World Cruising Routes
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World Cruising Routes
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A guide to nearly 1,000 sailing routes covering all the oceans of the world, geared specifically to the needs of cruising sailors. It advises on the winds, currents, regional and seasonal weather, and optimum times for individual routes, plus over 6,000 waypoints.
A guide to nearly 1,000 sailing routes covering all the oceans of the world, geared specifically to the needs of cruising sailors. It advises on the winds, currents, regional and seasonal weather, and optimum times for individual routes, plus over 6,000 waypoints.
Long established as the bible for long-distance cruisers and a bestseller for more than 25 years, World Cruising Routes is the indispensable planning guide to nearly 1,000 sailing routes covering all the oceans of the world from the tropical South Seas to the high latitudes of the Arctic and Antarctic, geared specifically to the needs of cruising sailors. It contains information on the winds, currents, regional and seasonal weather, as well as suggestions about optimum times for individual routes.
This new, fully revised and updated 9th edition assesses how changes around the world (including Brexit and Covid) have affected cruising routes and how climatic change has altered the cruising landscape and necessitated adaptations in timing and route-planning. It provides over 6,000 waypoints to assist skippers in planning individual routes, and is the perfect one-stop reference for planning a cruise anywhere in the world.
'The most important book for long-distance voyagers to come along in decades.'
Cruising World
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World Cruising Routes by Jimmy Cornell is highly regarded as the essential guide for anyone interested in world cruising. It is often referred to as an invaluable reference for long-distance navigators and a fundamental resource for cruising sailors.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781472993090
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 March 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Adlard Coles Nautical
Edition: 9th edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 192.0mm
Height: 238.0mm
Weight: 1598g
Pages: 616
About the Author
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.
As the founder of the highly successful ARC Transatlantic Rally, Jimmy Cornell is credited with having devised the offshore cruising rally concept. In the last three decades, Jimmy Cornell has organized 38 transatlantic rallies, five 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.
Thousands of sailors have fulfilled their dream of blue water cruising with the help of Jimmy Cornellβs books, among them the international bestseller World Cruising Routes. Now in its 9th edition, it is one of the best-selling nautical publications in the world, selling over 200,000 copies to date.
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