jimmy-boats-aventura1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\"><br \/>\n Aventura I sailing off the coast of Papua New Guinea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"\/aventura\/previous-aventuras\/#Aventura2\"><strong>second <em>Aventura<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (<em>Bill Dixon design, 12 metre\/40 feet, in steel<\/em>) was launched in <strong>1989<\/strong> and completed a circumnavigation between 1989 and <strong>1992<\/strong>, some of which was part of the first round the world rally organized by Jimmy between 1991 and 1992.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/AventuraII-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aventura II<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/aventura\/previous-aventuras\/#Aventura3\"><strong><em>Aventura III<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>(<em>OVNI 43, 13 metre\/43 feet, aluminium, designed by Philippe Briand) <\/em>was launched in May <strong>1998<\/strong> and sailed in <strong>1999<\/strong> to Antarctica. From there <em>Aventura III<\/em> sailed to Alaska and British Columbia. In <strong>2001<\/strong> Jimmy started his third circumnavigation of the world which he completed in <strong>2006<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/AventuraIII.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aventura III<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/aventura\/about-aventura\/\"><strong><em>Aventura IV<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <em>(Exploration 45, aluminium, designed by Olivier Racoupeau)<\/em> , Jimmy Cornell\u2019s fourth boat, was launched in <strong>2014<\/strong> as the prototype of a new design, the Garcia Exploration 45, conceived by Jimmy as the perfect cruising boat for both high latitudes and tropical waters. In <strong>2015<\/strong> Jimmy successfully navigated the Northwest Passage in <em>Aventura IV<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/Aventura-iceberg-680px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aventura IV in Disco Bay, Greenland<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In tune with the current concern for the state of the environment, the new <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/aventura\/concept-special-features\/\"><em><strong>Aventura Zero<\/strong><\/em><\/a>&nbsp;is a fully electric boat with zero carbon dioxide footprint. <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/2021\/07\/the-long-goodbye\/\">Jimmy sold <strong>Aventura Zero<\/strong> in 2021.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62551\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62551\" class=\"size-large wp-image-62551\" src=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6.-AZ-PS-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6.-AZ-PS-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6.-AZ-PS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6.-AZ-PS-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6.-AZ-PS-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-62551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aventura Zero<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To date Jimmy Cornell has sailed over 200,000 miles in all oceans of the world, including three circumnavigations and two voyages to Antarctica and two to the Arctic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/map-Aventura-Route-74-15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/map-Aventura-Route-680px.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his writing, Jimmy Cornell decided to tackle the various aspects of sailing and offshore cruising in a systematic way, and over the years he has conducted extensive surveys with cruising sailors in all oceans of the world, dealing with every aspect of voyaging under sail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-62932\" src=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WCR9-cover-228x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WCR9-cover-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WCR9-cover-457x600.png 457w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WCR9-cover-400x526.png 400w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WCR9-cover.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/>Articles based on these surveys have appeared in leading sailing magazines and have also provided a valuable source for some of his books.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Cornell&#8217;s reputation as a writer on cruising matters was consolidated by the publication in <strong>1987<\/strong> of <a href=\"\/publications\/world-cruising-routes\/\"><em><strong>World Cruising Routes<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, which became an international best-seller, and has been translated into French, German, Spanish and Italian.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its ninth edition, <em>World Cruising Routes<\/em> has sold over 200,000 copies and is one of the best-selling nautical publications in the world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"list-pic\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"width3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img4\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/WCR1-1987-English.jpg\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"width3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img4\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/WCR4-1998-English.jpg\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"width3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img4\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/WCR5-2002-English.jpg\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"width3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-61612 \" src=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RDGC_amazon_pic1-e1585751032884.