WORLD VOYAGE PLANNER
by Jimmy Cornell
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World Voyage Planner by Jimmy Cornell helps sailors prepare for long-distance cruising and circumnavigation. Covering routes, weather, boat choice, equipment, and budgeting, it offers practical advice from a bluewater expert. A companion to World Cruising Routes and Destinations, it is essential for safe and successful world voyaging.
Description
World Voyage Planner by Jimmy Cornell is the essential guide for sailors considering long-distance voyages, ocean crossings, or a full circumnavigation. Written by one of the world’s most respected bluewater experts, this book helps skippers turn the dream of sailing around the world into a realistic, achievable plan.
Jimmy Cornell draws on decades of experience — including three circumnavigations and over 200,000 nautical miles sailed — to explain how to prepare for and plan a world voyage. Covering every stage of the process, from choosing the right boat and equipment to budgeting, provisioning, and planning passages, the World Voyage Planner offers practical advice rooted in real-world experience.
This guide includes seasonal cruising strategies, global weather patterns, and recommended routes, helping sailors decide not only where to go but when to go. It also examines the pros and cons of different world routes, including the classic trade wind circumnavigation, high-latitude adventures, and regional cruising options.
Complementing Jimmy Cornell’s World Cruising Routes and World Cruising Destinations, this book focuses on the decision-making process, giving skippers the knowledge and confidence to design a voyage that matches their ambitions, skills, and resources.
Whether you’re dreaming, planning, or actively preparing for bluewater sailing, the World Voyage Planner is your ultimate guide to planning a long-distance voyage. Jimmy Cornell is the undisputed authority on long distance voyaging. In the 3rd edition of this book, he and his son Ivan help the would-be voyager plan their trip step by step. Aimed at those seriously contemplating (or dreaming about) an extended cruise, this book details what is involved in developing the right strategy. Amongst many important aspects, Jimmy and Ivan consider:
– World weather systems
– Strategies for sailing long or short circuits in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans
– The pros and cons of different routes at different times of year (taking into account weather, currents, wind directions and strengths, likelihood of fog, icebergs, gales, piracy etc)
– Practicalities (repair facilities, common gear breakage on extended voyages, places to leave the boat to fly home if necessary, health considerations, provisioning for a long trip, personal safety measures, and much more)
Written from a completely international point of view, World Voyage Planner will help sailors from any country going to any other country to achieve a safe and enjoyable cruise.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Part Number: PIL0399
Edition: 2023
ISBN: 9781399401432
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Format: Paperback
