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Aventura, voilier idéal de Jimmy Cornell, a tenté le passage du Nord-Ouest 2 fois, réussissant en 2015.
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By Jimmy Cornell on 02.03.2017 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
After spending the best part of the winter in a small marina close to Bergen on the west coast of Norway, Aventura is now heading for the Arctic.
Her sale was completed last …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 21.09.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
After the quick turnaround at Falmouth, we made a relatively fast passage to the Thames Estuary where we caught the favourable tide for the remaining 40 miles to London.
Shortly after we had passed …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 18.09.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Before this voyage comes to a happy and successful end I wish to use this opportunity to give my grateful thanks to all those who have made this ambitious project possible, and who continued to …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 16.09.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
We made landfall at Falmouth, in SW England, early on Tuesday morning after a 20-days long, frustrating and stormy but also challenging and memorable 1950 miles passage.
By memorable I mean: not easily forgotten. …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 07.09.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
I always wondered why the southernmost point of Greenland has attracted this attractive name. After nine days of struggling to get out of its grip, I know. Whoever named it, never wanted to see it …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 03.09.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
For the last five days, since we left the Greenland coast, we have been fighting strong southeasterly winds that made it impossible for us to sail our desired course to the Azores.
The main culprit …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 30.08.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Having arrived safely in Nuuk, Dunbar and I were counting on a relatively uneventful 1800 miles passage to the Azores. To finish our sojourn in Greenland on a high, we decided to make a …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 27.08.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
After almost two months in the High Arctic, arriving in Nuuk felt almost like coming home. As on Aventura’s two previous visits, we were welcomed warmly on arrival by the harbormaster Johannes Lindemans.
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By Jimmy Cornell on 23.08.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Map
Aventura crossed the Arctic Circle at dawn today. In the view of those who only consider a successful transit of the Northwest Passage by having crossed this symbolic gateway both on the way …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 19.08.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Fort Ross anchorage
After the excitement of having reached the Eastern Arctic, we were rewarded by a quiet night at anchor. But the euphoria was soon dampened by the prospect of the 1200 miles …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 17.08.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Sunset 16 August
In the last two days I have received many messages of congratulations for Aventura and her crew’s successful voyage. I want to thank all of you who have written, as well …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 15.08.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Aventura route 2015
Exactly one year ago, on 15 August 2014, I was forced to take the painful decision to abandon my attempt to complete a transit of the Northwest Passage, and turn around. …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 14.08.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Aventura at Gjoa Haven
Gjoa Haven is the place no sailor attempting to transit the Northwest Passage will miss as it is here that Roald Amundsen spent the first two winters of his successful …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 10.08.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Midnight sunset over Cambridge Bay
Due to the strategic location of this transportation hub in the Central Arctic, Cambridge Bay has been described as the make or break point for anyone attempting a transit …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 05.08.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Aventura’s route in the Northwest Passage
Having passed through the Western Arctic and its ice fields much earlier in the season than we had hoped or expected, and with the ice situation still unfavourable …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 29.07.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
There is still ice about but we can sail again
In the two weeks since we had left Dutch Harbor, we passed through the Bering Strait, crossed the Arctic Circle, turned east at Point …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 25.07.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Early on Thursday morning we passed Point Barrow at the northwestern extremity of Alaska. In the month since we left Seattle we have logged 3,000 miles and have now reached an important landmark on …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 20.07.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Grey misty day in the Bering Strait
In the span of six hours we have passed two significant landmarks: the Bering Strait and the Arctic Circle.
For a long time I regarded the Bering …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 17.07.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Alaska landfall
Favourable winds continued on our passage from Victoria in British Columbia to Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands. On day 11 of the 1700 mile passage, as we made landfall at Sedanka …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 06.07.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Aventura’s Parasailor spinnaker emblazoned with the logos of our partners in this adventure: UNESCO, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the World Meteorological Organisation
I always say that what I like best about sailing and …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 02.07.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Ice, ice everywhere
And nowhere to go
The Canadians Ice Service have published the 30 days ice outlook for the Western and Central Arctic.
Summary for June 18 to 30:Average …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 28.06.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Early this Saturday morning Aventura left Victoria, British Columbia, bound for Dutch Harbor …. and the Northwest Passage. She had spent the last month in Seattle, in the care of Swiftsure Yachts, the US …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 09.06.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Arctic Monkey, Lou Morgan’s Exploration 45, has started her long voyage bound for Greenland and Arctic Canada. Accompanied by Zetty and their daughters Zoe, Leah and Rosie this summer they will attempt an east …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 30.04.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
M.V. Tamper in Golfito
M.V. Tamper
After four weeks of patiently waiting at Fish Hook marina in Golfito, Costa Rica, on Thursday 29 April Aventura was loaded onto M.V. Tamper, a Sevenstar yacht …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 06.04.2015 La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible.
Map of Aventura route 2014
After the decision was taken to abandon the passage to Tahiti, rather than transit the Panama Canal again, and sail back to Europe across the Atlantic, a very …
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