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"138\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"width3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img4\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/WCR-2010-Spanish.jpg\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"width3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-63467\" src=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TPW_2024_cover-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TPW_2024_cover-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TPW_2024_cover-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TPW_2024_cover-475x600.jpg 475w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TPW_2024_cover-400x506.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TPW_2024_cover.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"#bibliography\"><strong>&nbsp;Jimmy Cornell&#8217;s books&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;have been translated into several languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian and Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>1986<\/strong> Jimmy Cornell launched and organised the <em>ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers)<\/em>, from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean. As a result of the success of the first <em>ARC<\/em> he founded the <em>World Cruising Club<\/em> which specialises in international sailing events.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/ARC86-start.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Start of the first ARC &#8211; November 1986<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Between 1986 and 2000<\/strong>, Jimmy organized four round the world rallies, the <em>America 500<\/em> Columbus anniversary rally in 1992, the <em>Hong Kong Challenge<\/em> round the world race in 1996 as well as the annual <em>ARC transatlantic rally<\/em>. Jimmy sold his interest in <em>World Cruising Club<\/em> in <strong>1998<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Cornell&#8217;s most ambitious project was the <em>Millennium Odyssey<\/em> round the world rally, which started in August <strong>1998<\/strong> to celebrate the new millennium by carrying around the world a symbolic flame as a message of friendship and goodwill.<\/p>\n<p>The round the world rally finished in Rome in April 2000, when the Millennium Flame, that had been lit in Jerusalem and had been carried around the world by the yachts sailing in the rally, was handed over to Pope John Paul II in Rome on Easter Monday<strong> 2000<\/strong>. Fifty yachts sailed in the <em>Millennium Odyssey<\/em>, making it the largest ever round the world event.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/MO-2000-Rome-680px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\"><\/p>\n<p>In December <strong>2000<\/strong>, Jimmy and Doina Cornell launched <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noonsite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.noonsite.com<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, a website dedicated to cruising sailors which they ran until <strong>2009<\/strong>. The website contains practical information on all maritime nations of the world and is considered an essential source of information by thousands of cruising sailors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"list-pic\" class=\"pic-right\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"width1\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A Passion for the Sea, by Jimmy Cornell\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PassionForTheSea--cover.jpg\" alt=\"A Passion for the Sea, by Jimmy Cornell\" width=\"140\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"width1\"><a href=\"\/publications\/200000-miles-a-life-of-adventure\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img1\" title=\"200,000 miles, by Jimmy Cornell\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/200000Miles-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"200,000 miles, by Jimmy Cornell\" width=\"142\" height=\"179\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-62837\" src=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STWWM-cover-463x600.png\" alt=\"Sail The World With Me\" width=\"204\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STWWM-cover-463x600.png 463w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STWWM-cover-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STWWM-cover-400x518.png 400w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STWWM-cover.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In <strong>2007<\/strong> Jimmy Cornell wrote and published <em><strong>A Passion for the Sea<\/strong>, Reflections on three Circumnavigations<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The book is based on his extensive knowledge of offshore cruising gained from his personal experience that stretches over more than four decades and three circumnavigations.<\/p>\n<p>The book covered all essential aspects of offshore cruising, every specific subject being dealt with in an informative and entertaining manner, backed up by some telling incidents from the author\u2019s wide-ranging practical experience.<\/p>\n<p>A expanded and updated new version, <a href=\"\/publications\/200000-miles-a-life-of-adventure\/\"><strong><em>200,000 miles \u2013 A Life of Adventure<\/em><\/strong><\/a> was published in 2017. A new and updated version, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/publications\/sail-the-world-with-me\/\">Sail The World With Me<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, was published in 2021, with French and German translations published in 2022 and a Hungarian edition in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-62917 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WCD3-cover-224x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WCD3-cover-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WCD3-cover-447x600.png 447w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WCD3-cover-400x537.png 400w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WCD3-cover.png 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <strong>2010<\/strong> he wrote <a href=\"\/publications\/world-cruising-destinations\/\"><em><strong>World Cruising Destinations<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, which gives practical information on 184 maritime nations. A fully revised and updated third edition, written with daughter Doina, was published in <strong>2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/publications\/cornells-ocean-atlas\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic-right\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/COA-2ed-cover-en.jpg\" width=\"250\"><\/a>In <strong>2011<\/strong>, Jimmy Cornell, together with son Ivan, produced <em><a href=\"\/publications\/cornells-ocean-atlas\/\"><strong>Cornells Ocean Atlas<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, the first global set of monthly pilot charts to be based on recent satellite data of world winds and currents.<\/p>\n<p>The atlas, published in English, German, French and Italian, became an international best-seller. Thoroughly updated editions were published in <strong>2018 <\/strong>and<strong> 2023,<\/strong> taking into account the effect of climate change on world voyage planning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63836 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WVP-4-US-front-469x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WVP-4-US-front-469x600.jpeg 469w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WVP-4-US-front-234x300.jpeg 234w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WVP-4-US-front-768x984.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WVP-4-US-front-400x512.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/>This series of books on world cruising was completed in <strong>2012<\/strong> by the publication of <a href=\"\/publications\/world-voyage-planner\/\"><em><strong>World Voyage Planner<\/strong><\/em><\/a> whose aim is to help sailors plan a voyage from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the world, with suggestions of alternative routes to certain destinations, recommended times and favourable seasons, tropical storm areas and critical months, and strategically located ports of call to be used in an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>A 2nd and 3rd editions by Jimmy and Ivan Cornell were published in 2018 and 2023, with a thoroughly revised fourth edition published in <strong>2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>2014<\/strong> Jimmy Cornell launched the <a href=\"\/archives\/past-rallies\/\"><strong><em>Odyssey<\/em> sailing rallies<\/strong><\/a>, a new series of transatlantic and transpacific rallies.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 695px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/Odyssey-home-flat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"685\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Start of the Atlantic Odyssey 2014 in Lanzarote<\/p><\/div> <div style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/Jimmy-Cornell-storm-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Cornell aboard Aventura IV, in the Arctic<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Also part of this new format of non-competitive and non-commercial events for amateur sailors was the <em>Blue Planet Odyssey<\/em>, a round the world event that took place from <strong>2014-17.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Its aim was to raise awareness of the global effects of climate change, and <em>Aventura IV<\/em>\u2019s voyage through the Northwest Passage was part of that event.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>2016<\/strong> he organised <em>Barbados 50<\/em>, a transatlantic event from London to Barbados, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of Barbados independence.<\/p>\n<p>In recognition for his lifelong contribution to the international cruising community, Jimmy Cornell has been presented with special awards by the <em>Royal Cruising Club,<\/em> <em>Ocean Cruising Club<\/em> and <em>Trans Ocean Club<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 695px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/Transocean-award-680px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"685\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The President of Trans-Ocean Club, one of the largest cruising clubs in the world, presents Jimmy Cornell <br \/>\n with the prestigious Ocean Award in recognition for his services to the international sailing community.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2021 Jimmy was awarded the Spanish Order of Naval Merit in recognition for his sailing achievements and 35 years of close cooperation with the Spanish Navy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-62804 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-Award-3-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-Award-3-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-Award-3-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-Award-3-510x600.jpg 510w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-Award-3-400x471.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-Award-3.jpg 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/publications\/all-books\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/COA2-JC-SEIL.jpg\" width=\"680\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Ole Henrik Nissen-Lie of Seilmagasinet.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a id=\"bibliography\" name=\"bibliography\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"back-to-top\"><a href=\"#backtop\"><strong>Back to top <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 class=\"margin-top-large\">Books by Jimmy Cornell<\/h2>\n<h3>\u2022 English language editions<\/h3>\n<p><em>Modern Ocean Cruising<\/em>, 1982, Adlard Coles Nautical (UK), International Marine (USA)<\/p>\n<p><em>Ocean Cruising Survey<\/em>, 1984, Adlard Coles Nautical (UK), International Marine (USA)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/publications\/world-cruising-routes\/\"><em>World Cruising Routes<\/em><\/a>, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2014, 2018, 2022 Adlard Coles Nautical (UK), 2014, 2018, 2022 Cornell Sailing&nbsp;Publications (USA)<\/p>\n<p><em>World Cruising Survey<\/em>, 1989 Adlard Coles Nautical (UK)<\/p>\n<p><em>World Cruising Handbook<\/em>, 1990, 1996, 2001 Adlard Coles Nautical (UK), International Marine (USA)<\/p>\n<p><em>World Cruising Essentials,<\/em>&nbsp; 2002 (World Cruising Survey) International Marine (USA)<\/p>\n<p><em>Canary Islands Cruising Guide<\/em>, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998 World Cruising Publications<\/p>\n<p><em>Around the World Rally<\/em>, 1992, Adlard Coles Nautical (UK), International Marine (USA)<\/p>\n<p><em>Azores Cruising Guide<\/em>, 1993, World Cruising Publications<\/p>\n<p><em>Madeira Cruising Guide<\/em>, 1994, World Cruising Publications<\/p>\n<p><em>Circumnavigators Guide<\/em>, 1994, World Cruising Publications<\/p>\n<p><em>World Cruising Guide<\/em>, 1995, World Cruising Publications<\/p>\n<p><em>A Passion for the Sea<\/em>, 2008, Adlard Coles Nautical (UK), Bloomsbury (USA)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/publications\/world-cruising-destinations\/\"><em>World Cruising Destinations<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>2010,<em>&nbsp;<\/em>with Doina Cornell, 2017, 2022 Adlard Coles Nautical (UK), Cornell Sailing&nbsp;Publications (USA)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/publications\/cornells-ocean-atlas\/\"><em>Cornells&#8217; Ocean Atlas<\/em><\/a>, with Ivan Cornell, 2011, 2018, 2023, Cornell Sailing Publications<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/publications\/world-voyage-planner\/\"><em>World Voyage Planner<\/em><\/a>, with Ivan Cornell, 2012, 2018, 2023, Adlard Coles Nautical (UK), Cornell Sailing&nbsp;Publications (USA), renamed as <em>Cornell&#8217;s World Voyage Planner<\/em> for the 4th edition in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/publications\/200000-miles-a-life-of-adventure\/\"><em>200,000 Miles, A Life of Adventure<\/em><\/a>, 2017, Cornell Sailing Publications<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/publications\/sail-the-world-with-me\/\">Sail The World With Me<\/a>,<\/em> 2021,&nbsp;Cornell Sailing Publications<\/p>\n<h3>\u2022 Foreign language editions<\/h3>\n<p><em>Rotte di tutto il mundo <\/em>(World Cruising Routes) \u2013 Italian editions 1989, 2012<\/p>\n<p><em>World Cruising Survey <\/em>\u2013 Japanese edition 1992<\/p>\n<p><em>Segeln <\/em><em>\u00fcber Ozeane <\/em>(World Cruising Survey) \u2013 German editions 1990, 2003<\/p>\n<p><em>Aventura<\/em>\u2013 Romanian edition, 1996<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/de\/publications\/world-cruising-routes\/\">Segelrouten der Welt<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em> (World Cruising Routes) \u2013 German editions 1988, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2015, 2022<\/p>\n<p><em>Seglerlexikon<\/em>&nbsp; (World Cruising Handbook) \u2013 German editions 1990, 1995, 2000<\/p>\n<p><em>Atlantische Inseln<\/em> \u2013 German edition 1999<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/fr\/publications\/world-cruising-routes\/\"><em>Routes de Grande Croisi\u00e8re<\/em> <\/a>(World Cruising Routes) \u2013 French editions 1999, 2000, 2005, 2015, 2020, 2023<\/p>\n<p><em>Escales de Grande Croisi\u00e8re<\/em> (World Cruising Handbook) \u2013 French editions 2001, 2005<\/p>\n<p><em>Objectif Grande Croisi\u00e8re<\/em> (World Cruising Survey) \u2013 French edition 2002<\/p>\n<p><em>Une passion pour la mer <\/em>(A Passion for the Sea) \u2013 French edition 2007<\/p>\n<p><em>Sehnsucht nach der See<\/em> (A Passion for the Sea) \u2013 German editions 2007, 2012<\/p>\n<p><em>Passione per il mare<\/em> &nbsp;(A Passion for the Sea) \u2013 Italian edition 2007<\/p>\n<p><em>Szenved\u00e9lyem a tenger<\/em> (A Passion for the Sea) \u2013 Hungarian edition 2007<\/p>\n<p><em>Rutas de navegacion del mundo <\/em>(World Cruising Routes) \u2013 Spanish edition 2010<\/p>\n<p><em>Traumreviere der Welt <\/em>(World Cruising Destinations) \u2013 German edition 2011<\/p>\n<p><em>Destinazione per Tutto il Mondo&nbsp;<\/em> (World Cruising Destinations) \u2013 Italian edition 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/de\/publications\/cornells-ocean-atlas\/\"><em>Atlas der Ozeane<\/em><\/a> (Cornells Ocean Atlas)\u2013 German editions 2011, 2018, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/fr\/publications\/cornells-ocean-atlas\/\"><em>Atlas des oc\u00e9ans<\/em><\/a> (Cornells Ocean Atlas)\u2013 French editions 2011, 2018, 2023<\/p>\n<p><em>Pilots charts per tutto il mondo<\/em> (Cornells Ocean Atlas)\u2013 Italian edition 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/fr\/publications\/world-voyage-planner\/\"><em>Voyages de Grande Croisi\u00e8re<\/em><\/a> (World Voyage Planner) \u2013 French editions 2012, 2019, 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/de\/publications\/world-voyage-planner\/\"><em>T\u00f6rnplanung Weltweit<\/em> <\/a>(World Voyage Planner) \u2013 German editions 2013, 2019, 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/fr\/publications\/world-cruising-destinations\/\"><em>Destinations de Grande Croisi\u00e8re<\/em><\/a> (World Cruising Destinations) \u2013 French edition 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/publications\/sail-the-world-with-me\/\"><em>Ma Vie En Bleue<\/em><\/a> (Sail the World With Me) &#8211; French edition 2022<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/publications\/sail-the-world-with-me\/\"><em>Mein Leben Unter Segel<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(Sail the World With Me) &#8211; German edition 2022<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00c9letem A Tengeren<\/em> (Sail the World With Me) &#8211; Hungarian edition 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"#shortbio\">Short biography<\/a> <a href=\"#longbio\">Biography<\/a> <a href=\"#bibliography\">Bibliography<\/a> <\/p>\n<p 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